Hi all, just a quick update on the Standard metagame after Journey into Nyx hits the stores. Last weekend was the StarcityGames Open tournament in Cincinnati and in the Standard format the victorious deck just needed the new Black Green temple land as the only update in its list. The deck is Black Green Devotion piloted by Andrew Tenjum and here is the list.

Maindeck
Creatures (16)
4 Desecration Demon
4 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
4 Lifebane Zombie
4 Pack Rat

Spells (19)
4 Underworld Connections
3 Abrupt Decay
3 Devour Flesh
4 Hero’s Downfall
4 Thoughtseize
1 Vraska the Unseen

Lands (25)
11 Swamp
2 Golgari Guildgate
4 Mutavault
4 Overgrown Tomb
4 Temple of Malady

Sideboard
2 Dark Betrayal
1 Devour Flesh
2 Doom Blade
2 Golgari Charm
2 Pharika’s Cure
2 Erebos, God of the Dead
4 Duress

The rest of the top 16 decks in the event can be found here.