Hi! This is a brand new subreddit for the brand new "Frontier" format for Magic: the Gathering. This format, created by Hareruya MTG and BigMagic, is a non-rotating Constructed format in which all Standard-legal sets from Magic 2015 onwards are legal.

That means that as of October 2016, Frontier-legal sets are:

• Magic 2015

• Khans of Tarkir

• Fate Reforged

• Dragons of Tarkir

• Magic Origins

• Battle for Zendikar

• Oath of the Gatewatch

• Shadows over Innistrad

• Eldritch Moon

• Kaladesh

Supplementary sets such as Eternal Masters, Conspiracy, and Commander 2016 are not legal.

This is the subreddit for discussing Frontier - show us your brews, report your tournament findings, and complain about fetch lands (which I can already tell will be a popular topic).

This is not the subreddit to discuss the merits of creating new formats or Frontier's ability to fill that role. You can post those discussions in /r/magictcg, who I'm sure will be happy to have you.

I'll be putting up a few preliminary threads for us to chat in, but feel free to add your own topics! This is a brand new format that has a good chance of taking off, so if you're interested in being a part of that then this is the place to start.

Frontier is now Pioneer, we legal boys

Ask and you shall receive! Submitted a request to TappedOut to have Frontier added to its supported formats.

http://tappedout.net/

Rejoice.

In the /r/magictcg Frontier announcement thread, there's a good amount of skepticism about whether this new format will take off. Some are derisively calling it Midrange: The Format, shitty counter-magic, and a format made of the worst sets in Standard history. That's fine - I disagree, but that's okay. However, this subreddit is not going to be the place for you to discuss those criticisms.

The reason is that any new format needs to be discussed positively by the people who want to play it, and if the space in which they want to discuss it is overtaken by people who don't want to play it then very little real, constructive discussion will be done.

That's not to say that you have to 100% love everything about Frontier to be here - you can have concerns, and you can express them. However, if the criticisms we see aren't constructive (or if they boil down to "This isn't like <my favourite format>") then we're going to delete them. You might not like it, but it's not as though you have no other place to put them - /r/magictcg will be happy to hear you out on it. We hope you understand, and if you are interested in discussing Frontier then we look forward to seeing your posts!

They're more likely than you think.

Post below with details of tournaments/events you're running for Frontier in your area!

I have not seen it being posted, but tomorrow (2/2/17) at 2pm EST/1pm Central, Seth, better known as Saffron Olive will face off in a 3 match series on twitch. That is right, 3 matches, not just games. Each person will bring 3 decks and face off against each other playing the decks to showcase the Frontier format. Currently, I do not know what decks will be played. Tune in tomorrow to twitch:

https://www.twitch.tv/mrs_mulligan
https://www.twitch.tv/mtggoldfish

Edit:fixed the times. Off by an hour

and I get taken on a bus ride to hose-town. This is the first time I've been legitimately excited enough since ISD to go to an LGS and play paper again. If the playset of BFZ duals and all the other stuff I bought tanks with the dream of Frontier at the end of next year it was a small price to pay.

I get told by "old timers" that the format is lame and only for people just getting in, and I respond by pulling out a beaten up beta lightning bolt I pulled from a pack when I was a kid.

Hello everyone, Hareruya English here. Since reddit seemed to be quite interested in frontier, we decided to translate Yuta Takahashi's Frontier Primer and post it here. For those not aware Yuta Takahashi is a platinum pro who loves brewing and is a valuable member of the HareruyaPros. It ended up being a bit too long so the actual decklists we will post as comments!

The Birth of a new format! Enter “Frontier”

I love new formats like this, be it Modern, Legacy, Pauper or Momir etc. I love thinking about new decks and their configurations within the constraints of a new format.

In this article I’ll discuss a few of my ideas for Frontier.

・Manabase

I think these lands will be familiar to anyone who played during the KTK Standard. Then the manabases still consisted of the KTK Fetches & BFZ dual lands, most decks went with a wedge color like Abzan or Jeskai + 1 extra color splash thanks to the fetch+dual land combination.

The usual play involves playing or fetching for 2 basic lands followed by playing dual lands untapped r3 forward which allows for playing powerful multicolor cards on curve.

・Creatures

Because KTK creatures like Siege Rhino, Mantis Rider & Anafenza’s casting cost were very restrictive at 3-colors their power was also that much higher and will see play for sure.

