While the current Standard format has in large part stayed the same with the release of Adventures in the Forgotten Realms, MTG ArenaвЂ™s Standard 2022 format is proving to be a home for innovation and fresh ideas. I am 100 not the originator of this deck list but honestly it was a really easy climb for NameTagsInnistrad Dragon Control TopDeckKingMidrange16253075 daysDimir Zombie Nation RisendragonAggro9571935 daysWinter Zombies DimaszkaAggro Midrange393625 daysView 37 more rowsItвЂ™s always refreshing to have a brand new Magic format where anything is possible and innovation is the key to success. I climbed using Lands so wanted to share the deck list, game plan and sideboarding. Really enjoying this new standard, climbed to mythic in Traditional Standard after not playing standard for a couple of releases.

The legality engine ensures all the decklists are legal to use. The power level of the format had been consistent for years, and I found some success with a few rogue archetypes:All Traditional Standard decks from users and content creators. I had success in a few events with rogue decklists, such as top 8вЂ™ing a SCG Classic Hour of Devastation release weekend with Approach of the Second Sun. I remember going to Grand Prix and SCG Opens where I would be sorting through a box of Standard staples the night before the event, hoping to see if I could find some forgotten card that could prove to be useful. I loved the idea of innovating and finding rogue decks in a format dominated by a few archetypes. Standard has always been a format very near and dear to me.

While Izzet Dragons spends its first few turns setting up with Expressive Iterations, Mono White has the capability of completing going under some of the midrange decks of the format. The core of the deck, Goldspan Dragon, Expressive Iteration, Frost Bite, AlrundвЂ™s Epiphany, Faceless Haven, Galazeth Prismari, Saw it Coming, and Behold the Multiverse, all stay legal while losing only very few pieces.This list comes to us from Tom Maxwell, who top 8вЂ™d the вЂњHooglandiaвЂќ Standard 2022 open a weekend ago. Goldspan Dragon is by far the best Mythic to come out of the four legal sets, and the Izzet already being one of the best decks in the former format makes it a force to be reckoned with. Now onto the decks.The clear winner of Standard 2022 on the surface is Izzet Dragons.

You read that right, banned! The combination of Book and Faceless Haven led to some uninteresting games, where six mana could lock your opponent out of the game. IвЂ™ve also seen other builds floating around as well with Showdown of the Skalds, but the mana and man lands get a little worse in those builds.While I was hoping to focus a good portion of this article on decks involving The Book of Exalted Deeds, but just as I was ready to hit publish, I was alerted to the fact that the card had just been banned. Like Mono Green, IвЂ™m a huge fan of these decks having the ability to put a tremendous amount of pressure on their opponent, while having ways to catch up in the mid to late game. While this deck doesnвЂ™t have eight man lands, I do like all the ways it can fight against the control decks, with six man lands and Reidane to fight a potential wrath. Paladin Class especially can help you close out games in the air with a double-striking flyer, if things on the ground get gummed up. Similar to Mono Green, this deck has lots of ways of generating value in the mid to late game, such as the one copy of Legion Angel and Paladin Class.

With no chess clock for best of one gameplay, it can lead to very, very, VERY, long games if the losing player chooses not to concede. While there are a few spells to deal with the combo (Cleansing Wildfire, Waking the Trolls) overall it is two hard of a combo to interact with for some decks. I think itвЂ™s a rash decision to ban a card in a format (that I crafted wildcards for!) without tournament data.

Izzet Dragons looks to be by far the winner of Standard 2022. I am a fan, however, of Devastating Mastery against decks that might have a variety of tricky permanents, but overall I think Azorius needs access to instant speed removal to make a contender and a better choice than Dimir.While Standard 2022 isnвЂ™t a permanent format on Arena, it does give us an interesting look at the decks that may be good with the release of Innistrad: The Midnight Hunt. Azorius, however, faces a similar problem of not having great interaction against Faceless Haven and Goldspan Dragon. Azorius has the benefit of having a Foretell wrath and access to Skyclave Apparition.

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