Standard Metagame

15 archetypes · Updated Mar 9, 2026

1

Izzet Lessons

12.0%
MTGGoldfish #7670064 MTGGoldfish #7670008 MTGGoldfish #7669604
Abandon Attachments Abandon Attachments Accumulate Wisdom Accumulate Wisdom Artist's Talent Artist's Talent Boomerang Basics Boomerang Basics Combustion Technique Combustion Technique Firebending Lesson Firebending Lesson
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Creatures (4)

  • 4 Gran-Gran

Instants (18)

  • 4 Abandon Attachments
  • 4 Accumulate Wisdom
  • 4 Combustion Technique
  • 4 Firebending Lesson
  • 2 It'll Quench Ya!

Sorceries (5)

  • 4 Boomerang Basics
  • 1 Iroh's Demonstration

Enchantments (7)

  • 4 Artist's Talent
  • 3 Stormchaser's Talent

Artifacts (4)

  • 4 Monument to Endurance

Lands (22)

Sideboard (15)

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2

Mono-Green Landfall

9.7%
MTGGoldfish #7669572 MTGGoldfish #7668949 MTGGoldfish #7668438
Badgermole Cub Badgermole Cub Earthbender Ascension Earthbender Ascension Icetill Explorer Icetill Explorer Llanowar Elves Llanowar Elves Sapling Nursery Sapling Nursery Sazh's Chocobo Sazh's Chocobo
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Creatures (22)

Instants (1)

  • 1 Archdruid's Charm

Sorceries (3)

  • 2 Glimpse the Core
  • 1 Nature's Rhythm

Enchantments (8)

  • 4 Earthbender Ascension
  • 4 Sapling Nursery

Lands (26)

Sideboard (15)

  • 1 Keen-Eyed Curator
  • 1 Longstalk Brawl
  • 3 Mossborn Hydra
  • 2 Origin of Metalbending
  • 1 Pawpatch Formation
  • 4 Primal Might
  • 1 Surrak, Elusive Hunter
  • 2 Torpor Orb
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3

Dimir Excruciator

8.8%
MTGGoldfish #7669564 MTGGoldfish #7668434 MTGGoldfish #7668417
Deceit Deceit Requiting Hex Requiting Hex Superior Spider-Man Superior Spider-Man Day of Black Sun Day of Black Sun Doomsday Excruciator Doomsday Excruciator Duress Duress
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Creatures (13)

  • 4 Deceit
  • 3 Doomsday Excruciator
  • 1 Harvester of Misery
  • 1 Quantum Riddler
  • 4 Superior Spider-Man

Instants (7)

Sorceries (14)

Lands (26)

Sideboard (15)

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4

Dimir Midrange

6.8%
MTGGoldfish #7669583 MTGGoldfish #7669571 MTGGoldfish #7668421
Flitterwing Nuisance Flitterwing Nuisance Floodpits Drowner Floodpits Drowner Kaito, Bane of Nightmares Kaito, Bane of Nightmares Requiting Hex Requiting Hex Deep-Cavern Bat Deep-Cavern Bat Enduring Curiosity Enduring Curiosity
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Creatures (23)

  • 2 Cecil, Dark Knight
  • 3 Deep-Cavern Bat
  • 3 Enduring Curiosity
  • 4 Flitterwing Nuisance
  • 4 Floodpits Drowner
  • 3 Glamer Gifter
  • 1 Sygg, Wanderwine Wisdom
  • 3 Tishana's Tidebinder

Instants (9)

Planeswalkers (4)

  • 4 Kaito, Bane of Nightmares

Lands (24)

Sideboard (15)

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5

Izzet Prowess

6.5%
MTGGoldfish #7670101 MTGGoldfish #7669607 MTGGoldfish #7669598
Boomerang Basics Boomerang Basics Burst Lightning Burst Lightning Elusive Otter Elusive Otter Opt Opt Sleight of Hand Sleight of Hand Slickshot Show-Off Slickshot Show-Off
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Creatures (10)

