Trying to get ahead of the curve with regards to rotation and figured black sac would be a cheap place to experiment. I've been enjoying the list so far, but I'm a bit stuck in terms of how to optimize it as I'm not usually a brewer. Any thoughts?

Decklist: https://moxfield.com/decks/FfUmPvDiy0KeP45TRtxGmw

This is currently where I have landed with the deck. Thoughts?

Mainboard
1 Super Shredder
2 Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender
4 The Ooze
4 The Sackville-Bagginses
2 Clockwork Percussionist
2 Fanatical Offering
4 Obsessive Pursuit
3 Blazemire Verge
3 Blood Crypt
3 Gloomlake Verge
1 Island
2 Mountain
4 Starting Town
3 Swamp
2 Watery Grave
2 Crime Novelist
4 Greedy Freebooter
3 Torch the Tower
4 Umbral Collar Zealot
4 Gleaming Geardrake
3 Lively Dirge

Sideboard
2 Bitter Triumph
2 Duress
2 Malicious Eclipse
3 Negate
3 Shore Up
3 Tishana's Tidebinder

I've been working on a lot of blue decks lately, and with the recent alchemy event I played with their rusco deck. And it's made me realize I'd love to see midnight clock (or similar) reprinted/accessible for standard. Spirit water revival and all the other massive cost sorceries are waaaaay more clunky to use, and clock feels like it would strike the sweet spot of good wincon without being overbearing (without rusco clock is much more tame I swear. I know a lot of people are traumatized by brawl, but I'm talking standard).

At the same time, I'm not sold it would be strong enough to actually be meta relevant. Anyone have any thoughts or ideas on the possibility of it? I feel like having access to that type of effect without having to play duds like cane or clunky as hell cards like revival or finale would be an overall good thing for blue

Every MTG player seems to have at least one opinion that would get them downvoted into oblivion on Reddit. What's yours?

Here's Part 2 of my Reddit Hot Takes series if you're interested:
https://youtu.be/lgsfqcRlPvQ

Making my first brew in quite some time. Went 7-1 in draft with using puppet crafting and Ghalta and wanted to try and make a deck around it. Any improvements would be welcomed.

Deck
4 Hunter's Axe (FRA) 108
12 Forest (FIN) 306
4 Puppet Crafting (FRA) 111
2 Way of the Wildspeaker (FRA) 268
4 Ghalta the Unstoppable (FRA) 260
1 Roiling Canopy (FRA) 187
4 Ferocity of the Hunt (FRA) 134
4 Konstrari Charm (FRA) 138
6 Mountain (ZNR) 275
4 Gingerbrute (WOE) 246
2 Lavaspur Boots (OTJ) 243
4 Afterthought Sentry (FRA) 166
2 Way of the Pyromancer (FRA) 254
2 Itzquinth, Firstborn of Gishath (LCI) 230
1 Aerid Konstrari (FRA) 121
2 Rockfall Vale (FRA) 186
1 Temple of Abandon (FDN) 696
1 Konstrari Annex (FRA) 183

Edit: https://moxfield.com/decks/ih1TQeLsukCWZq5gJaVEXg

Hi there, I'm a Mardu Discard enjoyer and thought I'd share my enjoyment with others via YouTube videos, you may have seen my other posts about how to play the deck and what the deck tech.

This time around I've made an in-depth sideboarding guide where I explain each sideboard card in my version of the deck as well as other considerations that others run to give people and idea of the possibilities and what could be considered.

This is a resource I have always looked for and something that teams or other content creators offer at a cost, respect to them but I thought I'd provide one for free which can be used by anybody.

I hope you like the video and get some good use out of it, if you do please let me know!

Hello to everyone, I'm a new player of magic the gathering and I want to now what I need to start playing in standard.

I prayed a little bit of Arena so I know how the game works and most of it's mechanics, at least the basics, but I would like to play also in real life with real card.

Right now I only bought the starter kit from Avatar the legend of Aang but obviously it's not enough for creating a real deck. Right now i feel more confident with dark and red deck but I have to say that the earthbending mechanic it's quite interesting. So what kind of card should I buy or what kind of deck?

Also I wanna specify that I never played commander but I don't want to rule it out as an option, so if you have any suggestions in that regard, feel free to share them.

Naturally, since I'm just starting out, my budget is quite limited, I wouldn't want to spend hundreds of euros just to play, ahahahahah!

