I did a second run of the Temur Dragons deck last weekend and still, I am satisfied with the results. The deck went 2-2 from the initial 2-0 record last Friday’s FNM losing to a resolved Ugin planeswalker from Naya Ramp and a curved Abzan aggro on the third game.

I did notice that the deck can still ran out of threats even with the Kiora, Sarkhan and Dragonlord Ojutai in the lineup. I decided to cut some cards to make way for Den Protector for a late game card recursion. I have also upped the Roast count to deal with Abzan Aggro.

I piloted the deck again last Saturday and it went 3-0-1 defeating Abzan Retreat Ramp, Atarka Red and 5-color Dragons. I drew with teammate Oliver during Round 2. Here is the updated decklist:

Temur Dragons v. 2.0
Maindeck
Creatures
2 Den Protector
2 Dragonlord Atarka
2 Dragonlord Ojutai
2 Whisperwood Elemental
4 Rattleclaw Mystic
3 Embodiment of Spring
2 Shaman of Forgotten Ways
4 Thunderbreak Regent
2 Surrak, the Hunt Caller
1 Icefall Regent

Spells
3 Craters Claw
3 Draconic Roar
2 Kiora, Master of the Depths
1 Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker
1 Sarkhan Unbroken
1 Temur Charm

Lands
4 Yavimaya Coast
1 Windswept Heath
4 Forest
2 Flooded Strand
2 Haven of the Spirit Dragon
1 Prairie Stream
4 Wooded Foothills
4 Mountain
1 Island
2 Cinder Glade

Sideboard
1 Crumble to Dust
3 Disdainful Stroke
2 Feed the Clan
3 Radiant Flames
4 Roast
2 Stubborn Denial

My recent brew was the recent version of Temur Dragons which was piloted on last Friday’s FNM at our local gamestore at Rei’s place. The deck went 2-0-1 since it was only a 3-round event and so far it performed above my expectations. I finished in First place, only slightly ahead on percentage from the second which also got 7 points. The matchups were as follows:

Round 1 vs Atarka Red – won 2-1
Round 2 vs Jeskai Black – drew 1-1-1
Round 3 vs Abzan Aggro – won 2-0

I based the deck from the list that finished Top 8 from a TCG Player States Champs event. Here is my current decklist:

Creatures
2 Dragonlord Atarka
2 Dragonlord Ojutai
2 Whisperwood Elemental
4 Rattleclaw Mystic
4 Embodiment of Spring
2 Shaman of Forgotten Ways
4 Thunderbreak Regent
2 Surrak, the Hunt Caller
1 Icefall Regent
1 Nissa, Vastwood Seer
1 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger

Spells
3 Craters Claw
4 Draconic Roar
2 Kiora, Master of the Depths
1 Sarkhan Unbroken

Lands
4 Yavimaya Coast
1 Windswept Heath
4 Forest
2 Flooded Strand
2 Haven of the Spirit Dragon
1 Prairie Stream
4 Wooded Foothills
4 Mountain
1 Island
2 Cinder Glade

For another Standard deck feature, here is an archetype that is another variance of the Megamorph strategy of Den Protector and Deathmist Raptor. This was revealed on last weekend’s Grand Prix in Shanghai, China and was piloted by Japanese Pro Yuuya Watanabe.

Here is a decklist played by Paul Cheon for the Week 4 of the Standard Super League:

Maindeck
4 Deathmist Raptor
4 Den Protector
4 Satyr Wayfinder
4 Sylvan Caryatid
3 Courser of Kruphix
3 Dragonlord Ojutai
2 Dragonlord Dromoka
2 Dragonlord Silumgar
1 Dragonlord Atarka

3 Thoughtseize
2 Foul-Tongue Invocation
2 Hero’s Downfall
1 Murderous Cut

2 Forest
4 Haven of the Spirit Dragon
3 Llanowar Wastes
4 Opulent Palace
1 Plains
1 Sandsteppe Citadel
1 Temple of Deceit
4 Temple of Malady
2 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
3 Windswept Heath

Sideboard
1 Courser of Kruphix
1 Dragonlord Dromoka
2 Foul-Tongue Invocation
2 Bile Blight
2 Ultimate Price
1 Utter End
1 Silumgar, the Drifting Death
1 Duress
1 Self-Inflicted Wound
2 Drown in Sorrow
1 Crux of Fate

The most recent Standard Grand Prix was held in Shanghai, China last weekend and the winner of that tournament was the Japanese Pro Yuuki Ichikawa. He piloted Abzan Control and he defeated Devsharan Singh and his Red Green Dragons deck in the finals.

