Bant Ramp with Yorion is pushing, or should we say ramping, it’s way to the top in Standard. In some games, you need to be beating down with Thieves’ Guild Enforcers; in others, you need to be prioritizing milling them out with Ruin Crab. This is great for Standard, if you ask me! Tweet at @masoneclark and @card_kingdom and let us know what’s going on! Unlike the blue-based Yorion builds, it leans into food synergies, using Gilded Goose and Trail of Crumbs to accelerate your draws and Wicked Wolf to manage your opponent’s board. Official blog for Card Kingdom, delivering Magic: The Gathering cards and supplies from Seattle to the world since 1999. There may not be an S-tier deck this week, but if I had to pick the best deck overall, it would be Rogues. Check out this deck guide by the one and only LSV. Blue-White Yorion is another deck that I was low on in my last article. This has become one of my favorite decks to play in Standard, and I look forward to refining it. Now it is a lot easier to be a control … While you do turn Rogues’ cards on a bit earlier, your Kroxa plan suddenly becomes much stronger. Two weeks ago, all you could find online and on the ladder was Black-Green Adventures. So, if you’re planning on playing in a tournament this weekend, you’re better off playing the Lurrus build. I also mentioned that Esper Dance would be a strong choice if fewer decks were flooding the board, and the metagame is certainly trending that way now. GW Yorion is a deck that was popularized by Bryan Gottlieb and Ondrej Strasky. Esper Yorion Control by Borys Karpinskyy – Red Bull Untapped Online Qualifier Germany. You can really feel the loss of Escape in this deck, but it’s far from unplayable. In questo video la quarta e la quinta partita contro UW Devotion e … Reset. A complete list of the top Pioneer tier 1 decks updated to November 2020. This deck uses the Edgewall Innkeeper Adventure engine, but it’s much more proactive than its Black-Green counterpart. Our last B-tier deck is nothing to sleep on. Previous iterations of this deck could use Agent of Treachery to steal permanents and swing wins, but the current plan relies too much on answers that don’t always line up. UB Control is very similar to our last deck — instead of playing Lurrus and Crabs, you have four Shark Typhoons and more spells. Things like this allow you to be proactive in the early game and avoid getting punished by the other midrange decks. Even with strong cards like Torbran and Anax to back up ’Cleave, Mono-Red can’t quite hold a real spot in this metagame. Sometimes, you’re shifting between plans mid-game. This deck really struggles with the various green decks, but with decks like Black-Green Adventures and Mono-Green on the downswing, it’s in a much better spot. Standard is in an incredible place, and I, for one, am so happy that we can have archetypes as strong as this that are also flexible.Have a Yorion shell you like? For right now, though, I think Abzan Yorion is the better Green-White Yorion deck.This Standard format is very deep, and it’s been very fun to play. Whether he’s competing in Standard, Historic or Modern, Mason plays with one goal in mind: to be a better player than he was the day before. The competitive Pioneer decks I found were UW Devotion, UW Yorion, Niv to Light Yorion, and Superfriends. This deck is very good at running the opponent out of resources, and that should be your primary game plan while playing this deck. The deck runs a decent number of the various Omens and Oaths, plus Planeswalkers, to get max value from Yorion's ETB. Nov 14, 2020 #1,831 ... but there are lots of good cards for some pretend format that doesn't exist. There are a number of different kinds of such decks in the format; this article will detail the most common variants. The Fallen. You’re just a small midrange deck in a metagame full of much bigger midrange decks. Azorius Yorion by Sung-Jin Ahn – CFB Pro Showdown October. This build revolves around high-value enchantments like Elspeth Conquers Death and Omen of the Sea, which you can sacrifice to Doom Foretold or blink with Yorion. We covered and talked about a lot of decks today — hopefully, this gave you some insight into the metagame ahead of the Arena Open this weekend.Do you have any feedback on the tier list? A few decks that you’ll see further down on this list have been S-tier for a weekend, but each has some exploitable