All things considered, Seraphim continues to be a rock-solid competitor amongst the competition. Whilst it may not quite hit the top echelon with the rest of the control powerhouses, I believe that it makes up in flexibility, with plenty of incredibly strong generic and archetypal tools available for Michael.

Additionally, Seraphim has plenty of tools with unique ways to hate out the metagame like Radiant Orb Of Divine Light and Cerebral, The Bound Seraphim Mind.

A list which has been fighting it's way up tiers since GCD, the addition of Terrafirma, The Crater Quake Dragon locks this archetype as a firm A-Tier contender in my mind. The explosive nature of the deck lets it blow past the bounds of some of the top control decks, and burn them out.

Merrisod has consistently shown the ability to explode in the early game, and catch up from behind as a versatile and constant threat.

Alehouse stands as a solid list that can shift between more Storm oriented and Tempo oriented builds. While Sh'Lara is the deck with the best ability to blow boards to smithereens, Ethelhime boasts a similar power, with the benefit of being able to shuffle cards away against Holy Counters, and certain indestructible ACTs.

The deck has had some difficulty in translating it's potential power into top 8 results, but it remains explosive and as a list that can spiral out of control faster than you expect in the hands of an experienced pilot.

Ever a constant mover in the high tiers, I'm more confident than ever with Sh'Lara's current postition, helped by my own personal testing. At the moment, the deck is a strong and explosive list with access to key control tools like Majik Void Collapse, which gives it niche strength in comparison to Merrisod. 

That being said, Merrisod's explosive lategame inevitability and reach potential pushes the Sprite/Dragon archetype just slightly above the firebird.

That being said, Sh'Lara having access to Majik Void Collapse, Concrete Catacombs in the sideboard, and Serenasada as a huge consistency tool makes it a deck I've personally got on the backburner to pull out when the right opportunity presents itself.

Boars has finally dropped out of S-Tier, largely out of a lack of results, rather than any specific hit against the deck. While the drop in attention could be, and likely is a a result of player interest shifting towards other archetypes, I do think that the rising tide from EOR and GCD has successfully pushed the rest of the metagame into a much more comparable power level.

Effectively, Sharn is now facing a much more level playing field, and a new plethora of tech cards and flexible interactive pieces able to break up the deck's early aggression.

Since it's initial burst of performance, Blastforge has fallen into a solid metagame position, as an aggressive list able to keep other archetypes on their toes. The all-in aggro nature of the deck does limit it's strength into the higher ranks, but with access to powerful transformative sideboard plans the list has relevant tools to catch pilots off guard.

The archetype does still have plenty of potential to jump in the metagame, and builds of the archetype have tried out various tech options, making it a list with plenty of flexibility in build and tuning.

An interesting evolution from the more traditional Fandorian Midrange build seen with Alero, this slightly more controlling variation pulls out the "best hits" from the various Hero archetypes, making a good-stuff pile of value which packs a large variety of versatile control and card-advantage pieces.

The protective pieces of the Walls archetype and strong Fandorian and Magi control tools are combined with a few Rogue pieces offering strong resource denial, with a full playset of Marovin's Ancient Text to tie the list together.

An archetype which still feels wrong to move from the top, the Fallen archetype has been dragged to a much more fair position than it's earlier ages of meta domination. While it continues to pack strong interactive tools and card advantage, the metagame at large is simply much better at matching Onoskelis' value to keep up, or beating it's interaction to knock it out early.

Value-laden archetypes like the Mythical Beasts especially have the potential to ruin Onoskelis' day, but the list still has access to a pile of incredibly unique and powerful interactive tools keeping it in the metagame.

My constant pet deck, Castiel has seen rising popularity with additions from Elder Legends: Providence, and currently sits in a solid metagame position. The new tools from ELP provide the deck with more flexibility in exchange for pure explosive power, making it easier to setup strong early positions.

The deck does struggle against Prometheus in the metagame, and the popularity of the eternal spirit will be a relevant factor in the success of the Lost Messiah archetype, but the deck holds a solid performance in the metagame.

An ever popular archetype with an uptick from Elder Legends: Providence, Mortis has more tools than ever to break away from stax pieces which are particularly oppressive to the archetype, such as those seen in the Titan Legion.

While the archetype constantly lives in threat of bad matchups from Titans and Angels, it continues to have very strong potential, with the ability to dominate unprepared tournaments, as was seen at the initial ELP release Siege Series tournament.

A list I've been watching with it's received Structure Deck, Marianas is still a Warlord who feels ripe for exploration. Currently, the consistently best performing builds rely on the best pieces from the Majik engine and the Twilight control tools, leveraging strong stax pieces like Majik Void Aurora effectively for free.

As it stands however, it does seem like the Majik Mask versions of the bounty builds are outperforming the other styles of Marianas, while also potentially drawing more Bounty Hate with Mysterious Mechanism and Destiny Dust.

A deck that hasn't necessarily fallen from favor, but rather one which has been replaced, Fandorian Midrange has some serious competition with the recent success of the "Good Soup" midrange piles. With the other archetypes ability to dip better into a variety of control and tech pieces, Fandorian Midrange remains a solid deck, but now one whose pieces seem better used elsewhere.

While testing may prove that Fandorian Midrange is alot closer to the Soup variants of Alero, recent success has knocked Fandos down a peg, until they can prove that they can keep up with the more versatile Soup archetype.

Sapphire Strom has continued to be a strong storm list, but I believe that it's fallen behind in competition behind Blastforge Aggro. Blastforge had an impressive showing in the 2024 RTR, with very similar speed for it's combo style kill, but better access to control tools.

Sapphire Storm still has an arguably more refined gameplan, and potentially the ability to break through backlines more aggressively, but the metagame has been able to the deck's gameplan.

The deck still has a strong and consistent gameplan, and could very quickly find success in a tournament where players are unprepared to face against it.

A rock-solid archetype with historic precedence, an array of strong build options, and a complete and utter lack of play in any recent competitive events. At the moment, Quartzheart's placement is largely holding on by legacy status, but the deck remains one primed to place well in competitive events. Notably, Blastforge aggro has been making strong appearances recently, and recent builds of Blastforge have moved closer in appearance to more traditional Frost Tempo Lists, leveraging Mount Fingar and Windenmere Island. I do still believe that these archetypes are notably distinct, and Frost Tempo offers some unique strengths to reward any pilot looking to ressurect the archetype on the tournament level.

Rogues has popped up a bit in tournament play, but suffers from being a similar, but less powerful version of Fandorian Midrange. The interactive tools are comparable/relatively matched, and whilst Rogue Dynamite Dice offers a uniquely fast kill, the new Fandorian Darkwood Dryad, Fulillia provides Fandos with plenty of damage of their own. The list certainly isn't bad, but it'll need new tools or tech to stand out against the better positioned hero lists.

Another victim of a lack of love, Adramelech was previously a tyrant in the metagame, being both a powerful competitor, and a favourite of the competition. In more recent tournaments however, Adramelech has fallen off. To some degree I do think this is a result of the shift of player interest, but I do think that Adramelech is in a slightly more tedious position. The addition of new campaign promos like Ariyus, The Soulbound Warlock pose as a strong tech piece, whilst the rise of Secret Savannah in various decks will likely coincide with the need to fight through Concrete Catacombs more often. I still believe that Adramelech is notably solid, with a strong linear gameplan and the ability to deny certain combo decks crucial cards.