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MODERN - Decks with Birthing Ritual + Shardless Agent + Omnath, Locus of Creation (last 4 weeks: Aug 24 - Sep 22, 2026)
These 42 entries show up across three Modern archetypes: Omnath Ritual (30), Elementals (11), and WURG Control (1). The analysis below covers all of them as a combined pool, split by Magmatic Hellkite presence.
OVERALL WINRATES (non-mirror matches, draws excluded):
With Hellkite: 26 entries, 59W-55L-3D — 51.8% winrate
Without Hellkite: 15 entries, 51W-43L-0D — 54.3% winrate
The Hellkite-less version slightly outperforms on aggregate, though the gap is small (2.5 pp) and the sample is asymmetric (26 vs 15 entries).
MATCHUP SPREAD — WITH HELLKITE (min. 2 matches):
Favorable:
Dimir Frog: 80.0% (4W-1L, 5 matches)
Yawgmoth: 100% (3W-0L)
Esper Blink: 75.0% (6W-2L, 8 matches)
Fight Rigging Eldrazi: 75.0% (3W-1L)
Goryo Reanimator: 62.5% (5W-3L, 9 matches)
Broodscale: 66.7% (8W-4L, 12 matches)
Devoted Combo: 50.0% (2W-2L)
Neobrand: 50.0% (1W-1L)
Living End: 50.0% (1W-1L)
Azorius Control: 50.0% (1W-1L-1D)
Unfavorable:
Affinity: 0.0% (0W-3L)
Ruby Storm: 25.0% (2W-6L, 8 matches)
Tron: 28.6% (2W-5L, 7 matches)
Boros Ponza: 30.0% (3W-7L-1D, 11 matches)
Prowess: 36.4% (4W-7L, 11 matches)
Amulet Titan: 33.3% (1W-2L)
Boros Energy: 42.9% (3W-4L)
MATCHUP SPREAD — WITHOUT HELLKITE (min. 2 matches):
Favorable:
Goryo Reanimator: 76.9% (10W-3L, 13 matches)
Neobrand: 66.7% (4W-2L, 6 matches)
Dimir Control: 66.7% (2W-1L)
Boros Ponza: 66.7% (2W-1L)
Broodscale: 54.5% (6W-5L, 11 matches)
Boros Energy: 50.0% (4W-4L)
Ruby Storm: 50.0% (3W-3L)
Necrodominance: 100.0% (2W-0L)
Unfavorable:
Blue Belcher: 0.0% (0W-2L)
Devoted Combo: 0.0% (0W-5L, 5 matches)
Tron: 25.0% (1W-3L)
Affinity: 33.3% (1W-2L)
Esper Blink: 33.3% (1W-2L)
Prowess: 36.4% (4W-7L, 11 matches)
KEY TAKEAWAYS:
The Hellkite build has a dramatically better Esper Blink matchup (75% vs 33%), and holds its own against Broodscale more comfortably (66.7% vs 54.5%). The big cost is the Devoted Combo matchup, which collapses from a 50-50 to a complete 0% (0W-5L) without Hellkite. The no-Hellkite builds compensate with a massively improved Goryo Reanimator matchup (76.9% vs 62.5%) and a much more palatable Boros Ponza record (66.7% vs 30.0%), which is the starkest divergence across all matchups in the sample. Both versions share the same structural weakness to Prowess (~36%), Tron (~25-28%), and Affinity.
Sources: Data from 21 Modern tournaments (76% Melee, 24% MTGO) over the last 4 weeks. MTGO examples:
https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/modern-challenge-96-2026-09-2112854525
https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/modern-challenge-64-2026-09-1912854505
https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/modern-challenge-32-2026-09-1512854108