MTGO Standard Challenge – June 10, 2023 – Top 8 Decklists

Hi! My name is Vertyx and I will go over the top finishes of the Magic Online Standard Challenge that took place on the weekend: June 10, 2023. We are at the second weekend post bans and pilots are still trying to innovate with their list to find the best deck in the format. Lets go take a look at the decks they registered

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Top 8 Decks

Similiar to the top 8’s from last weekends Saturday and Sunday challenges we still have a lot of Mono-Red Aggro (3 copies) and Esper Legends (2 copies) which were the decks that emerged to the top post bans since they did not loose any cards and some of their bad matchups got weaker. The other decks in the top 8 were 1 copy of Orzhov Midrange, 1 copy of renovated Rakdos Midrange since it gots its core cards banned and 1 copy of Domain Midrange which combines a midrange gameplan with the strong top end of Domain decks.

Now lets go take a look at the decklists!

Mono-Red Aggro by Coly2

by Vertyx

Buy on TCGplayer $80.05

Buy on Card Kingdom $112.55

Standard

best of 3

8 mythic

11 rare

20 uncommon

21 common

0

1

2

3

4

5

6+

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Creatures (19)

4

Monastery Swiftspear

$2.76

4

Phoenix Chick

$3.16

4

Bloodthirsty Adversary

$7.96

3

Feldon, Ronom Excavator

$1.47

4

Furnace Punisher

$1.40

Instants (8)

4

Play with Fire

$17.96

4

Lightning Strike

$1.40

Sorceries (2)

2

Nahiri’s Warcrafting

$0.98

Enchantments (4)

4

Kumano Faces Kakkazan

$1.96

4

Invasion of Tarkir

$25.96

Lands (23)

17

Mountain

$5.95

4

Mishra’s Foundry

$7.96

2

Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance

$12.98

60 Cards
$91.9

Sideboard

1

Chandra, Dressed to Kill

$11.99

2

Jaya, Fiery Negotiator

$1.98

1

Koth, Fire of Resistance

$0.79

4

Lithomantic Barrage

$3.16

2

Obliterating Bolt

$0.70

3

Bloody Betrayal

$1.05

2

Nahiri’s Warcrafting

$0.98

15 Cards
$20.65

Mono-Red Aggro by AlpInco

by Vertyx

Buy on TCGplayer $87.92

Buy on Card Kingdom $124.55

Standard

best of 3

8 mythic

11 rare

20 uncommon

21 common

0

1

2

3

4

5

6+

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Creatures (19)

4

Monastery Swiftspear

$2.76

4

Phoenix Chick

$3.16

4

Bloodthirsty Adversary

$7.96

2

Feldon, Ronom Excavator

$0.98

4

Furnace Punisher

$1.40

1

Squee, Dubious Monarch

$1.29

Instants (8)

4

Play with Fire

$17.96

4

Lightning Strike

$1.40

Sorceries (2)

2

Nahiri’s Warcrafting

$0.98

Enchantments (4)

4

Kumano Faces Kakkazan

$1.96

4

Invasion of Tarkir

$25.96

Lands (23)

17

Mountain

$5.95

4

Mishra’s Foundry

$7.96

2

Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance

$12.98

60 Cards
$92.7

Sideboard

2

Chandra, Dressed to Kill

$23.98

2

Jaya, Fiery Negotiator

$1.98

4

Lithomantic Barrage

$3.16

2

Obliterating Bolt

$0.70

3

Bloody Betrayal

$1.05

2

Nahiri’s Warcrafting

$0.98

15 Cards
$31.85

Mono-Red Aggro by ElfKid

by Vertyx

Buy on TCGplayer $87.46

Buy on Card Kingdom $123.75

Standard

best of 3

8 mythic

11 rare

20 uncommon

21 common

0

1

2

3

4

5

6+

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Creatures (19)

4

Monastery Swiftspear

$2.76

4

Phoenix Chick

$3.16

4

Bloodthirsty Adversary

$7.96

3

Feldon, Ronom Excavator

$1.47

4

Furnace Punisher

$1.40

Instants (8)

