Now that the complete Fate Reforged Card spoiler is up in the mothership site, we are now to evaluate the probable Standard-worthy cards in the set. Let me start with Red as I am planning to revive the Red Devotion deck that was a powerhouse archetype back in Theros Standard.

Here are my current Red FRF card choices:

The pseudo Lightning Bolt instant, Flamewake Phoenix and Mardu Scout are so far the best cards to add in the Red Devo deck. Flamewake Phoenix is more of Temur or Red Green archetype but I think it would still work with Ashcloud Phoenix and Sarkhan planeswalker. Break Through the Line is more suited for a Rabble Red type of deck along with Goblin Heelcutter whereas Outpost Siege is a good alternative for Chandra Pyromaster as it don’t die to creature attacks.

My other notable Red cards from Fate Reforged are Humble Defector, Mob Rule, Lightning Shrieker, Shaman of the Great Hunt and Wild Slash. If ever I will build a Red Devotion deck now, it will look like this:

4 Ashcloud Phoenix
4 Eidolon of the Great Revel
4 Fanatic of Mogis
4 Flamewake Phoenix
4 Goblin Rabblemaster
4 Mardu Scout
2 Purphoros, God of the Forge
4 Stormbreath Dragon

1 Chandra, Pyromaster
4 Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker

1 Hammer of Purphoros

18 Mountain
4 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
2 Temple of Abandon

To wrap things up, the deck has a good potential in the meta of three-color archetypes wherein you would just overpower them with fast & cheap critters while they fix their mana and finish them off with a Fanatic of Mogis burn in the dome. We’ll check for any deck updates on this one in a few weeks so just stay tuned.

Thanks for reading and until next post.

I made a quick decklist for Humans after seeing a few card previews from Born of the Gods from which I think would make it to the deck. This recent version is a mono Black based with a splash of Red. The new cards I added are Pain Seer (the new pseudo Dark Confidant) and the Black Red Scry land Temple of Malice. Here is the decklist:

Mark Ian Alloso’s Barely Rakdos Humans
Post-Born of the Gods Standard

1 Rakdos Guildgate
13 Swamp
4 Blood Crypt
4 Temple of Malice

2 Spike Jester
3 Exava, Rakdos Blood Witch
4 Xathrid Necromancer
4 Rakdos Shred-Freak
4 Mogis’s Marauder
4 Pain Seer
4 Rakdos Cackler
4 Tormented Hero

2 Boon of Erebos
1 Doom Blade
4 Lightning Strike
1 Springleaf Drum
1 Ultimate Price

The singleton Springleaf Drum is for Pain Seer’s Inspire trigger as well as fixing mana or ramping into Exava.

I would like to know what you think of this list so feel free to comment below. Thanks in advance.

There will be more deck tech for the new Standard that I’ll post in this blog so just stay tuned. Until next post.