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 were Blistering Hydras, Servant of the Conduit, Tireless Tracker, and coupled with pump spells like Larger than Life. He posted an assumed decklist but I decided to refine it a bit.

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AER Standard Deck Feature: Sultai Control

I found this decklist while I was building or reconstructing our team decks for this weekend’s Gameday tournaments. Japanese Pros are well known for piloting peculiar decks, and this one is no exception. It was played by Jun Ishihara and got an 8-2 record in the Standard portion of the recent Pro Tour Aether Revolt.

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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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