4

Play with Fire

$17.96

4

Lightning Strike

$1.40

Sorceries (2)

2

Nahiri’s Warcrafting

$0.98

Enchantments (4)

4

Kumano Faces Kakkazan

$1.96

4

Invasion of Tarkir

$25.96

Lands (23)

17

Mountain

$5.95

4

Mishra’s Foundry

$7.96

2

Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance

$12.98

60 Cards
$91.9

Sideboard

2

Chandra, Dressed to Kill

$23.98

2

Jaya, Fiery Negotiator

$1.98

4

Lithomantic Barrage

$3.16

2

Obliterating Bolt

$0.70

3

Bloody Betrayal

$1.05

2

Nahiri’s Warcrafting

$0.98

15 Cards
$31.85

First lets go take a look at the Mono-Red Aggro decklists by Coly2 (1st place), AlpInco (7th place) and ElfKid (8th place).

All of the lists are very similar with only small individual card differences. As with every Mono-Red Aggro deck, their core gameplan is to change the opponents life total to 0 as fast as possible. This type of gameplan has been doing well since the bannings which has been often the case with fresh post ban formats.

Esper Legends by KeepAny7vsYou

by Vertyx

Buy on TCGplayer $577.49

Buy on Card Kingdom $730.25

Standard

best of 3

10 mythic

41 rare

6 uncommon

3 common

0

1

2

3

4

5

6+

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Creatures (23)

3

Dennick, Pious Apprentice

$2.07

2

The Raven Man

$0.98

4

Rona, Herald of Invasion

$7.16

1

Toluz, Clever Conductor

$0.49

2

Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor

$51.98

4

Raffine, Scheming Seer

$23.96

4

Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

$319.96

3

Steel Seraph

$6.87

Instants (8)

3

Cut Down

$4.47

3

Go for the Throat

$4.47

2

Make Disappear

$0.78

Enchantments (4)

4

Wedding Announcement

$51.96

Lands (25)

1

Plains

$0.35

4

Caves of Koilos

$2.76

3

Seachrome Coast

$14.97

4

Darkslick Shores

$7.96

3

Shattered Sanctum

$65.97

4

Plaza of Heroes

$43.96

3

Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire

$29.97

2

Otawara, Soaring City

$49.98

1

Takenuma, Abandoned Mire

$12.99

60 Cards
$704.06

Sideboard

2

Kaito Shizuki

$6.98

1

Dennick, Pious Apprentice

$0.69

3

Brutal Cathar

$3.87

2

Loran of the Third Path

$10.98

1

Cut Down

$1.49

4

Disdainful Stroke

$1.40

2

Make Disappear

$0.78

15 Cards
$26.19

Esper Legends by canepis16

by Vertyx

Buy on TCGplayer $525.14

Buy on Card Kingdom $681.41

Standard

best of 3

11 mythic

41 rare

3 uncommon

5 common

0

1

2

3

4

5

6+

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Creatures (26)

4

Dennick, Pious Apprentice

$2.76

3

The Raven Man

$1.47

4

Rona, Herald of Invasion

$7.16

2

Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor

$51.98

4

Raffine, Scheming Seer

$23.96

2

Ertai Resurrected

$1.98

3

Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

$239.97

2

Ao, the Dawn Sky

$3.98

2

Steel Seraph

$4.58

Instants (7)

3

Go for the Throat

$4.47

4

Make Disappear

$1.56

Lands (27)

1

Plains

$0.35

3

Shattered Sanctum

$65.97

4

Plaza of Heroes

$43.96

4

Caves of Koilos

$2.76

4

Darkslick Shores

$7.96

3

Seachrome Coast

$14.97

3

Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire

$29.97

3

Otawara, Soaring City

$74.97

2

Takenuma, Abandoned Mire

$25.98

60 Cards
$610.76

Sideboard

2

Loran of the Third Path

$10.98

4

Cut Down

$5.96

3

Disdainful Stroke

$1.05

2

Knockout Blow

$0.70

4

Wedding Announcement

$51.96

15 Cards
$70.65

The second deck i want to take a look at is Esper Legends piloted by KeepAny7vsYou (2nd place) and canepis16 (6th place).

