‘Tis the season to be jolly! And what could make a Magic: The Gathering the jolliest? That’s right, winning! Here are our picks for some of the best decks that you can take on the ladder this month and dominate your opponents. And yes, one of them is Red-Green to go perfectly with the Christmas spirit!
Mono Green
Let’s kick off the list with an evergreen archetype (pun intended!) This build is all about food, which is rather fitting for that time of the year. It has everything that Green excels in - big stompy creatures, efficient creature removal, and tons of synergy. Here’s an example decklist:
2 Kogla, the Titan Ape
2 Thrashing Brontodon
3 Feasting Troll King
4 Gilded Goose
4 Lovestruck Beast
4 Wicked Wolf
4 Kazandu Mammoth
4 Tangled Florahedron
2 Witch's Oven
3 The Great Henge
4 Trail of Crumbs
1 Vivien, Monsters' Advocate
2 Crawling Barrens
2 Bonders' Enclave
4 Castle Garenbrig
15 Forest
1 Sorcerous Spyglass
1 Wilt
1 Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
2 Scavenging Ooze
2 Primal Might
3 Chainweb Aracnir
3 Garruk, Unleashed
Dimir Rogues
If you’ve been reading EarlyGame for the past few months, you know we are fans of the Rogues archetype ever since Seth Manfield brought it up as a fancy dagger to an Omnath gunfight. Without boring details, here’s how one of these bad boys usually looks like:
3 Merfolk Windrobber
4 Thieves' Guild Enforcer
4 Ruin Crab
4 Soaring Thought-Thief
2 Eliminate
2 Heartless Act
4 Into the Story
4 Drown in the Loch
2 Lullmage's Domination
3 Of One Mind
3 Bloodchief's Thirst
3 Agadeem's Awakening
3 Zagoth Triome
3 Swamp
4 Fabled Passage
4 Temple of Deceit
4 Island
4 Clearwater Pathway
2 Vantress Gargoyle
2 Negate
2 Mystical Dispute
3 Zareth San, the Trickster
3 Skyclave Shade
3 Cling to Dust
Gruul Aggro
Ho-ho-ho, you can’t spell "Holidays" without "Gruul"! Oh, you can? Well, shut up! Boom, bang, smash! Here’s an example of a decklist that’s sure to give your opponents a nice spanking:
2 Scavenging Ooze
4 Edgewall Innkeeper
4 Brushfire Elemental
4 Questing Beast
4 Kazandu Mammoth
4 Lovestruck Beast
4 Bonecrusher Giant
3 The Great Henge
3 Embercleave
4 Shatterskull Smashing
2 The Akroan War
2 Vivien, Monsters' Advocate
4 Mountain
4 Cragcrown Pathway
4 Fabled Passage
8 Forest
1 Vivien, Monsters' Advocate
2 Phoenix of Ash
2 Klothys, God of Destiny
3 Wilt
3 Ox of Agonas
4 Fire Prophecy
As always, remember that you can simply copy those decklists and once you open the deck builder inside MTG Arena, they will be recognized and filled automatically. Now that’s pure convenience! Happy holidays and have fun stomping!
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