I'll help you analyze Abhorrent Oculus usage across formats. Let me start by searching for the card and then checking its presence in different formats.
Now let me check its presence across the major formats over the last 60 days:
I don't see Abhorrent Oculus in Modern. Let me check the other major formats:
Still no Abhorrent Oculus in Pioneer. Let me check Standard:
Let me search specifically for Abhorrent Oculus across all formats to see if it appears in our data:
It appears Abhorrent Oculus isn't being played in any of the tournament formats I have data for. Let me double-check by looking for it with a fuzzy search to make sure I'm not missing any variants:
The card is in the database, but let me check if there are any tournament entries with it at all:
Interesting! There are 2,351 copies of Abhorrent Oculus in the database. Let me check which format and when:
Now I see the issue - most of the Abhorrent Oculus data is from before the last 60 days I was searching. Let me get recent data for the last 30 days and see what archetypes are playing it:
Perfect! Now let me get some recent performance data and tournament sources:
Based on my analysis of the tournament database, here's what I found about Abhorrent Oculus:
Abhorrent Oculus is primarily played in Modern (4.5% presence historically), with smaller appearances in Legacy, Standard, Pioneer, and Vintage. The card sees most competitive play in Modern format.
Modern:
Standard:
The card shows mixed results across archetypes:
Best performers: Prowess (~57% WR), Esper Frog (~55% WR), Jeskai Oculus in Standard (~54% WR)
Struggling: Dimir Frog (~28% WR), various experimental builds
Sources
Data from 37 tournaments (89% MTGO, 11% Melee) in August 2025. Tournament examples: https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/modern-challenge-64-2025-08-2312812166, https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/modern-showcase-qualifier-2025-08-2312812131