Anaël Yahi

Preferred Format: Modern

About:

"Discovering Magic in 2016, I joined multiple online communities to learn about the game. Later I created and administrated some myself in order to help people find all the Magic-related information they need and centralizing it—gathering and sorting the entirety of the existing Modern content and results for instance—while organizing tournaments.

"Paradoxically, I spend much more time following Magic content, analyzing results, writing, and helping people than playing. You can find more statistical Magic work of mine and Modern news on my Twitter."

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Data Analysis: The Top Modern Decks at End of January 2022

Anaël Yahi | 2022-01-27

The ban announcement may list "no changes" for Modern. But we know better. Every format changes, all the time, even without bannings. We gathered the data, we did the analysis, and now we can report the findings in our monthly update. Here is how Modern did change over the course of the past few weeks!

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Data Analysis: The Top Modern Decks & Players, End of 2021

Anaël Yahi | 2021-12-19

An old archetype regains some spotlight in a new shape, in no small part thanks to a player who took down multiple Magic Online events in a row. Speaking of which, the end of the year is the perfect time to check in on players' performance since January. Here's the final Modern metagame update for 2021!

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Data Analysis: The Top Modern Decks, November 2021

Anaël Yahi | 2021-11-25

Mythic-based decks remain on the rise, combining Omnath and MH2 Elementals. But two other archetypes, mainstays since Modern Horizons 2, are almost tied for first. Meanwhile, Crimson Vow has been released, and large paper events took place. So—what does the data say about the format over the past four weeks?

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Data Analysis: MTGO Modern Metagame Since MH2

Anaël Yahi | 2021-10-26

After a few months' break, the Modern metagame analysis returns—with more data and more tools than ever! There's a lot of ground to cover, from the huge impact of Modern Horizons 2 on the format, via Forgotten Realms, all the way to the present day following the release of Midnight Hunt. Let's get down to business!

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Data Analysis: The Top Modern Decks, April–May 2021

Anaël Yahi | 2021-05-21

One month after release, it's time to review all of the many Strixhaven cards that made a splash in Modern and analyze the Magic Online results to determine which are the format's best performing decks in this post-STX, pre-MH2 world. We've got data, calculations, programming, and a new frontrunner!

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Data Analysis: The Top Modern Decks, March–April 2021

Anaël Yahi | 2021-04-14

Do you want to know which decks are the best in Modern? What to play, what to beat? Ranking the decks based on data rather than opinion? Let's review results from Magic Online and see how we can analyze them to get the answers we're looking for. This marks the end of the post-Uro, pre-Strixhaven era.

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Data Analysis: The Top Modern Decks, February–March 2021

Anaël Yahi | 2021-03-17

Do you want to know which decks are the best in Modern? What to play, what to beat? Ranking the decks based on data rather than opinions? Let's review the results from Magic Online and see how we can analyze them to determine a tier list. Here is the first month of the post-Uro Modern world!

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The Modern Era of Modern: Broken, Bans, Beyond

Anaël Yahi | 2021-03-08

Do you want to know which decks are the best in Modern? What to play, what to beat? To that end, a new series of articles will provide you with in-depth data analysis of Magic Online results. Let's start with a detailed introduction to the format and a review of the past months of changes.

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