One week to go! Next Wednesday Aether Revolt hits the digital shelves and we will start our next season. This one has been a wild ride. Let’s see what came out on top this week:

1. Delver; 14.29%

2. Hexproof; 12.86%

3. Murasa Tron; 11.43%

4. Affinity; 10%

5. Dimir Flicker; 8.57%

6. Stompy; 8.57%

7. Kuldotha Tokens; 5.71%

8. Elves; 4.29%

9. Burn; 4.29%

No other archetype tallied more than 3% of the undefeated metagame; Sample size of 70

So Delver is back on top after a few weeks vacation. The most surprising deck on this list, to me anyway, is Hexproof. The deck is capable of some very strong draws but hardly is a dominant deck. Let’s examine some factors that may explain its rise:

• No Chainer’s Edict deck: The only deck above that runs any number of Edicts regularly is Dimir Flicker and that deck often has to spend the early turns setting up its mana and filtering to its lock. Once Hexproof is online it can be tough to stop.

• Lots of aggro: The top decks this week lean aggressive which makes a card like Armadillo Cloak absolutely backbreaking. Resolving the Invasion Aura can change the tenor of the game instantly and can put Hexproof into overdrive.

So what should you be thinking about going into the final week? Stopping singular threats seems a decent game plan so load up on Edicts and ways to fight them. Eldrazi Skyspawner and Undying Evil both seem like solid inclusions, depending on your deck. Nest Invader and Young Wolf are already good cards but don’t laugh at Myr Sire either.

If you want to beat the decks that beat the Edict decks, go for Kuldotha Tokens. It’s combination of tokens and reach make it a solid option fir an open metagame. I’d just pack copies of Leave no Trace if I were you.

Kaladesh Take 2 Season Rankings (605 total decks)

1. Delver; 12.56%

2. Kuldotha Tokens; 9.26%

3. Affinity; 9.09%

4. Stompy; 9.09%

5. Murasa Tron; 5.95% (+1)

6. Dimir Flicker; 5.62% (-1)

7. Izzet Control; 4.96% (-2)

8. Hexproof; 4.79% (NR)

9. Tron; 4.63% (-1)

10. Burn, 4.13% (-1)

Dropped from Top 10: Elves

While the book on Kaladesh isn’t closed we can start drawing some conclusions about this season. First is that the best red card is Galvanic Blast. Without it Kuldotha Tokens would be a shell of itself and Affinity, while still great, would suffer somewhat. The other element to note is the rise of Archaeomancer/Mnemonic Wall. Decks that can utilize either of these alongside Pulse or Murasa or Ghostly Flicker can build a massive advantage. Finally we are seeing the core of Faerie Miscreant, Spellstutter Sprite, and Ninja of the Deep Hours emerge as the core of Delver. It is not that Delver of Secrets is bad (far from it), but that triumvirate is powerful enough to carry multiple archetypes.

One week to go – what do you expect to see?

Previous Weeks

Week 8

Week 7

Week 6

Week 5

Week 4

Week 3

One week to go! Next Wednesday Aether Revolt hits the digital shelves and we will start our next season. This one has been a wild ride. Let’s see what came out on top this week:

1. Delver; 14.29%

2. Hexproof; 12.86%

3. Murasa Tron; 11.43%

4. Affinity; 10%

5. Dimir Flicker; 8.57%

6. Stompy; 8.57%

7. Kuldotha Tokens; 5.71%

8. Elves; 4.29%

9. Burn; 4.29%

No other archetype tallied more than 3% of the undefeated metagame; Sample size of 70

So Delver is back on top after a few weeks vacation. The most surprising deck on this list, to me anyway, is Hexproof. The deck is capable of some very strong draws but hardly is a dominant deck. Let’s examine some factors that may explain its rise:

• No Chainer’s Edict deck: The only deck above that runs any number of Edicts regularly is Dimir Flicker and that deck often has to spend the early turns setting up its mana and filtering to its lock. Once Hexproof is online it can be tough to stop.

• Lots of aggro: The top decks this week lean aggressive which makes a card like Armadillo Cloak absolutely backbreaking. Resolving the Invasion Aura can change the tenor of the game instantly and can put Hexproof into overdrive.

So what should you be thinking about going into the final week? Stopping singular threats seems a decent game plan so load up on Edicts and ways to fight them. Eldrazi Skyspawner and Undying Evil both seem like solid inclusions, depending on your deck. Nest Invader and Young Wolf are already good cards but don’t laugh at Myr Sire either.

If you want to beat the decks that beat the Edict decks, go for Kuldotha Tokens. It’s combination of tokens and reach make it a solid option fir an open metagame. I’d just pack copies of Leave no Trace if I were you.

Kaladesh Take 2 Season Rankings (605 total decks)

1. Delver; 12.56%

2. Kuldotha Tokens; 9.26%

3. Affinity; 9.09%

4. Stompy; 9.09%

5. Murasa Tron; 5.95% (+1)

6. Dimir Flicker; 5.62% (-1)

7. Izzet Control; 4.96% (-2)

8. Hexproof; 4.79% (NR)

9. Tron; 4.63% (-1)

10. Burn, 4.13% (-1)

Dropped from Top 10: Elves

While the book on Kaladesh isn’t closed we can start drawing some conclusions about this season. First is that the best red card is Galvanic Blast. Without it Kuldotha Tokens would be a shell of itself and Affinity, while still great, would suffer somewhat. The other element to note is the rise of Archaeomancer/Mnemonic Wall. Decks that can utilize either of these alongside Pulse or Murasa or Ghostly Flicker can build a massive advantage. Finally we are seeing the core of Faerie Miscreant, Spellstutter Sprite, and Ninja of the Deep Hours emerge as the core of Delver. It is not that Delver of Secrets is bad (far from it), but that triumvirate is powerful enough to carry multiple archetypes.

One week to go – what do you expect to see?

Previous Weeks

Week 8

Week 7

Week 6

Week 5

Week 4

Week 3