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
LCI – Explore Midrange – 8th Place
WOE – Big Spells – 9th Place
LTR – Tempo Elves with Scry-matters – 10th
MOM – Transformation Matters – 7th-ish
ONE – Proliferate and Poison – 10th
BRO – Big powerstone ramp – 10th
DMU – Domain Ramp – 10th, sort of
Though technically 10th, it’s not intended to be only two colors
SNC – Kinda irrelevant, just part of Brokers
NEO – Channel Ramp – 5th
VOW – Self-Mill – Tied for 8th
MID – Flashback – Tied for 3rd
AFR – Ramp into Abilities – 8th (along with rest of U)
STX – 8 lands matters – 2nd of 5
KHM – Shapeshifters/snow – T-8th
ZNR – 6th
