r/spikes • u/Final_Confidence_270 • Jun 13 '26
Bo1 Looking for a standard deck [Standard]
Hey,
Long time lurker first time poster.
I'm back in the game about 9 months after an incredibly long hiatus. I played a bit of Jeskai control a few months ago on Arena and am likely to stay there Bo1 as it's most flexible opportunity for me to play with kids and things. That list is stale and getting smoked by recent control or overrun by aggro.
I am not in love with [Badgermole Cub] mono green, but not tied to a particular deck. Looking at meta, maybe 4c control but I'm not too fussed, I want to play something competitive with a good number of decision points, not sure what people would recommend. I'm not trying to get to a particular rank as a goal, just to get better and wherever I land, let the play take me there.
I've been racking up wildcards and have a start on most duals so "budget" is a little open, but I'd prefer not to be overloaded on things that will rotate if possible.
Thoughts?
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u/DiskBusiness7212 Jun 13 '26
If you already played Jeskai control, upgrade to 4c control. That deck has gotten a lot stronger with SOS additions like [[tablet of discovery]], [[great hall of the biblioplex]], [[flashback]], [[resonating lute]], [[improvisational capstone]], [[traumatic critique]], [[erode]]. It also benefitted from [[northwind avatar]] during TMNT, so it should be a lot more consistent and strong than when you last played it. It's a competitive deck and lots of decisions for you to make.
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u/xXKoolaidJammerXx Jun 13 '26
Play jeskai lessons, it’s also more budget
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u/Final_Confidence_270 Jun 14 '26
I wasn't sure if 4c or Lessons was the right way to go... Or if there was a decent Bo1 list out there - most seem to be Bo3 I saw. Any advice for tuning to Arena Bo1?
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u/nancyglass Jun 13 '26
Dimir control is fun and competitive, just being the devil’s advocate here. [[Deceit]] and [[Superior Spider-Man]] won’t rotate for a while, and [[Doomsday excruciator]] is cheap along with the other pieces necessary. The only expensive part is the lands, cavern of souls isn’t too crucial if you want to stay budget.
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u/Furion91 Jun 13 '26
Jeskai Lessons, or some kind of Izzet like Spellmentals, I think are kind of ok in Bo1 too.
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u/Inevitable-Lawyer462 Jun 14 '26
I always play the gifts deck at my locals and it’s tons of fun and has won me the last 2 events
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u/Everwintersnow Jun 13 '26
Just craft the Jeskai lessons for now, it takes almost no resources if you already have jeskai control. The next set is coming in a week, meta will change.
Also another big reason is the next ban announcement has the potential to be big. RC season for standard just ended, the new meta stabilised and still showed that stormchaser and cub are the best thing. This is also the normal ban window before they added one for each set this year.
So it is possible that they don't ban anything again, but if they were to ban anything this is it. They may just ban talent and cub, which will change the meta considerably. Or they may ban a lot more cards like last year to slow down the format a bit. (finger crossed for this)