The upcoming Magic: the Gathering set Phyrexia: All will be One will introduce a new level of deck archetypes for the Standard format. One that is most I am excited about is the new version of the Infect deck: Toxic. We had Infect decks before during the Mirrodin Besieged Standard and so this time is another deck strategy to impose using the Toxic mechanic.
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Various Magic: the Gathering tournaments and events had been ongoing on various online platforms on MTG Arena and Magic Online, and the Standard results are continuously updated on the MTG Top 8 website. That is a good site to do some deck references and also get an update on what are the trending cards used in the metagame of formats like Standard and Pioneer.
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The User-Submitted Decks at the MTG Goldfish website are still my haven of Standard deck ideas for each of the video deck discussions made. This is a good community initiative plus the support of the website admins to be able to cater to a defined database of these decks. A very good reference site whenever you need a decklist that is updated with the recent MTG set.
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It is somewhat a while since I played in a physical Magic: the Gathering Standard tournament. The reason is that when the Brother’s War card preview season, the pool decided to quit on the format as it is not entirely sustainable for many major concerns. For now, we got MTG Arena to check on some playtesting of the virtual decks and also get some tournament results updates on my favorite MTG websites.
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Hello again for another Magic: the Gathering Brother’s War Standard Decks update and today’s archetype in spotlight is the top-tier Esper Raffine deck. As you have remembered, this is the most preferred deck during the recent World Championships and is continue to strive in the metagame. With the entry of The Brother’s War, we check if it benefited from it or not.
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The current Magic: the Gathering Standard metagame can be said to be shaping up to play around a specific deck archetype. We can imply that The Brother’s War set has produced new ones and somewhat upgraded the existing ones, but a certain deck that continues to dominate is still being observed. We have yet though to produce more data from the recent MTG tournament results online and in physical major events to further support this claim.
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