145 gamers will compete within the The Players Tour Finals over the upcoming weekend. They will combat for his or her share in a $250,000 prize pool and for invites to the 2020 Season Grand Finals. The Day 1 Swiss begins tomorrow at 9 a.m. PDT.
This can be when the decklists will turn into obtainable to most of the people. However, at this time the official Magic Esports web page have posted an early overview of the meta that awaits us within the upcoming event.
| Deck Archetype | Number of Players | Percentage of Field |
| Temur Reclamation | 57 | 39.3% |
| Four-Color Reclamation | 22 | 15.2% |
| Bant Ramp | 17 | 11.7% |
| Mono-Green Aggro | 9 | 6.2% |
| Mono-White Aggro | 8 | 5.5% |
| Jund Sacrifice | 7 | 4.8% |
| Rakdos Sacrifice | 6 | 4.1% |
| Azorius Control | 3 | 2.1% |
| Esper Midrange | 3 | 2.1% |
| Sultai Ramp | 2 | 1.4% |
| Mono-Red Aggro | 2 | 1.4% |
| Bant Flash | 1 | 0.7% |
| Four-Color Yorion | 1 | 0.7% |
| Rakdos Knights | 1 | 0.7% |
| Four-Color Planeswalkers | 1 | 0.7% |
| Sultai Graveyard | 1 | 0.7% |
| Esper Doom | 1 | 0.7% |
| Mono-Black Aggro | 1 | 0.7% |
| Esper Rats | 1 | 0.7% |
| Mardu Winota | 1 | 0.7% |
Unsurprisingly, Wilderness Reclamation variants have claimed the huge metagame share for themselves. A complete of 54.5% p.c of gamers have put their hopes into previous Wilderness Reclamation + Expansion//Explosion combo, whether or not it’s with Temur or Four-Color variant.
Bant Ramp lists have amounted to 11.7% metagame share, Sultai Ramp – to 1.4%. What all of those 4 archetypes have in widespread is that they depend on Uro, Titan of Nature’s Wrath and Growth Spiral. Together with Breeding Pool, as soon as once more these inclusions kind the trio of the most-played playing cards within the Pro Tour Finals, similar to the final time.
Eight gamers have registered Mono-White Aggro lists, an archetype which were crushing Temur Reclamation fairly persistently over the previous few weeks. Many count on the brand new White Weenies to do very effectively within the upcoming event.
Three Japanese gamers have introduced a spicy Esper Midrange brew to the Players Tours Finals. According to Magic.gg, the deck “can curve out with Seasoned Hallowblade into Rotting Regisaur into Sphinx of Foresight, which most Temur Reclamation gamers lack correct solutions to”. It additionally options playing cards like Teferi, Time Raveler and Mystical Dispute. Only time will inform whether it is to turn into the revelation of the Pro Tour Finals, similar to the Orzhov Rats archetype did the final time.
Check out the total metagame report on Magic.gg:
We intend to intently comply with because the occasions of the upcoming Pro Tour Finals unfold. Return tomorrow for decklists and metagame evaluation, in addition to Day 1 protection!