I expect that Anafenza’s graveyard interaction will be especially good in this format to counter 4-Color Rally decks, and is a solid maindeckable card.

As an example of mono colored cards powerful enough to decide a game by themselves we have Monastery Mentor & Jace, Vryn’s Prodigy.

The 1cmc mana creature is back in Elvish Mystic. Since there’s no real non-creature mana boost at 1 & 2 cmc we will definitely see mana creatures put up results.

Goblin Piledriver gets to co-exist together with Goblin Rabblemaster so maybe we’ll see a Goblin Tribal deck? Graveyard decks got their best friend Satyr Wayfinder back again.

・Spells

The biggest card advantage cards in the format will most likely be these four: Treasure Cruise, Dig Through Time, Collected Company & Painful Truths.

Just recently when Collected Company it was the top deck archetype in Standard, and it looks set to be strong here as well with all the KTK creatures.

You’ll also be able to get excellent post-sideboard cards like Reclamation Sage & Kambal, Consul of Allocation from it.

Frontier will be the only format where you can use 4 of Treasure Cruise & Dig Through Time because it’s banned even in Modern & Legacy! To utilize delve mechanics to their best, make sure to play 8~12 fetches. Delve fans can also enjoy the Temur Battle Rage + Become Immense combo.

In a 4-color format Painful Truths will most likely be a 1-2 off main and see more sideboard play due to the incidental damage from fetchlands & depending on how powerful the aggressive strategies are.

A lot of the utilized creatures are gonna end up bigger than 4/4 so I would prefer to use a balanced mix of removal. Excellent removal exists in Abzan Charm, Murderous Cut, Grasp of Darkness & Crackling Doom.

When it comes to counterspells and discard there are far more conditions applying to them, so they will probably not be as overwhelming a presence in this format. The best of the bunch are Dispel, Disdainful Stroke Stubborn Denial & Duress. If we consider that there will be lots of Collected Company & Delve spells then Disdainful Stroke seems like a card you could maindeck in a blue deck. Collective Brutality much like Disdainful Stroke will be excellent vs rally & Delve spells, so we can expect it to be a viable maindeck card.

Dromoka’s Command & Kolaghan’s Command are highly versatile and powerful spells than allow for artifact and enchantment removal and will see play for sure. Ensoul Artifact is indeed powerful but with both these commands able to deal with it, Dispel backup to defend your spell will be essential.

Decklist 1: 4-color Rally the Ancestors

The most powerful deck in Standard just 6 months ago, the deck is part combo, part beatdown. Early game Baby Jace & Satyr Wayfinder helps fill the graveyard, Midgame we have Collected Company, Nantuko Husk and Catacomb Sifter wreaking havoc.

Lategame we have Rally the Ancestors to combo with Nantuko Husk & Zulaport Cutthroat draining your opponents to death. Should your opponent discard your key spells, counter them etc. the deck works just fine with the Nantuko Husk beatdown plan, and wins a remarkable amount of games off the back of it.

Since your deck is creature combo based, just lining up creatures one by one is also remarkably efficient together with Zulaport Cutthroat, forcing opponents to be careful with how much damage they can afford to let through.

In Standard there wasn’t any graveyard hate really, but this time around both Hallowed Moonlight and Tormod’s Crypt exist to put a wrench in our plans, so be prepared to sideboard in Dispels and Reclamation Sages.

Decklist 2: Dark Jeskai

I was thinking about what deck could best utilize Dig Through Time, when Dark Jeskai immediately came to mind. Keeping mana up for powerful spells like Crackling Doom & Ojutai’s Command, and if the opponent plays nothing threatening you can always Dig Through Time on the end step. I love this playstyle, where you wait for your opponent to act and then proceed to punish them for it, making for some cool and exciting big plays.

Now with the addition of Kaladesh we can even use Torrential Gearhulk to Flashback our Dig while also putting a big threat on the Battlefield on our opponents turn. Truly a deck that epitomizes Control.

Decklist 3: UR Ensoul Artifact

Magic 2015 and Origins both had a bit of an artifact theme, and they are now joined by Kaladesh to make for a truly fearsome affinity archetype. Put down an Ensoul Artifact Round 2, swing once and then play 2 Shrapnel Blasts and your opponent has taken 15 damage. This is especially huge considering Frontier is set to be a fetchland heavy format.

