New Decks Bringing the Power with Phyrexia All Will Be One Hello everyone!  Welcome to standard weekly! Phyrexia All Will Be One is here.  With prerelease and the streamer event behind us, it is time to examine a few of the decks that look like they could play a role in Phyrexia All Will Be One standard season.  The versions of the decks I will introduce today will only have a main deck because the streamer event did not play best-of-three during the event. One of the big themes of Phyrexia All Will Be One is the return of poison [...]

Are these the most powerful cards from Phyrexia: All Will Be One? Hello everyone!  Welcome to Standard Weekly! Now that Phyrexia: All Will Be One has been fully previewed, it's is time for the Top 10 most impactful cards for standard from the set. You can find my Top 10 Phyrexia All Will Be One video on the official Caffeinated Gamers YouTube channel.  It will take a more in-depth look at each of the Top 10 cards from the set and give you some honorable mention cards that should play a role in standard. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSrkK8Zd6b4&t=312s   #10 Nissa, Ascended Animist Nissa, [...]

  Hello everyone!  Welcome to standard weekly! A large chunk of the cards from Phyrexia: All Will Be one have been spoiled.  Based on the previews so far, at least a couple of new decks should enter standard once the set is legal.  There are also new cards that should find homes in already existing decks. One of the new decks will be Toxic.  Already previewed are a group of cards that should become the core of the deck.  This is what I will look at today.  I am not going to theory craft the deck at this point.  Rather I [...]

A Look Back at Dominaria United Part 2 Hello Everyone!  Welcome to Standard Weekly! We have a lot to talk about as we finish our look at Dominaria United.  Today I will look at the red, green, multicolored, and land cards from the set that have had an impact on standard. RED: Red got a few good cards from Dominaria United.  While a Mono-Red deck did not truly develop out of the cards from Dominaria United, but a few pieces for a Mono-Red deck arrived with the set. Chaotic Transformation is another in a long line of red spells that [...]

A Look Back at Dominaria United Hello everyone!  Welcome to standard weekly! Over the last two weeks, I have looked at the most impactful cards from Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty and Streets of New Capenna.  This week I will explore the impact of Dominaria United on standard and other formats.  This article will include my Top 5 most impactful card list and look at the white, blue, and black cards seeing play in standard.  Later this week I will look at the red, green, multi-colored, and lands seeing play in standard. The arrival of Dominaria United signaled fall rotation.  This made [...]

A Look Back at Streets of New Capenna Part 3 In a previous article, we looked at the top 5 most impactful cards from Streets of New Capenna. In this article, we will have a brief discussion each of the other cards from Street of New Capenna that have impacted either standard or another format.  With over sixty cards seeing play Streets of New Capenna has helped shape the standard format. Red Arcane Bombardment Big Score Devilish Valet Goldhound Jaxis, the Troublemaker Professional Face-Breaker Riveteers Requisitioner Strangle Unlucky Witness Another set, another disappointing one for red.  Since Throne of Eldraine [...]

A Look Back at Streets of New Capenna Part 2 In the last article, we looked at the top 5 most impactful cards from Streets of New Capenna. In this article, we will have a brief discussion each of the other cards from Street of New Capenna that have impacted either standard or another format.  With over sixty cards seeing play Streets of New Capenna has helped shape the standard format. White Depopulate Elspeth Resplendent Extraction Specialist Giada, Font of Hope Illuminator Virtuoso Inspiring Overseer Knockout Blow Raffine’s Informant Sanctuary Warden White provided a good assortment of cards that impacted [...]

A Look Back at Streets of New Capenna Hello everyone!  Welcome to Standard Weekly! Last tiime I looked back at Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty and its impact on standard.  This week I will look at Streets of New Capenna. Standard was probably at its healthiest during Streets of New Capenna season.  The number of players attending Friday Night Magic and other events was at its highest for the year.  The overall quality of the cards from Streets of New Capenna coupled with the last set before rotation made the standard format diverse and enjoyable. Each color added useful cards to standard [...]

A Look Back at Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Hello everyone!  Welcome to Standard Weekly! With a little less than two weeks until Christmas, it’s time to look back at the year that was in standard.  Over the next three weeks, I will look at the cards from the first three standard legal sets from 2022.  This week I will look at the most impactful cards and a few of the decks that developed from Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty. The standard year began with a return to Kamigawa.  The set was instantly impactful and well-received with a variety of cards seeing consistent play [...]

Game Day Winning Deck Hello Everyone!  Welcome to Standard Weekly! Last Saturday, Caffeinated Gamers held their Game Day event and last week’s article looked at what are arguably the best decks, so far, in The Brothers’ War standard season.  In preparation for the event, I looked at those decks and determined that I would either play Azorius Soldiers or Esper Raffine at the event. I really wanted to play the Teferi deck because of its power level.  In the practice matches I played on Arena the deck did not perform up to my expectations.  I would win game one or [...]