Both of these lists share the same trend of getting less disruptive by cutting Thalia, Guardian of Thraben and Skrelv, Defector Mite and upping the count on cards like The Raven Man, Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor, Ao, the Dawn Sky or Toluz, Clever Conductor to be more resilient against matchups that can get more grindy since all of these cards are able to 2 for 1 your opponents by themselves. Both of these decks also registered Steel Seraph which is a strong way to overcome all sorts of boardstates either it being against aggro and giving lifelink to your creature or some stale ones and giving your creatures flying.

Orzhov Midrange by KarnageKardsENT

by Vertyx

Buy on TCGplayer $253.9

Buy on Card Kingdom $370.17

Standard

best of 3

8 mythic

20 rare

13 uncommon

19 common

0

1

2

3

4

5

6+

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Planeswalkers (5)

3

The Wandering Emperor

$83.97

2

The Eternal Wanderer

$4.98

Creatures (11)

3

Ambitious Farmhand

$1.05

2

Spirited Companion

$0.78

1

Loran of the Third Path

$5.49

3

Serra Paragon

$14.97

1

Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines

$27.99

1

Sanctuary Warden

$1.29

Instants (1)

1

Destroy Evil

$1.79

Sorceries (8)

4

Lay Down Arms

$1.40

2

Sunfall

$13.98

2

Breach the Multiverse

$18.98

Artifacts (1)

1

The Celestus

$1.99

Enchantments (9)

3

Ossification

$2.07

4

Wedding Announcement

$51.96

2

The Restoration of Eiganjo

$1.58

1

Invasion of Gobakhan

$5.99

Lands (24)

10

Plains

$3.50

2

Swamp

$0.70

1

Caves of Koilos

$0.69

1

Field of Ruin

$0.49

2

Roadside Reliquary

$0.70

4

Obscura Storefront

$2.36

4

Raffine’s Tower

$63.96

60 Cards
$312.66

Sideboard

1

Kaya, Intangible Slayer

$0.49

1

Loran of the Third Path

$5.49

1

Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines

$27.99

2

Cut Down

$2.98

2

Go for the Throat

$2.98

2

Knockout Blow

$0.70

4

Duress

$1.40

1

Farewell

$9.49

1

Invasion of Gobakhan

$5.99

15 Cards
$57.51

The 3rd place deck was Orzhov Midrange piloted by KarnageKardsENT! This exact pilot top 8ed the Sunday Challenge last week and managed to do that again this week!

The deck’s core is a white midrange deck that utilizes all of the powerful removal spells and planeswalkers to remove all of the opponent’s creatures while chipping away their life total with creatures that already provide additional value to the pilot! The reason this deck is in Orzhov colors is Breach the Multiverse as a strong top end! This deck loses its card advantage engine in the form of Reckoner Bankbuster 2 weeks ago but still manages to put up strong results.

Domain Midrange by Rex_Iudex

by Vertyx

Buy on TCGplayer $582.89

Buy on Card Kingdom $739.75

Standard

best of 3

12 mythic

34 rare

6 uncommon

8 common

0

1

2

3

4

5

6+

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Creatures (16)

4

Briarbridge Tracker

$1.96

3

Graveyard Trespasser

$2.97

3

Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

$239.97

2

Vorinclex

$19.98

1

Tovolar’s Huntmaster

$0.49

3

Atraxa, Grand Unifier

$98.97

Instants (6)

2

Cut Down

$2.98

3

Go for the Throat

$4.47

1

Tear Asunder

$2.29

Sorceries (6)

2

Path of Peril

$13.98

1

Gix’s Command

$1.99

3

Herd Migration

$1.47

Artifacts (1)

1

The Celestus

$1.99

Enchantments (4)

4

Leyline Binding

$25.96

Lands (27)