Instants (12)

  • 4 Burst Lightning
  • 2 Into the Flood Maw
  • 4 Opt
  • 2 Secret Identity

Sorceries (13)

Enchantments (4)

  • 4 Stormchaser's Talent

Lands (21)

Sideboard (15)

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6

Izzet Spellementals

4.6%
MTGGoldfish #7670007 MTGGoldfish #7669568 MTGGoldfish #7669565
Burst Lightning Burst Lightning Eddymurk Crab Eddymurk Crab Hearth Elemental Hearth Elemental Opt Opt Sleight of Hand Sleight of Hand Sunderflock Sunderflock
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Creatures (12)

Instants (17)

Sorceries (10)

Lands (21)

Sideboard (15)

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7

Azorius Tempo

3.9%
MTGGoldfish #7667833 MTGGoldfish #7666376 MTGGoldfish #7666135
Aang, Swift Savior Aang, Swift Savior Aven Interrupter Aven Interrupter Floodpits Drowner Floodpits Drowner High Noon High Noon Voice of Victory Voice of Victory Seam Rip Seam Rip
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Creatures (19)

Instants (5)

Sorceries (2)

  • 2 Avatar's Wrath

Enchantments (7)

Planeswalkers (3)

  • 2 Ajani, Outland Chaperone
  • 1 Elspeth, Storm Slayer

Lands (24)

  • 2 Abandoned Air Temple
  • 4 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Fountainport
  • 4 Hallowed Fountain
  • 5 Island
  • 4 Plains
  • 4 Restless Anchorage

Sideboard (15)

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8

Mono-Red Aggro

3.5%
MTGGoldfish #7668442 MTGGoldfish #7667958 MTGGoldfish #7667887
Burnout Bashtronaut Burnout Bashtronaut Burst Lightning Burst Lightning Hexing Squelcher Hexing Squelcher Hired Claw Hired Claw Howlsquad Heavy Howlsquad Heavy Nova Hellkite Nova Hellkite
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Creatures (24)

  • 4 Burnout Bashtronaut
  • 4 Hexing Squelcher
  • 4 Hired Claw
  • 4 Howlsquad Heavy
  • 1 Kellan, Planar Trailblazer
  • 4 Nova Hellkite
  • 1 Raphael, the Nightwatcher
  • 2 Zhao, the Moon Slayer

Instants (12)

  • 4 Burst Lightning
  • 4 Sear
  • 4 Shock

Lands (24)

Sideboard (15)

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9

Jeskai Control

3.4%
MTGGoldfish #7669603 MTGGoldfish #7669594 MTGGoldfish #7669592
Consult the Star Charts Consult the Star Charts Get Lost Get Lost No More Lies No More Lies Stock Up Stock Up Three Steps Ahead Three Steps Ahead Day of Judgment Day of Judgment
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Creatures (5)

Instants (18)

Sorceries (6)

  • 2 Day of Judgment
  • 1 Spirit Water Revival
  • 3 Stock Up

Enchantments (1)

Artifacts (2)

Planeswalkers (2)

  • 2 Elspeth, Storm Slayer

Lands (26)

Sideboard (15)

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10

Simic Ouroboroid

3.0%
MTGGoldfish #7669590 MTGGoldfish #7669574 MTGGoldfish #7667848
Badgermole Cub Badgermole Cub Gene Pollinator Gene Pollinator Llanowar Elves Llanowar Elves Nature's Rhythm Nature's Rhythm Quantum Riddler Quantum Riddler Spider Manifestation Spider Manifestation
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Creatures (31)

  • 1 Abhorrent Oculus
  • 4 Badgermole Cub
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 4 Gene Pollinator
  • 4 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Marang River Regent
  • 1 Mikey & Leo, Chaos & Order
  • 2 Mockingbird
  • 2 Ouroboroid
  • 4 Quantum Riddler
  • 4 Spider Manifestation
  • 1 Surrak, Elusive Hunter
  • 1 Wistfulness

