The Modern Pro Tour showed how Modern's metagame is becoming combo centric. However, the metagame is still defined by Energy. The two facts are linked.

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With the Modern RCQ season underway, Boros Energy appears to be running away with the metagame. Appearances are deceiving, however, as David explains with data.

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The Modern Metagame has entered its final form. There is little doubt that bans are inbound. The question is which top decks will be hit, and which survive.

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David E. goes deep on a couple new Modern decks before Streets drops, weighing the pros and cons of Tameshi combo and Cabal Coffers-powered Mono Black Control.

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Adam highlights the new Tameshi combo deck in Modern. If drawing cards and overkilling your opponent sounds like fun, this is an article you don't want to miss!

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David sees real potential in Tameshi, Reality Architect, and tries breaking the Wizard for Modern in a plethora of combo and value shells.

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