The Impact of Core Set 2021 on the Formats

Core Set 2021 is full of powerfull reprints. The set was released on 25 June, 2020 at MTGO. After one week, how did it impact each format?

These lists were made using our Metagame page: we collected information from the winners of Playoffs, Challenge, SCG opens, Magicfests PTQs, MagicFest Online qualifiers among others tournaments. The idea here was to process the cards that most appeared on these winning decks; just to have a metric about what’s going on in each format’s metagame.

For this specific case, we analyzed the metagame of each format in the last 7 days. We removed reprints, basic lands, etc ... and also removed Competitive Leagues decklists in MTGO (5-0), due to these lists not being random but chosen by Wizards of the Coast.

STANDARD (>10%)

6. Eliminate - with 21 copies in 7 decks (10% of the metagame)

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5. Teferi, Master of Time - with 22 copies in 10 decks (15% of the metagame)

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4. Heroic Intervention - with 18 copies in 10 decks (15% of the metagame)

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3. Jolrael, Mwonvuli Recluse - with 30 copies in 15 decks (23% of the metagame)

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2. Ugin, the Spirit Dragon - with 37 copies in 19 decks (29% of the metagame)

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1. Scavenging Ooze - with 79 copies in 29 decks (45% of the metagame)

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PIONEER (> 3%)

3. Teferi, Master of Time - with 6 copies in 2 decks (4% of the metagame)

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2. Necromentia - with 3 copies in 2 decks (4% of the metagame)

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1. Eliminate - with 37 copies in 13 decks (30% of the metagame)

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MODERN (> 2%)

3. Stormwing Entity - with 15 copies in 4 decks (2% of the metagame)

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2. Containment Priest - with 5 copies in 4 decks (2% of the metagame)

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1. Conspicuous Snoop - with 40 copies in 10 decks (6% of the metagame)

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PAUPER (>2%)

1. Frantic Inventory - with 16 copies in 4 decks (5% of the metagame)

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LEGACY (2%>)

4. Teferi, Master of Time - with 3 copies in 2 decks (3% of the metagame)

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3. Eliminate - with 3 copies in 2 decks (3% of the metagame)

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2. Barrin, Tolarian Archmage - with 4 copies in 2 decks (3% of the metagame)

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1. Peer into the Abyss - with 6 copies in 3 decks (4% of the metagame)

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