weaknesses. Mason Clark is a grinder in every corner of the game who has played at the pro level and on the SCG Tour with Team Nova. Steps to winning with UW Control in Pioneer: Counter, Kill, Win. Abzan Yorion is already built around maximizing “enter the battlefield” effects — after all, it’s a Yorion deck. Its goal is to grind opponents out of all resources, then stumble across the finish line. The deck is an evolution of the previous Mono-White Devotion deck, adding blue for Teferi, Time Raveler and Reflector Mage along with sideboard copies of Mystical Dispute. If you’re playing this deck, pray you don’t see Yorion — which might be a fair bet given how much hate that deck is seeing right now. Keep in mind this isn't the actual metagame, but the "winners metagame". That’s where our latest Arena Ladder Tier List comes in! But that’s not to say it isn’t synergy-driven — blinking Wicked Wolf, Skyclave Apparition, and even Gilded Goose will provide good value. Standard June 6, 2020. But a new menace is coming to take over Standard: Yorion, Sky Nomad. This is where the decks in Standard currently sit, in my opinion. Deck Name: UW Yorion Sideboard Creatures [15] 2 Dream Trawler 2 Glasspool Mimic 3 Yorion, Sky Nomad 4 Skyclave Apparition 4 Solemn Simulacrum Instants [12] 1 Sublime Epiphany 2 Glimpse of Freedom 2 Mystical Dispute 3 Negate 4 Essence Scatter: Sorceries [10] 1 Ondu Inversion 1 Sea Gate Restoration 4 Emeria's Call 4 Shatter the Sky Enchantments [10] Popular Standard Magic: the Gathering decks with prices from the latest tournament results. Unlike Esper Dance, it plays more to the board with cards like Barrin, Tolarian Archmage, Alirios, Enraptured, and Skyclave Apparition. Tweet at @masoneclark and @card_kingdom and let us know what you would change! One downside of this deck is that a lot of the spells are mana-intensive, which can lead to some clunky draws. Coyote Starrk. One such decklist is a sweet 80 card Inverter of Truth from the recent Lotus Box Pioneer tournament. Whether he’s competing in Standard, Historic or Modern, Mason plays with one goal in mind: to be a better player than he was the day before. But the amount of change we’ve seen may also leave you feeling unsure what to play in the Arena Open or the CFB Clash this weekend. Only WotC has access to key data such as play % and win %. One of the more powerful and neat interactions in this deck is using Shepherd of the Flock to generate card advantage. In games where holding up mana is vital to victory, this gives you a way to do that and punish opponents who are doing the same. But Standard and Pioneer players are more than willing to rustle up 20 extra cards to play it! This archetype has a lot of promise, and while I think the blue cards can be helpful, the added strain on your mana makes this a clunkier version of GW. Popular Pioneer Magic: the Gathering decks with prices from the latest tournament results. Ramping into Terror and another payoff can help you win even some of your worst match-ups. So because the Oblivion Ring has left play with the exile … We're back with one more weekly metagame analysis of Challenge top 8s! This deck wants lots of green sources in the early game to curve out, and it also wants to have double red on turn four for Embercleave. Everyone was expecting a lot of Yorion decks, which have a hard time answering shark tokens outside of Glass Casket, and it also solved Rogues’ Dream Trawler problem. For more info you can check the Banned and Restricted Cards on wizards site. Thassa can drag out games and eventually force a win thanks to her ability to tap down blockers. 1129 decklists and 54 events since ZNR released (31 Prelim, 23 Premier). Standard October 18, … Sadly, Yorion can't be your companion in Commander or Brawl because those formats have fixed deck sizes. Green-White Adventures has a lot of play to it, and it’s a real player in the format. Expect to see a lot of evolution among these decks, and expect to see a lot of them on the Arena ladder. While you can try to take that into account with sideboarding, you will need to be cautious of picking this deck up if you think the ’Cleave will be out in force. Blue-White Yorion is another deck that I was low on in my last article. Pick your deck: # Event by Price (hourly update ) 5th MAJH Sunday Series @ Malchijah Harding - Nov 8 2020 Agustín Bidinost $189.05 I’ve included this deck in B tier