Arena Standard (BO1) Metagame Tier List and Rankings

Introduction

Discover the best Magic: The Gathering Arena Standard decks and archetypes that the players are using to climb the ranked ladder and win tournaments. Our MTG Arena (BO1) Standard metagame regularly reviews and ranks the top decks in a tier list, as we also follow up with our comprehensive analysis and review from data available. Updated for Streets of New Capenna.

• Click here to view the separate analysis and tier list for Traditional (BO3) Standard.
• On the tier list table, click on the deck archetype name to find the latest decklists representing it from Mythic ladder, events, and tournaments. Each deck will be ranked in numerical order as well as tier order. The higher something is within the tier, the better it is than other decks.
• The tier list is updated weekly along with a metagame snapshot article.
• You will also find the latest decklist in rank order, along with a brief description.

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Tier List and Rankings

• Tier 1: The best of the best. The most consistent decks that sport the highest win rates and generally, the highest play rates.
• Tier 2: Very solid decks that are slightly lacking in some capacity, whether it’s consistency or power compared to the Tier One archetypes. These can still be strong choices for ladder or for tournaments if you are highly skilled with the archetype or play them during the right metas.
• Tier 3: Either these decks are poorly positioned or have a lot of power/consistency issues. These are decks that see play, but are generally worse choices than your other options.
• Tier 4: Off-meta or decks that are not in the rankings, but we have coverage on.

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Metagame Snapshot

Our weekly metagame snapshot provide analysis on the standout decks, whether they stand out for their strength, weaknesses, or they have a large change in positioning.

Standard Metagame Snapshot: Top Decks for the Week of June 15, 2022

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Tier 1 Decks

Boros Aggro

With a fast curve and solid reach with burn, Boros can close out games extremely quickly with its powerful starts.

Mono White Aggro

Monowhite Aggro looks to use efficient creatures and interaction to decimate the opponent before they can enact their game plan.

Naya Humans

With an extremely fast curve and small synergies backed up by Secluded Courtyard and Sigarda, Champion of Light, Humans looks to beat down quickly, but also has the tools to go late if necessary.

Selesnya Enchantments

Utilizing the powerful synergy pieces from Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty, Enchantments gets on the board quickly and can easily overrun the opponent.

Naya Runes

Utilizing the extremely powerful synergy between Jukai Naturalist and Runeforge Champion with Kamigawa’s Enchantment payoffs, Runes is an extremely explosive and resilient deck.

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Tier 2 Decks

Esper Aggro

Similar to Naya Aggro, Esper Aggro utilizes the power of the Mono White base and adds in Raffine, Scheming Seer and Obscura Interceptor as powerful mid game options.

Mono Red Goblins

Looking to get really aggressive between an amazing curve and strong synergies, Mono Red Goblins can sneak under the slower decks of the format and outpace them before they get to their best cards.

Orzhov Angels

With Giada, Font of Hope helming the deck, Angels has the power, speed, and synergy to fly over the competition.

Mardu Midrange

Trading perfect mana for excellent interaction and powerful Enchantments, Mardu Midrange looks to dominate creature strategies with a deluge of powerful threats after dismantling their board.

Mono Black Aggro

An aggro deck that can beat anti-aggro decks and hold its own against the others.

Esper Midrange

Using the power of the Orzhov midrange shell backed up by powerful Blue cards like Kaito Shizuki and Raffine, Scheming Seer, Esper can be aggressive or grindy depending on your draw.

Orzhov Midrange

Orzhov is a powerful deck that utilizes efficient exile based removal and White value permanents.

Grixis Vampires

Packing a plethora of removal to clear the way for powerful and grindy threats, Grixis Vampires is great at playing short or long games depending on the matchup.

Selesnya Magecraft

Utilizing cheap, scaling threats and cheap pump spells, Magecraft looks to end games quickly with a few large attacks.

Rakdos Anvil

Utilizing the new Artifact matters cards from Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty, Rakdos Anvil can control the board and win grind out the opponent with Oni-Cult Anvil.

Mono Blue Tempo

With a litany of cheap threats and permission, Mono Blue Tempo can get on board quickly and defend their position with interaction.

Mono Green Aggro

Monogreen trades the velocity of Monowhite Aggro for more powerful threats and better mid game options.

Naya Midrange

Utilizing the strong threat suite in Selensya with a touch of Red for removal and Fable of the Mirror-Breaker, Naya is great at obtaining an advantage and snowballing with it’s litany of powerful plays.

Mono White Control

Powered by every White interactive card, Mono White Control looks to take complete control of the board and then finish the opponent off with one of the many powerful top end options.

Mardu Midrange

With every value card it can conceivably pack into the deck, Mardu is a midrange machine with the highest value to card ratio in Standard.

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Tier 3 Decks

Rakdos Aggro

A weird mix between Rakdos Anvil and an aggro deck, Rakdos Aggro looks to combine the grindy elements of it’s cards with solid threats to pressure the opponent in multiple ways.

Temur Aggro

Temur gives you all the aggressive powers of Gruul with the added benefit of Blue for interaction against the slower decks of the format.

Jund Midrange

Using a litany of Treasure producers to get ahead, interaction to stay ahead, and huge threats to end the game, Jund is a powerhouse of a midrange deck that can be brutally fast with the right draws.

Izzet Mill

Izzet Mill is an interesting blend of combo and control where you interact with the opponent until you can combo them out with multiple copies of Tasha's Hideous Laughter.

Bant Midrange

With the shell of Selesnya, Bant adds Blue for Brokers Ascendancy which allows you to scale well with your many small creatures and powerful planeswalkers.

Izzet Control

Now equipped with incredible inevitability thanks to Arcane Bombardment, Izzet looks to control the board and accrue massive amounts of cards before closing the game.

Selesnya Ramp

Looking to capitalize on the many slower decks in the meta, Selesnya Ramp can easily go over any strategy and crush them with expensive threats.

Simic Ramp

Using a plethora of two drop accelerants, Simic can quickly deploy powerful cards ahead of the curve to overwhelm their opponents.

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Tier 4 Decks

Coming soon!