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Hello everyone. With preview season happening right now, I'm super excited to start playing with some of the new cards from Wilds of Eldraine. However, we're still a couple of weeks away from the release, and there are still Standard events happening. I've got a few more decks this week that you can play until the next release happens. Let's get started by taking a look at the first deck.
Mono-White Mill
We'll begin by taking a look at a Mono-White deck that wins games by manipulating its opponent's graveyard. Let's take a look at the deck.
Mono-White Mill | MAT Standard | Sonio, aetherhub.com user
- Creatures (7)
- 1 Circuit Mender
- 1 Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
- 1 Loran of the Third Path
- 1 Serra Paragon
- 3 Ambitious Farmhand // Seasoned Cathar
- Planeswalkers (10)
- 1 Archangel Elspeth
- 2 Elspeth Resplendent
- 3 The Eternal Wanderer
- 4 The Wandering Emperor
- Instants (1)
- 1 March of Otherworldly Light
- Sorceries (6)
- 1 Depopulate
- 1 Farewell
- 4 Lay Down Arms
- Enchantments (7)
- 3 The Restoration of Eiganjo // Architect of Restoration
- 4 Ossification
- Artifacts (5)
- 1 Portal to Phyrexia
- 1 The Mightstone and Weakstone
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
- 2 Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
- Lands (24)
- 17 Plains
- 2 Mirrex
- 2 Roadside Reliquary
- 3 Demolition Field
- Sideboard (1)
- 1 Ao, the Dawn Sky
One card is Unlicensed Hearse. While you have Unlicensed Hearse on the battlefield, you can tap it to exile up to two cards from any player's graveyard. Most of the time, you'll want to exile cards from your opponent's graveyard, but you can exile cards from your own in order to make Unlicensed Hearse bigger. By exiling cards this way, you can remove creatures like Tenacious Underdog that have blitz abilities and spells like Rite of Oblivion that have flashback.
The other card that works best while your opponent's graveyard has plenty of creatures in it is Portal to Phyrexia. While this artifact is on the battlefield, at the beginning of your upkeep, you'll be able to put a creature from any player's graveyard into play under your control. While it's entirely possible that you can return some of the creatures your opponent sacrificed when Portal to Phyrexia came into play, they could have had creature tokens that were sacrificed. That's why it can be helpful to keep milling their library with the help of Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree.
Mardu Superfriends
The next deck I have for you features a team of superpowered planeswalkers intent on helping you achieve victory over your opponent. Let's check it out.
Mardu Superfriends | MAT Standard | powrdragn, aetherhub.com user
- Planeswalkers (13)
- 1 Kaya, Intangible Slayer
- 1 The Eternal Wanderer
- 2 Archangel Elspeth
- 2 Liliana of the Veil
- 2 Ob Nixilis, the Adversary
- 2 Vraska, Betrayal's Sting
- 3 The Wandering Emperor
- Instants (8)
- 2 Destroy Evil
- 2 Fateful Absence
- 4 Go for the Throat
- Sorceries (4)
- 1 Depopulate
- 3 Sunfall
- Enchantments (6)
- 2 All Will Be One
- 4 Wedding Announcement // Wedding Festivity
- Artifacts (1)
- 1 The Celestus
- Battles (2)
- 2 Invasion of Gobakhan // Lightshield Array
However, The Wandering Emperor isn't the only planeswalker in this deck that helps with creature removal. Liliana of the Veil forces your opponent to sacrifice a creature (assuming you target them instead of yourself). Vraska, Betrayal's Sting turns a creature into a Treasure token. Even Kaya, Intangible Slayer gets in on the fun with her -3 loyalty ability which exiles a creature or enchantment, creating a token copy of it for you in the process.
However, none of these planeswalkers can deal with a battlefield full of threats like The Eternal Wanderer can. By activating her -4 loyalty ability, you'll force your opponent to sacrifice all of their creatures in play except for one of your choosing. You'll have to do the same yourself, but with this deck you usually don't have a lot of creatures in play. When using this ability is timed properly, you can totally wreck your opponent's plan of action and cause them to consider conceding.
Abzan Enchantments
The final deck I have for you this week features an enchantment theme, which is something we're sure to see more of when Wilds of Eldraine releases. Let's take a look at the deck.
Abzan Enchantments | MAT Standard | SwayzeMTG, aetherhub.com user
- Creatures (15)
- 3 Calix, Guided by Fate
- 4 Jukai Naturalist
- 4 Spirited Companion
- 4 Weaver of Harmony
Calix has a second ability that happens when he or an enchanted creature you control deals combat damage to a player. This ability lets you create a token copy of a nonlegendary enchantment you control. One of the best enchantments you can copy is Audacity, as it provides a power bonus plus trample to a creature. Trample can help you ensure that combat damage can get dealt to your opponent, even if they have blocking creatures.
Another great choice for an enchantment to create a copy of is Hallowed Haunting. While Hallowed Haunting is on the battlefield, if you have seven or more enchantments in play, all of your creatures will gain both flying and vigilance. You'll also be able to create Spirit Cleric creature tokens when you cast an enchantment spell. These tokens become more formidable for each Spirit you have in play.
Wrapping Up
While preview season is always an exciting time, those new cards aren't able to be played just yet. If you're looking for a deck to use for Friday Night Magic or just for fun against your friends, you might want to try one of these decks 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
