SCG Pro player Chris Van Meter is on the spotlight once again as he won this weekend’s SCG Standard Open in Syracuse. The deck he played was the DTK upgraded rendition of Red Green Aggro or I should call it Midrange because of the fatty Dragons. His Finals opponent was Abzan Aggro, piloted by Jesse Grogan and he was able to win the match two games to one.

Here is his winning decklist:

Maindeck
Creatures (24)
2 Ashcloud Phoenix
4 Elvish Mystic
4 Stormbreath Dragon
4 Sylvan Caryatid
4 Thunderbreak Regent
4 Courser of Kruphix
2 Dragonlord Atarka

Planeswalkers (3)
3 Xenagos, the Reveler

Spells (9)
4 Draconic Roar
3 Crater’s Claws
2 Roast

Lands (24)
6 Forest
3 Mountain
3 Haven of the Spirit Dragon
2 Mana Confluence
2 Rugged Highlands
4 Temple of Abandon
4 Wooded Foothills

Sideboard
2 Arbor Colossus
2 Hornet Nest
2 Destructive Revelry
2 Wild Slash
1 Chandra, Pyromaster
1 Nissa, Worldwaker
1 Mob Rule
1 Roast
3 Seismic Rupture

You can check the coverage page of the event here.

In the side event Standard Open of the StarcityGames Invitational Season 1 last weekend, one archetype that placed two Top 4 finish in the event was Red Green Monsters. The decklist was upgraded with the inclusion of DTK cards Thunderbreak Regent and Surrak, the Hunt Caller.

Here is the identical decklist, this one piloted by Chas Tanner:

Maindeck
Creatures (30)
4 Elvish Mystic
4 Goblin Rabblemaster
3 Heir of the Wilds
4 Rattleclaw Mystic
4 Stormbreath Dragon
4 Thunderbreak Regent
4 Boon Satyr
3 Surrak, the Hunt Caller

Spells (7)
2 Draconic Roar
4 Crater’s Claws
1 Roast

Lands (23)
6 Forest
6 Mountain
2 Mana Confluence
1 Rugged Highlands
4 Temple of Abandon
4 Wooded Foothills

Sideboard
3 Hornet Nest
3 Destructive Revelry
3 Wild Slash
1 Nissa, Worldwaker
3 Xenagos, the Reveler
1 Roast

Brewing for Standard format with Dragons of Tarkir, here is another version for a Red Green midrange-ish ramp deck which focuses of late game fatties and Dragons and not on Rabblemasters and Heir of the Wilds. The initial deck list after the cut.

Lands
7 Forest
1 Mana Confluence
8 Mountain
4 Temple of Abandon
4 Wooded Foothills

Creatures
4 Courser of Kruphix
3 Dragonlord Atarka
2 Hornet Queen
4 Thunderbreak Regent
2 Harbinger of the Hunt
4 Stormbreath Dragon
4 Sylvan Caryatid

Spells
1 Atarka Monument
1 Outpost Siege
1 Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker
1 Hammer of Purphoros
3 Lightning Strike
4 Crater’s Claws
2 Atarka’s Command

The team has previously made changes to the Red Green aggro build after converting from the Temur Aggro list. The old list was from this blog post and for the recent update, we have completely cut Heir of the Wilds and Fanatic of Xenagos and went with efficient creatures like Ashcloud Phoenix and Courser of Kruphix. We have also added back Sarkhan planeswalker and two copies of Polukranos. The deck should look like this one:

Lands
4 Wooded Foothills
4 Temple of Abandon
2 Mana Confluence
7 Mountain
7 Forest

Creatures
3 Ashcloud Phoenix
2 Boon Satyr
3 Courser of Kruphix
4 Elvish Mystic
4 Goblin Rabblemaster
2 Polukranos, World Eater
3 Rattleclaw Mystic
4 Stormbreath Dragon

Spells
1 Chandra, Pyromaster
4 Crater’s Claws
3 Lightning Strike
3 Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker

The deck’s sideboards are to be posted soon.