Here is the winning decklist:

Maindeck
4 Satyr Wayfinder
4 Courser of Kruphix
4 Deathmist Raptor
4 Den Protector
4 Siege Rhino
2 Tasigur, the Golden Fang

3 Elspeth, Sun’s Champion
4 Thoughtseize
4 Abzan Charm
2 Hero’s Downfall
2 Crux of Fate

4 Sandsteppe Citadel
4 Temple of Malady
3 Temple of Silence
4 Windswept Heath
4 Llanowar Wastes
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
2 Forest
2 Plains

Sideboard
3 Arashin Cleric
3 Drown in Sorrow
3 Ultimate Price
1 Duress
2 Nissa, Worldwaker
2 Dromoka’s Command
1 Sorin, Solemn Visitor

Here are the rest of the GP Shanghai Top 8 decks.

The 9th to 16th decklists can be found here.

The Standard format still continues to evolve and the recent trend are archetypes that strategies revolved around Dragons. Here is one of the decks that have been showing good finishes in the recent Grand Prix and online events. The deck was piloted by Thomas Rasmussen and finished Top 16 in Grand Prix Paris last weekend.

Here is the decklist:

Mardu Midrange by Thomas Rasmussen
Grand Prix Paris

4 Goblin Rabblemaster
2 Kolaghan, the Storm’s Fury
4 Soulfire Grand Master
4 Stormbreath Dragon
4 Thunderbreak Regent

4 Crackling Doom
4 Draconic Roar
2 Foul-Tongue Invocation
2 Kolaghan’s Command
1 Murderous Cut
4 Thoughtseize

4 Battlefield Forge
4 Bloodstained Mire
2 Mountain
4 Nomad Outpost
2 Swamp
4 Temple of Malice
4 Temple of Triumph
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Sideboard
4 Anger of the Gods
1 Crux of Fate
1 Dragonlord Kolaghan
1 Elspeth, Sun’s Champion
1 Foul-Tongue Invocation
1 Mastery of the Unseen
2 Outpost Siege
2 Read the Bones
1 Ultimate Price
1 Virulent Plague

For today’s Standard deck updates of the Team M14 card pool, lists are being updated as based on the recent Grand Prix results in Sao Paulo, Brazil and in Toronto, Canada. The metagame slightly shifted away from Esper Dragons (based on Toronto Top 8 decks) and also I have to adjust on the local meta which is again filled mostly with Red aggro decks.

First of is the update for Abzan Midrange based on Lucas Siow’s winning list. I might just replace the Dromoka Command in the board for additional Drown in Sorrows. Arashin Cleric is my favorite sideboard card here as it stops Mono red’s early assault.

Next is my plan to build Green White Collected Company as I have recently completed the card. The problem though is we don’t have a playset of Deathmist Raptor yet so I might make some slight adjustment on the decklist.

Here are the current Standard decks of the team:

1. Esper Dragons
2. Abzan Midrange
3. Atarka Red
4. Mardu Dragons
5. Mono Red Aggro
6. Abzan Aggro

Here are the Top Eight Standard decklist from the recently concluded Grand Prix Toronto, Canada in which surprisingly, no Esper Dragons deck made the cut. First up is the GP Champion Lucas Siow playing Abzan Midrange.

Maindeck
4 Temple of Silence
4 Temple of Malady
4 Windswept Heath
3 Sandsteppe Citadel
3 Llanowar Wastes
3 Forest
2 Caves of Koilos
2 Plains
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

4 Courser of Kruphix
3 Den Protector
3 Fleecemane Lion
4 Siege Rhino

4 Abzan Charm
4 Thoughtseize
3 Hero’s Downfall
2 Bile Blight
1 Read the Bones
1 Crux of Fate
1 Dromoka’s Command

3 Elspeth, Sun’s Champion
1 Nissa, Worldwaker

Sideboard
1 Nissa, Worldwaker
1 Read the Bones
1 Crux of Fate
2 Dromoka’s Command
2 Drown in Sorrow
3 Arashin Cleric
2 Duress
1 Murderous Cut
1 Silence the Believers
1 Ugin, the Spirit Dragon

You can check the rest of the decklist here on this page.

Local Brazilian superstar and Channel Fireball Pro Paulo Vitor Damo Da Rosa has again added another GP Champion title to his belt as took down Grand Prix Sao Paulo with Esper Dragons. His Finals opponent was Maximiliano Ramiro Sanchez’s Red/Green Dragons which he defeated in two games to none.