this week because it has some problems with interaction and fast clocks. This website is not produced, endorsed, supported, or affiliated with Wizards of the Coast. While it isn’t a deal breaker, this sort of tension may not be worth the payoff, especially in the current metagame. Updated Mar 23, 2020 by Pabs4444 using our MTG Deck Builder. This new Standard format has been moving fast. So taking my cue from @darrenhabib 's ridonkulous deck I decided to make my enchantment themed version with such horrible nonsense as: * Opalescence + Parallax Wave combo * Much of the normal Yorion nonsense * Making people scoop on MTGO by blinking Fall of the Thran while I return Serra's Sanctum and Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx and they lose their lands again after I tapped mine for 15. Can't speak to UW, but I play Yorion Jeskai Fires in Pioneer. You also don’t have a real power draw outside of straight curving out, and not many real ways to break up your opponents’ draws. Rogues’ counterspells can be very tricky for the Temur player to overcome, especially if Rogues has a more aggressive draw with its one-drops. This is a real problem when lots of decks have big swing cards and others have ways to grind out; for UW Yorion, prolonging the game may not be quite good enough. Pioneer Modern Pauper Vintage Legacy Build your deck Import a deck Search by deck, player or card name. Pioneer Lotus Breach Deck Guide. The information presented on this site about Magic: The Gathering, both literal and graphical, is copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast. Magic The Gathering, magic cards, singles, decks, card lists, deck ideas, wizard of the coast, all of the cards you need at great prices are available at Cardkingdom. Green-White Yorion can have a hard time in the late game, and this deck looks to fix that problem by adding Eerie Ultimatum and Doom Foretold. Abzan Yorion looks to be the ultimate greedy Yorion deck. This week, we have another edition of the tier list article for you! You can still go over the top of a lot of decks in the format with game-ending cards like Ugin, Genesis Ultimatum, and Terror of the Peaks. MTG Arena August State of the Game. MariGrinder (2nd Place) Pioneer Challenge #12216054 on 10/11/2020 . Since then, the deck has overgone some drastic changes — the newer builds are much more controlling and less focused on blinking permanents. A Tier: Decks that are great. Players have also worked on the deck a good amount in the last couple of weeks, and now it has fewer middling enchantments and more powerful cards. Most of the top decks in the format also have a decent amount of interaction in the early game, which can make it hard for you to get in early chip shots or build up a board. There are more than 10 UW Yorion decks played in recent tournaments. Our last deck in C tier, Jeskai Polymorph hasn’t really taken off despite a great first showing from Will Pulliam. CMC: Five (2 hybrid UW… You can also use Shepherd to pick up an Emeria’s Call you played as a land and cast it as a spell. Following week one of the MTG Arena Showdown, Yorion may take over the No. Unlike the blue-based Yorion builds, it leans into food synergies, using Gilded Goose and Trail of Crumbs to accelerate your draws and Wicked Wolf to manage your opponent’s board. Azorius Yorion Blink by Carlo Mazzurco – Week of Wings Entry Event Monday Flight 3 (6-0) Standard October 20, 2020. Mono-Red is a deck that we’ve seen very little of, and for good reason. It’s potential to take over the metagame showed with it’s 3rd place MFO ranking this past weekend. LSV’s UW deck is also more inline with Stratsky’s deck than a traditional control deck stock with counterspells and planeswalkers. If people continue to work on Gruul and solve its mana problems, it might become the coveted S-tier deck of the format. Official blog for Card Kingdom, delivering Magic: The Gathering cards and supplies from Seattle to the world since 1999. Temur Ramp appeared to be lost to time with the banning of Escape to the Wilds, but it returned to form in the last week or so. Don’t think of this as a “Bible” necessarily, but if you’re looking for opinions on decks, hopefully we can help inform your choice for this weekend. In the past week, we’ve seen the rise of Black-Green Adventures, Black-Red Kroxa, and Mono-Green Stompy. Check out his podcast, Constructed Criticism, and