As I was preparing myself for tomorrow’s first day of class for the Summer semester at UPV, I have decided to check on my list of previous Standard deck ideas that I believe and that will still see potential gameplay in the format. One of which I found was the Naya Exert aggro deck that are mostly composed of cards from Hour of Devastation. The idea as hinted by the deck name is to abuse the Exert ability of your creatures and having them untapped by means of abilities and spells. Here below is the decklist I have came up with and probably is version one:

Creatures
4 Ahn-Crop Champion
4 Ahn-Crop Crasher
4 Glorybringer
4 Llanowar Elves
1 Lyra Dawnbringer
4 Merfolk Branchwalker
1 Rhonas the Indomitable
2 Samut, Voice of Dissent
2 Verdurous Gearhulk
2 Walking Ballista

Spells
4 Abrade
2 Act of Heroism
1 Cast Out
1 Ixalan’s Binding

Lands
4 Rootbound Crag
2 Sheltered Thicket
3 Plains
4 Mountain
5 Forest
3 Sunpetal Grove
3 Clifftop Retreat

I have posted last time about the deck Green White Aggro and its potential in the new metagame of Dominaria Standard. This time, I have found a list that is G/W based but with a twist. The deck added Blue as its third color in order to open access to the planeswalker Teferi in the mainboard and the playset of Negates in the sideboard. The deck placed in the Top 8 of a recent PTQ in MTGO. Check out the full decklist below by lleaf33:

24 Lands
4 Aether Hub
4 Botanical Sanctum
6 Forest
2 Plains
4 Scattered Groves
4 Sunpetal Grove

20 Creatures
4 Llanowar Elves
3 Lyra Dawnbringer
4 Merfolk Branchwalker
2 Servant of the Conduit
3 Thrashing Brontodon
4 Walking Ballista

16 Other Spells
2 Aethersphere Harvester
2 Heart of Kiran
3 Ixalan’s Binding
3 Karn, Scion of Urza
3 Seal Away
3 Teferi, Hero of Dominaria

Sideboard
2 Baffling End
4 Negate
2 Nissa, Vital Force
2 Settle the Wreckage
2 Thopter Arrest
3 Treasure Map

Reference

Here is a quick decklist for one of the archetypes that will gain a huge boost with the release of Dominaria in the Standard format. The deck is Mono Green Aggro which is already gaining followers from the recent tournament results in MTGO Standard league. Below is the possible look of the deck in DOM Standard:

Creatures
4 Jadelight Ranger
4 Llanowar Elves
4 Merfolk Branchwalker
4 Resilient Khenra
2 Rhonas the Indomitable
4 Steel Leaf Champion
2 Territorial Allosaurus
4 Untamed Kavu
2 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
1 Verdurous Gearhulk
1 Multani, Yavimaya’s Avatar

Spells
4 Blossoming Defense
2 Wild Onslaught

Lands
16 Forest
4 Hashep Oasis
2 Memorial to Unity

I have noticed from the recent card previews of the upcoming Dominaria set that Wizards is pushing for a Mono Color strategy which is a classic example during the early sets of Magic. They are printing creatures with Mono Color costs such as the 3-Drop 5/4 Elf Beast for GGG, a Flying 0/4 Djinn which power defends on the number of Basic Islands you control for UUU. I have yet to create another post for that one.

They will be also printing Avatar creatures like this one card preview below that I will discuss in this blog post. Presenting, Torgaar, Famine Incarnate.

The card really resembles Black’s nature of sacrificing minions for the glory of the master. In this case, we can have small weenie Black creatures that has value when sacrificed. For instance, check out Dire Fleet Hoarder. This creature gets you a Treasure token whenever it dies and so you can use the token for mana to be able to cast the avatar. Other options are Dread Wanderer and Scraphead Scrounger.

Torgaar’s etb ability can be beneficial in matchups that has lifegain ability like the token decks. Bringing them down to 10 life is already a huge factor even if you’ve already attacked for six-eight damage in your first two or three turns.

The deck build is composed of small weenies that can hit early and then later on can be your option for sacrifice. Here is an initial list:

3 Bone Picker
4 Dread Wanderer
3 Dire Fleet Hoarder
3 Glint-Sleeve Siphoner
4 Grasping Scoundrel
4 Night Market Lookout
4 Scrapheap Scrounger
4 Vicious Conquistador
4 Torgaar, Famine Incarnate

3 Fatal Push
2 Walk the Plank
2 Cast Down

4 Ifnir Deadlands
16 Swamp

I have considered to add majority of one-drops so as to lower the curve and to get Torgaar out as early as possible. Sure removal can be an easy solution for him as well as chump blockers but you also have to make sure of your other creatures that your opponents have to deal with.

That is a wrap. Let me know your thoughts of this deck build for Torgaar by commenting below. Thanks for reading and until the next post.