Smuggler’s Copter is going to give the deck even more reach and can be equipped with Ghostfire Blade to become a 5/5 Flier and can be given Haste by our Thopter Engineers, truly a magnificent card in this deck. This deck is recommended for the Beatdown aficionado.

Decklist 4: Atarka Red

In a format dominated by life loss from fetchlands, we have yet another beatdown deck that looks set to perform admirably, yes I’m talking about Atarka Red. Get a bunch of Tokens, chip away at your opponent’s life and sometimes get huge swings in thanks to the Atarka’s Command buff together with a combo finish in temur battle rage + buff spells. The deck also gets to cast Stoke the Flames at 0 mana quite often thanks to the amount of tokens it generates.

Decklist 5: RG Double-Strike

Electrostatic Pummeler + Larger Than Life + Become Immense =22 Trample Damage, that is all.

Decklist 6: 4C Superfriends

I wanted to live the dream by Deploying the Gatewatch into Garruk and Ugin. There’s nothing wrong with that! Since the deck is very slow, all planeswalkers can defend themselves. Chandra helps power out Ugin and Garruk and can also kill 1-4 toughness creatures and is therefore a definitive 4 of. The deck needs some lifegain and is why I chose to splash black for Shambling Vents & Sorin, Solemn Visitor.

Decklist 7: Bant Yisan

The Birthing Pod deck of the frontier format, always allowing to search out the appropriate creature at an appropriate time. I tried fitting Eldrazi Displacer in the deck but couldn’t quite get the mana to work, so I’ll leave that task to everyone else.

Decklist 8: Temur Metallurgic Summonings

Just play metallurgic Summonings and then start creating humongous tokens with spells like Dig. More a fun idea rather than a serious deck though.

In closing i'd like to mention that Frontier still doesn't have a real meta, and the best decks are probably still waiting to be discovered. So I hope everyone will continue building and testing new decks to their hearts desire! Until next time,

Takahashi Yuta

So I went through with google translate and the article posted on http://www.hareruyamtg.com/article/category/detail/3805, and have compiled all the deck lists with the English names for the cards. They're listed below from 8th to 1st

8th Place U/R Ensoul -Hasegawa Shoichi https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/543009#online

7th Atarka Red - Goto, Tomokazu https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/543011#online

6th Atarka Red - Matsuura Takumi https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/543016#online

5th Sultai Control - Matsumoto Yuki https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/543017#online

4th Atarka Red - Akimoto https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/543019#online

3rd GB Elves - Hori Keisuke https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/543021#online

2nd 4c Human Coco - Suzuki Takahito https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/543022#online

1st Jeskai Flyers - Ichikawa Yuki Favorite deckname translation too, Flying Jefferies Sky lol https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/543028#online

So there they are, hope that saves you some time trying to look up the lists yourselves. Thought it was something to note that no copys of Rally or Abzan in the top 8 at all. Sorry Apparently I dont know how to format lists right.... ill submit via mtggoldfish from now on. Thanks for your help guys

As much as I love the Format I think this might be the killing blow.

Hello everyone!

I saw a request for someone to post a "primer" on some of the big decks from recent Standard formats, as it might help give people an idea about what to expect and potentially build for what looks like a fun and diverse format.

A quick note: Frontier encompasses 10 sets as of October 2016, stretching from M15 to Kaladesh (legal as of Sept. 30). Of these sets, there have been 3 rotations of Standard where only these sets have been legal; M15 is the only set that has not been Standard-legal with only the other sets. I'm going to highlight some of the premiere decks in all of the major categories: Aggro, Midrange, Control, and Combo. The decklists posted under each archetype are based upon top 8 decks from previous formats, with some added cards that weren't in the format at the time

Aggro

An excellent starting point in any new format; having a linear, aggressive strategy is a great way to attack fragile manabases and un-tuned strategies.

Mono-Red/Atarka Red: Likely the leading aggro deck in the format, as it won consecutive Pro Tours with similar card pools, utilizing the best red aggressive cards like Atarka's Command and Stoke the Flames, alongside token makers Hordeling Outburst and Dragon Fodder. M15 brings Lightning Strike and Goblin Rabblemaster, which provides fast starts and cheap efficient removal. Reckless Bushwhacker also provides another token-boosting effect. Some decks might try to include the Temur Battle Rage + Become Immense combo, which provides insurance against sweepers, and is a sure way to win games out of nowhere.

