Bloodthirsty Adversary is a powerful 2/2 with haste on turn two, but you can pay more mana later on to not only make it stronger, but also cast spells from your graveyard for free. Hopeful Initiate is a one-mana 1/2 that gets stronger whenever it attacks with a creature stronger than it. It’s filled with low-cost creatures that start small but can become a huge threat easily, and a few cards that are good no matter when you play them.
Image: Wizards of the Coastīoros Aggro is a deck for people who like to turn cards sideways and watch their opponent’s life total dissipate. This is a great Standard deck for people who like to watch their creatures become stronger, as well as those who love card draw.Ĭharge! Equipped with creatures including Hopeful Initiate, Bloodthirsty Adversary and Thundering Raiju, Boros Aggro is a Standard MTG deck that hits hard and fast. It also helps that you’ll be using Kaito Shizuki and The Wandering Emperor, who are both powerful planeswalkers with lots of interesting abilities for different situations. This deck is especially good at outlasting other players because of the connive mechanic, which allows players to draw and then discard cards to make their creatures stronger, and also helps with card selection.Ĭombine those creatures with some board wipes, kill spells and the ability to fly, and you’ve got an interesting mix of threats that make it hard for opponents to survive. While control players often have to wait until the end game to flourish, and aggro players often lose steam a few turns in, midrange decks can do a bit of everything. Image: Wizards of the CoastĮsper Midrange is an excellent deck for players who like to feel powerful at any stage of the game. This is a great first Standard deck for many players, especially as it’s a lot cheaper than most of the other decks on this list.Ī little bit of everything Esper Midrange makes use of the connive mechanic, combined with powerful planeswalkers Kaito Shizuki and The Wandering Emperor, for a Standard MTG deck that can outlast many players.
There’s also Ulvenwald Oddity, which can transform from a 4/4 with trample and haste, which is already good, into an 8/8 that also makes other creatures you control stronger.Ĭombine those threats with card draw from Werewolf Packleader, protection thanks to Snakeskin Veil and a few other cards, and you’ve got a deck that’s incredibly powerful, and rarely falters when it comes to mana. That’s mostly due to the power of Ascendant Packleader, a one-mana creature that gets bigger whenever you cast big spells, and Old-Growth Troll, an under-costed threat that gives you extra mana when it dies and can come back from the dead. Mono-Green Aggro has been a viable deck in Standard for a while. Simple, but effective Mono-Green Aggro is a MTG deck that uses cards such as Ascendant Packleader and Old-Growth Troll to buff up your mana, card draw and attack power. It’s a fun deck in Standard, and one with a lot of lines of play. You’ve then got the might of Goldspan Dragon to help you cast extra spells, and you can even copy the dragon with Fable of the Mirror-Breaker. Not only that, but Hinata makes it more expensive for your opponents to cast things that target you, which is ideal. The majority of the deck is made up of sorcery and instant spells to allow you to kill creatures, counter spells, and deal damage, but because a lot of these target things, you can make them cheaper thanks to Hinata, Dawn-Crowned. This version of the Standard deck is no different really, but the creatures it plays are especially potent because of the additional effects they have. Jeskai Control normally combines a mix of damaging spells, dangerous creatures and counterspells to make sure you can play the game you want to while stopping your opponent’s game plan in its tracks. Treasure, dragons and spirits Jeskai Control uses the cost-saving ability of Hinata, Dawn-Crowned and the increased spellpower of Goldspan Dragon in one of MTG's most potent Standard decks. We’ve tried to make sure there’s a good mix of options here, but each of these Standard decks is a powerhouse if you play it right.
Make sure you bookmark this page, as we’ll be keeping it updated with the best MTG Standard decks in 2022 throughout the year. Keep in mind that these will only be the best MTG Standard decks for another month until the new Magic: The Gathering set releases and some of the cards rotate out of the format but, until then, you’ll be able to have fun with them online or in-person.
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