I was listening to the latest Constructed Resources and got to the point where Marshall and Eric were talking about how some standard players are focused on what is "the best" archetype/deck out there, and will bounce from mono-red, to Abzan, to Esper, to whatever is next. But you've also got players at your FNM who are just in Magic for fun and they are always playing whatever the latest incarnation of Red Burn or White-Blue Control is. And those are two standard standard archetypes. And so, usually, is Blue-Black Control. But when Siege Rhino and Sandsteppe Citadel rotates out I question if the idea of an Abzan Control or Aggro deck really exists anymore. And while I've seen some locals at my game store play a budget White-Black Warriors standard deck, that's not usually the archetype available if you're doing White-Black.
So the idea is there is a spectrum for Standard Archetypes. Some Archetypes are so fundamental to how Wizards develops a color you could always play it if you wanted, looking at each new set for the expected cards to fit the needs of the deck. So if I'm playing mono-Red I'm looking at what new direct damage spells have been printed and the aggressive creatures. If Wizards totally stopped printing those cards for Red it would be a problem. Same with some of the basic allied color controls, White-Blue or Blue-Black, you're looking at whatever is the latest counterspells, removal, bounce, and the next bomb creature to finish the game.
And then you have build around me Archetypes like Chromanticore-Soulflayer. Could see a Soulflayer deck continue depending on what we get with Zendikar, but it's certainly an Archetype that's specific to the block.
What are some other Archetypes that always seem to be a possibility, even if they aren't always the best out there. What are the standard Archetypes that are going to collapse with the next rotation?
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Seems like mono-color or allied color pairs are more likely to always be "a thing." But I've only been playing (for the second time) since Return to Ravnica.
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I think "Rock"-style decks have pretty much become a Standard archetype too.
Decks with heavy disruption that want to grind out the opponent and outvalue him.
Many of them are in the colors of the original Rock deck which were BG so that includes Jund, Abzan and Sultai too.
But in can be pretty much any B/x deck really since Black gives the tools that these decks want and that is removal and discard. That inlcudes decks like Mono-Black Devotion or BW Midrange for example.
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So the idea is there is a spectrum for Standard Archetypes. Some Archetypes are so fundamental to how Wizards develops a color you could always play it if you wanted, looking at each new set for the expected cards to fit the needs of the deck. So if I'm playing mono-Red I'm looking at what new direct damage spells have been printed and the aggressive creatures. If Wizards totally stopped printing those cards for Red it would be a problem. Same with some of the basic allied color controls, White-Blue or Blue-Black, you're looking at whatever is the latest counterspells, removal, bounce, and the next bomb creature to finish the game.
And then you have build around me Archetypes like Chromanticore-Soulflayer. Could see a Soulflayer deck continue depending on what we get with Zendikar, but it's certainly an Archetype that's specific to the block.
What are some other Archetypes that always seem to be a possibility, even if they aren't always the best out there. What are the standard Archetypes that are going to collapse with the next rotation?
"I cannot tune a harp or play a lyre, but I know how to make a small city great." - Themistocles
"I cannot tune a harp or play a lyre, but I know how to make a small city great." - Themistocles
Decks with heavy disruption that want to grind out the opponent and outvalue him.
Many of them are in the colors of the original Rock deck which were BG so that includes Jund, Abzan and Sultai too.
But in can be pretty much any B/x deck really since Black gives the tools that these decks want and that is removal and discard. That inlcudes decks like Mono-Black Devotion or BW Midrange for example.