• 4 Goblin Rabblemaster

• 4 Dragon Fodder

• 2 Hordeling Outburst

• 4 Atarka's Command

• 4 Lightning Strike

• 4 Foundry Street Denizen

• 4 Monastery Swiftspear

• 3 Zurgo Bellstriker

• 3 Reckless Bushwhacker

• 2 Become Immense

• 4 Stoke the Flames

• 2 Temur Battle Rage

• 4 Bloodstained Mire

• 4 Wooded Foothills

• 3 Cinder Glade

• 1 Windswept Heath

• 8 Mountain

Mono-White Humans: The defining aggressive deck from Origins-Shadows Standard, taking down consecutive Standard Opens in the hands of Tom Ross. The deck looks to take advantage of Human synergies, using Thalia's Lieutenant and Always Watching to boost your squad of cheap creatures. Some decks use Needle Spires and Battlefield Forge to enable a red splash for Reckless Bushwhacker in the sideboard as a measure against sweepers.

• 4 Thalia's Lieutenant

• 4 Dragon Hunter

• 3 Kytheon, Hero of Akros

• 4 Mardu Woe-Reaper

• 4 Thraben Inspector

• 4 Town Gossipmonger

• 4 Knight of the White Orchid

• 4 Anointer of Champions

• 4 Declaration in Stone

• 4 Always Watching

• 3 Gryff's Boon

• 18 Plains

Midrange

Likely looking to take advantage of Khans of Tarkir fetchlands and Battle for Zendikar dual lands in order to build a solid 3-5 color deck with the best cards in those respective colors. These decks are likely to have complicated manabases, so i'm not going to try and figure out each one in the interest of time.

Abzan: Previously dubbed "Abzan Aggro," this deck is slower than both decks in the aggro camp, but it does tend to have an aggressive slant. Is equipped to play a grindy midrange style in some matchups, with a lot of versatile sideboard options. There are also variants that splash black for spells like Kolaghan's Command and Crackling Doom

• 4 Warden of the First Tree

• 4 Anafenza, the Foremost

• 4 Siege Rhino

• 4 Sylvan Advocate

• 2 Wingmate Roc

• 3 Verdurous Gearhulk

• 4 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar

• 4 Dromoka's Command

• 2 Nissa, Worldwaker

Jeskai: Likely one of the best aggro-control decks in the format, as it has the tools to be aggressive with Mantis Rider and Goblin Rabblemaster, as well as controlling with Dig Through Time and Disdainful Stroke. I anticipate this deck to have many burn spells, as well as very fast and efficient closing speed. Sideboarding favors this deck, as it can choose to be very controlling via counterspells, removal, and planeswalkers.

• 4 Goblin Rabblemaster

• 4 Mantis Rider

• 4 Seeker of the Way

• 4 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy

• 4 Lightning Strike

• 4 Stoke the Flames

• 3 Dig Through Time

• 2 Jeskai Charm

• 2 Fiery Impulse

• 2 Wild Slash

• 2 Declaration in Stone

Temur: The Temur shell is interesting, because there are a couple of places you can go with the colors; either an aggressive Ferocious shell with (my favorite card) Savage Knuckleblade, or Emerge/Delirium, which has had more success. Emerge has had more success, and Turbo-Emrakul style decks are likely to still be powerful, even if the lists don't change that much from what we've been seeing the last few months. The biggest addition to the Emerge strategies that rely on Nissa's Pilgrimage is Nissa, Worldwaker, which provides a powerful planeswalker, an additional card type, as well as a way to accelerate your mana.

• 3 Emrakul, the Promised End

• 4 Primal Druid

• 4 Kozilek's Return

• 4 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy

• 3 Pilgrim's Eye

• 2 Ishkanah, Grafwidow

• 3 Wretched Gryff

• 2 Elder Deep-Fiend

• 4 Traverse the Ulvenwald

• 4 Vessel of Nascency

• 2 Nissa, Worldwaker

• 4 Grapple with the Past

• 4 Nissa's Pilgrimage

Gx Ramp: These decks will overlap a bit with the Emerge decks, but they are looking to ramp their mana quickly and cast either Emrakul or Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger. There are also UG variants that are trying to cast Crush of Tentacles or an awakened Part the Waterveil. These decks will also feature Nissa, Worldwaker, and GR decks might see Chandra, Torch of Defiance.

