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April 2022 Degenerate Gaming Open (Standard)

April 2022 Degen Open (Standard) – Top 8 Decklists and Metagame Breakdown

MTG Arena Set Championship Qualifiers

This weekend, invites to the Streets of New Capenna Championship (an official Wizards of the Coast tournament $450,000 held on May 20 to 22, with a $450,000 prize pool) was up for grabs from online MTG Arena tournaments.

One of them was the monthly Degenerate Gaming Open, with 174 players competing in the Standard format. Tristan Wylde-LaRue took it all down with Jeskai Combo in a field full of midrange and control decks.

You can check out the rest of the decklists and the full metagame breakdown over on MTGMelee or MTG Meta.

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rate
vs
esper midrange
vs
orzhov midrange
vs
other
vs
naya runes
vs
Mono White Aggro
vs
Jeskai Combo
vs
izzet control
vs
rakdos anvil
vs
azorius control
vs
selesnya midrange
vs
temur aggro
vs
mardu midrange
vs
rakdos midrange
esper midrange
119 matches
global 56.3% [47.3%-64.9%]
-
72.7%
22 matches
66.7%
3 matches
16.7%
6 matches
77.8%
9 matches
54.5%
11 matches
50.0%
4 matches
20.0%
5 matches
22.2%
9 matches
25.0%
8 matches
64.3%
14 matches
66.7%
3 matches
71.4%
7 matches
esper midrange
119 matches
global 56.3% [47.3%-64.9%]
orzhov midrange
94 matches
global 48.9% [39.1%-58.9%]
27.3%
22 matches
-
40.0%
5 matches
50.0%
4 matches
70.0%
10 matches
60.0%
10 matches
100.0%
1 matches
55.6%
9 matches
33.3%
3 matches
33.3%
3 matches
20.0%
5 matches
50.0%
2 matches
50.0%
2 matches
orzhov midrange
94 matches
global 48.9% [39.1%-58.9%]
other
25 matches
global 44.0% [26.7%-62.9%]
33.3%
3 matches
60.0%
5 matches
-
-
33.3%
3 matches
0.0%
1 matches
100.0%
1 matches
0.0%
1 matches
-
100.0%
1 matches
-
50.0%
2 matches
50.0%
2 matches
other
25 matches
global 44.0% [26.7%-62.9%]
naya runes
25 matches
global 60.0% [40.7%-76.6%]
83.3%
6 matches
50.0%
4 matches
-
-
0.0%
2 matches
0.0%
1 matches
50.0%
2 matches
100.0%
1 matches
-
0.0%
1 matches
100.0%
2 matches
100.0%
1 matches
-
naya runes
25 matches
global 60.0% [40.7%-76.6%]
Mono White Aggro
67 matches
global 44.8% [33.5%-56.6%]
22.2%
9 matches
30.0%
10 matches
66.7%
3 matches
100.0%
2 matches
-
40.0%
5 matches
100.0%
1 matches
25.0%
4 matches
0.0%
2 matches
77.8%
9 matches
66.7%
3 matches
0.0%
2 matches
66.7%
3 matches
Mono White Aggro
67 matches
global 44.8% [33.5%-56.6%]
Jeskai Combo
50 matches
