The Hidden Gems in Theros Standard

MTG Decks Team
29/01/2020 · 2 min read
meta

Standard metagame this weekend

Theros is here! The new cards are shaping the Standard Metagame, and we will try to find what are the new treasures that you must have in your collection. If you want to get an overview of the  best performing decks in the latest tournaments look no further! We will analyze the most relevant events from this previous week and we will try to find what the new trends are.

Paper tournaments @ Hareruya, Japan

Hareruya is always one of the best places to get a taste of what is going to be the next big thing in Standard. They have been running 3 tournaments this week with the following metagame for each of them.

Hareruya - Theros Beyond Death Season First Feast - Hareruya TC analysis

	Jund Sacrifice	13%
	Mono Black	13%
	Jeskai Fires	13%
	Bant MidRamp	13%
	Sultai Sacrifice	7%
	Simic Flash	7%
	Esper Dance	7%
	Bant Control	7%
	Azorius Enchantments	7%
	Azorius Control	7%
	Temur Adventure	7%
	Rakdos Oven	7%

Hareruya - ” Theros Beyond Death”Season First Feast in Osaka  analysis

	Simic Ramp	25%
	Mono Black	13%
	Simic Flash	13%
	Temur Adventure	13%
	Temur Flash	13%
	Esper Control	13%
	Rakdos Knights	13%

Hareruya - 『テーロス還魂記』環境初陣戦in福岡店～王の帰還！店長討伐スタンダード～ 

	Jeskai Fires	38%
	Gruul Aggro	13%
	Simic Flash	13%
	Grixis Fires	13%
	Jund Midrange	13%
	Temur Reclamation	13%

Lets take a look at all of them together

	Jeskai Fires	16%
	Mono Black	10%
	Simic Flash	10%
	Jund Sacrifice	7%
	Bant MidRamp	7%
	Temur Adventure	7%
	Simic Ramp	7%
	Temur Reclamation	4%
	Jund Midrange	4%
	Grixis Fires	4%
	Gruul Aggro	4%
	Rakdos Knights	4%
	Esper Control	4%
	Temur Flash	4%
	Rakdos Oven	4%
	Azorius Control	4%
	Azorius Enchantments	4%
	Bant Control	4%
	Esper Dance	4%
	Sultai Sacrifice	4%

The MTGO scene

Lets now take a look at how everything is evolving in Magic Online. Here you can see the result from the most recent Standard Leagues and Challenges all combined in one simple chart. Once Jeskai Fires is ahead, but the rest of the meta is quite interesting and different, take a look.

	Jeskai Fires	13%
	Rakdos Oven	11%
	Azorius Control	11%
	Red Deck Wins	9%
	Temur Reclamation	8%
	Sultai Midramp	6%
	Simic Ramp	6%
	Mono White Devotion	6%
	Jund Sacrifice	6%
	Mono Black	6%
	Gruul Aggro	6%
	Hateful Eidolon	4%
	Golgari Sacrifice	4%
	Esper Hero	4%
	Temur Elementals	2%
	Temur Fires	2%
	Bant Control	2%
	Bant MidRamp	2%
	White Weenie	2%

The Magic the Gathering Arena metagame

Aetherhub has been running two tournaments this week. The interesting part here is that Azorius Control is the most played option here, relegatin Jeskai Fires to the middle of the table.

	Azorius Control	13%
	Red Deck Wins	10%
	Simic Ramp	10%
	Mono Black	7%
	Gruul Aggro	7%
	Temur Reclamation	7%
	Jeskai Fires	7%
	Esper Control	7%
	Mardu Fires	4%
	Izzet Phoenix	4%
	Rakdos Oven	4%
	Sultai Henge	4%
	Mono White Devotion	4%
	Esper Dance	4%
	Hush Titan	4%
	Bant Control	4%
	Hateful Eidolon	4%
	White Weenie	4%
	Orzhov Control	4%
	Bant MidRamp	4%

All this week tournaments together

Are you wondering what is the current most played deck in Standard? Let's take a look at all the event in a single chart...., and the winner is....

	Jeskai Fires	12%
	Azorius Control	10%
	Red Deck Wins	7%
	Rakdos Oven	7%
	Simic Ramp	7%
	Mono Black	7%
	Temur Reclamation	6%
	Gruul Aggro	5%
	Jund Sacrifice	5%
	Bant MidRamp	4%
	Mono White Devotion	4%
	Bant Control	3%
	Simic Flash	3%
	Hateful Eidolon	3%
	Esper Control	3%
	Sultai Midramp	3%
	Esper Dance	2%
	Temur Adventure	2%
	Golgari Sacrifice	2%
	Esper Hero	2%
	White Weenie	2%
	Temur Fires	1%
	Temur Elementals	1%
	Jund Midrange	1%
	Grixis Fires	1%
	Orzhov Control	1%
	Hush Titan	1%
	Sultai Henge	1%
	Izzet Phoenix	1%
	Mardu Fires	1%
	Rakdos Knights	1%
	Temur Flash	1%
	Azorius Enchantments	1%
	Sultai Sacrifice	1%

This chart includes the following tournaments info:

• MTGO Standard Challenge #12076810 
• Hareruya - ” Theros Beyond Death”Season First Feast in Osaka 
• Theros Beyond Death Release Tournament #1 
• Theros Beyond Death Release Tournament #2 
• Cookie Qualifier @ Mr. Nice Guy Games (Monroeville, PA) 
• MTGO Standard League 
• Hareruya - 『テーロス還魂記』環境初陣戦in福岡店～王の帰還！店長討伐スタンダード～ 
  

See you in the comments! ;)

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