The current Magic: the Gathering Standard metagame is still shaping up with the entry of The Brother’s War in the format though we already seeing some staple decks like those built around Portal to Phyrexia. Some variances I saw was Mono-Green and Jeskai Midrange artifacts. Also, the new Soldiers Tribal aggro deck is looking to be the face of the metagame under the aggro category.
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While the official Brother’s War card previews have hit the Internet from the official WotC website and other spoiler sources, we are still looking at how the current decks in the Standard format would adjust and adopt the new cards. It is fun but is quite a challenge.
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The Magic: the Gathering deck building in DMU Standard is continuous, in particular, the list that are keep getting adjusted to the format’s metagame and at the least weekly. The one deck I will feature in today’s blog post is the Broker’s Ascendancy deck which I think got a relevant makeover to go with the metagame of Esper Raffine, Jund Windgrace, and Grixis Sol’ Kanar.
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Last weekend, another major Magic was the Gathering local tournament for the MTG Iloilo Community. It was another APAC League qualifiers event, with Standard as the primary format. There was a total of 19 players in attendance, me included. Huge prizes are at stake so yeah, we had to send out three players and maximize the decks from the card pool.
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There are times in the Magic: the Gathering deck-building sessions when you would want something different out of the usual lineup. It might not be actually an entirely 100% of the same two-color or three-color decks but there are cards that you would want to try out of the curiosity that this or that strategy will work.
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The playtest sessions on Magic: the Gathering Arena really help in checking the metagame in Standard, Pioneer, and other formats. The actual deck gameplay testing is very much different than just being familiar with the Top decks built such as Esper Midrange, Grixis, and Mono-Black Midrange. The point is that their unfamiliar cards are being used and you would get caught off-guard in the process. Also witnessing how certain cards interact would help you solve once you face a similar scenario in the future.
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