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Yawgmoth Modern Matchup Spread Analysis

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Here's Yawgmoth's full matchup spread over the last ~2 months in Modern:

🧬 Yawgmoth — Matchup Spread (Last 60 Days)

Overall WR: 50.6% | 1,471 entries across 19 tournaments

✅ Favourable Matchups

OpponentW-LWR
Domain Zoo10-283.3%
Boros Energy16-964.0%
Grixis Reanimator10-662.5%
Amulet Titan9-660.0%
Tron12-957.1%
Goryo Reanimator17-1356.7%
Ramp Eldrazi5-455.6%

⚖️ Roughly Even

OpponentW-LWR
Affinity14-1646.7%
Broodscale10-1245.5%

❌ Unfavourable Matchups

OpponentW-LWR
Living End5-935.7%
Prowess7-1236.8%
Ruby Storm5-1033.3%
Boros Ponza3-633.3%
Esper Blink3-730.0%
Azorius Control5-1229.4%

Key Takeaways

  • Domain Zoo is a free win (83%) — Yawg's blockers and combos just invalidate their gameplan
  • Boros Energy (the #1 deck by meta share) is a solid favourable matchup at 64% — great news for tournament viability
  • Both Reanimator variants are favourable, suggesting Yawg handles graveyard opponents well
  • Azorius Control and Esper Blink are the biggest problem matchups — permission suites and bounce effects are rough on the creature engine
  • Ruby Storm and Prowess punish Yawg's combo setup time
  • Sample sizes are smaller for some matchups (Boros Ponza, Ramp Eldrazi, Domain Zoo = 9–12 matches), so treat those with some caution

📊 Sources: Data from 59 tournaments (74.6% MTGO, 25.4% Melee) — Brussels Destination Qualifier · MTGO Challenge 64 (Jul 25) · MTGO Challenge 64 (Jul 23)