Flavor of the Week

Since my last post we've had 3 large events to gather data from. Using the latest SCG 5k results we can all agree Solar Flare is very much the deck to beat. With 8 decks in top 16 its fair to say it's now the elephant in the room. I don't know about you but, I don't want to be an elephant when elephants are being hunted if you catch my drift. What does this mean for you? Well if you are planning on playing Solar Flare this weekend you need to be very good at it. If you aren't plan on a rough ride with so much hate and making play mistakes it's just going to be a uphill battle. So what do I recommend playing? With the influx of hate for Solar Flare people will start cutting hate on decks they think will see less play such as: Birthing Pod decks of all varieties, Tezzeret, W/x Humans, and Illusions. Now you maybe be wondering where's Puresteel? Tempered Steel? Rdw? These are all very good choices right now but, there's still plenty of hate on these decks so be prepared to deal with it. Yes I realize a lot of Tempered Steel hate still catches a few decks on my list but people are still going to play Naturalize and the like no matter what. Tempered Steel still has some of the most explosive starts in standard. It's also relatively cheap to build and can be easier to play than most. So plan on seeing a lot of it. Onto RDW there's been quite a bit of discussion this week about turning it into Big Red/Burn heavy version of some sort. I'm thinking keep it simple and synetgistic. Splashing green is certainly a good option. If I were to play the deck today I would certainly be splashing green even if only for Ancient Grudge. Garruk Relentless also has a lot of merit and should be considered. Now for Puresteel this deck has 2 things going for it 1. Its got some insane draws that most decks just can't deal with 2. Its a blast to play albeit more difficult to play than your basic aggro deck. Now I'm not going to forget you control players out there. U/B and U/W control are well positioned in the meta. Be prepared fotr them and don't forget about Karn and Jace. Control players Will be packing lots of counters count on about 10 main with another 4-5 in the sideboard. Dissipate is amazing in this format and Snapcaster Mage only makes it better.

Alrighty that's all the time I have this week. Hopefully I settle on a deck before Friday night wish me luck! Thanks for Reading

Daniel   
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