Top 10 Modern Decks - Matchups & Sideboarding

ATTENTION! This is quite a long video and is not meant to be viewed all the way through from start to finish. Rather, you can use the chapters/timecodes to find the deck you play or ones you're interested in and see the advice for them.
0:00:00 Intro
0:02:47 Top 10 Decks
0:03:54 AMULET TITAN
0:04:58 Amulet vs Amulet (Mirror Match)
0:05:24 Amulet vs Burn
0:07:01 Amulet vs Elementals
0:08:35 Amulet vs Hammer
0:09:37 Amulet vs Living End
0:10:47 Amulet vs Murktide/Shadow
0:12:30 Amulet vs Rhinos
0:13:49 Amulet vs Tron
0:14:55 Amulet vs Yawgmoth
0:16:08 BURN
0:17:13 Burn vs Amulet
0:17:57 Burn vs Burn (Mirror Match)
0:18:57 Burn vs Elementals
0:20:05 Burn vs Hammer
0:20:56 Burn vs Living End
0:21:45 Burn vs Murktide/Shadow
0:23:45 Burn vs Rhinos
0:24:36 Burn vs Tron
0:25:30 Burn vs Yawgmoth
0:26:29 ELEMENTALS
0:30:23 Elementals vs Amulet
0:31:34 Elementals vs Burn
0:32:56 Elementals vs Elementals (Mirror Match)
0:35:17 Elementals vs Hammer (The Bye)
0:36:48 Elementals vs Living End
0:37:38 Elementals vs Murktide/Shadow
0:40:01 Elementals vs Rhinos
0:40:54 Elementals vs Tron
0:42:27 Elementals vs Yawgmoth
0:44:22 HAMMER TIME
0:44:58 Hammer vs Amulet
0:45:49 Hammer vs Burn
0:46:48 Hammer vs Elementals
0:48:22 Hammer vs Hammer (Mirror Match)
0:48:52 Hammer vs Living End
0:49:28 Hammer vs Murktide/Shadow
0:50:22 Hammer vs Rhinos
0:51:06 Hammer vs Tron
0:52:07 Hammer vs Yawgmoth
0:53:20 LIVING END
0:53:59 Living End vs Amulet
0:54:47 Living End vs Burn
0:55:34 Living End vs Elementals
0:56:43 Living End vs Hammer
0:57:26 Living End vs Living End (Mirror Match)
0:58:28 Living End vs Murktide/Shadow
0:59:19 Living End vs Rhinos
0:59:46 Living End vs Tron
1:01:00 Living End vs Yawgmoth
1:02:17 MURKTIDE & SHADOW
1:03:19 Murktide/Shadow vs Amulet
1:04:17 Murktide/Shadow vs Burn
1:06:02 Murktide/Shadow vs Elementals
1:09:08 Murktide/Shadow vs Hammer
1:10:23 Murktide/Shadow vs Living End
1:11:31 Murktide vs Shadow & Mirror Matches
1:12:45 Murktide/Shadow vs Rhinos
1:13:45 Murktide/Shadow vs Tron
1:16:48 Murktide/Shadow vs Yawgmoth
1:18:06 RHINOS
1:18:41 Rhinos vs Amulet
1:19:48 Rhinos vs Burn
1:20:35 Rhinos vs Elementals
1:21:30 Rhinos vs Hammer
1:22:16 Rhinos vs Living End
1:22:56 Rhinos vs Murktide/Shadow
1:24:02 Rhinos vs Rhinos (Mirror Match)
1:24:47 Rhinos vs Tron
1:25:56 Rhinos vs Yawgmoth
1:26:46 TRON
1:28:21 Tron vs Amulet
1:29:44 Tron vs Burn
1:30:46 Tron vs Elementals
1:31:56 Tron vs Hammer
1:32:46 Tron vs Living End
1:33:48 Tron vs Murktide/Shadow
1:35:47 Tron vs Rhinos
1:36:38 Tron vs Tron (Coin Flip)
1:37:07 Tron vs Yawgmoth
1:38:25 YAWGMOTH
1:39:09 Yawgmoth vs Amulet
1:40:11 Yawgmoth vs Burn
1:40:45 Yawgmoth vs Elementals
1:42:24 Yawgmoth vs Hammer
1:43:22 Yawgmoth vs Living End
1:44:39 Yawgmoth vs Murktide/Shadow
1:46:12 Yawgmoth vs Rhinos
1:46:51 Yawgmoth vs Tron
1:48:12 Yawgmoth vs Yawgmoth (Mirror Match)
1:48:52 Outro
Modern Deck Primers Playlist ► kzbin.info/aero/PLk4iYNqGKjxyD6jHYbVCgUWNYwDqZOVHU
Written Primers and Visual Decklists
AMULET TITAN ► www.moxfield.com/decks/Knqb_3RMnU27H2gHsX040Q
BURN ► www.moxfield.com/decks/32pkprTDq0KWrkrogop6oA
DEATH'S SHADOW ► www.moxfield.com/decks/sEJ-MRmoVE6sx4K73W9pEQ
ELEMENTALS ► www.moxfield.com/decks/V3TbhD651EWHsM9qkA5ZEQ
HAMMER TIME ► www.moxfield.com/decks/ONMfg6G6vE2n1U6AIlzzcQ
LIVING END ► www.moxfield.com/decks/YFvIKn3QZ0yPv9LLxbO70Q
MURKTIDE ► www.moxfield.com/decks/caUBi73GoEKsaax1RTjYxQ
RHINOS ► www.moxfield.com/decks/4XpA_m5n20qQ3Y8yUTEmtw
TRON ► www.moxfield.com/decks/Evxb6nuaC0CfrcGDS8bPdA
YAWGMOTH ► www.moxfield.com/decks/atLxrCxx706dooXYHbAGgw
MTG Metagame Data sourced from:
mtgmeta.io/metagame/modern
mtgdecks.net/Modern/winrates
MUSIC (in order of appearance):
Inspired - Kevin MacLeod*
Buccaneer's March - Aakash Gandhi
FourPointFour - DSTechnician
Great Whyte 18 - Noir Et Blanc Vie
Moonlight Sonata (3rd Movement) - Beethoven
Destiny Day - Kevin MacLeod*
Marxist Arrow - Twin Musicom*
Voices of Spring - Bach
Switched on Carcassi - Brian Bolger
Digifunk - DivKid
A Caring Friend - Bad Snacks
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Credit to Wizards of the Coast for the event coverage footage used in the early sections.
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[@puntthenwhine7622]

