Category: Standard

RNA Standard Week 2 – It’s Still Krasis’ Show

Magic the Gathering, Standard

Welcome back again to the Strictly Standard meta report. After the breakout of Krasis decks in the opening week of the new format, we get a chance to see how the meta has adapted.  With results from two Magic Online Competitive Standard League 5-0 posts to go through as well as Star City Games Team Open and Classic events in Baltimore it’s looking like RNA Standard is finally settling into its groove. Checking in on tournaments at Star City Games Baltimore, the Team Open repped 287 teams for a grand total of 861 players. Winning in the Standard slot was

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Arena – B/W Control

Magic the Gathering, Standard, Video

Hello! and Welcome. This is my very first article on Magic the Gathering: Arena. Arena is Wizard’s newest online gaming platform for MTG. I will be featuring some standard decks weekly and taking them through a couple games in Arena to test them out. Let me know if you would like to see any specific decks and I will be happy to add them to my queue. This week I wanted to try a new take on a control strategy. We have all seen the Esper, Jeskai, Blue/Black, and Blue/White decks floating around. We have also seen various Green/Black Midrange

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RNA Standard – Week 1 Results and “How’d I Do?”

Magic the Gathering, Standard

Welcome to week 1 of Ravnica Allegiance Standard! And welcome back to the Strictly Standard meta report series where we dive into the past week’s Magic Online decklists and weekend tournament results. It was release weekend, so no WotC sponsored paper tournaments to talk about, but we do get the Star City Games Open and Classic tournaments from Indianapolis and a bevy of Magic Online decks to talk about from both the Competitive Standard Leagues as well as the Standard Mythic Championship Qualifier. Kicking things off, I’d like to take a look at the tournament meta. We have both a

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Ravnica Allegiance key Cards and Looking Ahead at RNA Standard

Magic the Gathering, Standard

Welcome back to another installment of Strictly Standard. Last time as we said goodbye to GRN Standard I promised a look ahead at RNA Standard, and what an exciting peek into a new format is in store! Without a rotation to shake things up, there will not be a winners // losers series, but I have plenty of predictions (both reasonable and way out there)! First I’d like to start with a quick breakdown of the guilds we get in Ravnica Allegiance. Kicking things off is the guild of law and order, the Azorius Senate.  Bringing us the powerful control

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