Chris' Post-Gatecrash Standard Deck Garage

Thanks to GTC's minimal inclusions my decks haven't changed at all.

I kid, of course, GTC's done some amazing things for some of the coolest deck ideas, even if it's only contributed a few cards. In some cases lands, and in some cases win conditions, but anyway, I'll just get onto the decks. In no particular order:

Esper Control:

Boros aggro:

Dimir splash White Heartless Summoning:

Orzhov Zombies:

RWB Ghost Dad lockdown:

Omniscience can lead to Unexpected Results:

RUG Midrange:

Mono-Black Control:

And that's all I've got for now that I'm relatively confident in posting. Trust me, there are far more trainwrecks where these came from.

Jeez, I only just noticed that Wojek Halberdiers was a 3/2 :>

Is Devour Flesh as good as everyone makes out? Unless it has quirky uses of sacrificing your own stuff, I'd rather just use removal.

Kinda sad we have a more expensive Pillory of the Sleepless, but sure. Don't think 3 Orzhov Guildgate is needed. You have so little white investments, you may just use 2 and add an extra Plains or something.

Otherwise sure. Love your take on Omnidoor.

Yeah, it being a 3/2 made me basically yell "Why on Earth is this common?" when I saw it.

It's Diabolic Edict, think of it like that. I don't care if my opponent gains a bit of life if I get rid of their one creature for 2 mana and it stops the abysmal matchups vs Bant Auras which has been jumping up in use.

Yeah, but it helps deal with Thragtusk so well, and other cards like that. Would have really preferred a Pillory, which is what I said every Orzhov deck would want from GTC, but alas. Oh and 3 Orzhov Guildgate maximises my chance of BBB on turn 3. Sure, it's 23 black sources, but I was having issues when I was trying out the second Plains before the deck reached its current iteration, but Geralf's Messenger is probably the most important card in the deck.

I'm pretty sure Unexpected Results is just about everyone's favourite card from the set, I had to find some way to get it into standard.

I've tested the Boros deck and I really like what I saw and played with.

Did anything in particular underperform? From the small testing I've really done with the deck, it only really stumbles when it draws a terrible curve, which can be said for every aggro deck.

As all decks playing Rakdos Cackler, drawing it late game is always bad.

You should consider at least 1 Aurelia's Fury.

Aurelia's Fury requires me to have flooded like a b****, which just goes entirely against the deck plan and is only good when you'll lose anyway, and is terrible when the deck does what it's meant to do. It's definitely more of a midrange/ramp card than an aggro card.


Added RUG Midrange.

Also added Esper control at the top of the list since it's the deck I intend to use the most.

Edited Unexpected Omniscience to be... well, much sillier by maxing Omniscience and Griselbrand.

Added Mono-Black Control.

No Nephalia Drownyards in your Esper?

Knew I forgot something important. I'll work on the land base when I'm on my laptop later to fit two Drownyards in.

Actually remembered to add Drownyards to Esper control.

Fixed Orzhov Zombies by replacing One Thousand Lashes with Victim of Nights.