Why Tear Asunder Might Be the Smartest Card in Your Standard Main Deck Right Now

Tear Asunder is a highly useful main deck card in the current MTG Standard metagame because it offers flexible, efficient removal in a format filled with problematic noncreature permanents. Right now, many top-tier decks lean on enchantments like Up the Beanstalk, Leyline Binding, or artifacts like Cori-Steel Cutter and Urabrask’s Forge. Having a main-deck answer to these without relying on narrow sideboard tech is a huge advantage.

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Tarkir: Dragonstorm Standard Deck Update – Mardu Aristocrats

Good day, the newest set Tarkir: Dragonstorm is set to hit the various formats this weekend, and the new card and deck strategies are added in particularly to Standard which I am to discuss another archetype. Today’s deck archetype blog post highlights a previously existing deck build that revolves around recursion and sacrifice effects.

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My Tarkir: Dragonstorm Friday Night Prerelease Experience

Going into the Friday Night prerelease for Tarkir: Dragonstorm, I mostly rode on nostalgia. The original Tarkir block left a strong impression—vibrant clans, wedge colors, and of course, dragons. With the return to the plane, I was hoping Wizards would strike a balance between familiar themes and something new for the players.

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