Aihe: BoatBrew. Kaladesh Standard Season Deckbuilding

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When half the spoiler was revealed some tendencies became appealing.

Below you can watch about the fisrt impressions.

5 Predictions for Kaladesh Standard(One new archtype, tuning for established ones, choice of answeres based on new threats)

After the full spoiler was there I brewed a few sample decklists:

7 Prototype Decklists for Kaladesh Standard(7 New or updated archtypes for this Kaladesh Standard season. All flavors of styles and ranges.)

Now after the Prerelease weekend and some practice with the new cards and after certain considerations, some revisions can be done with the initial thoughts. Decklists above are still potent, but the forecast meta might be faster than first thought and might hate heavily on new archtypes and upgrades.

I would try to next level and give more decklists and revisions to the ones above, as well formulate additional trends in the format in the next couple tapes.

Cheers!

- Maelström Pulze

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Week 1 Kaladesh Standard. Theory vs Practice. Part 1.

Comparing prototypes to top64 SCG Indi Open results.
Tournament-featured decks, own rogue brews, web search, and missing decks of the Open, as well as surprises.

Week 1 Kaladesh Standard. Theory vs Practice. Part 2.

Completing the comparison between first prototypes and scouts vs first big weekend results.

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Answers to Week 1 Kaladesh Standard. Reacting to Trends.

How to counter-react to Week 1 Std and be ready for PT, GP or just Game Day.

Deckbuilding overview to counter WR Vehicles, and the rest of the Copters family. Tuning and card choices for well-performed decks and underplayed ones.

Abzan Evolution vs UW Spirits. Match 1.

Rough initial builds testing of two prominent Standard decks for this season. I.e. the launch to get better feeling of card choices and ideas for future tuning. 
Match 2 with tuned up builds coming soon.

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Post Pro Tour Kaladesh Standard Metagame Thoughts.

Rock-paper-scissors. What beats what. How to approach your local metagame and how to prepare a safe deck for next big competitive tournament.

Abzan Evolution Deck Tech.

Latest version of my "garage" brew for this Standard season. Updated post - Pro Tour and based on tests and metagame.

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Versus style matches testing UW Flash at a local FNM:

vs BG Delirium,

vs Jeskai Control,

and a bit of casual rogue magic -

vs Monowhite Weenie with Equipment and transform themes (just a budget potent deck for FNMs)

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Reflections on UW Flash. Standard. Deck Tech/ Guide.

Experience from 3 PPTQs and regular events. The build I ran at he last two qs (top4 and top2). Much to optimize still or at least consider. Explaining card choices. Overviewing sideboarding in major matchups. What I would have changed for certain metas. Couldn't go over all of the possible tips in this video based on memory, but I'm still on this deck, and you can actually express yourself here. 

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Aether Revolt Constructed Review. Part 1.


Aether Revolt Constructed Review. Part 2. Endless Possibilities.

A lot of words about the fact that is there is a lot to explore.

More on archtypes and synergies.



Own Brew:

BR Atog

Teammate:

UB Tezz Beatdown

Tom Ross:

BW Humans

Creatures (30)
4 Metallic Mimic
4 Expedition Envoy
4 Glint-Sleeve Siphoner
4 Night Market Lookout
4 Thalia's Lieutenant
4 Thraben Inspector
4 Town Gossipmonger
2 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
Lands (21)
6 Plains
3 Swamp
4 Aether Hub
4 Concealed Courtyard
4 Shambling Vent
Spells (9)
4 Always Watching
2 Collective Effort
3 Declaration in Stone
Sideboard
1 Decommission
4 Fatal Push
2 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
2 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
1 Declaration in Stone
1 Fragmentize
3 Transgress the Mind
1 Swamp

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Expectations for Pro Tour Aether Revolt in Dublin

State of the Standard format, metagame, matchups, answers, brews, expected top tier decks and counter-decks.

