Episode 258: What is Standard Right Now?

Join Shane and Devon as they embark on an epic journey through the realm of... Standard. Yes, Standard. With RCQ season in full swing, it's time to look over all the decks you need to know to be prepared. The boys look at the recent history of standard, how WOTC is trying to revitalize it, and provide insight on basically all the decks in the format. With everything from hyper-aggro to over-the-top ramp, this format has something for everyone! The Dive Down: It's Standard. Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2024 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Get 10% off your first 2 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN_3YO And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 4:22 - Heavy Play: not bad 5:45 - This week's show/housekeeping 10:24 - Standard then and now 22:09 - So what IS Standard? 27:28 - What does Standard look like right now? 28:11 - Domain Ramp 32:19 - Esper Midrange 34:32 - Rakdos Discover 37:54 - Golgari Midrange 43:00 - Azorius Soldiers/Flash 48:14 - Mono-Red Aggro 54:57 - Azorius Tokens 1:00:26 - The other midrange decks 1:10:06 - Big Rakdos 1:12:45 - Azorius Craft 1:16:30 - Bant Toxic 1:21:34 - Azorius Tempo 1:24:19 - How to approach Standard in the RCQ season 1:33:54 - Wrapping up Links from this week's episode: Frank's Metagame Mentor article: https://magic.gg/news/metagame-mentor-everything-you-need-to-win-your-early-2024-standard-rcq Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: [email protected] twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown