Standard Artisan – Midweek Magic Event Guide and Decklists

Hello everyone! Today we’re going to go over Standard Artisan decklists and event details! Artisan is one of my favorite formats as it feels like an interesting mix between Constructed and Limited which gives it unique game play experiences. I’m very big on new ways to play Magic, so Artisan coming back is always welcome.

Since the Standard card pool has been expanded with the release of Innistrad: Crimson Vow, we now have a more variety of fun and powerful archetypes. Players can enter the event for free, win some free Rare Individual Card Rewards (ICRs) and a random cosmetic item on the third win. Make sure to try out a few of these deck lists before it goes away!

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Event Details

• Duration: November 23, 2021 @ 8:00 AM PST to November 25, 2021 @ 8:00 AM PST
• Format: Standard Artisan
• Entry Fee: Free
• Ends After: You can play as much as you like for the duration of the event.
• Match Structure: Best-of-one matches (BO1)

Event Rewards

Please note, starting with Innistrad: Crimson Vow, the Midweek Magic promotion given out by your local game store has now phased out, and now replaced with an additional reward on the third win.

• 1 Win: Rare Individual Card Reward (ICR)
• 2 Wins: Rare Individual Card Reward (ICR)
• 3 Wins: One Random Cosmetic Item

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Standard Artisan Decklists (November 2021)

10 new and updated Standard Artisan decklists have been prepared for you for this week’s Midweek Magic. We have even more below, but you can also find the full list in our deck database here.

Per usual, we have to start out with trusty Monowhite. If you love aggro or just looking to get the event finished quickly, it’s going to be hard to do better than Monowhite!

With a healthy mix of threats and answers, Monoblue Tempo is all about efficiency and beating the opponent down before they can recover.

This is a blend between a sacrifice deck and a midrange deck as you can accrue lots of value from your creatures as you slowly bury them in card advantage.

If you want a different flavor of aggro, Monored Burn looks very promising with plenty of Burn spells and creatures that synergize well with them!

Although slower than Monowhite or Monored, Monogreen looks to be aggressive, but is much harder to grind out as many of it’s cards provide additional advantages as well as being large threats.

The first of the 5 tribal decks, this Spirits list looks to keep the curve extremely low and overrun the opponent early, but if you can’t, have plenty of options to grind in the mid game as well.

Humans has a nice blend of aggression and synergy as you’ll have plenty of plays no matter what stage of the game you’re at.

Gruul Werewolves is exactly as it looks: no frills, large creatures, and lots of aggression.

With both Innistrad sets now out, Vampires has a whole slew of goodies to work with an dis easily the most synergistic of all the tribes currently.

Similar to Vampires, Zombies has a lot of support as well with a staggering 4 tribal payoffs to reward you for playing already strong cards.

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Standard Artisan Decklists (September 2021)

Here are more Standard Artisan decks, which are from our budget standard decks linked below. The guide is great for beginners, as each deck also has an upgrade guide should you wish to take it to another level!

MTG Arena Budget Standard and Alchemy Decks for Beginners