I have got a moment (coz it is Sunday) to check on the Magic: the Gathering Grand Prix event this weekend at Memphis, Tennessee and went to see the GP Trials winning decklists. Surprisingly, there were 25 archetypes that we recognized which I think that recent bannings have allowed them to flourish in the metagame. One of which is the Bant version of the Approach of the Second Sun control deck and here below is the interesting decklist which I am planning to build one of these days.

Spells
3 Approach of the Second Sun
3 Fumigate
4 Hour of Promise
4 Spring // Mind
3 Settle the Wreckage
3 Thaumatic Compass
3 Baffling End
2 Cast Out
2 Authority of the Consuls
2 Gift of Paradise
3 Ixalan’s Binding
2 Search for Azcanta

Land
3 Botanical Sanctum
2 Desert of the Indomitable
2 Forest
1 Arch of Orazca
1 Hashep Oasis
4 Ipnu Rivulet
4 Irrigated Farmland
1 Island
2 Plains
1 Scattered Groves
3 Sunpetal Grove
1 Scavenger Grounds
1 Shefet Dunes

Sideboard (15)
3 Regal Caracal
4 Negate
1 Jace’s Defeat
2 Desert’s Hold
1 Nezahal Primal Tide
1 Crook of Condemnation
3 Carnage Tyrant

I haven’t really checked Standard decklist lately as the Modern format scene seem to be more interesting given with the latest changes on the unbanning of two cards. Anyhow, looking at some Standard decklist at MTG Top 8 and one deck that I will feature for today’s blog post is this particular deck that reminds me of the Theros Auras deck. The deck is also of similar colors of Blue and White and has Amonkhet’s Cartouches. Here below is the decklist played by Yiannis Bero:

19 LANDS
4 Glacial Fortress
4 Irrigated Farmland
4 Island
7 Plains

23 CREATURES
4 Adanto Vanguard
4 Adorned Pouncer
2 Sacred Cat
4 Skymarcher Aspirant
2 Snubhorn Sentry
4 Sram, Senior Edificer
3 Warkite Marauder

3 INSTANTS and SORC.
1 Djeru’s Renunciation
2 Spell Pierce

15 OTHER SPELLS
4 Cartouche of Knowledge
4 Cartouche of Solidarity
4 Curious Obsession
3 Legion’s Landing

SIDEBOARD
2 Authority of the Consuls
1 Dive Down
2 Fragmentize
3 Negate
2 Settle the Wreckage
2 Sheltering Light
2 Slash of Talons
1 Unsummon