Hello, everyone! While we only have about a month until the Throne of Eldraine prerelease, Core Set 2020 continues to offer us new innovations to use in existing decks as well as cards that allow new decks to be created. This week, I have a few more Standard decklists for you that look to be both fun and competitive. Let's get started.

Bant Ramp Hydra

The first deck I have for you looks to ramp up its mana production in an effort summon some huge Hydras to the battlefield. Let's take a look at the deck:

Bant Ramp Hydra | Core Set 2020 Standard | JMGH, aetherhub.com user

• Creatures (24)
• 2 Cavalier of Thorns
• 2 Paradise Druid
• 2 Trostani Discordant
• 2 Voracious Hydra
• 4 Hydroid Krasis
• 4 Leafkin Druid
• 4 Llanowar Elves
• 4 Risen Reef

• Planeswalkers (8)
• 1 Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
• 3 Teferi, Time Raveler
• 4 Nissa, Who Shakes the World

• Sorceries (1)
• 1 Finale of Glory

• Enchantments (3)
• 1 Baffling End
• 2 Prison Realm

• Lands (24)
• 5 Forest
• 2 Glacial Fortress
• 2 Hinterland Harbor
• 3 Sunpetal Grove
• 4 Breeding Pool
• 4 Hallowed Fountain
• 4 Temple Garden

• Sideboard (15)
• 2 Baffling End
• 2 Deputy of Detention
• 1 Knight of Autumn
• 1 Lyra Dawnbringer
• 3 Negate
• 1 Shalai, Voice of Plenty
• 2 Time Wipe
• 3 Veil of Summer

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Once you have a way to make a fair amount of mana, you'll be able to cast the big finishers for this deck. Cavalier of Thorns acts as both a way to ramp your mana as well as a beefy creature you can use to attack your opponent with. Voracious Hydra also serves a double purpose by doubling as a big creature as well as a means of creature removal. Hydroid Krasis continues the trend of serving a double purpose by giving you a means of life and card drawing when you cast it and also being a large evasive threat.

This deck is also the perfect home for one of my favorite finishers - Finale of Glory. Since you're able to create a ton of mana with this deck, you have a good chance of casting Finale of Glory with X equaling ten or more which will fill your side of the battlefield with Soldier and Angel creature tokens. If that happens, your opponent might concede on the spot, since you'll be creating a minimum of twenty creatures.

Chandra's Sacrifice

The next deck I have for you this week is a Rakdos deck that harnesses the power of sacrificing your own creatures. Let's have a look:

Chandra's Sacrifice | Core Set 2020 Standard | yona-kit, aetherhub.com user

• Creatures (23)
• 1 Gutterbones
• 3 Eternal Taskmaster
• 3 Sanitarium Skeleton
• 4 Dreadhorde Butcher
• 4 Footlight Fiend
• 4 Mayhem Devil
• 4 Priest of Forgotten Gods

• Planeswalkers (5)
• 1 Tibalt, Rakish Instigator
• 4 Chandra, Acolyte of Flame

• Instants (4)
• 4 Heartfire

• Sorceries (4)
• 4 Spark Harvest

• Enchantments (4)
• 4 Cavalcade of Calamity

• Lands (20)
• 3 Mountain
• 3 Swamp
• 2 Evolving Wilds
• 4 Blood Crypt
• 4 Bloodfell Caves
• 4 Dragonskull Summit

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The removal in this deck also works well with Mayhem Devil on the battlefield. Heartfire deals four damage to any target when you cast it, but casting it has the additional cost of sacrificing a creature or planeswalker you control. Spark Harvest can be cast for a single Black mana as long as you sacrifice a creature. The deck also has Priest of Forgotten Gods that can allow you to sacrifice two other creatures to give you two Black mana as well as causing your opponent to lose life and sacrifice a creature. As you can imagine, all of these cards work amazingly when you have multiple copies of Mayhem Devil in play, and you'll be able to end games very quickly.

This deck has another way you can quickly win games built into it as well. Cavalcade of Calamity will deal a point of damage to your opponent (or one of their planeswalkers) whenever a creature with power 1 or less attacks them (or their planeswalker). You can use that to deal damage to the opponent even when you know your creature will be blocked and killed. This works especially well with creatures like Sanitarium Skeleton since you can return it to your hand when it goes to your graveyard.

Goblins

The final deck I have for you is based on a tribe that I love to play - Goblins! Let's take a look at the deck:

Goblins | Core Set 2020 Standard | CaptainJamoke, aetherhub.com user

• Creatures (27)
• 2 Goblin Cratermaker
• 2 Volley Veteran
• 3 Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
• 4 Goblin Chainwhirler
• 4 Goblin Ringleader
• 4 Goblin Warchief
• 4 Legion Warboss
• 4 Skirk Prospector

• Planeswalkers (3)
• 3 Samut, Tyrant Smasher

• Instants (4)
• 4 Lightning Strike

• Sorceries (4)
• 4 Leyline of Combustion

• Lands (22)
• 22 Mountain

• Sideboard (15)
• 4 Blood Sun
• 2 Chandra, Awakened Inferno
• 4 Damping Sphere
• 1 Icon of Ancestry
• 4 Spit Flame

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Goblin Warchief not only makes many of your Goblins cost less to cast, but it also gives all of your Goblins haste. Samut, Tyrant Smasher is a little out of theme in this deck, but it acts as a junior warchief by also giving all of your creatures haste. Plus, you can use Samut's -1 loyalty ability to give a +2/+1 bonus to one of your creatures for the turn. This works especially well when you're attacking with Krenko.

Finally, there's two more Goblins that I want to call out from this deck. The first is Goblin Ringleader. Simply due to the sheer volume of Goblins in this deck, you should be able to get at least a couple more Goblins into your hand when you play Goblin Ringleader. And in this deck, the more Goblins you have on the battlefield, the better. Those Goblins will help you destroy most any creature your opponent has in play when you play Volley Veteran. This is especially useful to use on creatures that have flying, as they can be trouble for this deck to deal with.

Wrapping Up

As I was finishing up this article, the Banned and Restricted announcement took place. Wizards of the Coast has finally unbanned Rampaging Ferocidon. I'm curious to see what effect it will have now that it's legal in Standard again. I'd love to hear your thoughts on the impact it will have.

What do you think of these decks? Do you have any suggestions for improvements? Let me know by leaving a comment below or you can reply to me directly on Twitter (@mikelikesmtg), or email me directly at mikelikesmtg@gmail.com. Also, 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