Win rates

Who's winning on MTGO

By raw win rate in the Duress Crew MTGO dataset (33,371 matches), the strongest deck-bearing archetypes are Replenish (58.4%) , GW Enchantress (57.5%) , and Elves (57.1%) . Win rate measures how often a deck wins, not how often it appears. For the live metagame breakdown — how often each deck shows up — see mtgtop8 Premodern.

Tier structure

The field by tier

Tiers are hand-assigned by playable strength — a popular deck can still sit in a lower tier. For the full breakdown, see the Premodern tier list.

Tier 1 3 archetypes Stiflenought · GW Enchantress · Elves
Tier 1.5 2 archetypes Welder MUD · Aluren
Tier 2 10 archetypes Sligh · Oath of Druids · Goblins · The Rock · Landstill · Replenish · BUG Survival · UG Madness · Psychatog · Mono-White Aggro
Tier 3 2 archetypes Mono-Black Discard · RG Zoo
Rogue 1 archetype Tinker

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