Maybe [scryfall]The Gitrog Monster[/scryfall] isn’t quite the most obvious Standard card, but that doesn’t mean I’m not going to brew with it.
Shadows over Innistrad Brews, pt. 8 – The Value Toad
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Shadows over Innistrad Brews, pt. 7 – Almost Monowhite Humans
About a month back I played an almost monowhite deck in PPTQ. I lost in the semifinal. And this wasn’t some highly tuned list. It was just something I threw together the night before (although, I did have help). The thing is, most of the deck survives the rotation. It only loses the fetches, [scryfall]Disdainful Stroke[/scryfall] and [scryfall]Valorous Stance[/scryfall]. Important cards, yes, but not irreplaceable.
Shadows over Innistrad Brews, pt. 6 – Temur Midrange
Now that [scryfall]Crackling Doom[/scryfall] is gone, [scryfall]Sarkhan Unbroken[/scryfall] might just finally see some play.
Shadows over Innistrad Brews, pt. 5 – UB Dragons
Of course, people will try to build control decks early on, which is actually a bit problematic, because building a control deck requires you to know what you have to answer. You can’t really do that before the format has taken some form. Another key question is what you can use as your win condition. Still, lets see what we can do.
Shadows over Innistrad, pt. 4 – The Mandatory Monored
Even if you are not planning on playing a monored deck, there’s a strong reason to build such a deck, because you are going to be playing against one. Interestingly enough, I didn’t see any Atarka Reds at GP Paris, but when rotation happens, we are going to be in a situation, where decks are going to need tuning in order to fight the red decks, so red is strong in the beginning.
Shadows over Innistrad Brews, pt. 3 – Monoblue
Due to GP Paris, I’ve been neglecting writing these, so here’s some ideas on how to maybe build a control deck.
Shadows over Innistrad Brews, pt. 1 – Clues
Not many cards spoiled thusfar, so this is very much in the beginning stages, but reading through almost 300 cards and trying to figure those out is much harder than doing it step by step. So, what could we do with these three?
Atarka Red Brew
A week back Josh Utter-Leyton made 9th place at the MOCS (Magic Online Championship Series) with a different take on Atarka Red. This started me thinking.
Oath of the Gatewatch Brews, pt. 7 – Jund
Today’s the release and as currently unemployed, I’ve had the time to think about what to play. The ideas are pretty endless, but the problem is that I won’t have access to everything today, so I’ve used what I have been able to trade for (and I’ll actually get some of the cards I’ve bought later today, because it pays to be close to a professional seller).
So, after a lot of consideration, I decided to have a test run with [scryfall]Goblin Dark-Dwellers[/scryfall].
Oath of the Gatewatch Brews, pt. 6 – Prowess
Not enough one-drops for either of these, but what can you do? They can’t really make more [scryfall]Monastery Swiftspear[/scryfall]s.