Thanks to everyone that would share a suggestion down here

Superior Spiderman should not trigger copied creatures’ “if you cast it” abilities. Those are designed to not happen after reanimation, and yet, since you cast Superior Spiderman, they work under the current rules. Those rules should change.

As is, those “if you cast it” abilities are too strong with Superior Spiderman and flavor fails. Now you might point to Deceit or Doomsday Excruciator and say these seem like a reasonable power level with Superior Spiderman. While I disagree, I think the more glaring examples are Uldaros Theorix and Bringer of the Last Gift. When Superior Spiderman copies these cards, you can stack the exile effect under the triggered ability and immediately bring them back into play, so you have one Uldaros Theorix (named Superior Spiderman) right next to Uldaros Theorix. I could never explain to my opponent this was a legal play without an apology.

Superior Spiderman leads to bad gameplay. It should be, at minimum, errataed.

Bonjour, j'ai l'intention d'essayer un store champion ship en standard a dans quelque semaines mais je n'ai jamais jouer en standard compétitif

Je possède le deck standard precon "Eerie" et je me demandais si il était possible d'en faire un deck compétitif avec un petit budget

Sinon si vous avez des liste de deck standard compétitif budget je suis preneur

Merci d'avance

Mainboard
2 Super Shredder
3 Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender
4 The Ooze
4 The Sackville-Bagginses
4 Clockwork Percussionist
2 Fanatical Offering
4 Obsessive Pursuit
3 Blazemire Verge
3 Blood Crypt
3 Gloomlake Verge
1 Island
2 Mountain
4 Starting Town
4 Swamp
2 Watery Grave
4 Greedy Freebooter
3 Torch the Tower
4 Umbral Collar Zealot
4 Gleaming Geardrake

Sideboard
2 Bitter Triumph
2 Duress
2 Malicious Eclipse
3 Negate
3 Shore Up
3 Tishana's Tidebinder

New deck I’m working on, still testing it out.

I’m new to Magic and looking to start playing Standard at my local game store. I’ve put together a budget version of a meta Golgari Graveyard deck, and it’s been doing well for me in Arena.

The plan is to fill the graveyard, grow Tarmogoyf, and cast Huskburster Swarm and Hollow Marauder cheaply.

I was aiming for $75, but the cart is currently over that. I already swapped Overgrown Tomb for a second Deathcap Glade. The single Overlord costs about $23. Is it worth keeping, or would Seedship Broodtender be a decent replacement? I mostly use Overlord when I need to mill.

Any advice or feedback would be greatly appreciated!

One of the biggest frustrations for newer and F2P players is finding a deck they can afford that can still compete on the Standard ladder.

Most competitive decklists are packed with rares and mythics, and spending 30+ wildcards on a single deck isn't realistic for everyone.

But I'm curious where everyone draws the line.

Is 12 rares still a budget deck? Or should a true budget deck cost fewer than 10?

And what's the best low-rare deck you've played recently?

Here's my gameplay if you're interested:
https://youtu.be/KCN_q7fmDPc

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Hey everybody,

Recently, I've been getting a lot more into standard as a whole, whether it be through watching coverage vods, content creators, etc. and while a lot of decks such as spellementals seem really fun to pilot and play at a competitive level, I'm not sure if I can justify the price tags on these decks, as well as the learning I would need to pilot one with rotation right around the corner. For those who have played through past rotations, would you consider right now a good time to buy in, or am I better off holding out for a few more months? Thanks

Same question goes for Sultai and other variants.

This is the deck I’m playing, it’s really fun. So I don’t wish to change its identity to much, I will listen to suggestions though.

It’s carried me as high as #986 from low Gold tier this season. It’s slightly altered from a deck I found on MTGGoldgfish when I was searching how to still use Yuna some way to compete with the meta.

The sideboard though, it’s free game. Would love some input there.

I wouldn’t say these were the only match up problems, but from the consistency in facing them, and losing against them, how would you perhaps change the side board, or what sideboard changes between rounds are you making in the face of Jeskai Control, Azorius Jace Tribal Control, maybe even Jeskai Planeswalkers?

Mainly Jeskai Control, it’s really like everything just gets countered till they have 7 mana, then it’s boom.

Pic unrelated, his name is Lenny and he says hi.

I played jund sacrifice a few times in paper and really enjoyed it. However, the deck is a bit fragile. As good as the mana fixing is in standard, running a deck that's almost evenly divided between three colors is still hard to balance. Plus, the lack of resilience and difficulty grinding in the mid to late game made me interested in finding something that grinds a little better and is generally more flexible than aggressive.

