Keruga, the Macrosage is Defining and Dominating Standard!
But… Have You Seen That Pioneer Yorion, Sky Nomad Deck?
What a combo!
Patrick and MichaelJ are pretty much in love with a Doom Foretold deck that runs Demonic Pact in Pioneer.
You can get value with the Pact, and sacrifice it to Doom Foretold before it costs you the game. Or for that matter, just Emblem up Gideon of the Trials to prevent losing on the spot.
Of course playing especially multiple copies of Demonic Pact or other exciting reset-able permanents and then slamming Yorion, Sky Nomad makes for a really exciting strategy. Of course you’re ALWAYS going to be able to play Yorion on demand (provided you’ve hit five land drops)… So the downside risk on Demonic Pact is a lot lower than it has historically been in previous formats.
People are exploring the new seven mana Ultimatum cycle from Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths… But this card gives you basically a delayed blast Ultimatum for only four.
Now for our scheduled Keruga, the Macrosage admiration session…
Keruga in the Fires of Invention deck was absolutely dominant last week.
Not only did it occupy 15 of the Top 32 slots in the MTGO Super Qualifier, it took both first and second place, posted five of the Top 8, and claimed six of the seven wins in that Top 8.
Jund?
Faeries?
Even StoneBlade?
Mike could not remember so dominant a performance in Standard.
It did not take long for Patrick to remind him:
The Best of the Rest…
- Simic Mutate Linear
- Jeskai Cycling… Also Linear (and how to improve it)
- Heraldic Banner in Rakdos Sacrifice
- And more!
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