Recently, MTG Data Science on Twitter/X posted about win rates of color pairs across many sets and Simic sat alone at the bottom. Tim and Peter dive into why that might be and look at the Simic signposts from the last few years to get the vibe of how successful each theme is.
Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/mtg_ds/status/1730414469644189748
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LCI – Explore Midrange – 8th Place
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WOE – Big Spells – 9th Place
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LTR – Tempo Elves with Scry-matters – 10th
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MOM – Transformation Matters – 7th-ish
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ONE – Proliferate and Poison – 10th
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BRO – Big powerstone ramp – 10th
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DMU – Domain Ramp – 10th, sort of
Though technically 10th, it’s not intended to be only two colors
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SNC – Kinda irrelevant, just part of Brokers
NEO – Channel Ramp – 5th
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VOW – Self-Mill – Tied for 8th
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MID – Flashback – Tied for 3rd
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AFR – Ramp into Abilities – 8th (along with rest of U)
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STX – 8 lands matters – 2nd of 5
KHM – Shapeshifters/snow – T-8th
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ZNR – 6th
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