Hey guys! Today, I'm going to write up some lists of modern decks that are the most popular and win/top-8 most often and discuss the costs of these decks so those of you that are interested in getting into modern can have a good deck to work towards and be able to budget accordingly. Please note that the price totals at the end of each deck list may fluctuate from day to day and they are calculated the day of writing this. Sideboards are not included since you may want to build it for your casual group in your local game store or competitively for bigger events. You'll have to do some of your own homework there ;)
Also, the lists provided are more of a general starting point to the archetype as everyone will play their decks a little bit different.
Price range - for the values listed here, they will be color coordinated based on how cheap or expensive the deck is to make. Blue being cheaper, then fading into orange and finally red as it gets more expensive for that particular deck.
To start off, according to mtgtop8.com, the top 6 most popular decks are(from most popular to least):
#. Deck Name - Percentage of people playing this archetype
1. Exarch Twin Combo - 13%
Lands: 23
5 Island
4 Misty Rainforest
2 Mountain
4 Scalding Tarn
3 Steam Vents
4 Sulfur Falls
1 Tectonic Edge
Creatures: 15
4 Deceiver Exarch
1 Kiki Jiki, Mirror Breaker
2 Pestermite
4 Snapcaster Mage
2 Spellskite
2 Vendillion Clique
Spells: 22
2 Cryptic Command
1 Dispel
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Remand
4 Serum Visions
4 Splinter Twin
3 Twisted Image
Total Value: $1,419.13
2. Birthing Pod - 11%
Lands: 23
3 Forest
3 Gavony Township
1 Godless Shrine
4 Misty Rainforest
2 Overgrown Tomb
3 Razorverge Thicket
1 Swamp
1 Temple Garden
4 Verdant Catacombs
1 Woodland Cemetery
Creatures: 28
4 Birds of Paradise
1 Eternal Witness
4 Kitchen Finks
1 Linvala, Keeper of Silence
1 Melira, Sylvok Outcast
1 Murderous Redcap
3 Noble Hierarch
1 Orzhov Pontiff
1 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 Qasali Pridemage
1 Ranger of Eos
1 Reveillark
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Shriekmaw
1 Spellskite
1 Viscera Seer
3 Voice of Resurgence
1 Wall of Roots
Spells: 9
2 Abrupt Decay
4 Birthing Pod
3 Chord of Calling
Total Value: $1,295.64
3. Affinity - 8%
Lands: 17
4 Blinkmoth Nexus
4 Inkmoth Nexus
4 Darksteel Citadel
4 Glimmervoid
1 Island
Creatures: 27
4 Steel Overseer
4 Arcbound Ravager
4 Vault Skirge
4 Signal Pest
4 Ornithopter
3 Memnite
2 Master of Etherium
2 Etched Champion
Spells: 16
4 Cranial Plating
4 Mox Opal
4 Springleaf Drum
2 Thoughtcast
2 Glavanic Blast
Total Value: $543.08
4. Urza Tron - 7%
Lands: 20
1 Eye of Ugin
1 Forest
2 Ghost Quarter
4 Grove of the Burnwillows
4 Urza's Mine
4 Urza's Power Plant
4 Urza's Tower
Creatures: 5
3 Wurmcoil Engine
1 Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
Spells: 35
4 Ancient Stirrings
4 Chromatic Sphere
4 Chromatic Star
4 Expedition Map
4 Karn Liberated
4 Pyroclasm
4 Sylvan Scrying
4 Oblivion Stone
3 Relic of Progenitus
Total Value: $622.47
5. The Rock(B/G) - 6%
Lands: 24
4 Verdant Catacombs
2 Marsh Flats
4 Treetop Village
4 Tectonic Edge
2 Overgrown Tomb
2 Woodland Cemetery
2 Forest
4 Swamp
Creatures: 16
4 Courser of Kruphix
4 Dark Confidant
4 Scavenging Ooze
4 Tarmogoyf
Spells: 20
4 Abrupt Decay
2 Dismember
4 Inquisition of Kozilek
4 Liliana of the Veil
2 Maelstrom Pulse
1 Slaughter Pact
3 Thoughtseize
Total Value: $1904.92
6. Jund(B/R/G) - 6%
Lands: 24
4 Blackcleave Cliffs
1 Blood Crypt
1 Forest
2 Grove of the Burnwillows
2 Marsh Flats
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Overgrown Tomb
4 Raging Ravine
1 Stomping Ground
2 Swamp
1 Twilight Mire
4 Verdant Catacombs
Creatures: 14
3 Courser of Kruphix
4 Dark Confidant
3 Scavenging Ooze
4 Tarmogoyf
Spells: 22
3 Abrupt Decay
2 Anger of the Gods
1 Chandra, Pyromaster
4 Inquisition of Kozilek
4 Lightning Bolt
3 Liliana of the Veil
1 Maelstrom Pulse
2 Terminate
2 Thoughtseize
Total Value: $1785.97
So there you have it, the top 6 most popular archetypes and their general cost to build. The bottom two of the top 6 are the most expensive to play being that there are 4 Tarmogoyfs in each list that are about $190 each right now. Not to mention a lot of the cards in those decks are highly sought after for Legacy as well so that helps keep their prices high. The two most played archetypes are sitting kind of in the middle of the price range here so if you're looking for one of the more competitive archetypes, they are a little easier on your wallet than Rock or Jund. However, if you're looking for a budget deck, Affinity and Tron are super cheap compared to the other decks listed here and both are very good.
If you're looking to buy, copy the deck list you want, go to our multi search page HERE, paste the list and delete anything that's not a card name, and you can browse what we have in stock for those lists at great prices as usual!
Like I mentioned in a previous article, I recommend picking a deck that you will enjoy the most since it's not cheap to change your mind, and secondly, if you're looking into playing Legacy too, try to pick a Legacy deck that will use a lot of the cards in your Modern deck. That way you can lessen the costs to build for both formats. For example, Play "RUG Splinter Twin" in Modern and a lot of your cards will carry over to "RUG Delver" for Legacy. "The Rock"'s Goyfs, Confidants, Lilianas, and many other cards move over into the Legacy archetype "Punishing Jund". This would be the only drawback to choosing the cheaper Modern lists here; Affinity and Tron. Neither of those archetypes are particularly competitive decks in Legacy so if you want to play that format, you're looking at buying/trading for a full new deck.
Well, I hope I was able to provide you all with some useful information about getting into Modern and I'll see you next time!
DannyO
WizardDen.com
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