What If: Cascade Was Never Invented?

Hi guys! Zendikar's been out for a while, so now we're going to do a metagame breakdown of Standard. Aggro is still powerful but Control certainly has a good presence as well. Let's see what we have...


Boros Bushwhacker


Maindeck:

Creatures
3 Elite Vanguard
2 Goblin Bushwhacker
4 Goblin Guide
3 Kor Skyfisher
4 Plated Geopede
4 Ranger Of Eos
4 Steppe Lynx

Instants
2 Burst Lightning
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Path To Exile

Planeswalkers
2 Elspeth, Knight-errant

Basic Lands
4 Mountain
6 Plains

Lands
4 Arid Mesa
4 Marsh Flats
4 Scalding Tarn
2 Teetering Peaks

Sideboard:
2 Baneslayer Angel
4 Manabarbs
3 Oblivion Ring
2 Burst Lightning
4 Celestial Purge


Boros Bushwhacker is still one of the top decks in Standard. It kills most Control decks before they get online, but has a bad matchup against Eldrazi Green, which sweeped a few States tournaments.


 Eldrazi Green


Maindeck:

Artifacts
3 Eldrazi Monument

Creatures
3 Ant Queen
4 Elvish Archdruid
4 Elvish Visionary
3 Great Sable Stag
4 Llanowar Elves
2 Master Of The Wild Hunt
4 Nissa's Chosen
2 Noble Hierarch

Planeswalkers
3 Garruk Wildspeaker
4 Nissa Revane

Basic Lands
20 Forest

Lands
4 Oran-rief, The Vastwood

Sideboard:
1 Eldrazi Monument
3 Pithing Needle
3 Great Sable Stag
3 Mold Shambler
3 Mycoloth
2 Windstorm



Eldrazi Green plays out a lot of "must-deal-with" threats, and it's a pretty good deck. Against these decks are the control decks:


RWU Planeswalker Control


Artifacts
4 Courier's Capsule
1 Obelisk Of Alara

Creatures
3 Sphinx Of Jwar Isle

Instants
1 Essence Scatter
2 Flashfreeze
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Path To Exile
1 Swerve

Planeswalkers
4 Ajani Vengeant
1 Chandra Nalaar
2 Elspeth, Knight-errant

Sorceries
4 Day Of Judgment
3 Mind Spring

Basic Lands
3 Island
2 Mountain
3 Plains

Lands
3 Arid Mesa
2 Crumbling Necropolis
4 Glacial Fortress
2 Jungle Shrine
3 Scalding Tarn
4 Sejiri Refuge

Sideboard:
1 Pithing Needle
3 Celestial Purge
2 Essence Scatter
3 Flashfreeze
3 Oblivion Ring
3 Earthquake



This is one of the 'decks to beat' at the moment, since there are few ways to gain card advantage in Standard at the moment, and planeswalkers are a big one.


That's all we have time for today! Tomorrow we'll talk about W/U Control, Red Deck Wins, and Emeria decks. See you tomorrow!