The Best Sorcery Decks After Gen Con

Gen Con is over, the results are in, and now we get to see what the post-Gen Con Sorcery: Contested Realm metagame actually looks like.

Zac and Phil break down all 124 decks from Gen Con, starting with the distribution of the four elements before diving into the Top 8 decklists.

What does the data tell us?

Fire and Earth remain major foundations of the format, while Water and Air appear to be converting at higher rates than their overall representation would suggest. From there, we dig into the individual Top 8 decks — including Air, Imposter, Druid, Necromancer, Death Speaker and Sorcerer — and look for the patterns that could define the next tournament.

Most importantly: how do we beat it?

We also discuss Courts, landmass, aggressive midrange strategies, underplayed control decks, and the possibility of building something completely outside the current metagame.

And yes, Zac still needs to figure out what he's replacing Lord of Lies with before defending his Cornerstone title.

00:00 — Zac Is Defending His Championship
01:27 — Breaking Down All 124 Gen Con Decks
02:40 — Is Sorcery's Element Spread Healthy?
04:08 — Which Elements Actually Convert?
05:05 — Why Is Fire Underperforming?
05:40 — The Impact of Courts
07:27 — Are Courts Changing How We Build Decks?
09:21 — Compressing Your Curve
09:29 — More Gen Con Element Data
11:43 — Let's Look at the Top 8
12:36 — Avatar of Air
14:45 — Goatless Imposter
16:28 — Druid Takes Over
18:03 — The Other Druid List
19:03 — Mono-Fire Necromancer
20:21 — Death Speaker: Sorcery Jund
22:35 — Mono-Earth Sorcerer
24:20 — The Landmass Strategy
24:48 — Steam Imposter
27:21 — Is the Sorcery Meta Stale?
28:47 — Where Is Archimago?
29:29 — The Seven-Court Control Deck
30:06 — "I've Been Taking the Court"
30:33 — Building Basketball in the Realm
31:22 — How Do We Beat This Meta?
32:00 — Come Play Peak!
33:16 — Locked Formats Beyond Nostalgia
33:59 — Welcome to a New Magic