Modern Challenge 16 (won by ryuumei)

Date

Sept. 5, 2026

Players

43

Format

Modern

Organizer

Wizards of the Coast

Source

MTGO

Decklists

#	Player	Deck	Record
1	ryuumei Domain Zoo	Domain Zoo	7-2
2	RespectTheCat Esper Blink	Esper Blink	6-3
3	imthekiing Esper Blink	Esper Blink	6-2
4	DelverOfBolts Prowess	Prowess	5-3
5	JPA93 (Jonathan Anghelescu) Neobrand	Neobrand	6-1
6	nahuel10 Boros Ponza	Boros Ponza	5-2
7	Foxantes Golgari Broodscale	Golgari Broodscale	5-2
8	bozo2112 Prowess	Prowess	3-3
9	svessesvv Colorless Midrange	Colorless Midrange	4-2
10	TheRightStuff Esper Blink	Esper Blink	4-2
11	kePs Azorius Midrange	Azorius Midrange	4-2
12	narca Eldrazi Tron	Eldrazi Tron	4-2
13	AzureMoon Living End	Living End	4-2
14	touto_Isle Mono-Red Aggro	Mono-Red Aggro	4-2
15	kattsu Moonshadow	Moonshadow	3-3
16	Suechtler Prowess	Prowess	3-3
17	DemianDesposito10 Burn	Burn	3-3
18	Preparation Goryo's Vengeance	Goryo's Vengeance	3-3
19	swff Affinity	Affinity	3-3
20	UomoComune26490 Esper Blink	Esper Blink	3-3
21	JV_7777 Neobrand	Neobrand	3-3
22	ClaymoreTobi Esper Blink	Esper Blink	3-3
23	GiestOfIWin Burn	Burn	2-3
24	Pompuskaya Ruby Storm	Ruby Storm	2-3
25	HouseOfManaMTG (Jack Potter) Eldrazi Tron	Eldrazi Tron	2-2
26	KaosNiller Goryo's Vengeance	Goryo's Vengeance	1-4
27	Barneygumbal Esper Blink	Esper Blink	2-3
28	Nangurus Golgari Broodscale	Golgari Broodscale	2-4
29	Argtigg Eldrazi Tron	Eldrazi Tron	1-2
30	soggymeatball Mill	Mill	1-3
31	E_Kaminuma Prowess	Prowess	1-3
32	FakeShaver Mono-Blue Belcher	Mono-Blue Belcher	1-1

New cards seeing play

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

• Charming Prince 1 deck
• Spell Queller 1 deck
• Ulamog's Nullifier 1 deck

Metagame of this event

Compared with the overall Modern metagame of the 30 days up to Sept. 5, 2026 (3357 decks):

Archetypes by share of 32 decks

Archetype	Decks	This event	Overall	Top 8
Esper Blink 7.6% overall	6	18.8%	7.6%	2
Prowess 8.3% overall	4	12.5%	8.3%	2
Eldrazi Tron 4.0% overall	3	9.4%	4.0%	0
Burn 0.5% overall	2	6.3%	0.5%	0
Golgari Broodscale 7.4% overall	2	6.3%	7.4%	1
Goryo's Vengeance 8.0% overall	2	6.3%	8.0%	0
Neobrand 2.0% overall	2	6.3%	2.0%	1
Affinity 4.4% overall	1	3.1%	4.4%	0
Boros Ponza 2.9% overall	1	3.1%	2.9%	1
Domain Zoo 2.2% overall	1	3.1%	2.2%	1
Living End 3.3% overall	1	3.1%	3.3%	0
Mill 0.4% overall	1	3.1%	0.4%	0
Mono-Blue Belcher 1.0% overall	1	3.1%	1.0%	0
Moonshadow 1.0% overall	1	3.1%	1.0%	0
Other Bant decks 0.8% overall	1	3.1%	0.8%	0
Other Colorless decks 0.1% overall	1	3.1%	0.1%	0
Other Four-Color decks 2.0% overall	1	3.1%	2.0%	0
Ruby Storm 3.0% overall	1	3.1%	3.0%	0

Overall

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