Standard not be the most exciting format at the moment but that does not mean that Magic is missing out on great stories. Take, for example, Ryohei Kirino. Playing in his first Grand Prix at Shizuoka he went undefeated on Day One. He then made the Top 8 and on the back of a Mardu Ballista deck (which he copied from Hall of Famer Owen Turtenwald) took down the entire tournament.

As formats get solved it gives players who have a chance to practice a path to success. With a few more weeks of Aether Revolt Standard other new names may emerge victorious.

Mardu Ballista ? Aether Revolt Standard | Ryouhei Kirino, Winner Grand Prix Shizuoka

• Creatures (20)
• 2 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
• 3 Walking Ballista
• 3 Archangel Avacyn
• 4 Thraben Inspector
• 4 Toolcraft Exemplar
• 4 Scrapheap Scrounger

• Planeswalkers (4)
• 4 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar

• Instants (7)
• 3 Fatal Push
• 4 Unlicensed Disintegration

• Artifacts (4)
• 4 Heart of Kirin

• Lands (25)
• 4 Plains
• 1 Mountain
• 1 Swamp
• 1 Needle Spires
• 1 Shambling Vent
• 2 Smoldering Marsh
• 3 Aether Hub
• 4 Concealed Courtyard
• 4 Inspiring Vantage
• 4 Spire of Industry

• Sideboard (15)
• 1 Fatal Push
• 1 Anguished Unmaking
• 1 Ob Nixilis Reignited
• 1 Linvala, the Preserver
• 1 Oath of Liliana
• 2 Stasis Snare
• 2 Painful Truths
• 2 Release the Gremlins
• 2 Shock
• 2 Nahiri, the Harbinger

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