Of late, I have found yoman5's work to be informative, up-to-date and outspoken. The latest article at Tcgplayer is no exception.

Partly this is an icebreaker. Please refer other views of the meta, your own views or both.

This thread is to discuss and refer to other discussion of competitive decks.

An interesting resource of Arena performance and build data for bo1 and bo3 is MTG Arena Tool.

This thread is for constructive information-based discussion of which decks are most competitive. This head post may end up containing a tier list also. Post-release of Eldraine, it is too soon to state anything definitive about the meta, but I will put something in here as a placeholder. We have th...

Want to play with two busted 3-mana planeswalkers? You've come to the right place. This thread is for all Bant Midrange decks, but I started with one that used Oko and Teferi. I took the Bant Chulane list proposed by the brilliant Adam Hernandez (yoman5) here (the last list in the article). I tweake...

In a third account, I tried the Bant Chulane deck proposed here and discussed here . This deck felt very powerful, but I had no confidence that I was playing it optimally. I recommend it, but also recommend that you practice with it. My record over 8 games was 5-3 as follows: Phoenix L Dimir W Jeska...

I revised the reanimator deck I tried above and ran it through the event in a different account. Creatures 4 Glowspore Shaman 4 Tomebound Lich 4 Agent of Treachery 1 Yarok, the Desecrated 4 Cavalier of Thorns 4 Murderous Rider 1 Massacre Girl9 1 Thrashing Brontodon Planeswalkers 3 Tamiyo, Collector ...

For more science (and a pack), I tried to grind from Silver 2 up to Gold in another account with 13 hours left. This is not a fantastic achievement as any win rate over 1/3 will allow one to grind to Gold. This account had some Chandras, so I threw them in. Below is the deck I used: Creatures 4 Scor...

For science, and as I wanted to grind up to Gold from Silver 1 in the last 14 hours before the end of the season, I tried the below modified list in the Bo1 Standard Ranked Queue. I went 4-3 to get there, basically winning whenever I was on the play. I beat Simic Aggro, Gruul Aggro, Mono-R and Orzho...

It looked pretty good. I only had two games left when I tried it. I lost to Gruul Aggro and beat Dimir Mill. I tried the Sultai Reanimator thing that I started a thread about and I lost more than I won. Based on how it played, it needs work. The setup for the two artifacts is too hard, I think. I wa...

Looks good and seems unrelenting. I wonder about some number of Midnight Reaper, maybe in place of some Smitten Swordmaster.

Creatures 4 Glowspore Shaman 3 Vantress Gargoyle 4 Tomebound Lich 1 Murderous Rider 1 Cavalier of Night 3 Cavalier of Thorns 1 Yarok, the Desecrated 4 Agent of Treachery 1 End-Raze Forerunners Planeswalkers 3 Tamiyo, Collector of Tales Spells 1 Legion's End 1 Thought Erasure 1 Ob Nixilis's Cruelty ...

For the Azorius deck I want to build around Empyrean Eagle and Dovin's Acuity , but not in the same deck. This post will focus on flyers with Empyrean Eagle Creatures 4 Faerie Miscreant 4 Healer's Hawk 4 Loyal Pegasus 4 Spectral Sailor 4 Cloudkin Seer 1 Deputy of Detention 4 Empyrean Eagle Spells 4 ...

Between Dimir, Mono-R and Selesnya, you could fulfill all cast X colored spell quests. Creatures 4 Healer's Hawk 4 Hunted Witness 1 Emmara, Soul of the Accord 4 Woodland Champion 1 Ironroot Warlord 3 Conclave Cavalier 1 Venerated Loxodon 1 Tolsimir, Friend to Wolves 2 Rosemane Centaur Spells 4 Raise...

One approach would be to make a Mono-R Cavalcade of Calamity deck, as the namesake card is an uncommon. Mtggoldfish has the following Cavalcade list here , (video and article here ): 1 Scampering Scorcher 4 Scorch Spitter 2 Tin Street Dodger 4 Chandra's Spitfire 4 Footlight Fiend 4 Legion Warboss Sp...

Budget Improved Dimir Creatures 4 Thoughtbound Phantasm 4 Nightveil Sprite 3 Whisper Agent 4 Dimir Spybug 1 Thief of Sanity 1 God-Eternal Kefnet 1 Doom Whisperer Spells 4 Thought Erasure 3 Disinformation Campaign 3 Notion Rain 2 Tyrant's Scorn 2 Discovery // Dispersal 2 Ob Nixilis's Cruelty 1 Conniv...

Free-to-play (F2P) or budget-constrained players may choose to modify their starter decks to grind wins and quests. This thread is all about that. This post will show the contents of the starter decks based on the work of this Reddit post . Subsequent posts will suggest modifications focusing on usi...

Since my own memory is not clear, I will point and summarize Here is an excellent resource I found in a link on the MagicArena forum on Reddit (another resource): Beginner's Guide to Magic Arena . However, the decks you get for completing the New Player Experience (NPE) have changed. With the releas...

I like combining Proven and Established maybe into an "Established" sub. Handling the meta shifts could be done in a Competitive meta thread in the same sub. Edit: Actually, I like having an Established Competitive sub with competitive deck discussions, a competitive meta thread and Compet...

I've been playing Boros Feather based on this Reddit post . I found the post quite informative, but obviously somewhat dated at this point. Creatures 1 Dire Fleet Daredevil 4 Dreadhorde Arcanist 4 Tenth District Legionnaire 2 Tocatli Honor Guard 4 Feather, the Redeemed 2 Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin 2...

Grixis midrange isn't great, but it has some powerful cards and it isn't terrible either. Here's a version that I've been playing to grind out wins on Arena Bo3. You are probably better off playing Teferi, but Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God does a lot and Nicol Bolas, the Ravager is card advantage except a...

Martin Juza proposed a version built around Drakuseth in this article . It might have been good for a hot minute in July, but it struggles against control. Still somewhat effective and pretty fun, It's been easily good enough for me to grind up to Gold on Arena. Juza's original lists: Creatures 4 To...

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