Welcome to the Arena Bo1 Standard Metagame Thread!
Arena Bo1 Standard was recently created. It has been hypothesized and perhaps even established that Bo1 Standard differed from Bo3 in that without sideboarding, linear strategies were favored (aggro, combo, control) and midrange was disfavored. Whatever the cause, there is a distinct meta in Bo1 and the tier rankings of Bo1 decks do not match their Bo3 cousins. In addition, there is a card exclusively banned in Bo1: Nexus of Fate which further alters the Bo1 metagame. In the runup to the Mythic Invitational, a number of decklists were proposed, but information has been harder to find since the Release of War of the Spark.
This thread is intended to provide information and host discussion about the Arena Bo1 Standard meta.
The AsianAvenger did a reasonably comprehensive review of the Bo1 meta a few weeks ago. While the decks may not have been perfect and are now somewhat dated, I think these lists are useful to start with or target.
Arena Bo1 Standard was recently created. It has been hypothesized and perhaps even established that Bo1 Standard differed from Bo3 in that without sideboarding, linear strategies were favored (aggro, combo, control) and midrange was disfavored. Whatever the cause, there is a distinct meta in Bo1 and the tier rankings of Bo1 decks do not match their Bo3 cousins. In addition, there is a card exclusively banned in Bo1: Nexus of Fate which further alters the Bo1 metagame. In the runup to the Mythic Invitational, a number of decklists were proposed, but information has been harder to find since the Release of War of the Spark.
This thread is intended to provide information and host discussion about the Arena Bo1 Standard meta.
RNA Standard: Grixis Midrange, Jund Deathwhirler, Sultai Vannifar
GRN Standard: Red Midrange, Mono-Blue Tempo, Wr Aggro, Gruul Experimental Dinosaurs, Sultai Midrange, Jeskai Midrange
Modern: Bant Spirits
Forcing a single archetype in all formats: too many colors, bad mana.
RNA Standard: Grixis Midrange, Jund Deathwhirler, Sultai Vannifar
GRN Standard: Red Midrange, Mono-Blue Tempo, Wr Aggro, Gruul Experimental Dinosaurs, Sultai Midrange, Jeskai Midrange
Modern: Bant Spirits
Forcing a single archetype in all formats: too many colors, bad mana.
RNA Standard: Grixis Midrange, Jund Deathwhirler, Sultai Vannifar
GRN Standard: Red Midrange, Mono-Blue Tempo, Wr Aggro, Gruul Experimental Dinosaurs, Sultai Midrange, Jeskai Midrange
Modern: Bant Spirits
Forcing a single archetype in all formats: too many colors, bad mana.