Meta and Decklists

Standard Metagame & Top Decks

Updated · Landfall leads at 14.1%

Decklists and tier list from recent MTGO Challenges and Leagues.

No. 1 strategy

Landfall 14.1%

Fastest riser

Azorius Skies+106%

Rising card

Carnivorous Cultivator

Snapshot · Last 14 days

Landfall is increasing to 14.1%, Dimir Midrange at 13.8%, Lifegain at 12.5%.

ChallengesMatchups
14d30d60d90d
11.7%
Dimir Midrange
AMidrange2.223.33660.2%+22%
10.9%
Landfall
AAggro2.826.23057.6%−28%
10.0%
Lifegain
A1.922.22659.4%+174%
8.6%
Jund Sacrifice
AMidrange1.921.73357.6%−24%
7.2%
Reanimator
ACombo3.524.82157.9%+392%
6.4%
Elementals
BMidrange3.320.21554.1%−54%
6.0%
Prowess
BAggro1.620.51554.6%+117%
5.9%
Rogue
—Other2.524.41152.0%+264%
5.0%
Artifacts
AAggro2.623.41562.7%+56%
4.7%
4C Control
AControl3.226.21658.1%−5%
4.0%
Boros Dragons
BMidrange2.8241156.2%−27%
3.1%
Azorius Skies
AMidrange2.4211160.7%+139%
2.9%
Azorius Control
BControl2.426.1651.8%−15%
2.9%
Rakdos Lizards
BAggro1.923651.6%New
1.5%
Dimir Excruciator
CMidrange3.426355.4%−48%
1.3%
Boros Dwarves
—223.2044.7%−80%
1.3%
Lessons
DTempo2.523.1248.9%+56%
1.1%
Boros Aggro
DAggro222.9045.3%−63%
0.8%
Simic Omniscience
DCombo426155.8%+36%
0.7%
Sultai Control
—325139.1%−52%
0.6%
Mardu Discard
CMidrange1.822158.8%−69%
0.6%
Mono-Black Aggro
D1.622.6055.0%−61%
0.5%
Jeskai Control
—Control2.925.10——
0.5%
Selesnya Offense
—Aggro2.3230—−13%
0.4%
Boros Planeswalkers
—Control324.81—New
0.3%
Aang
—Midrange2.824.30—−68%
0.2%
Golgari Midrange
—Midrange2.624.70—−48%
0.2%
Mono-Black
—1.7221——
0.2%
Mono-White
—2.223.31—New
0.1%
Temur Harmonizer
—2.1250—New
0.1%
Boros Tokens
—2.4190—New
0.1%
Izzet Aggro
—Aggro1.9220—New
0.1%
Mono-Red
—2.3220——

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Standard right now

Dimir Midrange leads Standard at 11.7% of decks over the last 30 days (1,414 lists), ahead of Landfall (10.9%) and Lifegain (10.0%). The top five are 48.5% of decks. Artifacts has the best Challenge win rate at 62.7% across 228 matches.

Latest Standard decklists

  1. agentrock · Sultai Control · Standard League · 5-0 · Oct 26
  2. tim96 · Boros Dwarves · Standard League · 5-0 · Oct 26
  3. KangXiaotian · Dimir Midrange · Standard League · 5-0 · Oct 26
  4. kyrre2013 · Dimir Midrange · Standard League · 5-0 · Oct 26
  5. Rusherlol · Artifacts · Standard League · 5-0 · Oct 26
  6. Deathnote1999 · Lifegain · Standard League · 5-0 · Oct 26
  7. Kollslaw · Jund Sacrifice · Standard League · 5-0 · Oct 26
  8. Giovane_Lupo · Boros Dwarves · Standard League · 5-0 · Oct 26
  9. claudioh · Dimir Midrange · Standard Challenge 16 · 1st · Oct 25
  10. itstime · Dimir Midrange · Standard Challenge 16 · 2nd · Oct 25

Recent Standard Challenges

  1. Challenge 16 · Oct 25 · claudioh · Dimir Midrange
  2. Challenge 16 · Oct 24 · Pafru · Dimir Midrange
  3. Challenge 32 · Oct 23 · MattTumavitch13 · Dimir Midrange
  4. Challenge 32 · Oct 23 · HyPPeR · Azorius Skies
  5. Challenge 16 · Oct 22 · McWinSauce · Lifegain

Standard tier list

How this data works

Standard numbers on this page come from public MTGO Challenge and League decklists. The window is the last 30 days (1,414 lists). The page rebuilds every 6 hours. Meta share is a strategy's share of those Challenge and League decks. Win % is the Challenge match win rate: wins divided by wins plus losses, shown from 30 Challenge matches. Tiers score Challenge results, League 5-0s, and Challenge meta share separately. More detail is in the FAQ.

Standard metagame FAQ

What is the current MTG Standard metagame?

The Standard metagame is led by Dimir Midrange at 11.7% of recent Challenge and League appearances (11.6% in Challenges alone), with Landfall close behind at 10.9%. The best-performing deck in the current meta is Artifacts at a 62.7% match win rate across 228 matches.

What deck should I play in Standard?

If you want the most-played deck, Dimir Midrange is 11.7% of the field. If you want the best win rate with a real sample, Artifacts is at 62.7% across 228 matches. For a lower-variance midrange option, Jund Sacrifice sits at 8.6% with 33 Top 8s.

What is the best deck in Standard right now?

By meta share, Dimir Midrange is the most played Standard deck right now. By win rate, Artifacts is overperforming at 62.7%.

What are the most played cards in Standard?

The most-played cards across recent Standard decklists are Strategic Betrayal (46.5% of decks), Duress (46.0%), and Flashfreeze (35.1%). See the full Standard staples list for maindeck and sideboard play rates.

How diverse is the Standard metagame?

Decklist Data tracks 32 Standard archetypes over the last 30 days. The most-played deck holds 11.7% of the field, and the top five account for 48.5% - no single deck dominates.

How is the Standard metagame ranked?

The Standard metagame ranks archetypes by Challenge and League appearance share over the last 30 days. The S through D tier list scores Challenge match win rate, League 5-0 trophies, and Challenge meta share separately.

What decks are rising in the Standard meta?

Reanimator is the fastest riser in the Standard metagame, up 392% over the prior 30 days (1.5% → 7.2%). Lifegain (+174%) and Azorius Skies (+139%) are also gaining share.

What is Standard in MTG?

Standard is Magic: The Gathering's flagship rotating format, legal for cards from the most recently released sets and rotating roughly once per year. It's played in weekly MTGO Challenges and Leagues, which is where this metagame data comes from.

All Standard archetypes

A-Z, with the date each deck last posted a result.

Top Standard cards

Most-played cards by decklists, last 90 days.

All Standard staples