Mono White Ascends, PT Decklists, Reclamation Ban

07/27/20 • 83 min

To the surprise of many, Standard finally has a new deck to speak of! Several, by the looks of it. We look at decklists and meta breakdown from the Players Tour finals, and go over Mono White's place in the metagame, alongside some other spicy brews like Esper Midrange and Mardu Winota. We round it out with a discussion on whether Wilderness Reclamation needs to be banned, and other thoughts for keeping Standard interesting over the next two months.

Here are all 145 decklists registered for the PT finals.

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This show features the track 'Real Virtuality' from Eero Johannes released on the Sound Pellegrino label and is used with permission.

Here are all 145 decklists registered for the PT finals.

Find Covertgoblue on his YouTube channel and at his personal site.

Find Arena Craft on:

This show features the track 'Real Virtuality' from Eero Johannes released on the Sound Pellegrino label and is used with permission.

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Read the full banned and restricted announcement here.

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This show features the track 'Real Virtuality' from Eero Johannes released on the Sound Pellegrino label and is used with permission.