Hey there, amulet aficionado over here. First of all, I want to say this content is a step above most content when it comes to amulet as many people seem to have no real idea what any of the matchups are about. A few key things to note though: -I strongly believe the sideboarding in this video is generally overboarding. Just because a card can theoretically do something does not mean that you want to board it in (endurance vs. elementals, force vs. tron). I always say: “ask yourself if this card is better than explore, realize the answer is always no, then never sideboard.” -I think most of the matchup evaluations are correct generally but amulet definitely has a good hammer matchup, it may even be your best matchup (although burn might be slightly better). -there are some nice play patterns missed that might serve to inform some matchups. Strategic use of the discard step against living end on the draw comes up way more often than one would expect for example. Once again though, great analysis overall. If you decide to do one of these again feel free to reach out to me for some amulet insights.

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I don't agree with all of your assessments but the level of detail and scope to this video are unbelievable, well done man

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[@Moonmerism]

@@AmmiO2 off the top of my head, I think you underrate how good elementals is against the other midrange/tempo decks. I also think rhinos has a much better matchup against both big mana decks than you do

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Wow really appreciate you taking the time on making such an in depth video! Thank you!

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As a new Amulet player this was extremely helpful

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Burn has answers for Leyline, that's why you run Wear \\ Tear in the side.

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Such a great helpful video! Thanks for posting and I look forward to an update.

[@MrAddsen]

Slight amulet note: The elementals matchup is often not won by speed, but by going way over the top in a similar fashion to how tron would, it can often be detrimental to go for a fast win since you'll have enough time to cast 3 lethal spells in a single turn starting around turn 7-9, maybe even later

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[@AmmiO2]

Doubtful. This one was a ton of work and I'm convinced there are going to be bannings, at least of The One Ring, so any video I make now would be out of date too quickly. I _could_ make something a bit different though.

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[@TheEmeraldboy100]

Rhinos player here. We start playing Leyline of the Void in sideboard over Endurance for better matchup against Living End and Murktide/Shadow decks. This leads us to worse matchup against control and nonblue Rakdos.

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This is a pretty epic undertaking. Thank you for this. I'd like to request a deck that's outside the meta. Glimpse Elementals. I swear its the only deck that I've played where I feel like I have a chance against Living End and 4C omanth.

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Noted on the audio, I'll voice it in the future. Tier 2 is unlikely since there are just SO many decks.

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honestly murktide feels pretty favored against the cascade decks with the inclusion of flusterstorm and ledger shredder. A video I would like to see is the difference between murktide with DRC and without

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[@hungryLIKEALI0N]

This was a great video with a lot of good info and excellent production value, I enjoyed it a lot. I was surprised by your evaluations of Hammer's matchups tho. I've always felt like Hammer was much better against 4c than it is against Amulet or Rhinos, but you called Amulet and Rhinos even for Hammer and 4c practically a bye for the elementals deck. Neither of these align with my experience playing hammer. I feel like Amulet and Rhinos are bad matchups for Hammer while 4c is almost even. Maybe a difference could be that I've been playing mono white while your video assumes Hammer is UW? I don't know why that would improve my 4c matchup that much but lacking the blue cards might explain why I have more trouble against Amulet and Rhinos than a UW Hammer player would. Regardless, great video, fun to watch and very informative.

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Best content ever. Are you interested in doing updated top 10 if meta changes a lot?

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In hindsight, I wish I'd have included UW Control, Creativity, and Scam. I'll probably update at some point, but I still need to do Pioneer.

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Would love a pioneer one

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Can u do this for pioneer and pauper. This was great

[@Haloxgears]

for burn, im just a little confused on what to take out in certain matchups.

[@AmmiO2]

Lightning Helix and Skullcrack are the least efficient burn spells. Helix can be cut if gaining life doesn't matter (VS non-aggro matchups). Skullcrack if the opponent doesn't have any life gain effects. VS aggro decks cut Eidolon since it's detrimental. Searing Blaze comes out if the opponent has zero or few creatures for it to hit (e.g. Belcher, Tron).

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that shing sound effect kinda intense compared to rest of good video.

[@jka5000]

Where did you find the bad match graph ?

[@AmmiO2]

Not sure if you're referring to the web pages early on or the 'Favorability Charts'. I made the charts in Photoshop. The web pages Data are sourced from: mtgmeta.io/metagame/modern mtgdecks.net/Modern/winrates

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The strongest underdog is dredge, if no one has GY hate dredge would easy beat them all.

[@Kakerate2]

8:06 incorrect

[@blues6304]

Is UW no longer meta in modern?

[@AmmiO2]

It's very close to the top; I would have put it at No. 11 if I'd expanded the list. It doesn't have any great matchups among the top 10.

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@@AmmiO2 I see, thanks for your reply and keep up the good work!

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Played Elementals and I went up against hammer. And lost like a dumbass

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That sword clash sound effect is too loud and annoying. Either lower the volume on it or talk louder. The rest of the video is amazing, though.

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Thank you so much, now I finally know what to do with my Tron