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Izzet Cutter Pinnacle Emissary Variant

1 requestsStarted 9/17/2025, 9:54:58 PM
what is the best performing variation in modern of pinnacle emissary lists? Mention tamiyo, inquisitive student, emry, kappa cannoneer, thought monitor, metallic rebuke, cori steel cutter

I'll analyze the performance of different Pinnacle Emissary variations in Modern, focusing on the cards you mentioned. Let me start by getting the format ID and checking the current meta.

Let me search for potential archetype names that might include Pinnacle Emissary:

🛠️QueryAffinity Archetypes in Specific Game Format

I see there are various Affinity archetypes but no specific "Pinnacle Emissary" archetype. Let me search for Pinnacle Emissary as a card to understand how it's being played:

Now let me check which Affinity variations are playing Pinnacle Emissary and analyze their performance over the last 60 days:

🛠️QueryArchetype Performance with Specific Card in Tournament

Great! I can see that Pinnacle Emissary is being played in several archetypes. Now let me analyze the specific card variations you mentioned in these top-performing archetypes:

Now let me analyze the card variations in the top-performing Izzet Cutter archetype:

🛠️QueryIzzet Cutter Card Inclusion Analysis

Let me search for the other cards you mentioned:

Now let me analyze the presence of all these cards across the different Pinnacle Emissary archetypes:

🛠️QueryCard Presence Across Different Archetype Decks

Now let me get recent tournament sources to back up this analysis:

Based on my analysis of tournament data from the last 60 days, Izzet Cutter is the best performing Pinnacle Emissary variation with a 56.0% winrate across 19 tournament entries.

Performance Comparison:

  • Izzet Cutter: 56.0% winrate (42-33, +8 draws) - 19 entries
  • Jeskai Cutter: 53.8% winrate (7-6, +1 draw) - 2 entries
  • Affinity: 47.2% winrate (221-247, +37 draws) - 114 entries

Card Configuration in Top-Performing Izzet Cutter:

Core 100% Inclusions:

  • Pinnacle Emissary - 3.9 copies average
  • Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student - 4.0 copies average
  • Emry, Lurker of the Loch - 4.0 copies average
  • Cori-Steel Cutter - 3.7 copies average
  • Metallic Rebuke - 2.6 copies average

Flexible Slots:

  • Kappa Cannoneer - 54.5% presence (3.8 copies when included)
  • Thought Monitor - 18.2% presence (1.8 copies when included)

The Izzet Cutter variant distinguishes itself from traditional Affinity by running 100% Cori-Steel Cutter and Tamiyo (vs 0% and 12.5% in Affinity respectively), while being more selective with Kappa Cannoneer and Thought Monitor compared to Affinity's near-universal adoption of these cards.

Sources

Data from 30 tournaments: 80% MTGO, 20% Melee. Recent examples: Modern Challenge 32, Modern Challenge 64, $uper $unday RCQ