Instants (2)

  • 2 Spider-Sense

Sorceries (4)

  • 4 Nature's Rhythm

Lands (23)

Sideboard (15)

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11

Boros Dragons

3.0%
MTGGoldfish #7669593 MTGGoldfish #7669591 MTGGoldfish #7667877
Burst Lightning Burst Lightning Clarion Conqueror Clarion Conqueror Magmatic Hellkite Magmatic Hellkite Momo, Friendly Flier Momo, Friendly Flier Nova Hellkite Nova Hellkite Sarkhan, Dragon Ascendant Sarkhan, Dragon Ascendant
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Creatures (28)

  • 4 Clarion Conqueror
  • 2 Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest
  • 4 Magmatic Hellkite
  • 4 Momo, Friendly Flier
  • 4 Nova Hellkite
  • 4 Sarkhan, Dragon Ascendant
  • 2 Twinmaw Stormbrood
  • 4 Voice of Victory

Instants (8)

  • 4 Burst Lightning
  • 2 Get Lost
  • 2 Lightning Helix

Lands (24)

Sideboard (15)

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12

Temur Harmonizer Combo

3.0%
MTGGoldfish #7668435 MTGGoldfish #7667989 MTGGoldfish #7667981
Burst Lightning Burst Lightning Consult the Star Charts Consult the Star Charts Full Bore Full Bore Mightform Harmonizer Mightform Harmonizer Stock Up Stock Up Icetill Explorer Icetill Explorer
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Creatures (10)

  • 3 Icetill Explorer
  • 4 Mightform Harmonizer
  • 2 Surrak, Elusive Hunter
  • 1 Wistfulness

Instants (21)

Sorceries (4)

Lands (25)

Sideboard (14)

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13

Bant Airbending Combo

2.3%
MTGGoldfish #7669601 MTGGoldfish #7669582 MTGGoldfish #7669563
Aang, Swift Savior Aang, Swift Savior Aang, at the Crossroads Aang, at the Crossroads Appa, Steadfast Guardian Appa, Steadfast Guardian Badgermole Cub Badgermole Cub Bramble Familiar Bramble Familiar Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius
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Creatures (28)

Sorceries (3)

  • 3 Michelangelo's Technique

Enchantments (2)

Artifacts (3)

Lands (24)

  • 4 Breeding Pool
  • 2 Cavern of Souls
  • 3 Floodfarm Verge
  • 4 Hallowed Fountain
  • 4 Hushwood Verge
  • 1 Plains
  • 2 Starting Town
  • 4 Temple Garden

Sideboard (15)

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14

4c Ouroboroid

2.1%
MTGGoldfish #7667990 MTGGoldfish #7667859 MTGGoldfish #7667831
Badgermole Cub Badgermole Cub Gene Pollinator Gene Pollinator Llanowar Elves Llanowar Elves Nature's Rhythm Nature's Rhythm Quantum Riddler Quantum Riddler Spider Manifestation Spider Manifestation
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Creatures (32)

Instants (2)

  • 2 Archdruid's Charm

Sorceries (4)

  • 4 Nature's Rhythm

Lands (22)

Sideboard (15)

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15

Rakdos Monument

2.0%
MTGGoldfish #7669608 MTGGoldfish #7668011 MTGGoldfish #7668006
Bloodghast Bloodghast Bloodthorn Flail Bloodthorn Flail Flamewake Phoenix Flamewake Phoenix Iron-Shield Elf Iron-Shield Elf Marauding Mako Marauding Mako Monument to Endurance Monument to Endurance
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Creatures (25)

  • 4 Bloodghast
  • 4 Flamewake Phoenix
  • 3 Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
  • 4 Iron-Shield Elf
  • 4 Marauding Mako
  • 4 Moonshadow
  • 2 Tersa Lightshatter

Instants (5)

  • 2 Bitter Triumph
  • 3 Requiting Hex

Artifacts (8)

Lands (22)

Sideboard (15)

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