Standard Deck Tech: Mono Green Stompy


While reading through the topics posted at the Spikes subreddit, I came upon a tournament report of a person playing UR Dynavolt in their Gameday and which he faced a kid piloting a mono-Green aggro deck. The card composition according to the way his match went Continue reading

Magic: the Gathering AER Standard Deck Update: B/W Control

With the loss of Emrakul in Standard and the rise of the supposedly Black Green Constrictor-based decks, non-Blue control archetypes might have the chance again to get a slot in the metagame. One of which is Black White Control which was very popular back when Languish was still legal. Now it was replaced with Yahenni’s Expertise as the new Black sweep spell. The minus 3 minus 3 might look a bit inefficient to deal with large creatures but with its free spell bonus gains you a free spot removal and even a Liliana.

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KLD Standard Deck Tech: UW Panharmonicon

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The Grand Prix weekend in Denver saw another Standard deck innovation courtesy of Weitz and Maynard, two members of the Team East West Bowls. They called the deck the boogeyman of the current metagame. It abuses the ability of the artifact Continue reading