Standard Airbending
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| Date | View Decklist | Player | Event | Place | Record | Uniqueness | Colors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6 | View | IslandGoSAMe | Standard League | — | 5-0 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| May 6 | View | MadMaxErnst | Standard League | — | 5-0 | Distinct · band 7 of 10 · 7 | |
| May 5 | View | MercurialChemister | Standard Challenge 64 | 24th | 4-3 | Distinct · band 7 of 10 · 7 | |
| May 5 | View | Jselzo | Standard League 2026-05-05 | — | 5-0 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| May 4 | View | kanister | Standard Challenge 32 | 29th | 3-2 | Distinct · band 7 of 10 · 7 | |
| Apr 30 | View | Goomy_ | Standard Challenge 32 | 11th | 4-2 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| Apr 30 | View | jussupinator | Standard Challenge 32 | 26th | 3-3 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| Apr 29 | View | jussupinator | Standard League | — | 5-0 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| Apr 27 | View | Raydan | Standard Challenge 32 | 12th | 5-2 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| Apr 27 | View | jussupinator | Standard League | — | 5-0 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| Apr 26 | View | morris | Standard Showcase Challenge | 2nd | 8-3 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| Apr 24 | View | A_Webb | Standard League | — | 5-0 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| Apr 23 | View | jussupinator | Standard Challenge 32 | 32nd | 2-4 | Spicy · band 9 of 10 · 9 | |
| Apr 21 | View | CrazyMorango | Standard Challenge 32 April 21 2026 | 9th | 3-2 | Spicy · band 9 of 10 · 9 | |
| Apr 21 | View | ThiagoCagao | Standard Challenge 32 April 21 2026 | 19th | 3-3 | Spicy · band 9 of 10 · 9 | |
| Apr 17 | View | B3LF3GoR | Standard Challenge 32 | 30th | 1-3 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| Apr 16 | View | jessy_samek | Standard Challenge 32 | 22nd | 2-3 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| Apr 16 | View | AFitzsimmons | Standard Challenge 32 | 23rd | 1-4 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| Apr 16 | View | ThiagoCagao | Standard League | — | 5-0 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| Apr 14 | View | SinKarma | Standard Challenge 64 | 29th | 3-3 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| Apr 14 | View | Xenowan | Standard League | — | 5-0 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| Apr 14 | View | B3LF3GoR | Standard League | — | 5-0 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| Apr 13 | View | itstime | Standard Challenge 64 | 8th | 4-3 | Familiar · band 3 of 10 · 3 | |
| Apr 13 | View | bunnyfat | Standard Challenge 64 | 19th | 4-2 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| Apr 13 | View | GregorV | Standard Challenge 64 | 21st | 4-2 | Adapted · band 6 of 10 · 6 |
Airbending has slipped from ~2.3% to 0.3% of the Standard metagame over the last 90 days.
Meta share, last 90 days
Slipped from ~2.3% to 0.3% · trend line is 3-week smoothed
Typical Standard Airbending maindeck cards
Maindeck adoption across 32 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Badgermole Cub | 4.0 | 100% |
| Hushwood Verge | 3.6 | 100% |
| Llanowar Elves | 4.0 | 100% |
| Temple Garden | 4.0 | 100% |
| Forest | 2.9 | 94% |
| Nature's Rhythm | 3.9 | 94% |
| Brightglass Gearhulk | 2.7 | 91% |
| Craterhoof Behemoth | 1.0 | 91% |
| Meltstrider's Resolve | 1.9 | 91% |
| Seam Rip | 2.6 | 91% |
| Gene Pollinator | 3.9 | 88% |
| Leyline Weaver | 3.6 | 88% |
| Ouroboroid | 2.3 | 88% |
| Starting Town | 3.9 | 84% |
| Breeding Pool | 3.9 | 72% |
| Hallowed Fountain | 2.2 | 69% |
| Floodfarm Verge | 2.0 | 66% |
| Quantum Riddler | 3.7 | 66% |
| Mockingbird | 2.4 | 63% |
| Botanical Sanctum | 2.1 | 56% |
| Soul-Guide Lantern | 1.0 | 56% |
| Nurturing Pixie | 1.0 | 31% |
| Plains | 1.7 | 31% |
| Sage of the Skies | 2.7 | 28% |
| Abandoned Air Temple | 3.0 | 25% |
| Keen-Eyed Curator | 1.4 | 25% |
| Multiversal Passage | 2.4 | 25% |
| Aang, Swift Savior | 2.5 | 19% |
| Shimmerwilds Growth | 1.3 | 13% |
| Appa, Steadfast Guardian | 3.0 | 9% |
| Goldvein Hydra | 1.0 | 9% |
| Insidious Fungus | 1.0 | 9% |
| Michelangelo's Technique | 2.7 | 9% |
| Pawpatch Recruit | 1.0 | 9% |
| Aang, at the Crossroads | 3.0 | 6% |
| Airbender Ascension | 3.0 | 6% |
| Bramble Familiar | 4.0 | 6% |
| Cavern of Souls | 1.0 | 6% |
| Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius | 4.0 | 6% |
| Erode | 1.0 | 6% |
Typical Standard Airbending sideboard
Built from sideboard adoption across 32 decklists in the last 90 days.
