Monday Metagame Report

The first week of the New Year is usually a slow one for Standard Pauper PREs.  This year is no different.  There was no MPDC tournament last week due to the holiday break (which ends today with MPDC 23.10!) and the first event in the 20th SPDC season has already been covered here in a tournament report.

Furthermore, while it has not seen the light of day quite yet, I expect that the next edition of Standard & Pauper (here is last month's article) will be published shortly on PureMTGO.  I've a hunch it will appear today, but I could easily be wrong.  I'm probably not the only amateur Magic writer who has taken it upon himself to churn more drafts in the New Year :-)

So instead of a redundant post, we'll have to wait until next week to see how the Monday Metagame Report pans out.  You can expect a summary of what happens later in today's MPDC and the results of SPDC 20.02 coming up this Thursday.

I will instead update this post with a link to January's installment of Standard & Pauper as soon as it is published.  In the meantime, here's a preview of some of the metagame data I've tracked for the series:

The article will also track the Top 10 decks of the metagame, the balance between aggro and control, and an updated look at the comparative ratio of colors being played.  I hope you enjoy it, maybe between rounds of today's Standard Pauper event...

That's all for this slow week.  Stay tuned for next week's metagame report as things begin to pick up speed again.  In any case, have a great Monday!  Peace,

- C