The color support in the Magic: the Gathering Standard format is well established with the various dual nonbasic lands starting with the pathways from Zendikar Rising. Hence, the three-color deck builds are still good contenders in the metagame with the little issue on the mana fixing.
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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 current Magic: the Gathering Standard deck setup for the midrange decks in the format goes with having early utility creatures which can later, ramp the deck into its big spells. For control matchups, it can outrace them in mana by casting their best Planeswalkers early on. Not to mention that they can also deal cheap damage if left unchecked. For their aggro matchups, they just simply outmaneuver them with better cards and spot removals.
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The Magic: the Gathering control decks continue to thrive in the Standard format and most are armed with the Alrund’s Epiphany combo, which I hope soon that Wizards will answer to nerf it or a somewhat similar solution.
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In the current Magic: the Gathering Standard format, I am still leaning towards or biased to the Gruul deck archetype. That is mainly because of previous experiences of playing and grinding with it on MTG Arena. I am eager to see if it has adapted to the metagame given with the loss of powerful cards such as Embercleave.
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So I just received last week in my mailbag the first batch of Judge promo foils as a reward for joining the Judge Academy program. This is the transition platform wherein the judges are more organized and a system of learning is being implemented. Their goal is to enhance the game knowledge, community engagement, and improved welfare of the judges and their respective communities.
This batch of Judge rewards includes the following cards.
Chalice of the Void
Yuriko, the Tiger’s Shadow
Reflecting Pool
Monastery Mentor
Gamble
Spellseeker
Demonic Tutor
Enlightened Tutor
Each card is very useful in its respective formats and also in Commander wherein pimping a card in the deck is the aim and looks good for every gameplay.
The total price value of these cards exceeds the registration fee for my Judge Level 1 status which is quite worth it. So far it totaled almost 2.5 times.
Having these kinds of rewards is encouraging for the judges to hold their roles in their community as well as in large tournament scenes.