Standard Standouts From SCG Dallas!

Todd Anderson and Ross Merriam pit top-finishing decks from SCG Dallas against one another to see which should reign supreme in Standard!

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Round 1

Mono-White Aggro Tom Ross

Standard
10th
Star City Games Open
Dallas, TX
Feb 8, 2019
BUY DECK
Creature (27)
2
Adanto Vanguard
4
Benalish Marshal
4
Dauntless Bodyguard
3
Healer's Hawk
3
Hunted Witness
4
Snubhorn Sentry
4
Tithe Taker
3
Venerated Loxodon
Enchantment (11)
3
Conclave Tribunal
4
History of Benalia
4
Legion's Landing // Adanto, the First Fort
Instant (2)
2
Unbreakable Formation
Land (20)
20
Plains
Sideboard
2
Adanto Vanguard
3
Ajani, Adversary of Tyrants
4
Baffling End
2
Demystify
4
Tocatli Honor Guard
BUY DECK

Esper Control Jonathan Hobbs

Standard
2nd
Star City Games Open
Dallas, TX
Feb 8, 2019
BUY DECK
Planeswalker (4)
4
Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
Enchantment (2)
2
Search for Azcanta // Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin
Sorcery (8)
2
Cry of the Carnarium
3
Kaya's Wrath
3
Thought Erasure
Instant (20)
4
Absorb
1
Cast Down
2
Chemister's Insight
2
Moment of Craving
3
Mortify
2
Negate
2
Precognitive Perception
3
Vraska's Contempt
1
Warrant // Warden
Land (26)
4
Drowned Catacomb
4
Glacial Fortress
4
Godless Shrine
4
Hallowed Fountain
4
Isolated Chapel
1
Plains
1
Swamp
4
Watery Grave
Sideboard
4
Basilica Bell-Haunt
3
Duress
2
Hostage Taker
1
Kaya's Wrath
1
The Eldest Reborn
4
Thief of Sanity
BUY DECK

Round 2

Temur Drakes Jonathan Job

Standard
14th
Star City Games Open
Dallas, TX
Feb 8, 2019
BUY DECK
Creature (13)
4
Crackling Drake
3
Hydroid Krasis
2
Niv-Mizzet, Parun
4
Pteramander
Sorcery (12)
4
Chart a Course
4
Discovery // Dispersal
4
Lava Coil
Instant (14)
3
Dive Down
4
Opt
4
Shock
3
Spell Pierce
Land (21)
3
Breeding Pool
3
Hinterland Harbor
2
Island
3
Mountain
1
Rootbound Crag
4
Steam Vents
1
Stomping Ground
4
Sulfur Falls
Sideboard
2
Banefire
2
Crushing Canopy
2
Disdainful Stroke
2
Entrancing Melody
3
Fiery Cannonade
2
Ral, Izzet Viceroy
1
Sailor of Means
1
Star of Extinction
BUY DECK

Mono-Blue Aggro Robert Wagner-Krankel

Standard
1st
Star City Games Open
Dallas, TX
Feb 8, 2019
BUY DECK
Creature (19)
4
Merfolk Trickster
3
Mist-Cloaked Herald
4
Pteramander
4
Siren Stormtamer
4
Tempest Djinn
Enchantment (4)
4
Curious Obsession
Sorcery (3)
3
Chart a Course
Instant (15)
1
Blink of an Eye
2
Dive Down
1
Essence Capture
4
Opt
3
Spell Pierce
4
Wizard's Retort
Land (19)
19
Island
Sideboard
2
Deep Freeze
2
Entrancing Melody
2
Exclusion Mage
2
Faerie Duelist
3
Negate
1
Search for Azcanta // Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin
3
Surge Mare
BUY DECK

Round 3

Bant Midrange Justin Maguire

Standard
19th
Star City Games Open
Dallas, TX
Feb 8, 2019
BUY DECK
Creature (19)
4
Deputy of Detention
4
Frilled Mystic
4
Growth-Chamber Guardian
4
Hero of Precinct One
3
Knight of Autumn
Planeswalker (4)
2
Dovin, Grand Arbiter
2
Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
Enchantment (2)
2
Conclave Tribunal
Instant (9)
4
Depose // Deploy
3
Spell Pierce
2
Warrant // Warden
Land (26)
4
Breeding Pool
1
Forest
4
Glacial Fortress
4
Hallowed Fountain
4
Hinterland Harbor
1
Island
4
Sunpetal Grove
4
Temple Garden
Sideboard
3
Baffling End
1
Carnage Tyrant
1
Disdainful Stroke
1
Dovin, Grand Arbiter
2
Entrancing Melody
2
Lyra Dawnbringer
2
Negate
2
Settle the Wreckage
1
Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
BUY DECK

Simic Nexus John Johnson

Standard
4th
Star City Games Open
Dallas, TX
Feb 8, 2019
BUY DECK
Creature (7)
4
Frilled Mystic
3
Hydroid Krasis
Enchantment (8)
4
Search for Azcanta // Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin
4
Wilderness Reclamation
Instant (19)
3
Blink of an Eye
4
Chemister's Insight
4
Growth Spiral
4
Nexus of Fate
4
Root Snare
Land (26)
1
Arch of Orazca
4
Breeding Pool
6
Forest
4
Hinterland Harbor
5
Island
4
Memorial to Genius
2
Simic Guildgate
Sideboard
4
Biogenic Ooze
2
Carnage Tyrant
3
Crushing Canopy
3
Negate
1
Nezahal, Primal Tide
1
Pelakka Wurm
1
Sagittars' Volley
BUY DECK