G Shell

• 4 Sylvan Advocate

• 2 Nissa, Worldwaker

• 4 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger

• 2 Emrakul, the Promised End

• 4 Nissa's Pilgrimage

• 4 Explosive Vegetation

• 4 Elvish Mystic

• 1-2 Hornet Queen

GR

• 3 Chandra, Torch of Defiance

• 4 Kozilek's Return

• 2-4 Genesis Hydra

GU Crush

• 4 Crush of Tentacles

• 3 Part the Waterveil

• 3 Den Protector

Bant Company: The boogieman of the most recent Standard format. Efficient creatures and Collected Company. There are variants that try to abuse Thalia's Lieutenant and Human synergies, which have a slight advantage over other Bant Company decks. Biggest addition to the current lists is Hushwing Gryff in the maindeck, as well as Arashin Cleric in the sideboard to combat aggressive strategies.

• 4 Collected Company

• 4 Dromoka's Command

• 4 Reflector Mage

• 4 Sylvan Advocate

• 4 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy

• 4 Spell Queller

• 1 Nissa, Vastwood Seer

• 2 Selfless Spirit

• 3 Duskwatch Recruiter

• 3 Tireless Tracker

• 2 Hushwing Gryff

GW: The winning deck from PT Shadows over Innistrad, GW Tokens has a strong midrange gameplan relying on efficient creatures and planeswalkers, as well as token makers such as Secure the Wastes, Nissa, Voice of Zendikar, and Gideon, Ally of Zendikar. There have also been GW builds that use Den Protector and Deathmist Raptor, as well as a myriad of Megamorphing creatures to grind the opponent out. Again, Nissa, Worldwaker looks like a valuable asset, but there is a large range of green threats and role-players (Chord of Calling, Hushwing Gryff, Hornet Queen, Verdurous Gearhulk).

• 4 Oath of Nissa

• 4 Sylvan Advocate

• 4 Hangarback Walker

• 4 Nissa, Voice of Zendikar

• 4 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar

• 3 Archangel Avacyn

• 3 Verdurous Gearhulk

• 9 flex slots

Control

Control decks also gain a lot from the large card pool, as they have more versatile answers to all of the different strategies.

4-5 Color Bring to Light: The deck with the most complicated manabase, often 12+ fetchlands and some number of Battle lands in order to cast Bring to Light with as many colors as possible. Usually BtL gets Siege Rhino, but the deck is equipped with various removal spells and creatures to best suit the situation. This is among the slowest decks in the format, with many lands that come into play tapped. Most of the spells are geared towards keeping the board clear, and the deck can easily fall to a very fast aggro deck.

• 3-4 Bring to Light

• 4 Siege Rhino

• 4 Abzan Charm

• 3 Den Protector

• 4 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy

• 2 Nissa, Vastwood Seer

• 1-3 Crackling Doom

• 3 Radiant Flames

• 2-3 Languish

• 2-3 Tireless Tracker

• 4-6 flex slots

Esper: We have seen different shades of Esper over the last year or so, some commanding Dragonlords and Silumgar's Scorn, while others flood the board with planeswalkers and more sweepers. Dragons builds with Dragonlords Ojutai and Silumgar look strongest early on in the format, as Silumgar's Scorn looks to be effective if midrange strategies are popular. Once the format begins to settle, we will see what planeswalkers and other spells line up well against the best decks. Jace, Vryn's Prodigy and Ugin, the Spirit Dragon will likely slot into both flavors of Esper. Dovin Baan and Narset Transcendent likely fight for the 4-drop slot, and the manabase and sequencing required for UU counterspells and BB for Liliana will require some effort.

• 4 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy

• 4 Silumgar's Scorn

• 4 Dragonlord Ojutai

• 2 Dragonlord Silumgar

• 1 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet

• 3-4 Foul-Tongue Invocation

• 4 Dig Through Time

• 3-4 Liliana, the Last Hope

• 3-4 Crux of Fate

Jeskai Black: The premiere control deck before the rotation of Khans of Tarkir; this deck looks similar to regular Jeskai, but the fetchland manabase allows a pretty easy black splash for Crackling Doom, Duress, Painful Truths, and Kolaghan's Command. Many versions of the deck are slanted as a similar aggro-control deck, sticking a Mantis Rider then backing it up with removal spells and burn. Later iterations of the deck became more controlling, either cutting Mantis Rider entirely or sideboarding in Monastery Mentor, as the high density of spells allowed for an unchecked Mentor to be lethal quickly.

