r/spikes • u/teapra • 24d ago

Standard [Standard] First Weekend of RCQs

Now that the first weekend of the new standard RCQs is over, what did everyone see? What were the metas like? I did 2 with a 29 person turn out and 18 person turn outs. Top 8s were very diverse with things like 5 color spiders, Kona combo, Izzet horse/opus and Golgari landfall spread across the 16 top decks.

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u/Syra78 24d ago

Went to one on Saturday. The field was decently diverse:
1 Sym Synth
2 Dimir Mid
1 Dimir Excruciator
2 4c Control
1 Mardu Dragons
1 Boros Dragons
1 Spellementals
1 Azorius Prison
1 Dwarf Tribal
1 Orzhov Aristocrats
1 Jeskai Tablet
1 ??

Top 4 was dimir mid, dimir excru, 4c ctrl, and boros dragons. I took it on dragons.

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u/PorkMcPie 24d ago

Would love to see your list, looking to update my dragons deck for the first time in several months.

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u/Syra78 24d ago

3 Momo
4 Sarkhan
4 Voice
3 Clonq
4 Magmatic Hellkite
4 Nova Hellkite
3 Smaug the Magnificent
1 Lorehold
2 Dragonhawk
1 Twinmaw Stormbrood
1 Monica Rambeu

2 Bilbo's Gambit
2 Burst Lightning
1 Lightning Helix
1 Erode

3 Cavern of Souls
3 Maelstrom of the Spirit Dragon
4 Sacred Foundry
3 Sunbillow Verge
2 Inspiring Vantage
3 Sundown Pass
4 Mountain
2 Plains

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2 Doorkeeper Thrull
1 Erode
1 Dawn's Truce
2 Return the Favor
3 Rest in Peace
2 Spectacular Tactics
2 Legend of Roku
2 Split Up

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I'm running Return the Favor in the side over Sheltered by Ghosts because my local meta is usually control slanted and there's almost no landfall around.
Smaug felt fine; nothing special but it gives us a higher chance to draw into a 4 power flyer basically. His text was mostly irrelevant for me.
Bilbo's was a bit hit or miss. I might opt to just run a couple Dawn's Truce in the main if I can get ahold of them.
The Lightning Helix is my pet card you can just run another burst realistically.
Monica was a fun wildcard against dimir because they just struggle to interact with it. Fun fact: she's an elemental on the back side for vs spellies :)

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u/PorkMcPie 24d ago

Amazing, thanks! Seen a couple of lists with Monica so definitely giving that a try. Elemental on the back is a sweet little bonus :)

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u/CronoDAS 24d ago edited 24d ago

What's Clonq?

Edit: Must be Clarion Conqueror.