#ub control

[lucifers-smol-boy]

So i am going to start with Mtg and I think about playing Standard.

Since Guilds of Ravnica is coming out really soon and I wanted to build a blue or UB control or midrange deck (Dimir just fits me so much) I thought about starting with Standard.

Any advice?

[hipstersofthecoast]

Standard Tezzeret Control

Aaron busts out a special Standard edition of Brew Corner starring Tezzeret the Schemer.

Read this article on Hipsters of the Coast

[this-autumnsong]

So it's Game Day this weekend

And It's been forever since I've played any decent amount of standard, but I really wanted to play. Luckily I had a tonne of store credit from trading in some stuff and managed to buy the last few bits I needed to build Shouta Yasooka's list from the PT and let me tell you, that deck is fun as shit to play

[kaya-ghost-assassin]

I think this standard environment can be separated into three categories: fun decks to play with, fun decks to play against, and UB control.

[goingtotime-blog]

U/B Control - Fate Reforged Standard

There's a reason this blog is called going to time.

I've been far too distracted in standard by a Narset brew that myself and my pal Geoff Fletcher have been testing with. Despite the fact it's a very control-orientated build, it doesn't quite feel like true control to me. I started building U/B control for KTK standard but it didn't quite feel right, so quickly tossed it aside. Since the fate reforged spoiler for Crux of fate (standards new Damnation-esque card) however, I've had primal urges towards going back to play it. Reforging it's fate, if you will.

Let's get straight to my list:

The first thing you may notice, is that unlike some builds at the moment; I've chosen to play fewer fetch lands and only 3 copies of Dig through time. To mitigate this, I'm playing 2 copies of divination. I've accomplished this by dropping a land (builds are playing 27 with 6 fetches at the moment) and one copy of dig through time. My reasoning behind this is that I sometimes feel like my hand will be gummed up by uncastable digs. Both net me a card, but the selection is obviously a loss. I'm playing an additional draw spell, so hopefully, that makes up for some of the loss and draws me closer to Digs anyway. I'm still playing 3 copies of Dig, so I've not lost too much.

I'm currently trying all 3 popular win conditions right now and this will change depending on the meta and testing. Is the Silumgar/Crux of fate combo relevent often enough? Is ugin too mana intensive? Is Pearl Lake Ancient not resilient enough? I guess i'll find out in testing and update you at a later point.

- Joshua Quant

"And that's time on the round..."

[demdiddydizzy]

Made a few decks today

Today mostly consisted of prepping my BW deck for FNM this week, and then going home and making two brand new decks: UB control (without mill! What a twist!), and Junk Reanimator (got inspired after looking at my friends and a few videos of them being played at FNM)

[engermanagement-blog]

Then I forced UB control...

And won. Duh.

[justindz]

I am apparently being lent enough cards to play David Shiels-style standard tomorrow night. I fear I may be turned into a standard player again.

Come on, mirror matches!