Hello everyone. As the spoiler season for Outlaws of Thunder Junction wraps up, I'm here to remind you that there are still a few weeks until these cards are officially released. With that in mind, I have some new decks that you can currently build to play at your local game store or at home against your friends. Let's get started.

Temur Rage

The first deck I have for you can deal a massive amount of damage directly to your opponent. Let's take a look at the deck.

Temur Rage | MKM Standard | Sonio, aetherhub.com user

• Creatures (15)
• 1 Colossal Skyturtle
• 1 Shigeki, Jukai Visionary
• 2 Titania, Voice of Gaea
• 3 Fallaji Archaeologist
• 4 Aftermath Analyst
• 4 Nissa, Resurgent Animist

• Planeswalkers (1)
• 1 Chandra, Hope's Beacon

• Instants (4)
• 1 Galvanic Iteration
• 3 Memory Deluge

• Sorceries (7)
• 3 Worldsoul's Rage
• 4 Ill-Timed Explosion

• Enchantments (3)
• 3 Virtue of Strength

• Lands (30)
• 5 Mountain
• 6 Forest
• 6 Island
• 1 Riveteers Overlook
• 4 Brokers Hideout
• 4 Cabaretti Courtyard
• 4 Maestros Theater

• Sideboard (2)
• 1 Turn the Earth
• 1 Splendid Reclamation

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To get the best possible result from Worldsoul's Rage, you'll want to have at least one copy of Virtue of Strength in play. This enchantment is necessary to have in play in order to triple the amount of mana your basic lands will produce. Since all of the lands in this deck that stay in play are basic lands, you'll always get the maximum effect from Virtue of Strength.

Mardu Rats

Next, I have a deck for you that focuses on the Rat creature type. Let's take a look at the deck.

Mardu Rats | MKM Standard | HexamynMTG, aetherhub.com user

• Creatures (22)
• 2 Lord Skitter's Butcher
• 2 Twisted Sewer-Witch
• 3 Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon
• 3 Harried Spearguard
• 3 Imodane's Recruiter
• 3 Lord Skitter, Sewer King
• 3 Redcap Gutter-Dweller
• 3 Tangled Colony

• Sorceries (7)
• 3 Rite of Oblivion
• 4 Song of Totentanz

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

• Lands (24)
• 1 Swamp
• 2 Plains
• 3 Mountain
• 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
• 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
• 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
• 2 Battlefield Forge
• 2 Shattered Sanctum
• 3 Sundown Pass
• 4 Caves of Koilos
• 4 Haunted Ridge

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You can benefit from these Rats in numerous ways. By having Warleader's Call in play, whenever a new creature enters the battlefield under your control, you'll deal a point of damage to your opponent. It also provides a +1/+1 bonus to all of your creatures. Case of the Gateway Express and Imodane's Recruiter also provide a power boost for all of your creatures, allowing you to attack for quite a bit of damage. To make it even harder for your opponent, you can cast Lord Skitter's Butcher to give your creatures menace for the turn.

Grixis Dragons

The next deck I have for you features one of Magic's most popular creature types, Dragons. Let's check it out.

Grixis Dragons | MKM Standard | HelloGoodGame, aetherhub.com user

• Creatures (16)
• 2 Incinerator of the Guilty
• 2 Rivaz of the Claw
• 2 Shivan Devastator
• 3 Roaming Throne
• 3 Sarkhan, Soul Aflame
• 4 Bonehoard Dracosaur

• Instants (9)
• 1 Slip Out the Back
• 2 Negate
• 3 Bitter Triumph
• 3 Cut Down

• Sorceries (5)
• 2 Ill-Timed Explosion
• 3 Brotherhood's End

• Enchantments (2)
• 2 Virtue of Persistence

• Battles (4)
• 4 Invasion of Tarkir // Defiant Thundermaw

• Lands (24)
• 1 Island
• 1 Swamp
• 2 Mountain
• 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
• 1 Darkslick Shores
• 1 Otawara, Soaring City
• 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
• 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
• 2 Haunted Ridge
• 2 Raucous Theater
• 2 Shipwreck Marsh
• 2 Stormcarved Coast
• 2 Thundering Falls
• 2 Undercity Sewers
• 3 Cavern of Souls

• Sideboard (8)
• 1 Atsushi, the Blazing Sky
• 1 Hidetsugu and Kairi
• 1 Phyrexian Dragon Engine
• 1 Corpse Cobble
• 1 March of Wretched Sorrow
• 1 Gix's Command
• 1 Nahiri's Warcrafting
• 1 Illicit Masquerade

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If you, like me, are a big fan of beefy Dragons, then you'll want to check out this deck. It features three of Standard's best Dragons. Incinerator of the Guilty acts as both a great source of damage and removal for this deck. Bonehoard Dracosaur offers you a way of either having additional cards that you're able to cast each turn, or as a source of creature token creation. Finally, Shivan Devastator has a variable cost, making it a great dragon to play at any stage of the game.

In order to cast these big, beefy Dragons, this deck has a couple of creatures that can help produce extra mana. Rivaz of the Claw creates 2 mana that can only be used to cast Dragon creature spells. It also allows you to cast Dragons from your graveyard. Then, you have Sarkhan, Soul Aflame. Sarkhan gives a discount to all Dragon spells you cast, and he can become a copy of any Dragon you play on the turn it enters the battlefield.

Esper Ripper Control

The final deck I have for you this week is a control deck featuring one of the best cards from Murders at Markov Manor, Vein Ripper. Let's take a look at the deck.

Esper Ripper Control - MKM Standard | SlothMtg, aetherhub.com user

• Creatures (4)
• 4 Vein Ripper

• Planeswalkers (3)
• 3 The Wandering Emperor

• Instants (17)
• 1 Negate
• 1 Soul Partition
• 1 Union of the Third Path
• 2 Get Lost
• 2 March of Otherworldly Light
• 3 Memory Deluge
• 3 No More Lies
• 4 Faithful Mending

• Sorceries (8)
• 4 Push // Pull
• 4 Sunfall

• Artifacts (2)
• 2 The Celestus

• Lands (26)
• 1 Island
• 1 Plains
• 1 Swamp
• 1 Adarkar Wastes
• 1 Caves of Koilos
• 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
• 1 Meticulous Archive
• 1 Otawara, Soaring City
• 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
• 2 Mirrex
• 3 Restless Anchorage
• 4 Deserted Beach
• 4 Raffine's Tower
• 4 Shattered Sanctum

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Once you're able to cast Vein Ripper, you're likely to dominate things rather quickly. By having 6/5 stats, you'll be able to attack your opponent for a hefty chunk of their life total. Alternatively, you can hold back, acting as a blocker, destroying nearly anything your opponent throws at you. Did I mention Vein Ripper also has flying, making it difficult to block? Plus, it has a ward ability, where targeted removal causes your opponent to sacrifice a creature for the spell to resolve. Vein Ripper simply does everything this deck could want.

Wrapping Up

As we get closer and closer to the release of Outlaws of Thunder Junction, I'm in awe at the number of new decks that continue to pop up. Be sure to come back next week as I'll be bringing you four new decks to try out.

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