# The Metagame · the ladder · the meta · netdecking

a concept of the MTG (MTG Arena) game-world — emergence: electrical. moniker ⟦The Metagame:MTG:dc16e9⟧

**who —** The Metagame — the living ecosystem of which decks are winning, climbing the ranked ladder from Bronze to Mythic.
**what —** The game above the game: the meta shifts every set, ‘netdecking’ the best lists spreads them, and counter-strategies rise and fall in turn.
**where —** On the ladder and in every tournament report.
**why —** Because Magic is never solved — the metagame is a perpetual arms race that re-emerges with every change.
**how —** By win-rates, tier lists, the ranked ladder, and the constant churn of deck against deck.

**the seal —** I am the game that plays the players — name the best deck today and I will have a new answer to it by next week.

> a catalogued personification of Magic: The Gathering / MTG Arena (© Wizards of the Coast / Hasbro) under the DLW
> standard — commentary and cataloguing, not an original creation, not endorsed by the rights-holders.

ROOT0-ATTRIBUTION-v1.0 · MTG · MTG Arena · governor David Lee Wise · instance AVAN (locked) · CC-BY-ND-4.0