Modern Challenge 96 (won by simoneromarm)

Date

Oct. 2, 2026

Players

105

Format

Modern

Organizer

Wizards of the Coast

Source

MTGO

Decklists

#	Player	Deck	Record
1	simoneromarm Prowess	Prowess	9-1
2	Pleyboy Domain Zoo	Domain Zoo	8-2
3	Suechtler Prowess	Prowess	7-2
4	elBB Devoted Combo	Devoted Combo	6-3
5	surgetemelo Dimir Frog	Dimir Frog	7-1
6	Laplasjan Golgari Broodscale	Golgari Broodscale	6-2
7	Redman1034 Devoted Combo	Devoted Combo	6-2
8	OafMcNamara Dimir Frog	Dimir Frog	6-2
9	alexeezayyy Amulet Titan	Amulet Titan	5-2
10	MarcoBelacca95 Goryo's Vengeance	Goryo's Vengeance	5-2
11	O_danielakos Izzet Murktide	Izzet Murktide	5-2
12	DeepDisherino Azorius Midrange	Azorius Midrange	5-2
13	Alakai Ruby Storm	Ruby Storm	5-2
14	bubblywubblytubbler Prowess	Prowess	5-2
15	Varo Cutter Affinity	Cutter Affinity	5-2
16	MdvWin Golgari Broodscale	Golgari Broodscale	4-2
17	Messi_10 Ruby Storm	Ruby Storm	5-2
18	Polikasoll Ruby Storm	Ruby Storm	5-2
19	alpi61 Golgari Broodscale	Golgari Broodscale	5-2
20	Matts Affinity	Affinity	5-2
21	Thronhart Mono-Red Aggro	Mono-Red Aggro	5-2
22	SilverSeraph123 Cutter Affinity	Cutter Affinity	5-2
23	musasabi Gruul Midrange	Gruul Midrange	4-3
24	oskiyaa Golgari Broodscale	Golgari Broodscale	4-3
25	Beadsley Samwise Combo	Samwise Combo	4-3
26	DB_cntrlfreak_ttv Dimir Frog	Dimir Frog	4-3
27	Thunus Devoted Combo	Devoted Combo	4-3
28	_Atraxa_ Dimir Frog	Dimir Frog	4-3
29	zveibil Golgari Broodscale	Golgari Broodscale	4-3
30	Fransadness Golgari Broodscale	Golgari Broodscale	4-3
31	Magric Moonshadow	Moonshadow	4-3
32	pedronavaja Affinity	Affinity	4-3

New cards seeing play

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

• Avatar of Burgeoning Echoes 1 deck

Metagame of this event

Compared with the overall Modern metagame of the 30 days up to Oct. 2, 2026 (3410 decks):

Archetypes by share of 32 decks

Archetype	Decks	This event	Overall	Top 8
Golgari Broodscale 14.3% overall	6	18.8%	14.3%	1
Dimir Frog 4.1% overall	4	12.5%	4.1%	2
Devoted Combo 4.9% overall	3	9.4%	4.9%	2
Prowess 10.6% overall	3	9.4%	10.6%	2
Ruby Storm 3.8% overall	3	9.4%	3.8%	0
Affinity 5.6% overall	2	6.3%	5.6%	0
Cutter Affinity 0.6% overall	2	6.3%	0.6%	0
Amulet Titan 1.6% overall	1	3.1%	1.6%	0
Domain Zoo 2.9% overall	1	3.1%	2.9%	1
Goryo's Vengeance 4.9% overall	1	3.1%	4.9%	0
Izzet Murktide 0.9% overall	1	3.1%	0.9%	0
Moonshadow 0.9% overall	1	3.1%	0.9%	0
Other Azorius decks 0.3% overall	1	3.1%	0.3%	0
Other Four-Color decks 1.2% overall	1	3.1%	1.2%	0
Other Gruul decks 0.3% overall	1	3.1%	0.3%	0
Samwise Combo 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