Modern PTQ Preliminary (won by Nukular)

Date

Sept. 30, 2016

Players

48

Format

Modern

Organizer

Wizards of the Coast

Source

MTGO

Decklists

#	Player	Deck	Record
1	Nukular Mono-Blue Control	Mono-Blue Control	5-0
2	Louisbach Jund Midrange	Jund Midrange	4-1
3	Syldra Simic Midrange	Simic Midrange	4-1
4	_Shatun_ Grixis Aggro	Grixis Aggro	4-1
5	EronRelentless Ruby Storm	Ruby Storm	4-1
6	faisal Golgari Midrange	Golgari Midrange	4-1
7	aboncher Rakdos Aggro	Rakdos Aggro	4-1
8	regs Jund Midrange	Jund Midrange	4-1
9	BalloonBrigade Rakdos Aggro	Rakdos Aggro	4-1
10	JakeMondello Rakdos Aggro	Rakdos Aggro	4-1
11	floatius Izzet Control	Izzet Control	3-2
12	Finespoo Simic Midrange	Simic Midrange	3-2
13	ArcaCrema Grixis Aggro	Grixis Aggro	3-2
14	AngelicExecution Selesnya Aggro	Selesnya Aggro	3-2
15	Usama96 Jeskai Control	Jeskai Control	3-2
16	medvedev (Dmitry Medvedev) Izzet Midrange	Izzet Midrange	3-2
17	Phizzle Simic Midrange	Simic Midrange	3-2
18	ACG88 Grixis Aggro	Grixis Aggro	3-2
19	FredSavage16 Izzet Control	Izzet Control	3-2
20	huanchengjin Mardu Control	Mardu Control	3-2
21	Ludovico Simic Control	Simic Control	3-2
22	S4mmich Eldrazi Aggro	Eldrazi Aggro	3-2
23	BobCat Azorius Midrange	Azorius Midrange	2-2
24	Alrawn Selesnya Aggro	Selesnya Aggro	2-3
25	SCNA Simic Midrange	Simic Midrange	1-3
26	Jaberwocki Mono-Black Midrange	Mono-Black Midrange	1-3
27	WillyBlake Gruul Midrange	Gruul Midrange	2-3
28	DivineOne Dimir Midrange	Dimir Midrange	2-2
29	Michai Eldrazi Tron	Eldrazi Tron	2-3
30	Lennny Azorius Midrange	Azorius Midrange	2-3
31	pelli Azorius Midrange	Azorius Midrange	2-3
32	SIMONEFIERRO Mono-Red Midrange	Mono-Red Midrange	2-3
33	efa2100 Rakdos Aggro	Rakdos Aggro	2-3
34	sikolio Azorius Midrange	Azorius Midrange	1-2
35	Ggb Golgari Control	Golgari Control	1-2
36	Boin Golgari Midrange	Golgari Midrange	1-3
37	blaster27 Merfolk	Merfolk	1-3
38	ilrosso Gruul Aggro	Gruul Aggro	0-4
39	MarcoMao Selesnya Control	Selesnya Control	1-3
40	PunishingWaterfalls Esper Control	Esper Control	1-3
41	magic2202 Boros Midrange	Boros Midrange	1-4
42	debatebro Mono-Red Midrange	Mono-Red Midrange	0-2
43	6argamel Selesnya Midrange	Selesnya Midrange	0-1
44	Vilaboy Mono-Red Midrange	Mono-Red Midrange	0-2
45	Brener Esper Control	Esper Control	0-2
46	s_b_i_r_u Mono-Black Aggro	Mono-Black Aggro	0-3
47	Gallatin Mono-Red Midrange	Mono-Red Midrange	0-4
48	banskk Simic Midrange	Simic Midrange	0-2
	Map17 Mono-White Midrange	Mono-White Midrange

New cards seeing play

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

• Batwing Brume 1 deck
• Concentrate 1 deck
• Grapple with the Past 1 deck
• Storage Matrix 1 deck
• Thorn of Amethyst 1 deck
• Valorous Stance 1 deck
• Vessel of Nascency 1 deck
• World Queller 1 deck

Metagame of this event

Compared with the overall Modern metagame of the 30 days up to Sept. 30, 2016 (613 decks):

Archetypes by share of 49 decks

Archetype	Decks	This event	Overall	Top 8
Other Grixis decks 9.8% overall	4	8.2%	9.8%	1
Other Jeskai decks 4.7% overall	4	8.2%	4.7%	1
Other Jund decks 5.7% overall	4	8.2%	5.7%	2
Other Naya decks 7.8% overall	4	8.2%	7.8%	0
Other Four-Color decks 6.7% overall	3	6.1%	6.7%	2
Other Four-Color decks 3.9% overall	3	6.1%	3.9%	0
Other Abzan decks 5.5% overall	2	4.1%	5.5%	0
Other Bant decks 4.2% overall	2	4.1%	4.2%	0
Other Boros decks 2.1% overall	2	4.1%	2.1%	0
Other Four-Color decks 4.9% overall	2	4.1%	4.9%	1
Other Selesnya decks 1.6% overall	2	4.1%	1.6%	0
Other Temur decks 2.9% overall	2	4.1%	2.9%	0
Eldrazi Aggro 4.6% overall	1	2.0%	4.6%	0
Eldrazi Tron 1.6% overall	1	2.0%	1.6%	0
Merfolk 1.8% overall	1	2.0%	1.8%	0
Other Azorius decks 0.5% overall	1	2.0%	0.5%	0
Other Dimir decks 0.8% overall	1	2.0%	0.8%	0
Other Esper decks 1.5% overall	1	2.0%	1.5%	0
Other Five-Color decks 5.9% overall	1	2.0%	5.9%	0
Other Four-Color decks 0.8% overall	1	2.0%	0.8%	0
Other Four-Color decks 2.9% overall	1	2.0%	2.9%	0
Other Gruul decks 5.9% overall	1	2.0%	5.9%	0
Other Izzet decks 0.5% overall	1	2.0%	0.5%	0
Other Mardu decks 1.0% overall	1	2.0%	1.0%	0
Other Mono-Black decks 0.5% overall	1	2.0%	0.5%	0
Other Mono-White decks 0.8% overall	1	2.0%	0.8%	0
Ruby Storm 0.7% overall	1	2.0%	0.7%	1

Overall

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