Bant Airbending Combo sits at 13th in the meta at 2.13% presence. All archetypes above it are: Landfall, Izzet Lessons, Dimir Excruciator, Dimir Midrange, Simic Cub, Azorius Midrange, Izzet Midrange, Izzet Spellementals, Jeskai Control, Boros Dragons, Mono Red Aggro, and Izzet Elementals. Now let me pull all the matchup winrates simultaneously.
Here is Bant Airbending Combo's full matchup breakdown against every archetype with greater metagame share over the last 30 days in Standard (data window: Feb 3 - Mar 5, 2026):
FAVORABLE MATCHUPS (winning record)
Simic Cub: 72.41% WR (42-16, 58 decisive matches) -- dominant
Azorius Midrange: 62.50% WR (40-24, 64 decisive matches) -- strong edge
Landfall (#1 meta deck): 57.72% WR (71-52, 123 matches) -- solid edge against the format's top dog
Mono Red Aggro: 55.00% WR (11-9, 20 matches) -- slight edge, small sample
Izzet Elementals: 50.00% WR (11-11, 22 matches) -- roughly even
UNFAVORABLE MATCHUPS (losing record)
Izzet Lessons (#2 meta deck): 49.30% WR (35-36, 71 decisive matches) -- nearly even, slight deficit
Dimir Midrange: 46.43% WR (26-30, 56 matches) -- losing, manageable
Dimir Excruciator: 45.31% WR (29-35, 64 matches) -- losing
Boros Dragons: 42.86% WR (15-20, 35 matches) -- losing
Izzet Midrange: 34.48% WR (20-38, 58 matches) -- bad matchup
Jeskai Control: 29.03% WR (9-22, 31 matches) -- very bad matchup
Izzet Spellementals: 19.05% WR (4-17, 21 matches) -- near-unwinnable
The picture is fairly polarized. Bant Airbending Combo punishes the green-based strategies (Simic Cub, Landfall) and White-based midrange (Azorius Midrange), suggesting the combo is well-positioned against creature-centric or tempo-light builds. However, it struggles badly against Izzet variants, particularly Izzet Spellementals, Jeskai Control, and Izzet Midrange -- decks with robust interaction and countermagic that can disrupt the combo. The Izzet decks collectively represent a significant chunk of the meta, which likely explains why the deck sits only at a 50.65% overall winrate despite its positive results against the top presence deck (Landfall).
Sources: Data from 60 Standard tournaments (Feb 3 - Mar 5, 2026), 87% Melee / 13% MTGO.
https://melee.gg/Decklist/View/68d5d967-7737-4b50-8554-b3ff00e0ec6c
https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/standard-challenge-32-2026-02-2812834074
https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/standard-challenge-64-2026-02-2712834061