MTG Salvation

I just wanted to start a thread with a bunch of decklists that seem like they could possibly make the cut in the new standard environment. Let's go ahead and start creating them! Post whatever you want to play or whatever you think will or could see play. Then discuss!

Although it might not be the most competitive at the moment, I'd really love to see a Deadbridge Chant Reanimator deck.



This deck revolves around Purphoros's Hammer. At a first glance it looks like a cheaper version of fervor with a bad 2nd ability. However, in a deck with a curve of three mana, the hammer turns all of your extra mountains into 3/3 hasty golems. Everything else plays just like Red Deck Wins, except now the Hammer will eliminate dead land draws!



I definitely think that Golgari Rock could hold its own in the environment. It has tons of removal, resilient creatures, and as handful of different strategies that could appeal to a variety of different scenarios. Here's my list.

Arbor Elf won't be standard legal come Theros season. Might be thinking Elvish Mystic by chance?

And those auramancers are worse than basic lands in this deck.

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Arbor Elf won't be standard legal come Theros season. Might be thinking Elvish Mystic by chance?

You are correct! I can't stop calling it Arbor Elf :/ I guess I grew attatched.

id love for naya heroic to be a thing.

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And those auramancers are worse than basic lands in this deck.

Somebody didn't notice that the deck revolves around an Enchantment.

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And those auramancers are worse than basic lands in this deck.

They're just in there to test; it's just in testing. If you guys can think of something better than let me know! Thanks

here is the deck im looking at i hope i get a better 2 drop for devotion

An possibility of a Duskmantle Seer deck being viable with scry and ashiok?

How's about a Grixis control deck running a two card combo win con.

"Mourge burst" + spellheart chimera

And run a self mill sub theme like tomb scour and chronic flooding.

Run stuff like disperse, mizzium mortars, jace, doom blade.

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Creatures: 25 3x Elvish Mystic 3x Sylvan Caryatid 4x Ghor-Clan Rampage 4x Gore-House Chainwalker 4x Rubblebelt Raiders 4x Kalonian Hydra 3x Scavenging Ooze	Enchantments/Artifacts: 4 4x Hammer of Purphoros Plansewalkers: 4 4x Domri Rade Instants/Sorceries: 3 3x Mizzium Mortars Lands: 24 4x Stomping Ground 3x Mutavault 9x Forest 8x Mountain

I'm not gonna play it, but this deck is good. I'd do 4 Mystics and 2 slyvan... You should try and get Domri or the Hammer out on turn 2. Cross your fingers and maybe there is a G common in Theros yet to be spoiled that taps for mana. Also, it seems like Gore-House might be a weak pick for this deck. Maybe Burning-Tree or something? Ash Zealot? Kalonian Tusker? Gyre Sage?

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An possibility of a Duskmantle Seer deck being viable with scry and ashiok?

Maybe. Like Duskmantle Seer is the top of your curve at 4cmc with 4 of him, and everything else is cmc less? Ashiok would combine with this pretty well as you get to play their expensive cards as your mana builds up.

Things to think about when building: 1) How to protecting Ashiok? 2) Do you want milling out your opponent as an alternate win condition? 3) Is this a mid-range deck? How fast does it need to be?

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Creatures 4 Elvish Mystic 4 Elven Caryatid 4 Experiment One 4 Burning-Tree Emissary 4 Scavenging Ooze 3 Kalonian Hydra 3 Stormbreath Dragon	Planeswalkers 4 Xenagos, the Reveler 3 Domri Rade Spells 4 Magma Jet Lands 4 Stomping Ground 2 Mutavault 11 Forest 6 Mountain

I was thinking along those lines as well, here is mine:

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How's about a Grixis control deck running a two card combo win con.

"Mourge burst" + spellheart chimera

And run a self mill sub theme like tomb scour and chronic flooding.

Run stuff like disperse, mizzium mortars, jace, doom blade.

I could see Grixis doing something but red/black as a combo lend themselves so heavily towards aggro these days :/

I'm looking into a BUG deck right now. Core being Prophet Of Kruphix, Aetherling win con, with Reaper Of The Wilds as the midgame play. Something like this.



Heavily use scry to never miss a land drop. Curse of the Swine combos with Reaper Of The Wilds. Bane-Alley Broker and Omen Speaker can block 2/2's all day. Bane-Alley gets double the filtering with Prophet in play. After Prophet lands, I feel like the game should be out of reach because of the card advantage provided by scry, Reaper being a huge wall, mana being up constantly and Aetherling soon to be in play. Could definitely use tweaking: less land, different spells, etc. But I think the core is sound and strong.