• 4 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy

• 4 Mantis Rider/ 2-3 Monastery Mentor

• 3 Soulfire Grand Master

• 3-4 Painful Truths

• 3-4 Crackling Doom

• 4 Lightning Strike

• 3 Dig Through Time

• 3-4 Fiery Impulse

• 2 Roast

• 2 Duress

• 1 Murderous Cut

GB Delirium/Seasons Past: This green-based control deck uses a powerful Dark Petition package to tutor up a bunch of removal spells and sweepers, then refill with Seasons Past. There are also delirium-based midrange/control decks using the graveyard to fuel Emrakul, the Promised End.

Seasons Past

• 4 Languish

• 2 Nissa, Vastwood Seer

• 1 Noxious Gearhulk

• 3 Dark Petition

• 1-2 Seasons Past

• 4 Read the Bones

• 3-4 Ruinous Path

• 4 Grasp of Darkness

• 2 Ultimate Price

• 4 Liliana, the Last Hope

• 1 Garruk, Apex Predator

• 1 Murderous Cut

• 2 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet

• 1 Nissa's Renewal

Delirium

• 4 Sylvan Advocate

• 4 Satyr Wayfinder

• 2 Languish

• 2 Nissa, Vastwood Seer

• 2 Tireless Tracker

• 1 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet

• 2 Ishkanah, Grafwidow

• 2 Emrakul, the Promised End

• 3 Traverse the Ulvenwald

• 4 Grasp of Darkness

• 2 Ultimate Price

• 2 Grapple With the Past

• 3 Liliana, the Last Hope

• 3 Ruinous Path

• 1 Den Protector

• 3 Vessel of Nascency

Combo

Looking to do something unfair, or assemble a combination of cards in order to win the game.

Rally the Ancestors: Another boogieman of previous Standard, this is looking to put a bunch of creatures into play with Collected Company, sacrifice them and use Zulaport Cutthroat to drain the opponent out of the game. Alternatively, you can use Nantuko Husk or Westvale Abbey (as a sacrifice outlet) to attack the opponent for huge chunks. This looks to be the premiere "unfair" deck, as it dominated Standard for a long time and many pros regarded it as the best deck by a wide margin. Maybe there is a place for Satyr Wayfinder, but I wouldn't touch the stock list from before. Sideboard options improve, as Reclamation Sage and Hushwing Gryff bring a lot to certain matchups.

• 4 Collected Company

• 4 Rally the Ancestors

• 4 Nantuko Husk

• 3 Sidisi's Faithful

• 4 Zulaport Cutthroat

• 4 Jace, Vryn’s Prodigy

• 4 Elvish Visionary

• 4 Reflector Mage

• 1 Grim Haruspex

• 4 Catacomb Sifter

• 1 Swamp

• 1 Forest

• 1 Island

• 1 Plains

• 3 Evolving Wilds

• 4 Polluted Delta

• 4 Flooded Strand

• 4 Windswept Heath

• 2 Sunken Hollow

• 2 Canopy Vista

• 1 Prairie Stream

Jeskai Tokens: A very powerful deck using synergy with Jeskai Ascendancy and spells to produce and pump up a squad of tokens. Fills the graveyard quickly for backbreaking Treasure Cruises, and Stoke the Flames' convoke ability synergizes with the Ascendancy's untapping of tokens. Once the engine gets online, it is very hard to slow down. Very resilient to hate and sweepers, as an end step Raise the Alarm can preface a lethal turn.

• 4 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy

• 4 Dragon Fodder

• 4 Treasure Cruise

• 4 Raise the Alarm

• 2 Secure the Wastes

• 3 Wild Slash

• 3 Anticipate

• 4 Stoke the Flames

• 4 Hordeling Outburst

• 2 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar

• 4 Jeskai Ascendancy

Rite Ascendancy: Not sure what this deck is going to look like, but it uses Cryptolith Rite and Jeskai Ascendancy to amass a ton of mana for a large payoff spell. I imagine either Villainous Wealth, Emrakul or Ulamog, or just a regular tokens kill.

That concludes most of the major archetypes and most of the premiere decks from previous Standard formats, with some minor tweaks and upgrades, given some early speculation on what the format will look like. Hope you all enjoyed reading, and best of luck figuring out the new frontier!