I'll analyze Eldrazi Ramp with Icetill Explorer over the last 30 days in Modern, checking its performance against the top archetypes.
Now let me check if Eldrazi Ramp decks are actually playing Icetill Explorer, and then get matchup data against the top archetypes:
The archetype cards query returned empty, which is unexpected. Let me query the database directly to check for Icetill Explorer in Eldrazi Ramp decks:
Great! Now let me get the matchup data for Eldrazi Ramp decks that specifically play Icetill Explorer:
Perfect! Now let me get sources for citation:
Adoption Rate: 67 out of 82 Eldrazi Ramp entries (82%) ran Icetill Explorer in the main deck, averaging 3.4 copies when played.
Overall Performance: 50.0% winrate (149-149-20 record)
Favorable Matchups:
• Tron: 71.4% (20-8) - Dominant matchup
• Prowess: 57.1% (8-6) - Strong advantage
• Blue Belcher: 52.6% (10-9) - Slight edge
• Domain Zoo: 52.2% (12-11) - Close but positive
• Affinity: 52.0% (13-12) - Narrow advantage
Even/Unfavorable Matchups:
• Boros Energy: 48.1% (13-14) - Nearly even
• Esper Blink: 47.4% (9-10) - Slightly unfavorable
• Goryo Reanimator: 42.9% (12-16) - Problematic
• Amulet Titan: 36.4% (4-7) - Difficult
• Azorius Control: 26.7% (4-11) - Very poor
The Icetill Explorer build excels against big mana (Tron) and aggressive linear decks (Prowess), but struggles significantly against control and combo-ramp strategies. The card's landfall self-mill creates tensions against decks that can grind or go even bigger.
Sources: Data from 55 tournaments: 78.2% MTGO, 21.8% Melee
Recent events: Modern Challenge 10/13, Modern Challenge 10/12