In one of the many brews provided by Rey for Amonkhet Standard, he made a list of a tribal deck based on Cats. The revelation of Regal Caracal was probably the main reason. Here below is his first version of the deck, whom he nicknamed as Hello Kitty. Continue reading
There has been a barrage of Standard deck techs from my good friend Rey, given that Aether Revolt is already been months in the format. One of his creations is a build that gains an advantage by using the cards Decoction Module, Panharmonicon, and creatures that generate energy counters. One of which, Whirling Virtuoso can be set up to generate infinite Thopter tokens.
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The next Magic: the Gathering Standard deck that I would add to the upcoming deck projects of the team is an archetype I found in one of the Standard tournament reports in Spikes subreddit. The deck is Black Red Control and has won a Gameday tournament in the
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I built a last-minute brew deck for the first Iloilo Gameday held last Saturday at Rei’s Place. Initially, the deck that I planned to pilot was the Sultai Control list that I found in the list of top-performing decks during the Aether Revolt Pro Tour but due to the card constraints with the Jeskai combo build, I decided to give way to my Blue components so that the deck will be completed.
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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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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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