Also, Elite Arcanist for lolz. Seems pretty strong with Prophet. Negate available every turn for the rest of the game? Yes please.

Vunerability to the new Anger of the Gods 3cmc B.S., but that is what Golgari Charm is for. Maybe should run more...

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I'm considering a black-red aggro deck with some reach based around Tymaret, though I'm not quite sure about the lists yet due to new spoilers. This was the last I had.

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4 Tormented Hero 4 Rakdos Cackler 4 Spike Jester 3 Gore-House Chainwalker 3 Tymaret, the Murder King 4 Lifebane Zombie 2 Xathrid Necromancer 2 Nighthowler	4 Thoughtseize 3 Madcap Skills 3 Lightning Strike 1 Hero's Downfall 2 Magma Jet	4 Blood Crypt 17 Other lands

This was before Agent of Fates was spoiled however, and he would most likely go in there as well. The idea of using Ordeal of Purphorous also intrigues me, due to Cackler and Chainwalker getting a headstart there, and its a trigger for AoF.


I'm also contemplating the old Trading Post-Angelic Accord combination, probably with black because Thoughtseize is some great disruption and Read the Bones is an amazing filter. The deck is however probably dependent on a white or black sweeper that can be cast for four mana or less, so I don't have a decklist just yet.

You want Exava, Rakdos Blood Witch since she's the perfect thing to speed up your devilish little aggro. Necromancer is kinda bleh there.

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I'm not gonna play it, but this deck is good. I'd do 4 Mystics and 2 slyvan... You should try and get Domri or the Hammer out on turn 2. Cross your fingers and maybe there is a G common in Theros yet to be spoiled that taps for mana. Also, it seems like Gore-House might be a weak pick for this deck. Maybe Burning-Tree or something? Ash Zealot? Kalonian Tusker? Gyre Sage?

I do feel chain walker is weak in it. But ash zealot wouldnt curve well for mana base, neither would satyr since I'd just be adding green.

However, BTE might allow me to get a hammer out earlier. Ill try that.

no one said it yet?

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no one said it yet?

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Creatures 4 Soldier of the Pantheon 4 Boros Elite 4 Precinct Captain 3 Fencing Ace 4 Imposing Sovereign 4 Fiendslayer Paladin 1 Master of Diversion 2 Banisher Priest 2 Frontline Medic 1 Seraph of the Sword	1 Bubbling Cauldron 2 Elixir of Immortality enchantments 1 Heliod, God of the Sun 2 Spear of Heliod 2 Ajani, Caller of the Pride 1 Fortify 2 Celestial Flare 1 Smite	22 Plains

Looks strong. Watch out for Anger Of The Gods for sure. Cauldron and Elixir seem weak. Try Brave The Elements instead.

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Looks strong. Watch out for Anger Of The Gods for sure. Cauldron and Elixir seem weak. Try Brave The Elements instead.

Cauldron trades with removal === 4 life
Elixir is for lategame to improve your's draws

and better than brave the elements is Rootborn Defenses

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How's about a Grixis control deck running a two card combo win con.

"Mourge burst" + spellheart chimera

And run a self mill sub theme like tomb scour and chronic flooding.

Run stuff like disperse, mizzium mortars, jace, doom blade.

Sounds plausible and creative

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I was thinking along those lines as well, here is mine:

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Creature (28) 2x Polukranos, World Eater 4x Elvish Mystic 4x Ghor-Clan Rampager 2x Nylea, God of the Hunt 4x Kalonian Hydra 4x Scavenging Ooze 4x Sylvan Caryatid 4x Stormbreath Dragon	Land (22) 11x Forest 7x Mountain 4x Stomping Ground Planeswalker (7) 3x Domri Rade 4x Xenagos the Reveler	Sorcery (3) 3x Magma jet

Interesting...I'm not a fan of nylea at all, but that may just be me...I'd go Purphoros over her in an instant because of synergy with Xenagos and all the creatures even though we don't run many red creatures...

I also have a hard time leaving out BTE, again, because of Xenagos synergy, but if I'm not running gods she isn't as good : / Also, Experiment One is just such a good card...it will become at minimum a 2/2 for 1, and sylvan caryatid also evolves it, so keep that in mind...

I do think Ghor-clan rampager is a must include, so I'll have to cut some stuff (maybe BTE) for him...

I haven't thought of a full list, but UWR Control running some combination of Anger of the Gods, Supreme Verdict, All kinds of burn spells, Chained to the Rocks, the new Elspeth, and some counter spells seems like something I'm going to go up against in the new Standard.