Flashfires in Modern Affinity Sideboards

Flashfires Performance (Last 30 Days)

Overall Performance:

• 23 tournament entries running Flashfires
• 55.91% winrate (71-56-1 match record)
• Exclusively played as a sideboard card (26 total copies across 23 entries)

Archetype Breakdown:
The card is primarily a sideboard tech in Affinity, appearing in:

• Affinity: 17 entries (74% of all Flashfires usage)
• Izzet Wizards: 2 entries
• Other decks (Mono Red Aggro, Jund Midrange, Izzet Cutter, Grixis Frog): 1 entry each

Key Insights:
Flashfires has found a niche home in Affinity sideboards, likely targeting white-based decks with heavy Plains dependency (e.g., Amulet Titan, Energy variants). The 55.91% winrate suggests decks running it are performing solidly, though it's impossible to isolate the card's individual impact without deeper match-by-match analysis.

Sources:
Data from 77 Modern tournaments (53.2% Melee, 46.8% MTGO). Sample Affinity tournaments:

• Modern Challenge 32 (Nov 29)
• Modern Showcase Challenge (Nov 29)
• Modern Challenge 64 (Nov 28)