3

Forest

$1.05

1

Island

$0.35

2

Plains

$0.70

2

Swamp

$0.70

3

Llanowar Wastes

$4.47

1

Deathcap Glade

$19.99

3

Spara’s Headquarters

$50.97

2

Xander’s Lounge

$31.98

1

Jetmir’s Garden

$21.99

4

Raffine’s Tower

$63.96

1

Mirrex

$7.99

3

Ziatora’s Proving Ground

$38.97

1

Boseiju, Who Endures

$49.99

60 Cards
$712.58

Sideboard

2

Wrenn and Realmbreaker

$14.98

1

Sorin the Mirthless

$5.99

1

Thrun, Breaker of Silence

$0.49

1

Cut Down

$1.49

2

Disdainful Stroke

$0.70

1

Parasitic Grasp

$0.35

1

Blot Out

$0.35

3

Duress

$1.05

2

Drag to the Bottom

$0.98

1

Unlicensed Hearse

$0.79

15 Cards
$27.17

The 4th place deck was Domain Midrange piloted by Rex_Iudex!

This deck combines a midrange gameplan with a strong top end that the Domain decks provide! It starts as a Golgari based midrange deck with cards like Briarbridge Tracker, Graveyard Trespasser or Go for the Throat and later in the game takes advantage of its 5 color manabase with Herd Migration or Atraxa, Grand Unifier.

This space of a midrange deck with a top end like the Domain Ramp decks have has not been explored much and it looks like an interesting type of deck to try going forward!

Rakdos Midrange by MTGHolic

by Vertyx

Buy on TCGplayer $528.47

Buy on Card Kingdom $616.69

Standard

best of 3

13 mythic

25 rare

13 uncommon

9 common

0

1

2

3

4

5

6+

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Planeswalkers (4)

2

Liliana of the Veil

$27.98

2

Vraska, Betrayal’s Sting

$23.98

Creatures (18)

2

Tenacious Underdog

$0.98

4

Bloodtithe Harvester

$1.40

3

Graveyard Trespasser

$2.97

4

Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

$319.96

2

Sheoldred

$45.98

3

Phyrexian Fleshgorger

$17.97

Instants (9)

4

Cut Down

$5.96

4

Go for the Throat

$5.96

1

Sheoldred’s Edict

$4.49

Sorceries (2)

2

Brotherhood’s End

$14.98

Enchantments (2)

2

Phyrexian Arena

$7.98

Lands (25)

2

Mountain

$0.70

7

Swamp

$2.45

4

Sulfurous Springs

$7.96

4

Blackcleave Cliffs

$11.96

4

Haunted Ridge

$37.96

2

Mirrex

$15.98

1

Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance

$6.49

1

Takenuma, Abandoned Mire

$12.99

60 Cards
$577.08

Sideboard

2

Ob Nixilis, the Adversary

$12.98

2

Parasitic Grasp

$0.70

4

Duress

$1.40

2

Lithomantic Barrage

$1.58

1

Soul Transfer

$0.49

1

Burn Down the House

$1.49

1

Gix’s Command

$1.99

2

Breach the Multiverse

$18.98

15 Cards
$39.61

And the last deck to take a look at is Rakdos Midrange piloted by MTGHolic!

The ban announcement 2 weeks ago has banned 3 of the core cards from Rakdos Midrange so it meant the deck had to get rebuilt without those cards. One of those cards was Reckoner Bankbuster which was the core way of getting card advantage. It was replaced by 2 copies of Phyrexian Arena which serves the same role! The 2 other cards were Invoke Despair and Fable of the Mirror-Breaker which are cards that are really hard to replace in Standard because of how powerful they are. The pilot chose to register Sheoldred // The True Scriptures, Vraska, Betrayal's Sting and Liliana of the Veil as all of these provide a strong threat that has to be answered while also 2 for 1-ing your opponent like Fable of the Mirror-Breaker did. Aside from that, the gameplan of the deck stays the same.

Not a lot has changed since the last week with Esper Legends and Mono-Red Aggro still being the decks to beat in the format right now so if you are planning to attend a Standard tournament be prepared to face these decks! Thanks for reading this article and I hope you liked!