The archetype wasn't found directly. Let me search for it more broadly — it may be listed under a different name in the database.
Found it — "Wan Shi Tong" exists only in Duel Commander. Let me search for it as a card to identify what Modern archetype it belongs to, and check aliases too.
Now I know Wan Shi Tong is a Blue creature from TLA (Avatar: The Last Airbender, Nov 2025). Let me find which Modern archetypes are playing it and check Dimir Control/Midrange specifically.
Interesting — Wan Shi Tong is played almost exclusively in Izzet Wizards, not Dimir. This might be the archetype known colloquially as "Dimir Wan Shi Tong" if it splashes black. Let me dig deeper.
The key cards show fetchlands including Polluted Delta and Flooded Strand, suggesting a Dimir splash is possible. Let me check the full card list and get the winrate/trends for this archetype.
Now let me grab sources to cite.
Now I have all the data. Let me also register the alias for future use.
Here's the full breakdown — note that what the community calls "Dimir Wan Shi Tong" is tracked in our database as Izzet Wizards (it runs a Dimir splash via Polluted Delta). Wan Shi Tong itself is only a 28.6% presence flex card within the shell.
| Card | Presence | Avg Copies |
|---|---|---|
| Flame of Anor | 100% | 4.0 |
| Snapcaster Mage | 90% | 2.7 |
| Thundering Falls | 90% | 2.0 |
| Counterspell | 90% | 3.5 |
| Lightning Bolt | 90% | 3.5 |
| Spell Snare | 81% | 2.2 |
| Sink into Stupor | 76% | 1.75 |
| Thundertrap Trainer | 62% | 4.0 |
| Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student | 62% | 3.5 |
| Wan Shi Tong, Librarian | 29% | 2.3 |
The deck has been emerging slowly, spiking to 6 entries in the week of Mar 9–15 (its biggest week). Recent results look more promising — 75% winrate in both the Mar 2–8 and Mar 16–22 windows — but on very small sample sizes.
This is a fringe brewers' deck — not a meta staple. Its 44.6% overall winrate tells a cautious story, and its presence rarely exceeds 1% of the field. Wan Shi Tong himself is only a flex tech piece (sub-30% adoption), not the core engine. The real engine is Flame of Anor + Snapcaster Mage + Thundertrap Trainer.
Sources — Data from 19 Modern tournaments (68% MTGO, 32% Melee):