Here we thought that old Magic: the Gathering set mechanics in Standard aside from Eldraine’s Adventures is already out of the picture on the metagame. Today’s Standard deck feature proved that wrong. The archetype is mentioned in the blog article’s title. Yes, that is Simic Mutate, a more straightforward deck build than the previously known Jeskai Mutate deck.

The list is about 80% composed of Ikoria cards (all creatures) while mainly having Snow-covered basics for its lands. Looks pretty budgeted right? The strategy is just Mutate and Mutate for the win so why the need for dual lands?

See the full Simic Mutate decklist below. This was referenced from the recent MTGO Standard League where the other top decks are composed of the usual metagame archetypes i.e. Mono-Green Aggro, White Weenie, Red Deck Wins, and Dimir Mill.

Reference decklist.

Online Standard Tournaments results are being posted on various websites as of this blog posting. We check on which decks are progressing to be more efficient with Adventures in the Forgotten Realm entering the format. The main website I am sourcing from is the mothership Magic Online where results of the daily events are published. There is also the Magic.gg website for the Magic Arena platform, and under the Decklist tab are the latest decklists Magic esports events, and Ranked play.

The non-official websites that also published these Standard decks are MTG Arena Zone, MTG Goldfish, and MTGTop8.com. I am continuously browsing through each website whichever is updated.

MTG Arena Zone basically caters to Magic Arena decklists and events and keeping in check the metagame in various formats in the platform. The recent deck techs and updated archetype are also automatically updated there.

MTG Goldfish is what an old-school Magic: the Gathering website looks like: daily articles, decklists, card price trends, tools, fun, etc. The site goes also in posting Youtube videos of the deck techs and whatnot.

Lastly, MTG Top 8.com purely displays decklists, tournament results, and metagame breakdown in Standard, Modern, etc. The basic interface makes it as you can just go-copy and paste your wanted decks to your MTGO or Magic Arena Account and play it right away. You can also submit your decklists in your local tournament to them for recognition of your game store and community. This is my longtime go-to website for my Standard deck tech and features.

You can go with your preferred Magic: the Gathering website for your decklist ideas, sideboard list needs in any way that you’d like, or you can check all of these websites I have mentioned for comparison. Expect more Standard MTG DND decks referred from these sites in my future blog posts.

With Day 2 of the Magic World Championships XXVI wrapping up earlier this Sunday PH time, the four qualified players are pretty stacked. Hall of Famers and previous World Champions, each has its merit in being considered as the best players of the game. What will come down tomorrow’s matches though is one how they will play out the decks that they piloted.

That said, here are the Top 4 decks of the Magic World Championships XXVI.

Marchio Carvalho
Jeskai Fires

Maindeck
4 Teferi, Time Raveler
3 Deafening Clarion
4 Fires of Invention
1 Shimmer of Possibility
2 Aether Gust

4 Cavalier of Flame
4 Sphinx of Foresight
2 Cavalier of Gales
3 Kenrith, the Returned King
4 Bonecrusher Giant
2 Dream Trawler

1 Plains
2 Island
2 Mountain
4 Hallowed Fountain
2 Castle Vantress
3 Temple of Epiphany
4 Steam Vents
3 Sacred Foundry
3 Temple of Triumph
3 Fabled Passage

Sideboard
4 Mystical Dispute
1 Disenchant
1 Aether Gust
1 Devout Decree
1 Tithe Taker
3 Legion Warboss
1 Deafening Clarion
1 Shatter the Sky
1 Elspeth Conquers Death
1 Justice Strike

PV Damo Da Rosa
Azorius Control

Maindeck
4 Teferi, Time Raveler
2 Mystical Dispute
3 Elspeth Conquers Death
3 Shatter the Sky
4 Absorb
3 Thirst for Meaning
3 Dovin’s Veto
2 Narset, Parter of Veils
4 Omen of the Sea
2 Banishing Light
3 The Birth of Meletis

1 Dream Trawler
1 Archon of Sun’s Grace

3 Plains
7 Island
4 Temple of Enlightenment
4 Hallowed Fountain
1 Castle Vantress
3 Castle Ardenvale
1 Field of Ruin
2 Fabled Passage

Sideboard
1 Glass Casket
2 Archon of Sun’s Grace
4 Aether Gust
1 Dovin’s Veto
2 Mystical Dispute
1 Narset, Parter of Veils
2 Commence the Endgame
2 Cerulean Drake

The first matchup between Jeskai Fires and Blue White Control will greatly favor the former pre-sideboard as the Fires deck is too slow to go under the counter spells and spot removals. Plus there are cards that are not useful in the matchup i.e. Deafening Clarion. Post-sideboard, the Jeskai Fires can go under wiith Legion Warboss and Mystical Dispute for counterspells.

Gabriel Nassif
Jeskai Fires

Maindeck
4 Cavalier of Flame
3 Kenrith, the Returned King
4 Bonecrusher Giant
4 Sphinx of Foresight
3 Brazen Borrower

4 Teferi, Time Raveler
4 Deafening Clarion
4 Fires of Invention
2 Omen of the Sea

3 Hallowed Fountain
3 Sacred Foundry
2 Plains
2 Island
4 Temple of Triumph
2 Temple of Epiphany
2 Mountain
2 Castle Vantress
4 Fabled Passage
4 Steam Vents

Sideboard
4 Robber of the Rich
1 Dovin’s Veto
1 Giant Killer
1 Devout Decree
2 Chandra’s Pyrohelix
1 Elspeth Conquers Death
1 Disenchant
3 Mystical Dispute
1 Scorching Dragonfire

Seth Manfield
Mono-Red Aggro

Maindeck
4 Runaway Steam-Kin
4 Scorch Spitter
4 Bonecrusher Giant
4 Fervent Champion
4 Rimrock Knight
3 Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
4 Anax, Hardened in the Forge
4 Robber of the Rich

3 Embercleave
4 Light Up the Stage

4 Castle Embereth
18 Mountain

Sideboard
1 Experimental Frenzy
4 Lava Coil
2 Chandra, Acolyte of Flame
4 Unchained Berserker
3 Redcap Melee
1 Tibalt, Rakish Instigator

The second matchup between Jeskai Fires and Mono Red Aggro can be in favor of the fires deck as it has clarions to clear the board with Stomp and Petty Theft to disrupt Red’s aggressiveness before putting out its own big creatures via the enchanment. A resolved Kenrith is basically game over.

The live stream coverage of the Top 4 matches will start tomorrow at 10:00am HST (Hawaii Standard Time) on Twitch.tv/Magic

I get to check on the current metagame of the Modern format by watching the coverage of Magic Fest Dallas/Fort Worth on Twitch last weekend. There were a few featured matches that I am sort of familiar with the deck archetypes but I am curious on how Modern Horizons has affected the current deck builds.

According to the Deck stat group MTG Archive PH on FB that I recently joined, the most popular Day 2 deck was Bridgevine which feature the MH card Hogaak. This is followed by Humans, Izzet Phoenix, Red Prowess and Eldrazi Tron.

Last Sunday’s coverage, I woke up to the semis matchup of Blue White Control Mirror and Bridgevine versus Taking Turns deck. The finals was then decided between Bridgevine and UW Control and the winner: Blue White Control.

Here below is the decklist played by Austin Bursavich.

The text coverage of the event can be found here.

I had difficulty looking for a text decklist of the Top 8 but if ever you have found one, just comment it on the box below. Thank you in advance.