Full sideboard card play rate
Per-card sideboard adoption across 32 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Rest in Peace | 2.3 | 91% |
| Erode | 2.7 | 81% |
| Sage of the Skies | 2.8 | 75% |
| Surrak, Elusive Hunter | 1.5 | 66% |
| Detect Intrusion | 2.4 | 59% |
| Disdainful Stroke | 1.3 | 47% |
| Insidious Fungus | 1.0 | 47% |
| Keen-Eyed Curator | 1.4 | 47% |
| Leatherhead, Swamp Stalker | 1.5 | 34% |
| Soul-Guide Lantern | 1.0 | 28% |
| Meltstrider's Resolve | 1.0 | 22% |
| Seam Rip | 1.7 | 22% |
| Beza, the Bounding Spring | 1.4 | 16% |
| Get Lost | 1.8 | 16% |
| Kutzil's Flanker | 1.0 | 16% |
| Pawpatch Recruit | 2.3 | 13% |
| Wistfulness | 2.3 | 13% |
| Dusk Rose Reliquary | 1.0 | 9% |
| Elspeth, Storm Slayer | 1.0 | 9% |
| Pawpatch Formation | 1.7 | 9% |
| Shardmage's Rescue | 1.0 | 9% |
| Shimmerwilds Growth | 1.0 | 9% |
| Authority of the Consuls | 1.0 | 6% |
| Dawn's Truce | 2.0 | 6% |
| Focus Fire | 1.0 | 6% |
| Hallowed Fountain | 1.0 | 6% |
| Oko, Lorwyn Liege | 1.5 | 6% |
| Pyrrhic Strike | 1.0 | 6% |
| Spell Pierce | 1.0 | 6% |
| Spider-Sense | 2.0 | 6% |
| Yera and Oski, Weaver and Guide | 1.0 | 6% |
| Dragon Sniper | 3.0 | 3% |
| Emeritus of Ideation | 1.0 | 3% |
| Emeritus of Truce | 1.0 | 3% |
| Goldvein Hydra | 2.0 | 3% |
| Jennifer Walters | 1.0 | 3% |
| Leyline Weaver | 2.0 | 3% |
| Nature's Rhythm | 2.0 | 3% |
| Ouroboroid | 1.0 | 3% |
| Sheltered by Ghosts | 1.0 | 3% |
Airbending Standard FAQ
Is Airbending good in Standard right now?
Airbending is 0.3% of Standard decklists in the last two weeks. Best recent finish: 21st (3-3) at Standard Challenge 32 on Jul 24, 2026.
What are the key cards in Standard Airbending?
Nearly every list runs Badgermole Cub, Hushwood Verge, and Llanowar Elves (99%+ of Standard Airbending decklists in the last 90 days).
What's a typical Standard Airbending sideboard?
The most common Standard Airbending sideboard cards over the last 90 days: Rest in Peace (91% of lists), Erode (81% of lists), Sage of the Skies (75% of lists), and Surrak, Elusive Hunter (66% of lists).
What does Uniqueness mean?
Uniqueness rates each list from band 1 (Stock) through band 10 (Unique). Higher means a list is more unusual vs recent peers of this strategy.
How many Standard Airbending decklists are there?
Decklist Data tracks 325 Standard Airbending decklists all-time (2 in the last 14 days) from Magic: The Gathering Online (MTGO) Challenges and Leagues. New results are indexed automatically — latest Airbending result Jul 24, 2026.