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Karn Eldrazi: Control Favored Aggressive Weak

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What matchups does Karn Eldrazi Ramp favor compared to Karn-less? Only look at data from April 2025 onwards

I'll analyze the matchup performance difference between Karn Eldrazi Ramp decks with and without Karn by examining Modern tournament data from April 2025 onwards.

Let me start by gathering information about the archetype and finding relevant card IDs:

Now let me query the database to analyze matchup performance for Eldrazi Ramp decks with vs without Karn from April 2025 onwards:

🛠️QueryEldrazi Matchup Performance With and Without Karn

Now let me calculate the differential and get some additional context:

🛠️QueryKarn's Impact on Eldrazi Tournament Deck Composition

Based on the tournament data from April 2025 onwards, here's what the matchup analysis reveals:

Karn vs Karn-less Eldrazi Ramp Matchup Comparison

Sample size: 177 Karn entries vs 596 Karn-less entries

Matchups Favored by Karn Builds (>10% winrate advantage):

• Azorius Control: 65.2% vs 43.9% (+21.3%) - Karn's wishboard access provides strong answers
• Samwise: 35.7% vs 62.5% - Actually worse with Karn (-26.8%)
• Tron: 53.3% vs 60.6% - Slightly worse with Karn (-7.3%)

Matchups Strongly Favored by Karn-less Builds:

• Domain Zoo: 33.3% vs 53.7% (-20.4%) - Karn versions significantly struggle
• Prowess: 37.7% vs 63.1% (-25.4%) - Massive disadvantage with Karn
• Boros Energy: 46.0% vs 54.7% (-8.7%) - Worse with Karn
• Samwise: 35.7% vs 62.5% (-26.8%) - Terrible with Karn
• Broodscale: 33.3% vs 50.0% (-16.7%) - Much worse with Karn
• Ruby Storm: 28.0% vs 46.8% (-18.8%) - Significantly worse
• Orzhov Blink: 44.4% vs 65.6% (-21.2%) - Much worse
• Living End: 22.2% vs 48.0% (-25.8%) - Terrible with Karn
• Affinity: 40.0% vs 51.5% (-11.5%) - Worse with Karn

Key Insight:

Karn builds only excel against control decks (notably Azorius Control), where the wishboard provides flexible answers. However, Karn-less versions perform dramatically better against aggressive strategies (Prowess, Domain Zoo), combo (Ruby Storm, Living End, Broodscale), and midrange/blink strategies. The slower, more reactive Karn builds appear to struggle with the format's faster, more linear strategies.

Sources:
Data from 395 tournaments (April 2025-present): 74.2% MTGO, 25.8% Melee. Recent events: https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/modern-challenge-32-2025-10-1212819536, https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/modern-challenge-32-2025-10-1212819532, https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/modern-challenge-64-2025-10-1112819525