Re: Random Standard @ The Source 2021
Re: Random Standard @ The Source 2021
Those all look really cool! That UG Thresh deck would be fun to play. I guess it’s just nostalgia, but I’ve always loved tempo decks with original Threshold creatures and never liked Delver. Goyf gets a pass from me because it’s green, but it was never fair that blue got anything better than Nimble Mongoose!
I’ve never played Thawing Glaciers in real life, but I learned how strong it is in the first round of Random Standard. I bet that UW Landstill deck is hard to beat, with all those Legacy-caliber cards in there.
Nice wishboard In BR. Anarchy, geez. And UW, too ... I do like wishboards. Great place for niche cards to shine.
Re: Random Standard @ The Source 2021
*** FEBRUARY 2022 RANDOM STANDARD @ THE SOURCE ***
(*) Magic 2012
(*) Tempest
(*) Stronghold
(*) Exodus
(*) Amonkhet
(*) Hour of Devastation
Happy one-year anniversary, Random Standard!
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*** MARCH 2022 RANDOM STANDARD @ THE SOURCE ***
(*) Magic 2011
(*) Innistrad
(*) Dark Ascension
(*) Avacyn Restored
(*) Strixhaven
(*) Return to Ravnica
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*** APRIL 2022 RANDOM STANDARD @ THE SOURCE ***
(*) Revised Edition
(*) Mercadian Masques
(*) Nemesis
(*) Prophecy
(*) Onslaught
(*) Legions
(*) Scourge
Banned:
Ancestral Recall
Balance
Black Lotus
Channel
Lin Sivvi, Defiant Hero
Mana Vault
Mind Twist
Mox Emerald
Mox Jet
Mox Pearl
Mox Ruby
Mox Sapphire
Sol Ring
Time Vault
Time Walk
Timetwister
***
Rebels vs Goblins, anyone?
Re: Random Standard @ The Source 2021
For the April format, I suspect both Rebels and Goblins might be low on the power scale of a format that includes Demonic Tutor, Gushbond and Storm cards (And Wheel and Regrowth...). The biggest problem is the lack of cantrips but 4x Demonic and 4x Wheel go a long way towards fixing that.
Very rough stab at things:
2 Tropical Island
2 Underground Sea
2 Volcanic Island
1 Bayou
1 Island
4 Flooded Strand
4 Polluted Delta
2 Bloodstained Mire
4 Daze
4 Brainstorm
4 Demonic Tutor
4 Dark Ritual
4 Fastbond
4 Gush
4 Mind's Desire
4 Regrowth
3 Tendrils of Agony
4 Wheel of Fortune
2 Read the Runes
1 Chain of Vapor
Sideboard:
4 Xantid Swarm
3 Chain of Vapor
8 ??? (hard to know without understanding the counters to this deck)
Read the Runes is suspect and I don't know if I have the right # of lands but the power level here is absurd
Edit - a bit more streamlined, with Mana Flare as a way to build mana via Gushbond"
2 Tropical Island
2 Underground Sea
2 Volcanic Island
1 Badlands
1 Bayou
4 Flooded Strand
4 Polluted Delta
2 Bloodstained Mire
4 Brainstorm
4 Dark Ritual
4 Daze
4 Demonic Tutor
4 Fastbond
4 Gush
4 Mana Flare
4 Mind's Desire
4 Regrowth
2 Tendrils of Agony
4 Wheel of Fortune
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Sweet decks, alphastryk!
If anyone's looking at this thread, I'd better update it :-D
*** MAY 2022 RANDOM STANDARD @ THE SOURCE ***
(*) Magic 2012
(*) Khans of Tarkir
(*) Fate Reforged
(*) Dragons of Tarkir
(*) Adventures in the Forgotten Realms
(*) Streets of New Capenna
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*** JULY 2022 RANDOM STANDARD @ THE SOURCE ***
(*) Magic 2020
(*) Kaladesh
(*) Aether Revolt
(*) Mirrodin
(*) Darksteel
(*) Fifth Dawn
Banned cards: Ancient Den, Great Furnace, Seat of the Synod, Skullclamp, Tree of Tales, Vault of Whispers
Re: Random Standard @ The Source 2021
You're putting in a lot of effort to keep this going, so I'll keep playing.
What an artifact block! Affinity still looks strong.
BR Ravager Aggro
//Artifacts: 12
4 Animation Module
4 Renegade Map
4 Smuggler's Copter
//Creatures: 30
4 Disciple of the Vault
4 Bomat Courier
4 Arcbound Worker
4 Arcbound Ravager
4 Steel Overseer
4 Scrapheap Scrounger
3 Atog
3 Scrap Trawler
//Lands: 18
4 Darksteel Citadel
4 Spire of Industry
4 Aether Hub
3 Swamp
2 Mountain
1 Inventors' Fair
//Rough Sideboard: 15
4 Duress
4 Fatal Push
3 Hope of Ghirapur
3 Walking Ballista
1 Release the Gremlins
Animation Module + Arcbound Ravager combo -> 1: +1/+1 counter + Disciple trigger
With Ravager/Atog and Scrap Trawler you can generate a lot of value. Sacrifice 2 things and get 1 back. Darksteel Citadel and Walking Ballista count as 0 cmc. With Scrapheap Scrounger you can get back both it and a 0-1 cmc. Against spell-based decks you can loop Hope of Ghirapur across multiple turns to shut them out of the game.
UR Affinity
//Creatures: 28
4 Ornithopter
4 Bomat Courier
4 Merchant's Dockhand
4 Steel Overseer
4 Chief of the Foundry
4 Frogmite
4 Myr Enforcer
//Spells: 12
4 Metallic Rebuke
4 Thoughtcast
2 Reverse Engineer
2 Whir of Invention
//Lands: 20
4 Darksteel Citadel
4 Spire of Industry
4 Spirebluff Canal
6 Island
2 Blinkmoth Nexus
Blue offers more card draw, counters, and tutoring. It also plays towards more of a go-wide strategy (Affinity & Improvise) than a sac & recur theme.
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Hey FTW, terrifying decks, especially BR Affinity. That Animation Module trick is really good.
Somehow I totally missed a June update. IRL has been more busy than usual, with a family medical emergency (everyone fine now) and an upcoming move. Still, it doesn't take much time to generate a new format once a month :-). What might take more time is coming up with a sensible banned list, which it seems I once again failed to do.
Mirrodin block was when teenager-me was getting back into MTG. I have some nostalgia for the Big Red (Furnace Dragon!), Elf and Nail, and Death Cloud decks that emerged after Affinity had been banned two or three times. Kaladesh certainly adds a ton of synergy to an archetype that was already plenty strong.
Re: Random Standard @ The Source 2021
Because of time limitations, I won’t be updating this thread until further notice.
Anyone who is interested in taking over as Random Standard Updater is welcome to do so, in this thread or a new one.
Cheers.