global 48.0% [34.8%-61.5%]
45.5%
11 matches
40.0%
10 matches
100.0%
1 matches
100.0%
1 matches
60.0%
5 matches
-
0.0%
1 matches
50.0%
4 matches
33.3%
3 matches
50.0%
4 matches
0.0%
1 matches
33.3%
3 matches
-
Jeskai Combo
50 matches
global 48.0% [34.8%-61.5%]
izzet control
22 matches
global 54.5% [34.7%-73.1%]
50.0%
4 matches
0.0%
1 matches
0.0%
1 matches
50.0%
2 matches
0.0%
1 matches
100.0%
1 matches
-
-
66.7%
3 matches
100.0%
2 matches
50.0%
2 matches
-
66.7%
3 matches
izzet control
22 matches
global 54.5% [34.7%-73.1%]
rakdos anvil
44 matches
global 52.3% [37.9%-66.2%]
80.0%
5 matches
44.4%
9 matches
100.0%
1 matches
0.0%
1 matches
75.0%
4 matches
50.0%
4 matches
-
-
50.0%
2 matches
33.3%
3 matches
20.0%
5 matches
0.0%
1 matches
100.0%
2 matches
rakdos anvil
44 matches
global 52.3% [37.9%-66.2%]
azorius control
39 matches
global 59.0% [43.4%-72.9%]
77.8%
9 matches
66.7%
3 matches
-
-
100.0%
2 matches
66.7%
3 matches
33.3%
3 matches
50.0%
2 matches
-
33.3%
3 matches
40.0%
5 matches
100.0%
1 matches
66.7%
3 matches
azorius control
39 matches
global 59.0% [43.4%-72.9%]
selesnya midrange
47 matches
global 55.3% [41.2%-68.6%]
75.0%
8 matches
66.7%
3 matches
0.0%
1 matches
100.0%
1 matches
22.2%
9 matches
50.0%
4 matches
0.0%
2 matches
66.7%
3 matches
66.7%
3 matches
-
0.0%
1 matches
100.0%
2 matches
50.0%
2 matches
selesnya midrange
47 matches
global 55.3% [41.2%-68.6%]
temur aggro
54 matches
global 55.6% [42.4%-68%]
35.7%
14 matches
80.0%
5 matches
-
0.0%
2 matches
33.3%
3 matches
100.0%
1 matches
50.0%
2 matches
80.0%
5 matches
60.0%
5 matches
100.0%
1 matches
-
25.0%
4 matches
50.0%
2 matches
temur aggro
54 matches
global 55.6% [42.4%-68%]
mardu midrange
26 matches
global 46.2% [28.8%-64.5%]
33.3%
3 matches
50.0%
2 matches
50.0%
2 matches
0.0%
1 matches
100.0%
2 matches
66.7%
3 matches
-
100.0%
1 matches
0.0%
1 matches
0.0%
2 matches
75.0%
4 matches
-
0.0%
1 matches
mardu midrange
26 matches
global 46.2% [28.8%-64.5%]
rakdos midrange
35 matches
global 37.1% [23.2%-53.7%]
28.6%
7 matches
50.0%
2 matches
50.0%
2 matches
-
33.3%
3 matches
-
33.3%
3 matches
0.0%
2 matches
33.3%
3 matches
50.0%
2 matches
50.0%
2 matches
100.0%
1 matches
-
rakdos midrange
35 matches
global 37.1% [23.2%-53.7%]
vs
esper midrange
vs
orzhov midrange
vs
other
vs
naya runes
vs
Mono White Aggro
vs
Jeskai Combo
vs
izzet control
vs
rakdos anvil
vs
azorius control
vs
selesnya midrange
vs
temur aggro
vs
mardu midrange
vs
rakdos midrange

