Flyers Standard

by KillerShadow on 11 August 2013

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (15 cards)

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Deck Description

Just a straight forward flyer deck. Any suggestions would be appreciated. *THIS IS A DECK THAT NEEDS TO STAY STANDARD EVEN WHEN INNISTRAD ROLLS OUT, SO NO INNISTRAD BLOCK OR MAGIC 2013 CARDS*

August.14.2013 - Update: Removed 2x Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius and 2x Aurelia's Fury. Added 2x Island.

How to Play

Again, really straight forward. Pump out flyers and pummel your opponents. Use Warden of Evos Isle to help bring out your larger flyers and swarm your opponents.

Deck Tags

  • Flyers
  • Flying
  • Standard

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Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Legal in Modern
  • Legal in Vintage
  • Legal in Legacy

Deck discussion for Flyers Standard

im pretty new in this site but i do play MTG for quite some time now, please correct me if there is something wrong im saying. so basically its a deck built around warden of evos isle to make the deck faster. I always like UW flyers (can't remember when is the last time i've seen it played in standard). from what i can see and correct me if i'm wrong or miss out something, this deck will bring out small flyers at first, dodge or stall then until you bring out you flyers. I always like ideas from people that likes to bring out potential out of cards that are not getting much attention.

First, the number of lands in this deck is a li'l bit...... too small the mana curve is nice but I saw:

2x Niv Mizzet - He is really strong however all decks are running removals (or atleast most decks) and this dude might do nothing if you cant protect him atleast one turn after you dropped him cause he is too big (maybe you can cast the ping if you have played enough mana to stabilize) but still not good.

2x Aurelias Fury - XRW casting. yes this card is powerful and flexible. but still with 22 lands? you might not be able to fully maximize its potential.

2x Cyclonic Rift - 1U cmc - which is good, but overloading it at the end of your opponents turn? it's price less. not to mention you can swing your flyers to his face with his board cleared.

you also got a good number of 3 and 4 cmc creatures there which means you can only cast at least one flyer per turn and you'll be tapped out until you reach your 4th or 5th land drop (assuming warden is not yet on the battlefield. If he does then that's nice but that won't happen everyday). and if you are fighting any aggro deck? they can race you out before you hit your 5th land drop.

conclusion: maybe raise the number of lands to atleast 24 and stick with a 60pc deck, that will stabilize your deck with such consistency.
also can you say some feedbacks on what are the difficulties you are encountering when playing with this deck, cause if you'll ask me, Flyers might have a shot with standard in this meta. Thanks! :) more suggestion will come after I read your feedback

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Posted 15 August 2013 at 03:22

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I agree with you. With all that removal out there, Niv Mizzet might not get a long run out on the battlefield and Aurelia's fury is redundant with the other spells I have in there. I'll remove those and add 2X Island.

I didn't get the chance to test it yet. I plan to test it on FNM this week. I have all the cards for it, except a couple of shock lands witch I'll replace with Guildgates.

Thanks for the suggestions. ;)

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Posted 15 August 2013 at 03:50

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hmmm.. if possible, try sticking to two colors first. then if you think you need more power then try adding the third color. if you still wanna stick with a tri-color deck, since you have access to red, you can use some cheap burns (searing spear or shock) as removals, or you might want your cards to stay on the battle field longer, I suggest Brave the elements. with that card, you can block while killing the attackers, survive board wipes (from bonfire or overloaded mizzium mortars), and it can also serve as hexproof-like for spot removals since most of your cards has a splash of white (except cloudfin and warden).

you can replace that hover barrier thing with brave the elements :)

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Posted 15 August 2013 at 05:29

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