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Pinnacle Emissary Deck Performance Metrics

1 requestsStarted 9/17/2025, 7:02:41 PM
over the past month, compare the winrates of decks running pinnacle emissary: decks w/wo emry, and the number of thought monitors in the list, as well as lists with/wo tamiyo, inquisitive student

I'll analyze the performance of decks running Pinnacle Emissary over the past month, comparing various configurations. Let me start by searching for the relevant cards and getting the Modern format data.

Now let me query the database to analyze decks running Pinnacle Emissary over the past month, comparing the different configurations:

🛠️QueryDeck Performance With and Without Key Cards

Now let me analyze the Thought Monitor count distribution:

🛠️QueryThought Monitor Count and Deck Performance

Let me also get some sources for this analysis:

Pinnacle Emissary Deck Analysis (Past Month)

Based on 87 Pinnacle Emissary decks from the past month, here are the performance comparisons:

Emry Configuration:

• With Emry: 57.1% winrate (19 decks, 48-36 record)
• Without Emry: 45.7% winrate (68 decks, 123-146 record)
• Impact: +11.4% winrate boost with Emry

Tamiyo Configuration:

• With Tamiyo: 53.2% winrate (15 decks, 33-29 record)
• Without Tamiyo: 47.4% winrate (72 decks, 138-153 record)
• Impact: +5.8% winrate boost with Tamiyo

Thought Monitor Count:

• 0 copies: 53.3% winrate (15 decks, 32-28 record)
• 2 copies: 33.3% winrate (1 deck, 2-4 record) small sample
• 3 copies: 47.6% winrate (11 decks, 20-22 record)
• 4+ copies: 47.8% winrate (60 decks, 117-128 record)

Key Insights:

  1. Emry provides the strongest performance boost (+11.4%), suggesting artifact recursion synergy is crucial
  2. Tamiyo inclusion correlates with better results (+5.8% winrate)
  3. Most decks run 4 Thought Monitors, but interestingly, decks with 0 copies perform slightly better
  4. Only 22% of Pinnacle Emissary pilots include Emry, despite its strong performance correlation

Sources
Data from 55 tournaments: 83.6% MTGO, 16.4% Melee. Recent events: Modern Challenge 32, Modern Showcase Challenge, 1º Torneio Super Modern