Top 8 Decklists

Jeskai Combo by Tristan Wylde-LaRue (1st)
by DotGG
Buy on TCGplayer $422.89
Standard
Combo
best of 3
11 mythic
23 rare
11 uncommon
15 common
0
1
2
3
4
5
6+
Creatures (8)
4
Goldspan Dragon
$33.96
4
Lier, Disciple of the Drowned
$7.16
Instants (26)
4
Spikefield Hazard
$2.76
2
Voltage Surge
$0.70
1
You See a Guard Approach
$0.35
2
March of Swirling Mist
$11.98
1
Sejiri Shelter
$2.29
2
Jwari Disruption
$1.58
3
Galvanic Iteration
$2.07
2
Show of Confidence
$0.70
2
Prismari Command
$0.98
1
Kazuul's Fury
$1.29
1
Thirst for Discovery
$0.59
4
Unexpected Windfall
$19.96
1
Behold the Multiverse
$0.35
Sorceries (6)
3
Expressive Iteration
$1.05
2
Alchemist's Gambit
$1.38
1
Burn Down the House
$0.79
Lands (20)
3
Island
$1.05
4
Mountain
$1.40
1
Hall of Storm Giants
$0.69
4
Riverglide Pathway
$25.96
1
Hengegate Pathway
$6.99
1
Needleverge Pathway
$5.49
4
Stormcarved Coast
$9.16
1
Otawara, Soaring City
$39.99
1
Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
$3.49
60 Cards
$184.16
Sideboard
1
Spell Pierce
$0.35
2
Cinderclasm
$0.70
2
Disdainful Stroke
$0.70
1
Test of Talents
$0.35
3
Dragon's Fire
$1.05
1
Negate
$0.35
1
Galvanic Iteration
$0.69
1
Saw It Coming
$0.39
3
Behold the Multiverse
$1.05
15 Cards
$5.63
Naya Runes by hikiyamamatsurika (2nd)
by DotGG
Buy on TCGplayer $194.3
Standard
Aggro
best of 3
0 mythic
39 rare
18 uncommon
3 common
0
1
2
3
4
5
6+
Creatures (16)
4
Generous Visitor
$1.56
4
Kami of Transience
$1.96
4
Jukai Naturalist
$5.96
4
Runeforge Champion
$1.96
Sorceries (3)
3
Commune with Spirits
$1.05
Enchantments (18)
3
Rune of Speed
$1.05
4
Rune of Might
$1.40
3
Rune of Sustenance
$3.87
4
Fable of the Mirror-Breaker
$39.96
4
Showdown of the Skalds
$1.96
Lands (23)
4
Sundown Pass
$9.16
4
Needleverge Pathway
$21.96
3
Overgrown Farmland
$14.97
2
Lair of the Hydra
$1.58
4
Cragcrown Pathway
$11.16
4
Branchloft Pathway
$15.96
1
Cave of the Frost Dragon
$0.49
1
Boseiju, Who Endures
$69.99
60 Cards
$206
Sideboard
1
The Wandering Emperor
$5.49
3
Elite Spellbinder
$1.47
1
Skyclave Apparition
$0.49
1
Guardian of Faith
$1.79
1
Reidane, God of the Worthy
$0.99
1
Tamiyo's Safekeeping
$5.99
1
Snakeskin Veil
$0.35
1
Rip Apart
$0.35
3
Portable Hole
$2.37
1
Circle of Confinement
$0.35
1
Ranger Class
$0.59
15 Cards
$20.23
Jeskai Combo by Riley Hicks (3rd)
by DotGG
Buy on TCGplayer $242.39
Standard
Combo
best of 3
10 mythic
27 rare
11 uncommon
12 common
0
1
2
3
4
5
6+
Creatures (7)
4
Goldspan Dragon
$33.96
3
Lier, Disciple of the Drowned
$5.37
Instants (27)
3
Spikefield Hazard
$2.07
1
You See a Guard Approach
$0.35
2
Voltage Surge
$0.70
1
Fading Hope
$0.39
2
Sejiri Shelter
$4.58
2
Jwari Disruption
$1.58
3
Galvanic Iteration
$2.07
2
Show of Confidence
$0.70
1
Negate
$0.35
3
Prismari Command
$1.47
1
Silundi Vision
$0.79
4
Unexpected Windfall
$19.96
2
Behold the Multiverse
$0.70
Sorceries (6)
3
Expressive Iteration
$1.05
2
Alchemist's Gambit
$1.38
1
Burn Down the House
$0.79
Lands (20)
2
Mountain
$0.70
1
Hall of Storm Giants
$0.69
4
Riverglide Pathway
$25.96
3
Hengegate Pathway
$20.97
4
Needleverge Pathway
$21.96
4
Stormcarved Coast
$9.16
1
