#standard mtg

[rnadvillain]

i wanna play Standard again but have only enough wildcards to build one deck... should i craft Mono Red or Mono Black?

which deck?

Mono Red (red deck wins, possibly splash white for charm and helix)

Mono Black (midrange / Unstoppable Slasher)

Voting ended onDec 17, 2024

[magicvibesonly]

Sleeper Standard Card:

I truly think this is the biggest slept on card in Standard currently. What’s your favorite sleeper card in standard (not in top decks but should be)? Interact if you’re cool.

[jacethebeltsculptor]

Watching an aggro mirror is like watching MMA championships: It’s a bout between two incredibly honed fighters who have trained their whole lives to be as efficient and powerful in the ring as humanly possible.  Watching a control mirror is like watching Chess championships: It’s move after move of carefully planned exchanged where both players are constantly trying to gain the slightest advantage.  Watching control versus aggro, though, is like watching a married Chess grandmaster and MMA champion argue over what to do for date night, and no matter who wins the argument, you know they’re going to have the same one again next week. 

[scales-of-fate]

Whoops

[jacethebeltsculptor]

4-0 at my local Standard Showdown with U/B Pirates + Scarab God! Vizier of Many Faces post-board was an all star in my final game, copying my opponent's Noxious Gearhulk a total of 7 times between games 2 and 3.

[sex-drugs-sc00by-snacks]

Wholesome fun at FNM last night, included Mack and I beating up on local villain, Anson Miyamoto 😂

[gold3nladybug]

Tap 1R, Abrade your guy?

Standard has been a bit of a drag for a long time. Kaladesh and Amonkhet have defined that constructed environment in a bunch of different ways; we’ve all watched in horror as card after card received standard bannings, scratched our heads in confusion as the lifespan of a standard set fluctuated drastically and sighed in dismay as the top 8 shows the same cast of overly dominant characters. All I can say is that I’m relieved that they’ll be leaving us soon. 

I don’t always try to play Standard competitively, because non-rotating formats typically appeal to me more and the upkeep of a Standard deck is typically quite expensive in a way that is challenging to recoup. During this last Standard format, I tried to get involved with what seemed like a very safe buy; Ramunap Red. It had proven its power, keeping up with the dominant Temur Energy, and it seemed like it would be more insulated from bannings than the problematic Energy engine. It seemed like I made the right call, but amusingly I don’t think I’ve actually taken any of those red cards to an actual tournament the entire time I’ve owned them. The reason? One of my teammates has insisted on borrowing those cards to play Standard with, and I’ve been too nice to say no.

But now, at the beginning of the Guilds of Ravnica spoiler season, I’m pretty excited to be signing up for a Standard tournament after rotation. I started playing MtG the week before the release of Dragon’s Maze, so its exciting to go back to Ravnica. We haven’t been shown too many big ticket cards yet, but I think the odds are good that this is the one I’ll be casting most often:

Sinister Sabotage obviously calls back to Dissolve, as far as similar Cancels go, and I have some great memories casting that card. Scry 1 allowed the control decks of that format to play very consistently, using their answers to sculpt their gameplan while disrupting the opponent’s. Sinister Sabotage does the exact same thing, with Surveil perhaps being even stronger in context by filling the graveyard for Search for Azcanta, getting soft card advantage with the new Jump-Start cards or helping to enable any pushed Raise Deads, Reanimates or Recursive Graveyard Synergies (in a set with the Golgari, Dimir and Izzet guilds, I’m expecting a few of those boxes to be ticked).

But mostly, I just really like casting Cancels. You may have gathered that I like tapping islands on my opponent’s turn, and I especially like doing that when its not quite optimal. Since my main goal is to get back to the Pro Tour, sometimes its important to play what gives me the best chance to win - but the premier level events that are available for me here in Australia are pretty sparse; in November, GRN Sealed at GP Melbourne. Modern at PPTQs. Not much Standard on the Horizon, so it might be that I get to play as many Cancels as I like.

[bullshitmarket]

I Desparately want to use song of Freyalise but I'm also a slut for red.

A deck I might build to get back into standard after my 4 year hiatus. Fell in love with Song of Fraylise at my prerelease. Looking for comments or suggestions!