Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Standard Update – Gruul Aggro

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Hey all. Today’s blog post is we will be checking an existing metagame deck in the Standard format & this Magic: the Gathering Standard Deck archetype is the Gruul Aggro build. There is another setup for the deck in the terms of creature choices aside from the common lineup. This may be because of its objective to get ahead in the late game by having more creatures with utility abilities or effects.

If you have been checking on the recent tournament results, the list’s core components are mostly Werewolves with Halana and Alena, Partners as an additional Haste enabler. The upgrade from Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty includes Thundering Raiju and the Red Channel land Sokenzan.

The latest version of the Hellrider.

See the full decklist below as a reference from the deck played by Miguel Angel Diaz Poblete, which got in the Top 8 in the Neo Championship Qualifiers @ Five Color Hub event.

Maindeck
22 LANDS (24)
4 Cragcrown Pathway
2 Den of the Bugbear
6 Forest
2 Lair of the Hydra
3 Mountain
3 Rockfall Vale
2 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
 
22 CREATURES
3 Ascendant Packleader
3 Goldspan Dragon
3 Halana and Alena, Partners
3 Kessig Naturalist
3 Reckless Stormseeker
2 Thundering Raiju
2 Volatile Arsonist
3 Werewolf Pack Leader
 
10 INSTANTS and SORC.
2 Burn Down the House
3 Dragon’s Fire
2 Shatterskull Smashing 
2 Tamiyo’s Safekeeping
1 Thundering Rebuke
 
6 OTHER SPELLS
3 Esika’s Chariot
3 Ranger Class
 
Sideboard
2 Arlinn, the Pack’s Hope
2 Avabruck Caretaker
2 Burning Hands
2 Cinderclasm
2 Froghemoth
2 Masked Vandal
2 Outland Liberator
1 Tamiyo’s Safekeeping