Hello everyone. Now that the prerelease has happened for Bloomburrow, if you're like me, you're anxious to start building decks with these new cards. This week, I'll be taking a look at four new builds you can make, all featuring a different creature type. Let's get started.

Orzhov Bats

We'll get started with a Black & White deck featuring Bats. Let's take a look at the deck.

Orzhov Bats | BLB Standard | HelloGoodGame, aetherhub.com user

• Creatures (23)
• 2 Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal // Temple of the Dead
• 2 Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
• 3 Zoraline, Cosmos Caller
• 4 Darkstar Augur
• 4 Deep-Cavern Bat
• 4 Essence Channeler
• 4 Ruin-Lurker Bat

• Instants (6)
• 3 Bitter Triumph
• 3 Cut Down

• Enchantments (8)
• 2 Virtue of Persistence
• 3 Case of the Uneaten Feast
• 3 Lunar Convocation

• Lands (23)
• 4 Plains
• 5 Swamp
• 2 Restless Fortress
• 2 Thran Portal
• 3 Cavern of Souls
• 3 Concealed Courtyard
• 4 Caves of Koilos

• Sideboard (1)
• 1 Starscape Cleric

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Zoraline, Cosmos Caller is another new Bat creature from Bloomburrow. Its ability to gain you one point of life whenever a Bat you control attacks makes you want to play Zoraline in an aggressive deck. That extra life you'll gain can then be spent to return cards from your graveyard to the battlefield. Since the majority of creatures in this deck have a mana value of 3 or less, you can keep quite a board presence in place, ensuring that your opponent will have to fight twice as hard to break through your defenses.

Selesnya Rabbits

The next deck I have for you features Rabbits. It's a deck that gets better with more permanents in play. Let's check it out.

Selesnya Rabbits | BLB Standard | Hex_MTG, aetherhub.com user

• Creatures (29)
• 3 Finneas, Ace Archer
• 3 Regal Bunnicorn
• 3 Warren Warleader
• 4 Burrowguard Mentor
• 4 Pawpatch Recruit
• 4 Seasoned Warrenguard
• 4 Valley Mightcaller
• 4 Valley Questcaller

• Sorceries (4)
• 4 Hop to It

• Enchantments (4)
• 4 Case of the Gateway Express

• Lands (23)
• 4 Plains
• 5 Forest
• 1 Restless Prairie
• 2 Cavern of Souls
• 3 Oakhollow Village
• 4 Brushland
• 4 Razorverge Thicket

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While Valley Mightcaller isn't a Rabbit, it fits nicely in this deck and has the potential to become huge throughout the game. It will gain a +1/+1 counter whenever another Rabbit, Frog, Raccoon, or Squirrel you control enters the battlefield. Since every creature in this deck except Valley Mightcaller is a Rabbit, you'll be able to amass a number of +1/+1 counters as the game progresses. Valley Mightcaller also has trample, allowing damage to go over the top of smaller blockers.

Rakdos Lizards

Next, we come to a group of cold-blooded killers, the Lizards. Let's check out their deck to see how they can win without ever attacking.

Rakdos Lizards | BLB Standard | JayVillain, aetherhub.com user

• Creature (31)
• 2 Vial Smasher, Gleeful Grenadier
• 3 Laughing Jasper Flint
• 3 Valley Flamecaller
• 3 Valley Rotcaller
• 4 Fireglass Mentor
• 4 Flamecache Gecko
• 4 Gev, Scaled Scorch
• 4 Hired Claw
• 4 Iridescent Vinelasher

• Instants (7)
• 3 Cut Down
• 4 Bitter Triumph

• Lands (22)
• 5 Mountain
• 6 Swamp
• 2 Cavern of Souls
• 3 Blackcleave Cliffs
• 3 Fabled Passage
• 3 Sulfurous Springs

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Since every creature in this deck happens to be an outlaw (Assassin, Mercenary, Pirate, Rogue, or Warlock), you'll be able to exile a lot of cards from your opponent's library each turn while you have Laughing Jasper Flint in play. You can then cast those spells and put your opponent's cards to work for you. there's nothing more satisfying than finishing off your opponent with one of their own spells.

Gruul Raccoons

The final deck I have for you this week features Raccoons, and wants to use at least four mana each turn. Let's take a look at the deck.

Gruul Raccoons | BLB Standard | TalonZampa, aetherhub.com user

• Creatures (26)
• 1 Bramble Familiar
• 1 Teapot Slinger
• 2 Brambleguard Veteran
• 2 Junkblade Bruiser
• 2 Muerra, Trash Tactician
• 2 Roughshod Duo
• 4 Bakersbane Duo
• 4 Bark-Knuckle Boxer
• 4 Valley Mightcaller
• 4 Wandertale Mentor

• Instants (10)
• 2 Shock
• 4 Lightning Strike
• 4 Take Out the Trash

• Lands (24)
• 8 Forest
• 8 Mountain
• 4 Oakhollow Village
• 4 Rockface Village

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Take Out the Trash probably won't see much play outside of a Raccoon-based deck. Having a more restricted Lightning Strike that can only target a creature or planeswalker isn't what most decks will want. However, as long as you control a Raccoon when you cast this spell, you also get to rummage one card. That small advantage makes a card that's practically unplayable elsewhere a bit more tolerable in this deck.

Wrapping Up

Bloomburrow looks to be quite a fun set. As a big fan of Kindred decks, I love that each two-color pairing has its own creature type to focus on. While I'm sure that non-Kindred decks will develop, I'm happy that there is so much variety to be found in the initial Kindred decks I've found.

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