Thankfully, they're also supplying a test run period from 26 Sep to 1 Oct, allowing you to test and construct decks using up to 4 copies of all cards legal in the upcoming Standard (including cards exclusive to the PW and Brawl decks). I'm opening this thread to see if anyone is interested in collaborating on creating a deck that has some level of improved potential to hitting that 12 win mark.
While I may end up running a variant of my current Mono Red Cavalcade, I'm also testing other brews. So far, I'm having some luck with a BR Knight deck I cobbled together (2-0). The Boros Knight deck lacked sufficient gas, and I don't see Mardu builds faring better for consistency.
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It's working fairly well, as Stormfist Crusader does a hell of a job inflicting damage. Untapping on Turn 3, dropping a Steelclaw Lance or Jousting a creature out of the way, then swinging for 4? Good times. Murderous Rider and Bedevil remove many problems. Land count is lean due to the low curve.
There are other decks I'm looking at: UR Spells. GU Flash. Mono Red. This is a short window, but maybe the community can come up with a brew that has the resiliency to conquer a dozen challengers.