[Magic Mondays] Standard, Week Six: I hate Midrange

Only played FNM this week, so I’ll skip on the podcast (not that anyone has said anything about it one way or the other) Went 1-2 with my Dirty Red build and I’m pretty sure that I might abandon it. Like I love playing it, but in my meta everyone is playing midrange decks with 8 or more life gain in their curve…there’s just no way for me to overcome that. In what is likely my Johnny streak flaring up, I don’t want to play any of the midrange archetypes currently in power–I want to come up with a solution, not stagnate the format. So I’m brewing something and seeing how it goes. I’m thinking RBW, but I’m not 100% on the game plan. I feel like Aggro control is the way to victory, but not sure what the threat would be. Stromkirk Noble is the likely go to but a deck centered on white with humans as the core might do well also. Then again, Geralf’s Messenger is another potential pick. I will continue to brew and see how things come out.

So then, the brew:

4 Blood Crypt
4 Clifftop Retreat
4 Isolated Chapel
5 Plains
2 Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
4 Kruin Striker
3 Silverblade Paladin
4 Sublime Archangel
4 Faithless Looting
4 Cavern of Souls
1 Swamp
1 Mountain
3 Knight of Glory
2 Ajani, Caller of the Pride
2 Duress
2 Appetite for Brains
2 Divine Reckoning
3 Knight of Infamy
4 Krenko’s Command
2 Krenko, Mob Boss

The plan is getting there on the back of Kruin Striker and lots of token generation. If I have to board in the sweepers, Sorin can recover quickly and even take control of the game. Using Divine Reckoning instead of Terminus means that I can keep out two creatures if I have the Aristocrat out and I can turn the game in my favor. Toying with some control effects and other ETB guys. Resto Angel is (as always) a real possibility. Feel free to post your own ideas in the comments below. ‘Til next time!