Now let me pull the head-to-head matchups against the top archetypes in the meta simultaneously:
Here is the full breakdown for Broodscale in Modern from Aug 11 to Sep 15, 2026.
--- OVERALL PERFORMANCE ---
Broodscale posted a 55.45% winrate (mirror-excluded) over 3,928 decisive matches, going 2,110-1,695 with 123 draws. It is the #2 archetype by meta presence at 10.46% of entries, trailing only Prowess (10.87%) but outperforming it significantly in winrate (Prowess sits at just 49.22%). This makes Broodscale the best combination of popularity and performance in the current Modern meta.
--- MATCHUP SPREAD (vs. top 14 archetypes) ---
Favorable matchups:
Roughly even matchups:
Unfavorable matchups:
--- SUMMARY ---
Broodscale is the clear meta frontrunner right now, dominating artifact-based (Affinity), graveyard-based (Living End, Goryo), and midrange (Dimir Frog) strategies. Its main soft spots are fast creature combo decks -- Devoted Combo is a genuine problem at 40.31%, and Neobrand creeps under 47%. The near-even Prowess and Boros Energy matchups mean aggressive red strategies can keep it honest, but they are not reliable counters.
Sources: Data drawn from 103 Modern tournaments (Aug 11 - Sep 15, 2026): 57.3% MTGO, 42.7% Melee.
Recent events with Broodscale representation: