Haliya Impact on Boros Energy Matchups

I'll analyze Energy decks with and without Haliya, Apex Predator against both energy and non-energy matchups. Let me start by gathering the current Modern meta and then dive into the specific performance data.

🛠️Get Meta Report

Now let me search for Haliya to get its card_id, and identify energy archetypes from the meta report:

Let me try a simpler search for Haliya:

This appears to be a different Haliya. Let me search for the Apex Predator version:

That's not the right card either. Let me query the database directly to find energy archetype details and look for Haliya cards:

🛠️QueryHaliya Card Name Search Query

Let me check for energy-related cards and see if there's a different Haliya card that might be relevant:

🛠️QueryBoros Energy Cards Containing Haliya

It appears "Haliya, Guided by Light" is the card being referenced. Let me analyze Energy decks (specifically Boros Energy) with and without Haliya against energy and non-energy matchups:

🛠️QueryBoros Energy Deck Performance Against Different Archetypes

Let me fix the query by using the correct column name:

🛠️QueryBoros Energy Deck Performance with Haliya Card

I see the issue - all wins/losses/draws are showing as 0, which suggests there might be an issue with the result values. Let me check what the actual result values look like:

🛠️QueryBoros Energy Deck Match Result Distribution

The results are stored as "WIN", "LOSS", "DRAW" rather than "W", "L", "D". Let me fix the query:

🛠️QueryBoros Energy Deck Performance With and Without Haliya

Excellent! Now let me also check how many Boros Energy decks are running Haliya to get context on adoption:

🛠️QueryHaliya Card Adoption in Boros Energy Decks

Now let me get some sources to cite this data:

Based on my analysis of Boros Energy performance with and without Haliya, Guided by Light over the past 60 days in Modern:

Energy with Haliya vs Energy Field

41.86% winrate (18-25-3 record)
46 total matches against other energy decks

Energy without Haliya vs Energy Field

52.57% winrate (174-157-23 record)
354 total matches against other energy decks

Energy with Haliya vs Non-Energy Field

50.40% winrate (125-123-16 record)
264 total matches against non-energy decks

Energy without Haliya vs Non-Energy Field

50.16% winrate (915-909-130 record)
1,954 total matches against non-energy decks

Key Insights:

Haliya adoption is low: Only 11.75% of Boros Energy decks (67 out of 570) run Haliya
Energy mirrors suffer with Haliya: 10.71 percentage point decrease in winrate (41.86% vs 52.57%)
Non-energy matchups are neutral: Minimal difference whether running Haliya or not (~50% either way)
Sample size concern: Haliya builds have much smaller match counts, especially in energy mirrors

The data suggests Haliya may be a liability in energy mirrors while providing little benefit against the broader field. Traditional Boros Energy builds perform significantly better in the energy matchup.

Sources: Data from 111 tournaments: 84.7% MTGO, 15.3% Melee. Recent examples: Modern Challenge 32, Modern Showcase Challenge, 1º Torneio Super Modern