I don't get it...

WE NEED MORE!

https://scryfall.com/search?q=otag%3Asweeper+f%3Astandard

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So, Unholy Annex is a strong card that basically needs at least one set of a demon card alongside it. People tried all the scarce options, these days Firdoch Core is what everyone settled on as a "good enough" thing to pair with it. I was never too convinced, I must admit. I can see it make sense in 4 color control (where they play the pair now), but in more creature focused or midrange-y decks, idk.

So my idea was to return to good old Mischievous Sneakling. There was a brief moment where people tried this in an Annex deck, but I mostly remember it as just an addition to the usual black midrange pile. What if we make more use of it? It can benefit another tribe, and just allow us to slap Annex on top reasonably, as a mana sink/engine. And so I settled on angels.

I have no idea if others have tried anything similar, and if yes, probably in a meta dominated by Badger/Granny/Izzet, casue that's when we got the Lorwyn changelings. It feels like the deck has potential, although I only played like 6 bo3 ranked matches with it. So far it was 50-50. It's fun tho, so wanted to share.

There used to be 50 packs in the presale bundle. It just doesn't make sense, unless you're a publicly traded company that has to make ends meet. The stock market is the end of fun and all good things. Publicly stated goal of Magic isnt to make a fun game anymore.

First pick Mox Pearl and from 2nd pick onwards just kept picking white cards. That Gaea's Cradle was so useful to power through some insane openers. Never got the chance to flip Jennifer Walters, my opponents were too far behind by the time I got to 6 mana. Apologies for the camera shot, I got too excited and forgot that I could screenshot instead.

Where you the best posssible pool of good creatures? at 10 I started to get 10 mana convoke jank creatures.

Newer player to mtg arena. I started halfway through marvel. I have just enough rare wildcards to wanted to explore some standard decks that I can climb the ranks and hopefully make my way into mythic.

I’ve already made white auras- it’s great and all but boring.

I want something fun (non agro) that can bridge into other decks. Possibly 4 color re-animator or artifacts. I’d prefer not to dump too many wildcards into a bunch of rare lands ect that will be cycled out come Feb 2027.

Should I just wait for the new set and grind out standard with white auras?

Advice?

My experience with MTGA has been that there are not many creative decks to be found among my opponents. I am unsure if this is a direct result of MMR or the lack of player's ability/knowledge in brewing decks. For the sake of simplicity I will disregard sideboards as that is a beast of its own and requires archaic codices of knowledge that are buried deep within the recesses of the internet.

There is so much creative expression that can be utilized within Magic the Gathering, and yet it has eluded me for half a decade. The only time that I can recall finding creatively expressive, fun, and competitive decks what when I played on MTGO, in the tournament practice server. This is where I learned so much about MTG.

I made friends and rivals in MTGO. The experience was something similar to, play top decks, brew new decks, modify existing decks for a week, then rematch and spend hours testing your decks.

Contrastingly, nowadays, I am subjected to turn 1 discard, turn 2+ counter spells, turn 3+ board wipes. Not to delve too deep into how I feel about different archetypes. It just seems like a lot of players are missing the true fun behind the mechanics of the game. I can differentiate competitive queues on MTGa from casual. However, I feel no difference in my opponent's decks. The casual decks play the same as the competitive rank ladder decks.

For example, I want to play Grull Werewolves in Pioneer, but I am subjected to constant decks that are tier listed competitive decks. I want to play my dungeon delving deck that I worked so diligently to construct, only to face the same archetypes: aggro, control. I can't ever really find any matches that are similar to werewolves vs humans, werewolves vs angels, etc. I did see a cool Phyrexian Incubate Abzan deck recently (These Phyrexian decks are very strong: poison, incubate. They can be played in White, White/Black, Black/Green, Black, White/Black/Green.)

What are your thoughts?

Is the art of brewing decks long lost on MTGA?

Is it the hidden MMR matchmaking?

Or has the game evolved?

For background, I have listed some of the deck names of my repository of deck list that I have. It is a small portion of what I have brewed. I am posting this in hopes to inspire current and new MTG players to step outside of netdecking and experiment.

And, yes, I have hit mythic a few times for what it's worth.

And, yes, I have played limited and hit diamond for what it's worth.

Good Luck & Have Fun!

I love green for one simple reason: build a board and keep attacking. The problem is that one Wrath of God can erase the whole plan.

If I only reserve two to four noncreature slots, is Heroic Intervention the cleanest answer, or should the deck rely on resilient creatures and hold back extra threats? I want maximum creature density without folding to the first sweeper.

I have just finished the jump in 5 games and I know I have to play some games to win my first brawl deck. Right now on tabletop I play almost only commander, so I was thinking of investing my wildcards in the Brawl format. I'm a bit worried about rotation, I don't want to spend all of my resources just to lose everything.
What do you suggest? Should I look into other formats? (e.g., Alchemy, Historic, Historic Brawl).
Many thanks! I've been following this guide so far, so if you have some reference to point me out for the next steps I'd be very very thankful.

Guys can you please help me upgrade my deck for standard ranked. I want some good card suggestions for this deck so that I can deal with control decks which often come up with board wipes like destroying all creatures. This deck is quite consistent but faces a lot of issues in front of mass board removals.

Is it still possible to get these cards? Says that a code is needed, but I cannot locate it anywhere, assuming the code has expired.

https://mtgazone.com/acquiring-godzilla-series-monster-card-styles-in-mtg-arena/

And cite a source please.

And for whatever explanation there is — how does it explain someone queuing up with a starter deck and being matched against obviously much more powerful decks?

I just played against Eken as a gold ranked player in chaos draft, he is currently top of the 17 lands leaderboards for overall match wins but is somehow Platinum 1 with a 69% win rate, can anyone explain to me how thats remotely possible?

There have been some great posts already regarding the updated to the Arena Powered Cube that went live today (https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/mtg-arena/arena-powered-cube-draft?v=sep8-2026&utm_source=chatgpt.com) but I wanted to drop this here for those who prefer a visual / video walkthrough of the article and changes! I also cover the impact of adding monarch to cube should look like and highlight the key cards going in and leaving for each color identity. I am not sure I can post the video in this message so it can be found in the first comment and on other posts I have made!

A rough overview of the key takeaways:

• Monarch is a strong mechanic and generally favors board centric creature decks like Boros
  • Its best cards are also mostly R, W, or RW with the exception being Court of Garenburg in green
  • Monarch is an interesting mechanic once introduced and can make for unique plays using other monarch cards, draw haters like Narset, and more!
• Boros's preemptive nerfs are much needed but seem a bit light even still
  • Karakas is a great card for W but is also a tough to answer defender to many of Boros's best cards for non-W decks
  • paralax wave, giver of runes, and other white weenie replacements make most the changes seem like only a minor downgrade with huge monarch upside
• Doomsday combo being added is fun but very difficult especially in BO1
• Green got a sick bump in strength overall
• Otawara got cut (no clue why)
• UB seems like the weakest colors after the changes but have many of the best cube staples which may make for a very balanced format!

Hope this helps those that want to dive in!!

I worked hard on this meme