Modern Challenge 96 (won by simoneromarm)

Date

Sept. 16, 2026

Players

118

Format

Modern

Organizer

Wizards of the Coast

Source

MTGO

Decklists

#	Player	Deck	Record
1	simoneromarm Prowess	Prowess	9-1
2	Reiam Boros Ponza	Boros Ponza	8-2
3	Rashek Boros Energy	Boros Energy	7-2
4	Nangurus Golgari Broodscale	Golgari Broodscale	7-2
5	MercurialChemister Devoted Combo	Devoted Combo	7-1
6	TomBombadi1 Golgari Broodscale	Golgari Broodscale	6-2
7	FranBenitez91 Prowess	Prowess	6-2
8	Aced5 Boros Energy	Boros Energy	6-2
9	Rvng Goryo's Vengeance	Goryo's Vengeance	5-2
10	rastaf Esper Blink	Esper Blink	5-2
11	CaptainPooki Boros Energy	Boros Energy	5-2
12	Ettore09 Ruby Storm	Ruby Storm	5-2
13	Misplacedginger Devoted Combo	Devoted Combo	5-2
14	Ale_Mtg Izzet Murktide	Izzet Murktide	5-2
15	pakoh76 Dimir Frog	Dimir Frog	5-2
16	Mikebrav Jeskai Blink	Jeskai Blink	5-2
17	Widepw Golgari Broodscale	Golgari Broodscale	5-2
18	TrueHero Boros Energy	Boros Energy	5-2
19	La_Ele Prowess	Prowess	5-2
20	KingCapivara Gruul Midrange	Gruul Midrange	5-2
21	Diza Dimir Frog	Dimir Frog	5-2
22	oskiyaa Neobrand	Neobrand	5-2
23	jready Devoted Combo	Devoted Combo	5-2
24	alexeezayyy Eldrazi Tron	Eldrazi Tron	5-2
25	Bambil Mono-Red Aggro	Mono-Red Aggro	5-2
26	SuperCow12653 Affinity	Affinity	4-3
27	MayoDominaria Boros Energy	Boros Energy	4-3
28	Manny- Ruby Storm	Ruby Storm	4-3
29	RandomGameActions Dimir Frog	Dimir Frog	4-3
30	Porks Eldrazi Tron	Eldrazi Tron	4-3
31	Korw Grixis Reanimator	Grixis Reanimator	4-3
32	TeamGreed Dimir Frog	Dimir Frog	4-3

New cards seeing play

Not played in Modern in the 120 days before this event.

• Unmoored Ego 1 deck

Metagame of this event

Compared with the overall Modern metagame of the 30 days up to Sept. 16, 2026 (3521 decks):

Archetypes by share of 32 decks

Archetype	Decks	This event	Overall	Top 8
Boros Energy 4.8% overall	5	15.6%	4.8%	2
Dimir Frog 4.1% overall	4	12.5%	4.1%	0
Devoted Combo 5.0% overall	3	9.4%	5.0%	1
Golgari Broodscale 10.1% overall	3	9.4%	10.1%	2
Prowess 10.2% overall	3	9.4%	10.2%	2
Eldrazi Tron 4.3% overall	2	6.3%	4.3%	0
Ruby Storm 3.3% overall	2	6.3%	3.3%	0
Affinity 4.9% overall	1	3.1%	4.9%	0
Boros Ponza 3.7% overall	1	3.1%	3.7%	1
Esper Blink 7.8% overall	1	3.1%	7.8%	0
Goryo's Vengeance 7.3% overall	1	3.1%	7.3%	0
Grixis Reanimator 1.4% overall	1	3.1%	1.4%	0
Izzet Murktide 0.1% overall	1	3.1%	0.1%	0
Jeskai Blink 1.4% overall	1	3.1%	1.4%	0
Neobrand 1.5% overall	1	3.1%	1.5%	0
Other Four-Color decks 1.8% overall	1	3.1%	1.8%	0
Other Gruul decks 0.4% overall	1	3.1%	0.4%	0

Overall

share of the archetype in the overall metagame of the format, with the filters above