Five Nasty Standard Decks Featuring Tarkir: Dragonstorm Cards
Decklists Standard
We briefly introduce a few trending new decks using Tarkir: Dragonstorm cards over the last two weeks in Arena Standard. Not exactly format breakers (except for one), but still somewhat insightful.
8 days ago
Top Standard Decks - April 2025
Metagame Standard
Dimir completely drops off the face of top 8 MTG Standard Bo1 and Bo3, Jeskai combines Delirium and Oculus, and yet more of the older variants of Golgari and Mono Black resurface once again.
22 days ago
Can Call the Spirit Dragons Be Tweaked to Work in Standard?
Discussion
Call the Spirit Dragons makes its win condition even more of a "win more" than any other MTG card so far. Can we fix this with minor edits to its card effects for Standard? SPOILER: Nope.
29 days ago
Tarkir: Dragonstorm Recap: Can it Roar Louder Than Final Fantasy?
Discussion
MTG officially teased Tarkir: Dragonstorm at MagicCon Chicago 2025 two weeks ago. But can it compete with Chocobos, web-slingers, and element benders?
29 days ago
Tarkir: Dragonstorm Debut Spoilers and Latest Updates
Information
Return to the war-torn plane of Tarkir, where the five clans and their spirit dragons face intensifying dragonstorms that ravage the landscape. Coming very soon on April 11, 2025.
1 month ago
Top Standard Decks - March 2025
Metagame Standard
New Aetherdrift cards being adopted into the top decks of MTG Standard March 2025 meta is just the expected fair. But honestly though? Those very same entries are set to shoot beyond Standard anyway.
1 month ago
Top Standard Decks - February 2025
Metagame Standard
Esper returns to form and jumps back to the top 8 lists, climbing up even as Golgari recovered two months ago. That, plus a few other variations of Dimir making the cut for this month in MTG.
2 months ago
Aetherdrift Debut Spoilers and Latest Updates
Information
Aetherdrift kicks off the MTG multiplanar race into Avishkar, Amonkhet, and Muraganda for its debut video and aftershow this January 21st. And the set itself is slated for February 14, 2025.
2 months ago
Trying to Make Sense of The Aetherspark
Discussion
I briefly try to summon all my remaining brain cells to think about what WoTC and MTG as a whole intend to do with the world's first artifact (equipment) planeswalker, The Aetherspark.
2 months ago
Top Standard Decks - January 2025
Metagame Standard
MTG Standard meta hits the first month of 2025 with bang! Nah just kidding. We do have a few interesting long-time Standard regulars suddenly filling the top 8 spots, but nothing too rambunctious.
3 months ago
The Best Popular Picks of MTG Foundations: Both New and Reprinted
Discussion Standard
MTG Foundations may not have splashed hard in Standard as Bloomburrow and Duskmourn, but it still left a good number of options, plus a variety of other potential "seeds" as 2025 sets arrive.
3 months ago
Aetherdrift Mini Spoiler and Setting Sneak Peek!
Information Spoilers
Aetherdrift throws Chandra into a multiplanar car race. Avishkar, Amonkhet, and Muraganda are the tracks. And the prize? The Aetherspark. MTG meets Fast & Furious. Buckle up!
4 months ago
Top Standard Decks - December 2024
Metagame Standard
What's with the MTG Standard meta for the last month of 2024? Well, the more Foundations cards a deck can use, the more it can bounce back to relevance (if it fell off months before).
4 months ago
The Best Duskmourn Cards in Standard, According to Popularity
Arena Standard Discussion
Duskmourn had a rather... weird rollout of its card and diffusion in the meta. But, after stabilizing in a month, we now have quite a lot of them slapped into popular MTG Standard decks.
5 months ago
UB Tentpole Sets Coming to Standard: We Heard You Like Cards
Discussion Standard
Welcome to MTG Standard 2025, where Captain America brawls with Tyvar at an Inventor's Fair. But let's talk about what really matters: how fast your meta-knowledge becomes obsolete.
5 months ago
Top Standard Decks - November 2024
Metagame Standard
Fair enough. There have indeed been a lot more adopted cards since Duskmourn and Bloomburrow for the current MTG Standard meta for November, including one particular super multi-purpose uncommon Aura.
5 months ago
Leyline of Resonance is Banned in Standard BO1! Still Care to Guess Why?
Arena Standard Discussion
Shocking MTG Arena news: a free card that copies pump spells for free targeting hasty weenie bombs banned in BO1. We get a bit dirty and pretentious to elaborate further... if it is still needed.
6 months ago
Best Room Card in Standard? Exploring Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber
Arena Standard Discussion
Thematically speaking, Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber did not pan out as much as I hoped, but at least players had a lot of nice ideas about it in MTG Standard decks.
6 months ago
Top Standard Decks - October 2024
Metagame Standard
Another post-release Standard meta look again just after a month? Yeah, well... blame the recent MTG release schedule for Bloomburrow and Duskmourn for that, bro.
6 months ago
A Tip and Nod to Abhorrent Oculus Decks (in Standard)
Discussion
I present a short ode and words of admiration for the MTG card that took Duskmourn to weird places (especially in Standard). None other than the lovable Abhorrent Oculus!
6 months ago
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