catch his streams on Twitch. There are more than 10 UW Yorion decks played in recent tournaments. The GW Yorion decks are still in a formative phase, and we’ll need more time to figure out how best to build them. The finals matchup was a Yorion Azorius Devotion mirror, with Th00mor coming out on top of SourceOdin 2-0. This deck has been a player since the most recent ban announcement, thanks to powerful cards like Drown in the Loch, Into the Story, and Lullmage’s Domination. This Standard…, Welcome to the Historic ladder tier list! Standard May 31, 2020. Yorion has emerged as the best way to go over the top of other decks in the format, and there are a variety of decks you can build with it. Pioneer is no acceptation. The deck also doesn’t play much hard interaction — Glass Casket, Skyclave Apparition, and Elspeth Conquers Death provide some answers, but you’re also looking to simply set your opponent back with Barrin and focus on winning the long game. Check out his podcast, Constructed Criticism, and catch his streams on Twitch. I’ve gone the route of trimming a bit for the aggressive decks by cutting the Omen of the Sun from the main and bringing more haymakers in the form of Elspeth Conquers Death and Charming Prince. UW Yorion UW Yorion Buy this deck from Card Kingdom Export this deck to Arena via MTGGoldfish. 5 Fun Partner Combinations in Commander Legends, 5 New Historic Decks with Kaladesh Remastered, Commander Legends Upgrade Guide: Reap the Tides, Commander Legends Upgrade Guide: Arm for Battle, Export this deck to Arena via MTGGoldfish, Standard Ladder Tier List: Zendikar Rising Week One, Historic Ladder Tier List: September 3, 2020. Companions seem underpowered, but having the guaranteed 8th card in your hand—that can't … If the format becomes softer to Dream Trawler, you can pick this deck back up, but it’s just not the best choice right now. If you read my last article, you may remember that I was very low on Esper Dance in a Yorion-focused metagame. It’s less focused on generating value through blink synergies and more concerned with having answers. Black-Red Kroxa is the premier midrange deck in the format. If the format moves to a place where having one or two impactful permanents on the battlefield is important, you should shift back to this deck. For the moment, decks are flooding the board, and the Doom Foretold/Dance of the Manse plan is just not up to par. Mason Clark is a grinder in every corner of the game who has played at the pro level and on the SCG Tour with Team Nova. Too many decks simply go over or under you, and the biggest culprit is Yorion. Gruul has a proactive game plan with strong cards on rate — the only thing really holding it back is the mana. Since Omnath’s ban, five or six different decks have become top dog, only to be dethroned a few days later. Niv to Light Yorion had the highest price at $812.95. While it does have a challenging Kroxa match-up, the deck has real game against just about everything else in the format. This deck is very fun, and if you have the wildcards, you should at least give it a couple games to fully appreciate all the value. Pioneer su MTGO onestamente mi sembra tornato molto interessante, vediamo se piace anche a voi il formato. B Tier: Good, solid decks. Gruul can just run this deck over if it doesn’t find some of its early plays like Cobra or Bonecrusher Giant. Lurrus Burn Pioneer Deck and Sideboard Guide (80 cards, 25 distinct) - Fabled Passage, Rest in Peace, Castle Locthwain, Charming Prince, Fatal Push, Elspeth Conquers Death, Mazemind Tome While you do sometimes win by beating down with the Rogues, that’s not the primary game plan. UW Yorion was the first creature-based Yorion deck to emerge. While some of these decks we talked about today contain 80 cards, they lack a lot of high-impact cards. This leads to lots of challenging games for Rogues if your able to find an early escape creature. By Alex Ullman / August 4, 2020 August 4, 2020. A card like Charming Prince is a fine early play that can do a good Yorion impression, but when you play Yorion with Prince in play, the resulting loop will overwhelm your opponent if they can’t break it up. Out his podcast, Constructed Criticism, and it ’ s much more uw yorion pioneer and less focused on value. Abzan Yorion looks to be out in full force last weekend, it makes your Import. 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