All that being said, I want to go over some of the decks that did well this weekend that aren’t U/W Flash or B/G Delirium. We had some solid finishes with other decks in these tournaments and I’m going to highlight a few of them for all you readers that enjoy trying different decks like do.

Let’s start with the deck list that won Grand Prix Madrid. We’ve seen Aetherworks Marvel fall in and out of favor ever since Pro Tour Eldritch moon. The deck was originally in all in deck that focused all its efforts on getting energy and finding Aetherworks Marvel as soon as possible. However now the deck can still cast Emrakul off a Aetherworks Marvel but it’s also doing other things like casting Planeswalkers and more importantly, Ishkanah, Grafwidow which just happens to buy the deck a bunch of time. What’s more valuable than time when you’re playing a deck with four Emrakuls? I can’t really think of anything. Here’s Carmine D’aniello’s winning deck!

Aetherworks Marvel ? Kaladesh Standard | Carmine D?aniello, 1st Grand Prix Madrid 2016

• Creatures (12)
• 1 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
• 3 Ishkanah, Grafwidow
• 4 Emrakul, the Promised End
• 4 Servant of the Conduit

• Planeswalkers (3)
• 3 Chandra, Torch of Defiance

• Instants (6)
• 2 Kozilek's Return
• 4 Harnessed Lightning

• Sorceries (5)
• 1 Tormenting Voice
• 4 Attune with Aether

• Enchantments (4)
• 4 Vessel of Nascency

• Artifacts (8)
• 4 Aetherworks Marvel
• 4 Woodweaver's Puzzleknot

• Lands (22)
• 4 Mountain
• 8 Forest
• 2 Evolving Wilds
• 4 Aether Hub
• 4 Game Trail

• Sideboard (15)
• 4 Galvanic Bombardment
• 2 Weaver of Lightning
• 2 Tears of Valakut
• 3 Tireless Tracker
• 1 Natural State
• 1 Nissa, Vital Force
• 1 World Breaker
• 1 Appetite for the Unnatural

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Instead of splashing White for Nahiri, the Harbinger or Sigarda, Heron's Grace, Carmine decided to just stick to the traditional R/G build. Kozilek's Return is very good against your bad matchup, vehicles so that helps. Kozilek's Return also kills basically everything except Emrakul when you trigger it from your Graveyard giving your Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger or Emrakul a clean board to land on. I’m not sure if there’s anything scarier than that.

A solid choice if you want to cheat Emrakul or Ulamog into play. However, I’d add probably one more threat in the sideboard to play around Pick the Brain and Lost Legacy since B/G Delirium should be playing some number of them in their sideboards.

Next up is the deck I talked about in my last article!

U/B Summonings ? Kaladesh Standard | Bobby Fortanely, Grand Prix Denver 2016, 11th Place

• Creatures (3)
• 3 Torrential Gearhulk

• Instants (23)
• 1 Confirm Suspicions
• 1 Negate
• 2 Essence Extraction
• 3 Murder
• 4 Anticipate
• 4 Glimmer of Genius
• 4 Grasp of Darkness
• 4 Spell Shrivel

• Sorceries (5)
• 2 Transgress the Mind
• 3 Ruinous Path

• Enchantments (3)
• 3 Metallurgic Summonings

• Lands (26)
• 6 Island
• 9 Swamp
• 1 Blighted Fen
• 2 Aether Hub
• 4 Choked Estuary
• 4 Sunken Hollow

• Sideboard (15)
• 1 Ruinous Path
• 1 Essence Extraction
• 1 Transgress the Mind
• 2 Negate
• 3 Flaying Tendrils
• 3 Dynavolt Tower
• 3 Contraband Kingpin
• 1 Summary Dismissal

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I also really like Bobby’s sideboard. Love the Contraband Kingpin in that it acts like a different Jorubai Murk Lurker. Sure, it might not be amazing, but it does its job just fine against the aggressive decks. With Metallurgic Summonings out you’ll not only be creating creatures with your spells but you’ll also be getting a Scry 1 thanks to the Kingpin. It’s a nice little bonus that comes up, be aware however that’s now why the Kingpin is played. It’s just great at blocking small creatures and things like Veteran Motorist.

Dynavolt Tower is another great option that lets you do something your deck wouldn’t be able to do normally. Burning creatures, Planeswalkers, and players out is usually unheard of in U/B but not anymore. I imagine Bobby was either shaving Metallurgic Summonings or Gearhulk when he brought the towers in.

