Standard is pretty big right now, but as I talked about last Friday, the format has not only been awesome but experiencing quite a few big innovations!

Yes, that's correct. Monastery Mentor is not only surprisingly legal in Standard (thank you March of the Machine), but also a key part of an exciting new Standard deck looking to put it into play for a single mana while playing a bunch of cheap spells!

Time Stamps:

03:39 - Match 1

30:13 - Match 2

46:44 - Match 3

Shredding Esper Mentor | LCI Standard | Jim Davis

• Creatures (16)
• 2 Halo Forager
• 2 Haughty Djinn
• 4 Ledger Shredder
• 4 Monastery Mentor
• 4 Picklock Prankster

• Instants (10)
• 2 Bitter Triumph
• 2 Cut Down
• 2 Otherworldly Gaze
• 4 Consider

• Sorceries (14)
• 1 Duress
• 2 Recommission
• 3 Chart a Course
• 4 Helping Hand
• 4 Sleight of Hand

• Lands (20)
• 2 Island
• 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
• 1 Otawara, Soaring City
• 2 Adarkar Wastes
• 2 Deserted Beach
• 4 Darkslick Shores
• 4 Seachrome Coast
• 4 Underground River

• Sideboard (15)
• 2 Duress
• 3 Disdainful Stroke
• 2 Sunset Revelry
• 1 Bitter Triumph
• 1 Cut Down
• 2 Temporary Lockdown
• 2 Destroy Evil
• 1 Elspeth's Smite
• 1 Negate

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Seeing a Standard deck with 17 one-mana spells that isn't Mono-Red Aggro is a beautiful thing, and this deck is honestly a work of art. The original list came from Zendikatt who came in 2nd place of a MTGO Challenge, but I've made some changes.

Ledger Shredder was not really in a lot of the earlier lists I saw, despite seeming like the literal perfect card for this deck. It's a great enabler for putting cards in the graveyard, as well as just a great singular threat in a deck that is somewhat threat light. And it can even be brought back with a reanimation spell in a pinch. Picklock Prankster is another great enabler (that can even find Halo Forager) and Haughty Djinn is another potentially huge threat.

Add this to some great Black interaction and you've got a deck that has a fantastic synergy plan as well as good interaction and a fast clock.

It's also a blast to play!