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With the arrival of Edge of Eternities on MTG Arena, the current goal of many players is to collect the new cards, so they are therefore focusing on limited, so as to also practice for the Qualifier Weekend on August 23, which will be sealed. However, the Premier Draft is not the only way to farm cards; the platform also offers a valid alternative for constructed players: the Best-of-One Events! If you're interested in this route, I'm here for you, because today I want to show you what I think are the five best decks for succeeding in the Standard Event right now, which will allow you to gradually obtain all the cards while leaving you with a more or less unchanged amount of gems!

Insidious Roots is one of my favorite cards in the current standard that encourages all kinds of silly builds involving the graveyard and pulling creatures out of it in one way or another. One popular build prior to our recent rotation featured Osteomancer Adept and Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler to create a self-feeding engine that could play out an entire deck and fling an enormous plant for a win. If you’re curious, check out the article I wrote on that deck here: While the theory on that deck was sound and it performed very well, one of the key combo enablers has now rotated out of the format. Tyvar is gone from Insidious Roots, but rather than accept this as the death of the deck, I've decided to push forward and accept it as a challenge to overcome.

Welcome Magic lovers! With the recent Standard rotation, which coincides with the release of the latest set, Edge of Eternities, and coming hot off the heels of the biggest Standard ban in twenty years, it's safe to say that the format is currently a deck-brewer's paradise. While the Regional Championship Qualifier season has officially started, we haven't started seeing results from the highly-competitive RCQ tournaments that will be happening very soon. This means that the format is mostly directionless, with the only real competitive data coming in the form of Magic Online Standard Challenge results. That, in turn, means that the Magic Arena ranked ladder, as well as the leagues on Magic Online, are full of players trying out new ideas, going back to tried-and-true strategies to see if they have any life left, and determining if there are any hidden gems to unearth in Standard with which to gain an advantage come tournament time.

It really feels like we are still taking in everything from Final Fantasy. About a month ago we had MC Vegas and the collector boosters were all the craze, along with the pro tour. In less than five weeks, we have seen a bunch of cards banned, had rotation, and had a new set release. It is an eventful MTG Summer to say the least. Right now, it is that time that we all love where a new meta will be formed. I know that I usually release deck lists before the new set comes out, but this time I wanted to wait for the set to be released and test it a bit after rotation before I advised whether or not some of this stuff was worth burning wildcards on. The first list that I have for you is the discard list. We got some new tools in Edge of Eternities and in this post-ban/rotation meta we are going to have a better opportunity to get back to basics and try out some of the good old-fashioned mono black fun. My favorite thing about this deck is that we can turn our main engine into a creature when we are ready. There are so many good discard spells in the format right now. We are approaching a point where control decks are going to be relevant again because aggro decks are still good. It is part of my due diligence to find out a good control/discard deck for you. This is my first attempt. We are going to use our efficient threats to trade with problematic creatures, and remove them where needed. We will use our discard spells to help ensure that the opponent runs out of gas. Once they get to that point, we will punish them for having no cards in hand. This will eventually lead to them getting too far behind to simply beat us with a top deck. We even have some options for gaining life that will help us stay in the game. Let's take a look at some of the new cards that are making a splash early. Fun New Toys

Welcome Magic lovers!   As we stand on the cusp of Standard rotation, which coincides with the imminent release of the new Edge of Eternities set, it's time to start reviewing and updating some of the established archetypes to see if they still have what it takes to remain in tier 1 after losing several of their powerful tools.

EOE Cards Worth Building Around As of today, Edge of Eternities is live on MTG Arena, and we're just now getting a chance to tinker with the new cards. While deck lists will be forthcoming from me and others in the coming days, let's take a look at some of the individual cards to see what might be playable in Standard. I've had the privilege of playing in the Streamer Event last week, so I'll be pulling from my own personal experience in this analysis both as the player and the opponent to these cards. White Weenie Might be Back

If you're anything like me, a card like Ancient Adamantoise can't help but capture your imagination, and today I've decided to build around it, and I'm pretty happy with the results. As of this writing, I've played twelve matches with this beast and have an 8-4 record. Beyond just the numbers, though, the deck feels good for such a janky brew and definitely has the stopping power to help you climb the ladder. The Primary Combo

Welcome, Magic lovers! With the sudden, unexpected banning last week of not one, not two, or even three, but seven cards from Standard, the community is witnessing the largest number of cards artificially removed from the format since Disciple of the Vault and friends were forcibly ejected exactly twenty years ago. Normally, this would throw a format into total flux; however, that's not the case this time around. This is mostly due to the fact that there was no 'tier 0' deck plaguing the format. None of the tier 1 decks' overall win rates during the Regional Championship Qualifier season, which just culminated in Pro Tour Final Fantasy last month, surpassed 55%, the typical high-water mark for a dangerously oppressive deck. This has created a bizarre and untamed landscape where many players are happily testing wild, new decks, while others have returned to the finely-tuned, established archetypes that already possess a long and storied Standard format resume. Yuna, Hope of Spira reanimator lists clash with the tried-and-true Dimir Midrange decks that haven't added a single new card in months. Considering rotation is coming in a few short weeks, and with the majority of the competitive crowd currently engaged in the Modern format, testing and tuning those decks for the various RCQ's and eventual Regional Championships that they'll have to play, not much attention is being paid to Standard, and for good reason. However, there are some interesting developments occurring on Magic Online, where the weekly MTGO Challenges have been producing some spicy lists. One such deck is a sleek, twenty-one-land Izzet spells deck that recently took down a sixty-player event: