One advantage of taking a Week 4 break was having an opportunity to absorb more Modern content. This requires clear data to inform our conversation and clear conclusions based on that data. But until we pressure Wizards into decisive action on these formative problems, we’re not going to enjoy Modern the way we once did. I just want to write about fun decks and play a fun format again. Like most readers, I’m exhausted from constantly identifying and discussing major Modern problems. I’ll then explore Wizards’ acknowledgement of the companion problem, and offer banlist and mechanical solutions Wizards can employ to fix this mess. We’ll look at top-tier decks, companion prevalence, and changes from Week 3 to Week 5. Today’s metagame breakdown updates the statistics from Week 1, Week 2, and Week 3. All of this makes me fearful for Modern’s direction and future, but for now, we need to resolve the immediate companion crisis. I’m sensing the same despair and rage I wrote about in my inaugural 2020 article, “ Fixing Modern: Redefining Format Mission,” which Wizards still has not addressed. There’s even a community of players who have lost so much confidence in Wizards they’ve taken format management into their own hands. The online Modern community is in peak outrage over companions specifically and format management generally: 17 of the top 20 Modern subreddit posts from the last month are criticizing Wizards, blasting companion, or lamenting Modern’s decline. Burn and Prowess continued to exceed URx Delver shares at the height of the Treasure Cruise reign. Lurrus, Yorion, and the rest of the Ikoria Pokesquad have completely taken over Modern as the format collapses around a few top-tier decks.
Duke even included a broader statement about multi-format companion impact, which we’ll unpack later today. Good news: Wizards finally acknowledged the companion problem in Ian Duke’s Banned and Restricted update. I took a Week 4 blogging hiatus but continued to track format changes past our Week 3 article.
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