UW Spirits VS Abzan Evolution - Casual Standard sample versus match



Abzan Rallier Control

2x [c]Anguished Unmaking[/c]
3x [c]Blooming Marsh[/c]
2x [c]Canopy Vista[/c]
2x [c]Concealed Courtyard[/c]
4x [c]Evolving Wilds[/c]
2x [c]Forest[/c]
2x [c]Fumigate[/c]
2x [c]Gideon, Ally of Zendikar[/c]
3x [c]Grasp of Darkness[/c]
3x [c]Heart of Kiran[/c]
4x [c]Hissing Quagmire[/c]
2x [c]Lambholt Pacifist[/c]
1x [c]Liliana, the Last Hope[/c]
1x [c]Nissa, Vital Force[/c]
1x [c]Nissa, Voice of Zendikar[/c]
2x [c]Noose Constrictor[/c]
4x [c]Oath of Nissa[/c]
1x [c]Ob Nixilis Reignited[/c]
2x [c]Pale Rider of Trostad[/c]
2x [c]Plains[/c]
3x [c]Renegade Rallier[/c]
3x [c]Shambling Vent[/c]
1x [c]Sinister Concoction[/c]
1x [c]Skysovereign, Consul Flagship[/c]
1x [c]Sorin, Grim Nemesis[/c]
2x [c]Swamp[/c]
1x [c]To the Slaughter[/c]
1x [c]Transgress the Mind[/c]
1x [c]Unbridled Growth[/c]
2x [c]Vessel of Nascency[/c]

1x [c]Anguished Unmaking[/c]
1x [c]Appetite for the Unnatural[/c]
1x[c]Distended Mindbender[/c]
1x [c]Fumigate[/c]
1x [c]Greenwarden of Murasa[/c]
1x [c]Immolating Glare[/c]
1x [c]Implement of Malice[/c]
1x [c]Linvala, the Preserver[/c]
1x [c]Noxious Gearhulk[/c]
1x [c]Quarantine Field[/c]
1x [c]Sinister Concoction[/c]
1x [c]Tireless Tracker[/c]
1x [c]To the Slaughter[/c]
2x [c]Transgress the Mind[/c]

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Aftermath. Pro Tour Aether Revolt. Consequences for Standard

How to beat Mardu Vehicles, BG Constrictor and not get too behind on the rest of the field. 

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Mardu Vehicles VS BG Energy Aggro

Between PPTQs and RPTQ. Deck choice sorting testing ridicularity.
Previously tested MonoU Reservoir at Pptqs, but gave up on it for Competitive play. Apologies for sick voice. 

Bant Midrange VS Abzan Evolution. Casual Standard

All the value, all the synergies and combos!

Abzan Rallier Walkers Midrange VS BG Mid Aggro

Spicy flexible interactive brew up against one of the basic solid tier1 decks.

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Neil Oliver on CFB also arrived at something spicy, (His article and videos. )but I also worked on Abzan for the past couple months and this is what I arrived at (failed to id into pptq top8 and a split in finals at a regular one) after all the practice and considerations:

Land (25)
2x Aether Hub
4x Blooming Marsh
2x Canopy Vista
2x Concealed Courtyard
3x Evolving Wilds
3x Forest
1x Fortified Village
3x Hissing Quagmire
1x Plains
2x Shambling Vent
2x Swamp
Instant (9)
2x Anguished Unmaking
4x Fatal Push
2x Grasp of Darkness
1x To the Slaughter
Planeswalker (6)
1x Ajani Unyielding
1x Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
1x Liliana, the Last Hope
1x Nissa, Vital Force
1x Ob Nixilis Reignited
1x Sorin, Grim Nemesis
Enchantment (10)
1x Oath of Liliana
4x Oath of Nissa
1x Quarantine Field
2x Sinister Concoction
2x Unbridled Growth
Creature (
1x Felidar Guardian
1x Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
3x Renegade Rallier
3x Sylvan Advocate
Sorcery (2)
2x Fumigate
Sideboard (15)
1x Anguished Unmaking
1x Gonti, Lord of Luxury
1x Greenwarden of Murasa
1x Linvala, the Preserver
1x Nissa, Vital Force
1x Noxious Gearhulk
1x Ob Nixilis Reignited
1x Quarantine Field
1x Sorin, Grim Nemesis
1x To the Slaughter
3x Transgress the Mind
2x Walking Ballista

My Deck Tech




 

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Hot lava discussion about my last brew on Reddit.

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Abzan Control deck Primer