Speaking of Control, if you just want to play a Control deck in this format, I would be on Jeskai Control. The addition of White and Red gives you solid removal, access to board wipes, and the best Planeswalker in Standard, Gideon, Ally of Zendikar.

Jeskai Control ? Kaladesh Standard | Ari Lax, Grand Prix Denver 18th place

• Creatures (4)
• 4 Torrential Gearhulk

• Planeswalkers (3)
• 1 Jace, Unraveler of Secrets
• 2 Nahiri, the Harbinger

• Instants (14)
• 1 Negate
• 1 Scatter to the Winds
• 2 Blessed Alliance
• 2 Immolating Glare
• 2 Revolutionary Rebuff
• 3 Anticipate
• 3 Void Shatter

• Sorceries (4)
• 1 Fumigate
• 3 Radiant Flames

• Enchantments (1)
• 1 Quarantine Field

• Lands (26)
• 4 Island
• 6 Plains
• 1 Spirebluff Canal
• 3 Inspiring Vantage
• 4 Aether Hub
• 4 Port Town
• 4 Wandering Fumarole

• Sideboard (15)
• 1 Blessed Alliance
• 1 Negate
• 4 Spell Queller
• 2 Summary Dismissal
• 1 Descend upon the Sinful
• 1 Linvala, the Preserver
• 2 Brutal Expulsion
• 3 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar

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Ari’s Sideboard is very good too. The plan of Spell Queller and Gideon against other control decks is great. Not only is it good against the control decks, but it’s also very good against the Aetherworks Marvel decks. It allows you to counter their spells with Spell Queller and keep pressure on them with said Queller or Gideon, Ally of Zendikar. Again, if you really want to play Control, then I’d recommend Jeskai and starting here.

Up next is Seth Manfield’s Ham Sandwich.

U/W Panharmonicon ? Kaladesh Standard | Seth Manfield, Grand Prix Denver 8th Place

• Creatures (23)
• 1 Pilgrim's Eye
• 1 Thought-Knot Seer
• 2 Drowner of Hope
• 3 Eldrazi Displacer
• 4 Cloudblazer
• 4 Glint-Nest Crane
• 4 Reflector Mage
• 4 Thraben Inspector

• Enchantments (2)
• 2 Stasis Snare

• Artifacts (10)
• 2 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
• 4 Panharmonicon
• 4 Smuggler's Copter

• Lands (25)
• 5 Island
• 9 Plains
• 1 Wastes
• 2 Westvale Abbey
• 4 Evolving Wilds
• 4 Prairie Stream

• Sideboard (15)
• 1 Thought-Knot Seer
• 2 Linvala, the Preserver
• 3 Fragmentize
• 2 Spell Shrivel
• 1 Immolating Glare
• 2 Aether Meltdown
• 1 Summary Dismissal
• 1 Negate
• 2 Filigree Familiar

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All the creatures in this deck have enter the battlefield triggers except Eldrazi Displacer which just allows you to rebuy all your ETB triggers. If you look closely you may notice the deck has an infinite combo in it. After you get going with Cloudblazer, Panharmonicon, and Eldrazi Displacer; you can eventually set up a board state where you have two Panharmonicons, Drowner of Hope, and Eldrazi Displacer. This will allow you to generate an infinite number of scion tokens so you can tap down all your opponent’s creatures and then kill them with a bunch of Scions. You will also be able to generate infinite colorless mana so you can even blink your Thought-Knot Seer a billion times, stacking it so you look at your opponent’s hand a billion times before having them draw a billion cards. Pretty sweet huh?

What’s also great is the deck can just function like different version of U/W Flash. The curve of Thraben Inspector into Smuggler's Copter into Reflector Mage is very real and you can easily out tempo your opponent while poking them down to death or at least until you draw Panharmonicon so you can start doing some nutty things.

Thank you, Seth, for the ham sandwich, I just wish I would’ve known about this deck before I played in the SCG Invitational, I would’ve 100% jammed it. I don’t have any Standard events coming up over the next couple of weeks so it will be nice to take a small break from Standard right before we start brewing with new cards from Aether Revolt. I’m super excited for a metagame shake up, let’s hope Aether Revolt can do that!

As always thanks for reading!

Ali Aintrazi

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