Hello, everyone! Now that the dust has settled after the banning of Field of the Dead, it's time to look for some new, fun decks that can compete with decks featuring our new overlord, Oko, Thief of Crowns. This week, I have a few decks to share that I'm hoping to try out on Magic Arena in my quest to achieve a ranking higher than Gold. Let's get started.

Electrostatic Izzet

The first deck I have for you this week combines the additional damage Torbran, Thane of Red Fell provides with the benefits you can get from drawing an additional card on your turn. Let's take a look at the deck:

Electrostatic Izzet | Eldraine Standard | ItsTotallyMike, mtgarena.pro user

• Creatures (13)
• 2 Glint-Horn Buccaneer
• 2 Irencrag Pyromancer
• 2 Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
• 3 Bonecrusher Giant
• 4 Electrostatic Field

• Planeswalkers (3)
• 3 The Royal Scions

• Instants (16)
• 4 Chemister's Insight
• 4 Opt
• 4 Shock
• 4 Thrill of Possibility

• Sorceries (4)
• 4 Skewer the Critics

• Enchantments (3)
• 3 Improbable Alliance

• Lands (21)
• 6 Island
• 9 Mountain
• 2 Temple of Epiphany
• 4 Steam Vents

• Sideboard (15)
• 1 Chandra, Awakened Inferno
• 3 Flame Sweep
• 2 Fry
• 1 God-Eternal Kefnet
• 3 Ionize
• 3 Negate
• 2 Skarrgan Hellkite

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Having played with Electrostatic Field in the past, I know how quickly the incidental damage it can deal adds up. When you combine that with Torbran, Thane of Red Fell, the damage potential goes from being an annoyance for your opponent to being game ending. In addition, since Electrostatic Field deals damage every time you cast an instant or sorcery spell, cards like Opt and Chemister's Insight can serve a dual purpose.

By having Improbable Alliance or Irencrag Pyromancer on the battlefield, you have the possibility to deal extra damage to your opponent with Electrostatic Field while also triggering the abilities that happen when you draw your second card for the turn. Extra damage, extra cards, and extra creatures quickly add up to you having an advantage that your opponent can't come back from. This deck looks incredibly synergistic and a lot of fun to play.

Orzhov Prison Control

The next deck I have for you can make it impossible for your opponent to be able to win. Let's take a look at it:

Orzhov Prison Control | Eldraine Standard | Gdinut, mtgarena.pro user

• Creatures (2)
• 2 Cavalier of Dawn

• Planeswalkers (2)
• 2 Ugin, the Ineffable

• Sorceries (4)
• 4 Kaya's Wrath

• Enchantments (19)
• 3 Prison Realm
• 4 Doom Foretold
• 4 Ethereal Absolution
• 4 Oath of Kaya
• 4 Revenge of Ravens

• Artifacts (8)
• 4 Golden Egg
• 4 Guild Globe

• Lands (25)
• 5 Plains
• 5 Swamp
• 1 Scoured Barrens
• 2 Castle Ardenvale
• 2 Castle Locthwain
• 3 Fabled Passage
• 3 Godless Shrine
• 4 Temple of Silence

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If you'd rather wipe out a whole swath of your opponent's creatures in one fell swoop, Kaya's Wrath is here to help. You can also make it so that your opponent isn't capable of keeping any of their creatures on the battlefield if you manage to get multiple copies of Ethereal Absolution in play. You might even be able to force your opponent to sacrifice a creature that you can't deal with (because it has either hexproof or a high toughness) by casting Doom Foretold.

If you're not able to lock things up tight enough that your opponent isn't able to play any creatures, you can always play a copy or two of Revenge of Ravens. By doing so, you'll be able to gain a point of life for each creature that your opponent attacks with. In addition, your opponent will lose a point of life for each of those creatures. This can make it impossible for them to reduce your life total to zero before theirs is depleted.

Selesnya Enchantments

The final deck I have for you utilizes a couple of Green sources to gain card advantage as it attempts to get a victory. Let's take a look at the deck:

Selesnya Enchantments | Eldraine Standard | Bellegar, mtgarena.pro user

• Creatures (26)
• 2 Emmara, Soul of the Accord
• 2 Giant Killer
• 3 Questing Beast
• 3 Shepherd of the Flock
• 4 Edgewall Innkeeper
• 4 Faerie Guidemother
• 4 Lovestruck Beast
• 4 Venerated Loxodon

• Instants (6)
• 2 March of the Multitudes
• 4 Defiant Strike

• Enchantments (6)
• 2 Conclave Tribunal
• 4 Season of Growth

• Lands (22)
• 8 Forest
• 9 Plains
• 1 Castle Ardenvale
• 4 Temple Garden

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Venerated Loxodon is a great way to increase the size of this deck's usually small creatures. One thing to remember, though, is that if you're hoping to be able to use Lovestruck Beast as an attacker, you'll need to keep a minimum of one of your creatures as a 1/1. Also, remember that this deck has built-in ways to create 1/1's, such as Emmara, Soul of the Accord and March of the Multitudes, which both can be used relatively easily to create 1/1 Soldier creature tokens that have lifelink.

Because of the relative ease that this deck has with drawing cards, it should be pretty easy to get things running smoothly again in the event that your opponent plays a board wipe. For that reason, it's often best to hold onto one or two creature cards, rather than play everything in your hand as quickly as possible. While rushing everything out might allow you to get a quick victory if your opponent stumbles, it can be better to be cautious and hold something back. In the event that your opponent clears out all of the creatures on the battlefield, doing so can allow you the opportunity to recover and deal out the remaining damage needed to finish off your opponent in another turn or two.

Wrapping Up

While decks running Oko, Thief of Crowns might be running amok at all of the major events, there are still plenty of decks you can play that don't feature this overpowered planeswalker. If you give one of these decks a try, be sure to let me know in the comments below how you did.

What do you think of these decks? Do you have any suggestions for improvements? Let me know by leaving a comment below 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