The list I have still uses [[obsessive pursuit]] as the main engine for sac fodder but instead of using [[rottenmouth viper]] as a sac outlet and top end it uses [[pox plague]] and it's synergy with [[elegy acolyte]] to help break parity on pox plague.

In addition getting to play [[archenemy charm]] feels like a real benefit for going down in colors. I really feel like it's underrated due to the restrictive casting cost and is basically one of the only interaction pieces in standard I would never consider sideboarding out.

All that said, I do have a primer with rationales for the sideboard and main deck cards, if anyone has suggestions for better options just keep in mind I'm building in paper and on a budget so any card that gets recommended is like to keep under $5 a copy or so.

Link: https://moxfield.com/decks/HJgwJXbdlUmsckcd74yOOw

TL;DR: Looking for help with the deck, if you'd like, check the decklist and primer and let me know if you have any suggestions for other cards.

Standard metagame update.

source: magic4ever.com/standard

Yall remember the Izzet Opus deck that T8'd the spotlight in May and had a flash in the pan after SOS?

• https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/7777126#paper here's Yanatoy's t8 list for reference Izzet Opus by Yanatoy Deck
• Here's a 5-0 list from yesterday: https://mtgdecks.net/Standard/izzet-opus-decklist-by-corrado-3127016

(list i'm working on pictured below, formatting here not allowing me to type below it).

Considerations for discussion:

• The core of the deck to me seems like-- (23 lands)
  • 4x: Colorstorm; Maestro; Burst lightning; [[Ashling's Command]]; (16 cards)
  • 2+: Stock up; Prismari Charm; (~4-6 cards)
  • 1-2: Thor; Sanar; Ashling, Rekindled; FB Lesson; Improv Capstone; Rapturous moment; (~7-12 cards you don't run 2x of each probably)
  • At the low end that's 23 lands 27 spells giving you max ~10 flex slots to consider
  • [[The Theorist]] has already proven to be a powerful card and best in decks that want to buy a little time and go over the top which in theory lines up well with this deck's game-plan.
  • [[Awaken the inferno]] Draft chaff in my standard deck? Yes, in theory this is unexciting but mitigates variance by getting you a land and being an impactful spell to trigger big Opus later of thor or just a late top deck.
• Apart from Burst and FB Lesson the deck lacks one drops; should be fill that spot in the curve more or run a surveil land? (if so [[Pompous Battlemage]] seems worth trying
• FRA cards in consideration: Chandra (both the U and R ones); Theorist Jace; [[Ajani Unrelenting]] (maybe off plan but this card is wild); [[Pyre Rhymer]]; SB tech: [[Face yourself]]; [[Clash of Elements]]

EDIT: I think [[Way of the Pyromancer]] is also of interest in this shell.

• FRA cards main vs side U [[Chandra, Chill]] seems like it fits better in the curve main replacing 4th copy of stock up but i could be convinced on swapping R [[Chandra, Torch]]
  • [[The Theorist]] has already proven to be a powerful card and best in decks that want to buy a little time and go over the top which in theory lines up well with this deck's game-plan.
  • [[Awaken the inferno]] Draft chaff in my standard deck? Yes, in theory this is unexciting but mitigates variance by getting you a land and being an impactful spell to trigger big Opus later of thor or just a late top deck.
• Sanar tbh seems like the weakest card to me and I'm not even sure I want the first copy

I would welcome your responses to any of the above or thoughts in general on the list.

Anyone here played it recently? Anyone know Corrado (who 5-0'd on Oct 11th with it) or any of the Japanese players who have played it recently (per mtg decks recent results)?

Here's a rough list I'm trying to make some decisions on before taking it for a spin:

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Back Again with another Midrange list, Put it together recently, having good results into control, lifegain and spellementals. IM sure the standard collective have been doing similar builds, all in all wanted to share my take, lets hear everyones opinions!

Reanimator can still do some absolutely ridiculous things, but is that enough to compete with the new top decks?

I took my 4-Color Reanimator list onto the Bo1 ladder to see how it holds up.

For those still playing Reanimator, does the deck feel as strong as it used to? And for everyone else, are you still worried about facing it?

Here's my gameplay if you're interested:
https://youtu.be/NJdUrhcgcd4

I feel we’re close enough to release of TRK to start planning this out. I wanna see what everyone is cooking, as a Dimir Midrange sicko who is gonna be homeless in 2027

Looking for any discords for spellelementals or jund sac