Here is the winning decklist of Grand Prix Sao Paulo 2015:

Maindeck
2 Caves of Koilos
4 Dismal Backwater
2 Haven of the Spirit Dragon
3 Island
4 Polluted Delta
2 Swamp
4 Temple of Deceit
4 Temple of Enlightenment
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 Flooded Strand

4 Dragonlord Ojutai
1 Silumgar, the Drifting Death
1 Dragonlord Silumgar

3 Bile Blight
2 Crux of Fate
4 Dig Through Time
2 Dissolve
3 Foul-Tongue Invocation
3 Hero’s Downfall
4 Silumgar’s Scorn
3 Thoughtseize
2 Anticipate
1 Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver

Sideboard
1 Bile Blight
1 Thoughtseize
1 Dragonlord Silumgar
2 Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
2 Dragonlord’s Prerogative
3 Drown in Sorrow
1 Stratus Dancer
2 Tasigur, the Golden Fang
2 Ultimate Price

I made a quick Standard decklist for an entry for Gavin Verhey’s column on the mothership site. His article two weeks from now will be on the discussion of budgeted Standard decks with Dragons of Tarkir. My deck tech

is a low-cost Red burn deck using Commune with Lava. The decklist is below:

Mark Ian Alloso’s Commune with Lava Red

Lands
2 Temple of Abandon
16 Mountain
1 Forest
4 Wooded Foothills

Creatures
3 Zurgo Bellstriker
4 Monastery Swiftspear

Spells
4 Atarka’s Command
2 Searing Blood
4 Commune with Lava
4 Dragon Fodder
2 Howl of the Horde
4 Lightning Strike
4 Stoke the Flames
2 Tormenting Voice
4 Wild Slash

You can also submit your entries by emailing your list to reconstructeddecks[at]gmail.com. Do take note that the deadline will be on this coming Monday, May 4th.

Today’s DTK Standard deck tech features Brian Kibler’s recent creation, a version of Black Green Aggro which he piloted for the first leg of the Standard Super League. The deck included Dragons of Tarkir rising star Den Protector and also the Manifest/Morph favorite, Deathmist Raptor.

Here is the decklist:

Maindeck
4 Den Protector
4 Deathmist Raptor
3 Surrak, the Hunt Caller
3 Warden of the First Tree
2 Herald of Torment
4 Rakshasa Deathdealer
4 Boon Satyr
4 Elvish Mystic

4 Hero’s Downfall
4 Thoughtseize

4 Temple of Malady
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
9 Forest
6 Swamp
4 Llanowar Wastes

Sideboard
2 Collected Company
3 Bile Blight
2 Dark Betrayal
3 Hunt the Hunter
3 Ultimate Price
2 Duress

StarcityGames.com Standard Open regular Ross Merriam has added a Championship trophy to his list of accomplishments as he won the SCGCLE Standard Open last weekend. He piloted Bant Heroics which was before popularized by Tom Ross and he defeated the lines of Gerard Fabiano’s Esper Dragons in the semis and Brad Fallen’s Red Green Dragons in the finals.

Here is the winning decklist of Bant Heroic by Ross Merriam:

Maindeck
Creatures (17)
1 Battlewise Hoplite
4 Favored Hoplite
4 Hero Of Iroas
2 Lagonna-Band Trailblazer
2 Monastery Mentor
4 Seeker of the Way

Spells (21)
1 Ordeal of Heliod
4 Ordeal of Thassa
2 Ajani’s Presence
4 Defiant Strike
4 Dromoka’s Command
4 Gods Willing
2 Treasure Cruise

Lands (22)
1 Forest
1 Island
4 Plains
4 Flooded Strand
4 Mana Confluence
2 Temple of Enlightenment
1 Temple of Mystery
1 Temple of Plenty
4 Windswept Heath

Sideboard
2 Aqueous Form
3 Encase in Ice
2 Ordeal of Heliod
2 Disdainful Stroke
3 Stubborn Denial
2 Treasure Cruise
1 Island

Another Gameday which was held last Saturday is in the books now for the MtG Iloilo community. A total of 25 players gathered to battle for the Championship playmat and the title of Dragons of Tarkir Gameday Champion and it was our youngest competitior that emerged as the winner of the event.

Congratulations to Ric Coo and his Atarka Sligh.

Here are the decklists for the Top 8 competitors of Dragons of Tarkir Gameday Iloilo:

Click here to download the document of the decklists.