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Emry Affinity Modern Portable Hole Matchups

1 requestsStarted 9/17/2025, 9:07:51 PM
Over the past month, Compare the winrates of modern pinnacle emissary and kappa cannoneer lists running emry with/wo portable hole vs different matchups in modern

I'll analyze the winrates of Pinnacle lists running Emry with and without Portable Hole across different matchups in Modern over the past month.

Let me start by gathering the necessary data:

Let me try searching for the individual cards:

Now let me search for potential archetype names and get Modern format data:

Great! I can see "Pinnacle Emissary" is a key card in Affinity. Let me now analyze the specific matchup data for Affinity lists with Emry and Portable Hole over the past month:

🛠️QueryEmry Deck Performance with Portable Hole Variant

Now let me get matchup-specific data for these Emry builds:

🛠️QueryEmry Deck Performance With and Without Portable Hole

Let me also check for any Pinnacle/Kappa builds without Emry for comparison:

🛠️QueryKappa Pinnacle Deck Performance Without Emry

Now let me get sources for this analysis:

Analysis: Affinity with Emry - Portable Hole Impact (Past Month)

Based on tournament data from the past month (Aug 17 - Sep 17, 2025), here's the comparison between Affinity lists running Emry with and without Portable Hole:

Overall Performance

  • With Portable Hole: 41.2% winrate (14-20-2 record, 6 entries)
  • Without Portable Hole: 74.3% winrate (26-9-4 record, 6 entries)
  • Standard Affinity builds (no Emry): 46.0% winrate (66 entries)

Key Matchup Analysis

Emry builds WITH Portable Hole struggled against:

  • Boros Energy: 20.0% (1-4-0 in 5 matches)
  • Amulet Titan: 0.0% (0-4-0 in 4 matches)

Emry builds WITHOUT Portable Hole excelled against:

  • Blue Belcher: 100% (4-0-1 in 5 matches)
  • Goryo Reanimator: 100% (3-0-0 in 3 matches)
  • Dimir Frog: 100% (3-0-0 in 3 matches)
  • Tron: 75.0% (3-1-1 in 5 matches)
  • Boros Energy: 50.0% (2-2-0 in 4 matches)

Key Insights

  1. Portable Hole appears counterproductive in Emry builds, reducing winrate by ~33 percentage points
  2. Emry builds without Portable Hole significantly outperformed both standard Affinity and Portable Hole variants
  3. Matchup-specific benefits: Non-Portable Hole Emry builds showed strong game against combo decks (Belcher, Goryo) and big mana strategies (Tron)
  4. Sample size consideration: Limited to 12 total Emry entries, suggesting it's still an experimental build

Sources
Data from 44 tournaments: 86.4% MTGO, 13.6% Melee. Recent events include Modern Challenge 32, Modern Showcase Challenge, and Modern Challenge 32.