One of the Magic: the Gathering Standard decks archetypes under the Izzet colors, in which I am hopeful to be on the Top Tier category, is the Delver deck. The reprint of such a card made me reminisce its first Innistrad days, wherein it was a powerhouse build. It is the same way I am observing the tournament results for its recent build version in the current Standard format.
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The Throne of Eldraine mechanic, Adventure, is still not out of flavor in the Theros Beyond Death Standard metagame. The deck which is composed of 90% cards from the set, is proving to be a top-tier deck in the recent major Magic: the Gathering tournaments. It looks to be built around the card Lucky Clover but that is actually what makes the deck gain additional card value aside from its creatures with the Adventure ability.
Here below is a decklist that finished with 10 wins in the recent Mythic Point Challenge – Ikoria Tournament and was piloted by Brian Braun-duin:
Maindeck
4 Breeding Pool
6 Forest
4 Island
2 Mountain
3 Steam Vents
4 Stomping Ground
2 Temple of Abandon
1 Temple of Epiphany
1 Temple of Mystery
4 Beanstalk Giant
4 Bonecrusher Giant
4 Brazen Borrower
4 Edgewall Innkeeper
4 Fae of Wishes
4 Lovestruck Beast
3 Escape to the Wilds
1 Incubation / Incongruity
4 Lucky Clover
1 The Great Henge
Sideboard
3 Aether Gust
1 Disdainful Stroke
1 Domri’s Ambush
1 Escape to the Wilds
1 Expansion / Explosion
1 Fling
1 Mystic Repeal
1 Negate
1 Once and Future
1 Return to Nature
1 Shadowspear
1 Sorcerous Spyglass
1 Storm’s Wrath
Source:
https://magic.gg/news/mythic-point-challenge-ikoria-mpl-and-rivals-league-10-win-decklists
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