Otawara, Soaring City
$39.99
1
Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
$3.49
60 Cards
$201.18
Sideboard
1
Smoldering Egg
$0.69
2
Fading Hope
$0.78
1
Valorous Stance
$0.35
2
Disdainful Stroke
$0.70
1
Test of Talents
$0.35
2
Cinderclasm
$0.70
1
Negate
$0.35
1
Dragon's Fire
$0.35
1
Saw It Coming
$0.39
2
Behold the Multiverse
$0.70
1
Burn Down the House
$0.79
15 Cards
$6.15
Jeskai Mill by Tomas Pokorny (4th)
by DotGG
Buy on TCGplayer $219.39
Standard
Tempo
best of 3
4 mythic
34 rare
10 uncommon
12 common
0
1
2
3
4
5
6+
Instants (28)
1
Voltage Surge
$0.35
4
Spikefield Hazard
$2.76
4
Galvanic Iteration
$2.76
2
Cathartic Pyre
$0.70
2
Abrade
$0.70
3
Jwari Disruption
$2.37
1
Negate
$0.35
1
Prismari Command
$0.49
1
Demon Bolt
$0.35
1
Behold the Multiverse
$0.35
4
Unexpected Windfall
$19.96
4
Invoke Calamity
$3.96
Sorceries (11)
3
Expressive Iteration
$1.05
1
Thundering Rebuke
$0.35
1
Shatterskull Smashing
$9.99
3
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
$20.97
1
Burn Down the House
$0.79
2
Farewell
$8.98
Artifacts (1)
1
The Celestus
$1.29
Lands (20)
1
Island
$0.35
1
Mountain
$0.35
4
Needleverge Pathway
$21.96
4
Stormcarved Coast
$9.16
2
Sundown Pass
$4.58
4
Riverglide Pathway
$25.96
1
Hall of Storm Giants
$0.69
2
Den of the Bugbear
$3.98
1
Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
$3.49
60 Cards
$149.04
Sideboard
4
Smoldering Egg
$2.76
2
Negate
$0.70
2
Disdainful Stroke
$0.70
1
Abrade
$0.35
2
Behold the Multiverse
$0.70
1
Thundering Rebuke
$0.35
2
Crush the Weak
$0.70
1
Starnheim Unleashed
$2.29
15 Cards
$8.55
Esper Midrange by Maxime VIDAL (5th)
by DotGG
Buy on TCGplayer $244.76
Standard
Midrange
best of 3
11 mythic
42 rare
3 uncommon
4 common
0
1
2
3
4
5
6+
Planeswalkers (10)
4
Kaito Shizuki
$7.96
4
The Wandering Emperor
$21.96
2
Lolth, Spider Queen
$11.98
Creatures (1)
1
Legion Angel
$0.59
Instants (11)
3
March of Otherworldly Light
$3.87
1
Negate
$0.35
4
Vanishing Verse
$1.96
1
Disdainful Stroke
$0.35
2
Soul Shatter
$11.98
Sorceries (4)
3
Bloodchief's Thirst
$1.05
1
Emeria's Call
$6.49
Artifacts (4)
4
Reckoner Bankbuster
$3.16
Enchantments (4)
4
Wedding Announcement
$3.16
Lands (26)
1
Plains
$0.35
1
Swamp
$0.35
4
Brightclimb Pathway
$25.96
3
Hengegate Pathway
$20.97
4
Clearwater Pathway
$21.96
3
Deserted Beach
$22.47
2
Hive of the Eye Tyrant
$1.38
4
Shattered Sanctum
$7.96
2
Shipwreck Marsh
$18.98
1
Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
$8.49
1
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
$16.99
60 Cards
$220.72
Sideboard
3
Legion Angel
$1.77
1
Disdainful Stroke
$0.35
1
Negate
$0.35
2
Fracture
$1.38
2
Fateful Absence
$1.38
1
Bloodchief's Thirst
$0.35
2
Go Blank
$0.70
2
Doomskar
$3.58
1
Farewell
$4.49
15 Cards
$14.35
Mardu Midrange by Abe Corrigan (6th)
by DotGG
Buy on TCGplayer $291.01
Standard
Midrange
best of 3
11 mythic
41 rare
6 uncommon
2 common
0
1
2
3
4
5
6+
Planeswalkers (6)
4
The Wandering Emperor
$21.96
2
Lolth, Spider Queen
$11.98
Creatures (9)
4
Luminarch Aspirant
$2.76
2
Bloodtithe Harvester
$0.70
2
Valki, God of Lies
$10.98
1
Reidane, God of the Worthy
$0.99
Instants (5)
1
Voltage Surge
