Traditional Standard deck guides and writeups
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[AFR] Enigmatic Incarnation BUG Value
Traditional Standard
08 Jul by quantumquark
You play enchantments and then sack those enchantments to get creatures. That's simple. Some of the card choices aren't as simple. The Terror of the Peaks is in there, partially because it goes infinite with Sporeweb Weaver and Linvala to make infinite Saprolings and gain infinite life. It can't be ...
Izzet Giant & Dragons - Gigantodrakeia
Traditional Standard
10 Jun by Vahnyu
Old Video #1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrTsWhwC3vQOld Video #2 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwTi0izTCn8Old Video #3 : https://youtu.be/DTWUteyVliMCurrent Video: https://youtu.be/wpFWJGJhHbESideboard Guidevs Ultimatum / Blue Control -4 Frostbite-4 Bonecrusher Giant+1 E...
Yorion Party Time - July Climb
Traditional Standard
27 May by hinotoumei
THE ACCOUTN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DECK HAS , AT THE REQUEST OF USER BEEN PERMANENTLY DELETED DUE TO SCREAMING HELLO YOUR GO FOR 5 MONTHS AT PATHETIC GARBAGE PLAYERS TURNING EVERY GAME INTO A 40 MINUTE ROUND 1 FIASCO WHILE THEY SIT THERE STALLING OUT THE MATCH PURPOSEFULLY! CAN ONLY STAND IT FOR...
Dwarven Spirits
Traditional Standard
28 Apr by Risendragon
Good morning, Magic Muskrats! Risendragon here with a very exciting Boros Aggro build. I got this idea from Dr. Spillikin so I cannot take full credit for the idea, but this is a very quick and nimble Boros aggro build that I think has the potential to go far in the current meta. We are basically ta...
Grixis Control
Traditional Standard
22 Apr by tamyo
Still play testing with this deck but here is the main concept Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger and Professor Onyx are your two win cons. Every card in here has syngery between those two cards, early game removal, counter magic, and will continuously give...
Temur Giants Bo3
Traditional Standard
19 Apr by Gildenmagier
This is NOT a meme deck. This is getting you straight to mythic. Seriously. This deck rocks. Giants are overtuned as hell, and their support spells even more so. The best part? Changelings also are giants. This deck is giving you - Fat creatures - Synergies - Ramp - Card draw - Removal - Coun...
Scientific Method (Prismari)
Traditional Standard
18 Apr by Risendragon
Good morrow Magic Mendeleevs! Risendragon here with a really cool and spicy Prismari deck. I have to admit, I am a bit underwhelmed by Strixhaven. It has some very good cards but also some cards that are head-scratchingly tricky to figure out what to do with. The Learn mechanic is okay, but it's ver...
Izzet Flyers
Traditional Standard
05 Apr by Risendragon
Good evening Magic miscreants! Risendragon here with another exciting deck tech. Now, I am a player that likes to try new things; I currently have a deck that revolves around Lorescale Coatl in the works. Today's deck is not out of the ordinary and it quite frankly has the capability to get beastly ...
Sakdos!
Traditional Standard
03 Apr by Risendragon
Good evening, Magic Miscreants! Risendragon here with a really cool Rakdos Sacrifice build. Strixhaven is almost upon us and I am psyched for its release. In the meantime, let's feast on this deck right here! The main purpose of this deck is to sacrifice things. Anything. Our creatures, our foods, o...
Azorius Vehicle Ramp
Traditional Standard
22 Mar by alexthearchmage
Okay this deck is just....really fun and nonsensical to play. The main keys of the deck are to ramp // ensure you're hitting your land drops with cards like The Omenkeel, Birth of Meletis, and Colossal Plow. This allows you to set up for your game finishers a bit earlier than you might expect in Azo...
Gods & Legends
Traditional Standard
21 Mar by Tiamat
English description The goal of the deck is to outclass the opponent with creatures, powerful planeswalkers and card advantage. The deck contains several synergies : legendary creatures can accelerate the cast of the powerspells (Garruk, Vivien, Tibalt and Vori...
Kaldheim Elves
Traditional Standard
11 Mar by Domenicus
General Idea: The idea is to aggro the greedy decks that are a big part of the meta and use efficient 3-drops, Skemfar Avenger, and Agadeem's awakening to generate value. We can get away with a slightly inefficient mana curve because Wildborn Preserver will stop extra mana going to waste and ...
Competitive World Tree
Traditional Standard
23 Feb by Haksaw
What The Deck Is About A powerful adventure midrange deck with the inevitable endgame of world tree takes the deck over the top. Usually what can happen is that the game has been a fair back and forth match where you have killed their creatures and played Jegantha, the Wellspring to brick wall them,...
Mean Mono-Black
Traditional Standard
09 Feb by alexthearchmage
Run this deck only if you're feeling mean-spirited! Honestly, I've been doing well with this deck against most of the current meta, which is nice. Your basic game plan (as with any control deck) is to stop whatever your opponent is doing. As a forewarning, if you don't like running low in your life ...
Jolrael's Growth 2.0
Traditional Standard
03 Feb by alexthearchmage
Cloned the original Golgari build and turned it into a Sultai build. I'm liking this a bit more, but that could just be because I'm a bit in love with Sublime Epiphany. The piloting guide is a bit different than the Golgari build, as you're more likely to be holding up your counterspells and flash c...
Jolrael's Growth
Traditional Standard
01 Feb by alexthearchmage
This deck is ALL about value - through Jolrael, Mwonvuli Recluse, Chevill, Bane of Monsters and Binding the Old Gods. I haven't been posting my decks lately, nor writing about them, so let's hop back in! If you're new to my page, I try to write piloting guides with all of my decks, and I encou...
[KHM] Dimir Snow Dredge
Traditional Standard
26 Jan by Jino
Fill up your graveyard and keep bringing back ghouls and king Narfi, who buffs the ghouls, until your opponent succumbs to them. Rationale of the cards chosen: Egon, God of Death - Throne enables Emry and graveyard. Later on provides gas and a huge beatstick. Emry, Lurker of the Loch - Primary enab...
[KHM] MonoRed Dwarves (aka Magda or bust
Traditional Standard
25 Jan by quantumquark
A primer from MTG Finance. Treasures. It's all about treasures. They make mana, and mana makes the money. It's a treasure, you see. So what do we do with our money? Invest. Invest in dragons. Invest in swords. Invest. In. Dwarves. Dwarves make treasures, and my boy*, Magda, makes them better than an...
Feed the Trolls (Mono G Food)
Traditional Standard
20 Dec by Risendragon
Good afternoon Magic Malcontents! Risendragon here with another deck tech. This time, we are looking at Mono Green Foods, a deck that I have run into quite a bit over the last two weeks or so and one that I think has a ton of potential. Many variations I have come up against utilize Witch's Oven to ...
Kaheera Mono Green Bo3
Traditional Standard
25 Oct by Gildenmagier
Climbing to mythic with style. Play mono green, draw cards, beat your opponents! No rogues, no counterspells, no burn. Just good old beast beats! We even got a fancy combo! Kaheera, the Orphanguard + Garruk's Uprising + Vivien, Monsters' Advocate # Deck Kaheera, the Orphanguard - She is a dec...