Stybs has played Magic the world over, writing and drafting as part of the event coverage team and slinging Commander everywhere his decks will fit.

It's not an exaggeration that Modern is packed with a diversity of archetypes. Small samples from invitation-based events like the Pro Tour help tell the tale but the breakdown of what made Day 2 at Modern Grand Prix, like this weekend in Charlotte, truly put it into perspective.

Archetype Count Percent Grixis Twin 37 11.90% Jund** 32 10.30% Affinity 30 9.70% Naya Burn* 24 7.70% Abzan Midrange* 17 5.50% Infect 17 5.50% Red-Green Tron* 16 5.20% Blue-Red Twin 14 4.50% Grixis Delver 10 3.20% Merfolk 10 2.60% Abzan Company* 9 2.90% Amulet Bloom 8 2.60% Boros Burn 6 1.90% Grixis Control 6 1.90% Ad Nauseam* 5 1.60% Elves* 4 1.30% Esper Control 4 1.30% Temur Twin 4 1.30% Blue-Black Faeries 3 1.00% Four-Color Zoo 3 1.00% Goryo's Vengeance* 3 1.00% Jeskai Control 3 1.00% Living End 3 1.00% Scapeshift 3 1.00% White-Blue Control 3 1.00% Black-White Tokens 3 0.90% Abzan 2 0.60% Green-White Company 2 0.60% Hexproof 2 0.60% Naya Company 2 0.60% Sultai Delver 2 0.60% Zoo Company 2 0.60% Bant Company 1 0.30% Bant Midrange 1 0.30% Blue-Red Delver 1 0.30% Breach Trap 1 0.30% Death & Taxes 1 0.30% Dredgevine 1 0.30% Emeria Control 1 0.30% Esper Gifts 1 0.30% Four-Color Company 1 0.30% Four-Color Control 1 0.30% Four-Color Midrange 1 0.30% Hatebears 1 0.30% Jeskai 1 0.30% Jeskai Twin 1 0.30% Lantern Mill 1 0.30% Martyr Proclamation 1 0.30% Mono-Red Burn 1 0.30% Storm 1 0.30% Temur Delver 1 0.30% Twinning End 1 0.30% White-Blue Merfolk 1 0.30% Zoo 1 0.30% TOTAL 311 100.00%

(* denotes a Day 1 undefeated decklist)

Decks like Grixis Twin, Jund, Naya Burn, Abzan Midrange, and Infect have risen in popularity as new cards from Khans of Tarkir Block have entered the format. Splinter Twin and Delver of Secrets decks have also benefited from recent cards and pressure on the format as Amulet Bloom also exploded in popularity.

More specifically, Collected Company is a new card that continues to cause exploration in Modern. A wide variety of flavors, from supporting the Elves decks to "replacing" Birthing Pod in Abzan-flavored creatures to pushing additional aggression and redundancy in Zoo-type builds, mean it isn't clear what the best builds with the card are yet. Every weekend like this one in Charlotte is one step closer to finding the truth.

Archetype Count Percent Twin (All Varieties) 56 18.0% Jund 32 10.3% Affinity 30 9.6% Burn (All Varieties) 30 9.6% Abzan Midrange 17 5.5% Infect 17 5.5% Red-Green Tron 16 5.2% Company (All Varieties) 15 4.8% Delver (All Varieties) 14 4.5% Merfolk 10 2.6% Amulet Bloom 8 2.6% All Others 66 21.2% TOTAL 311 100.0%

Rolling up the varieties of decks, particularly the diversity of Collected Company, reveals no clear winners beyond Splinter Twin varieties. The long-standing combo deck of Modern is by far the biggest overall contender thanks to the popularity of its Grixis version.

While Splinter Twin was missing among the Day 1 undefeated decklists it'd surprise no one to see it nudge its way into the Top 8. The real question is just "What else is going to find its way there too?"