What You Need to Know About the Future Shards of Alara Standard Metagame

September 16, 2008 | Posted by Dee

parakkum over at Gifts Ungiven found a great quote that can helps us predict the metagame in the new Standard environment.

David Sutcliffe wrote in the coverage of the last big Lorwyn/Shadowmoor block tournament:

Now, if you’re sitting at home reading the coverage and wondering why you would care what decks are being played in the last big tournament of a Block Constructed season I put it to you that what you’re actually looking at are the decklists that will define the Standard metagame in just a few weeks when we wave goodbye to the largest card pool there has ever been in Standard, and usher in the smallest.

In other words, look for a lot of Kithkin, Faeries, and 5-Color Control in the new Standard metagame.

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One Response to “What You Need to Know About the Future Shards of Alara Standard Metagame”

  1. Dramatic Entrance, Woodfall Primus, and Mercy Killing?! on September 22nd, 2008 3:52 pm

    [...] I’ve been checking out the PTQ block lists for unique decks. The new Standard format will probably closely mirror the current block [...]