Hello everyone. Now that Murders at Karlov Manor has officially been released, it's time to begin looking at decks featuring these great new cards. Let's get started.

Boros Convoke

We'll start this week by taking a look at a deck in my favorite two-color combination. This is the first deck I plan on trying out. Let's take a look at the deck.

Boros Convoke | MKM Standard | Janita, aetherhub.com user

• Creatures (27)
• 3 Warden of the Inner Sky
• 4 Imodane's Recruiter
• 4 Knight-Errant of Eos
• 4 Novice Inspector
• 4 Resolute Reinforcements
• 4 Voldaren Epicure
• 4 Yotian Frontliner

• Sorceries (4)
• 4 Gleeful Demolition

• Enchantments (7)
• 3 Warleader's Call
• 4 Case of the Gateway Express

• Lands (22)
• 3 Mountain
• 3 Plains
• 1 Mirrex
• 2 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
• 2 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
• 3 Cavern of Souls
• 4 Battlefield Forge
• 4 Sundown Pass

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While Knight-Errant of Eos is the only creature in this deck with convoke, there is another creature that can use your other creatures to get better. Of course, that creature is Warden of the Inner Sky. By tapping three creatures you control, you can place a +1/+1 counter on Warden of the Inner Sky. While this can only be done at any time you could cast a sorcery, it does allow you to tap a creature for this effect on the turn that creature entered play, since the ability doesn't have the tap symbol.

Orzhov Tokens

The next deck I have for you is a White/Black deck that benefits from having a lot of creature tokens in play. Let's take a look at the deck.

Orzhov Tokens | MKM Standard | Jino, aetherhub.com user

• Creatures (6)
• 1 Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization
• 2 Mondrak, Glory Dominus
• 3 Sanguine Evangelist

• Planeswalkers (3)
• 3 Kaya, Spirits' Justice

• Instants (3)
• 3 Cut Down

• Sorceries (5)
• 1 Legions to Ashes
• 4 Soul Search

• Enchantments (16)
• 4 Case of the Stashed Skeleton
• 4 Corpses of the Lost
• 4 Virtue of Loyalty
• 4 Wedding Announcement // Wedding Festivity

• Battles (2)
• 2 Invasion of Tolvada // The Broken Sky

• Lands (25)
• 3 Swamp
• 4 Plains
• 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
• 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
• 2 Mirrex
• 2 Restless Fortress
• 4 Caves of Koilos
• 4 Shadowy Backstreet
• 4 Shattered Sanctum

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To help ensure that you are able to create a lot of creature tokens, this deck has a couple of creatures that allow you to create multiple copies of creature tokens. Mondrak, Glory Dominus creates twice the number of creature tokens you would normally create, while Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization creates three times the number of tokens. It gets really silly when both of these legendary creatures are in play, as you'll then create six times the number of tokens you would otherwise create. That's great for you, and terrible for your opponent.

Grixis Assassins

The next deck I have for you features one of my favorite cards from Murders at Markov Manner, Massacre Girl, Known Killer. Let's check it out.

Grixis Assassins | MKM Standard | Janita, aetherhub.com user

• Creatures (26)
• 1 Vein Ripper
• 2 Massacre Girl, Known Killer
• 3 Etrata, Deadly Fugitive
• 4 Aven Heartstabber
• 4 Chupacabra Echo
• 4 Pyrotechnic Performer
• 4 Raffine's Silencer
• 4 Stalactite Stalker

• Enchantments (8)
• 1 Coerced to Kill
• 1 The Apprentice's Folly
• 3 Blood Spatter Analysis
• 3 Virtue of Persistence

• Artifacts (1)
• 1 The Everflowing Well

• Lands (25)
• 1 Island
• 1 Mountain
• 2 Swamp
• 1 Otawara, Soaring City
• 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
• 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
• 2 Raucous Theater
• 2 Restless Reef
• 2 Thundering Falls
• 4 Haunted Ridge
• 4 Undercity Sewers
• 4 Xander's Lounge

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This deck also includes another thing I love to do, which is use my opponent's card to defeat them with. Etrata, Deadly Fugitive does this by letting you cloak the top card of your opponent's library whenever an Assassin you control deals damage to your opponent. Etrata provides you with the means of turning those cloaked creatures face up, as well as the ability to cast a cloaked noncreature card without paying its mana cost. Between seeing their creatures slowly wither away and being beaten by their own deck, your opponent is sure to suffer when playing against this deck.

Jeskai Helix Control

The final deck I have for you this week features a great reprint from Ravnica: City of Guilds, Lightning Helix. Let's take a look at the deck.

Jeskai Helix Control | MKM Standard | SlothMtg, aetherhub.com user

• Creatures (1)
• 1 Ezrim, Agency Chief

• Planeswalkers (3)
• 3 The Wandering Emperor

• Instants (25)
• 1 Destroy Evil
• 1 Memory Deluge
• 1 Negate
• 2 Dissipate
• 2 Fires of Victory
• 2 Quick Study
• 3 Ill-Timed Explosion
• 3 Intrude on the Mind
• 3 No More Lies
• 3 Torch the Tower
• 4 Lightning Helix

• Sorceries (3)
• 1 Farewell
• 2 Sunfall

• Artifacts (2)
• 2 The Celestus

• Lands (26)
• 1 Plains
• 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
• 1 Otawara, Soaring City
• 1 Thundering Falls
• 2 Adarkar Wastes
• 2 Battlefield Forge
• 2 Mirrex
• 2 Restless Anchorage
• 2 Shivan Reef
• 2 Stormcarved Coast
• 3 Elegant Parlor
• 3 Sundown Pass
• 4 Deserted Beach

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While I'm not one to usually offer advice on how to beat aggressive Red decks, this deck has a few cards that can help shore up this matchup. Lightning Helix is one of those cards. For only two mana, you'll deal three damage to any target, while also gaining three points of life. Take out your opponent's threat while simultaneously beefing up your life total. It's a win-win proposition.

Ill-Timed Explosion is another card that you can use to help stop an aggressive deck. This sorcery allows you to draw two cards. You'll then have to discard two cards, and you'll deal damage to each creature equal to the highest mana value of those discarded cards. By using this in conjunction with other mass removal spells, such as Farewell and Sunfall, you'll be able to keep your opponent's side of the battlefield from any major threats.

Wrapping Up

Murders at Karlov Manor offers a ton of new cards that are sure to shake things up during the next few months. These decks are literally just scratching the surface. I'm looking forward to seeing what new decks are created over the next few weeks, and seeing what decks become the cream of the crop.

What do you think of these decks? Feel free to share this article with your friends anywhere on social media. And be sure to join me here again next week as I continue my search for innovative decks in Standard. I'll see you then!

- Mike Likes