‘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 Ape2 Thrashing Brontodon3 Feasting Troll King4 Gilded Goose4 Lovestruck Beast4 Wicked Wolf4 Kazandu Mammoth4 Tangled Florahedron2 Witch's Oven3 The Great Henge4 Trail of Crumbs1 Vivien, Monsters' Advocate2 Crawling Barrens2 Bonders' Enclave4 Castle Garenbrig15 Forest1 Sorcerous Spyglass1 Wilt1 Ugin, the Spirit Dragon2 Scavenging Ooze2 Primal Might3 Chainweb Aracnir3 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 Windrobber4 Thieves' Guild Enforcer4 Ruin Crab4 Soaring Thought-Thief2 Eliminate2 Heartless Act4 Into the Story4 Drown in the Loch2 Lullmage's Domination3 Of One Mind3 Bloodchief's Thirst3 Agadeem's Awakening3 Zagoth Triome3 Swamp4 Fabled Passage4 Temple of Deceit4 Island4 Clearwater Pathway2 Vantress Gargoyle2 Negate2 Mystical Dispute3 Zareth San, the Trickster3 Skyclave Shade3 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 Ooze4 Edgewall Innkeeper4 Brushfire Elemental4 Questing Beast4 Kazandu Mammoth4 Lovestruck Beast4 Bonecrusher Giant3 The Great Henge3 Embercleave4 Shatterskull Smashing2 The Akroan War2 Vivien, Monsters' Advocate4 Mountain4 Cragcrown Pathway4 Fabled Passage8 Forest1 Vivien, Monsters' Advocate2 Phoenix of Ash2 Klothys, God of Destiny3 Wilt3 Ox of Agonas4 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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