$0.35
4
Vanishing Verse
$1.96
Sorceries (5)
2
Rip Apart
$0.70
2
Humiliate
$0.70
1
Emeria's Call
$6.49
Enchantments (11)
2
The Meathook Massacre
$69.98
4
Wedding Announcement
$3.16
4
Fable of the Mirror-Breaker
$39.96
1
Showdown of the Skalds
$0.49
Lands (24)
1
Plains
$0.35
3
Blightstep Pathway
$22.47
4
Brightclimb Pathway
$25.96
3
Haunted Ridge
$32.97
2
Hive of the Eye Tyrant
$1.38
4
Needleverge Pathway
$21.96
4
Shattered Sanctum
$7.96
3
Sundown Pass
$6.87
60 Cards
$293.08
Sideboard
2
Archon of Emeria
$4.58
1
Reidane, God of the Worthy
$0.99
4
Ray of Enfeeblement
$1.40
3
Duress
$1.05
1
Rip Apart
$0.35
2
Go Blank
$0.70
2
Showdown of the Skalds
$0.98
15 Cards
$10.05
Orzhov Midrange by Damian Buckley (7th)
by DotGG
Buy on TCGplayer $381.34
Standard
Midrange
best of 3
12 mythic
41 rare
1 uncommon
6 common
0
1
2
3
4
5
6+
Planeswalkers (6)
3
The Wandering Emperor
$16.47
3
Lolth, Spider Queen
$17.97
Creatures (13)
4
Luminarch Aspirant
$2.76
3
Welcoming Vampire
$8.97
2
Reidane, God of the Worthy
$1.98
1
Legion Angel
$0.59
2
Henrika Domnathi
$4.98
1
Edgar, Charmed Groom
$4.49
Instants (4)
4
Vanishing Verse
$1.96
Sorceries (4)
2
Path of Peril
$0.98
1
Agadeem's Awakening
$34.99
1
Emeria's Call
$6.49
Artifacts (2)
2
Reckoner Bankbuster
$1.58
Enchantments (8)
2
Paladin Class
$1.98
2
The Meathook Massacre
$69.98
4
Wedding Announcement
$3.16
Lands (23)
3
Plains
$1.05
3
Swamp
$1.05
4
Brightclimb Pathway
$25.96
1
Cave of the Frost Dragon
$0.49
1
Field of Ruin
$0.35
4
Hive of the Eye Tyrant
$2.76
4
Shattered Sanctum
$7.96
2
Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
$16.98
1
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
$16.99
60 Cards
$252.92
Sideboard
3
Archon of Emeria
$6.87
3
Brutal Cathar
$1.47
2
Legion Angel
$1.18
3
Duress
$1.05
2
Check for Traps
$0.70
1
Go Blank
$0.35
1
Crippling Fear
$0.69
15 Cards
$12.31
Esper Midrange by Alexander Rosdahl (8th)
by DotGG
Buy on TCGplayer $292.35
Standard
Midrange
best of 3
16 mythic
35 rare
1 uncommon
8 common
0
1
2
3
4
5
6+
Planeswalkers (10)
4
Kaito Shizuki
$7.96
4
The Wandering Emperor
$21.96
2
Lolth, Spider Queen
$11.98
Creatures (7)
2
Tainted Adversary
$5.98
4
Spirited Companion
$1.40
1
Legion Angel
$0.59
Instants (7)
1
Negate
$0.35
4
Vanishing Verse
$1.96
1
Disdainful Stroke
$0.35
1
Hagra Mauling
$2.29
Sorceries (3)
1
Bloodchief's Thirst
$0.35
2
Starnheim Unleashed
$4.58
Enchantments (8)
2
The Meathook Massacre
$69.98
4
Wedding Announcement
$3.16
2
The Restoration of Eiganjo
$2.58
Lands (25)
2
Plains
$0.70
2
Hive of the Eye Tyrant
$1.38
3
Hengegate Pathway
$20.97
2
Deserted Beach
$14.98
4
Brightclimb Pathway
$25.96
4
Shattered Sanctum
$7.96
4
Clearwater Pathway
$21.96
2
Shipwreck Marsh
$18.98
1
Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
$8.49
1
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
$16.99
60 Cards
$273.84
Sideboard
3
Legion Angel
$1.77
1
Annul
$0.35
4
Ray of Enfeeblement
$1.40
1
Disdainful Stroke
$0.35
1
Negate
$0.35
2
Duress
$0.70
2
Go Blank
$0.70
1
The Meathook Massacre
$34.99
15 Cards
$40.61

Decklists in this Article

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