Best Standard Deck

[iamerrol]

What do you guys think is the Best Deck in standard right now? I figure this will be fun for arguing about your favorite decks and it'll also be good for people to get a quick glimpse of what is really popular in tournaments right now.

Moved...

-Shin

[XxTaLoNxX]

For the best Standard deck....
I recommend you read the rules first.
Then look at the top teir of decks in this forum.

Please don't backseat moderate. Thanks.

-Shin

[RainbowBrite]

Well kithkin are pretty popular in tourneys, but I still love Faeries. Won my local champs with them.

[xtruder]

As Evan Erwin said, the best deck isn't the most popular decks, it's the deck that can beat the most popular decks.

and that shifts from time to time.

[PurpleD]

Right now the top 3 have a rock-paper-scissors effect. QnT beats Kithkin, Kithkin beat Fae and Fae beat QnT (generally speaking). There's always going to be different versions of different decks played by people of different play skill.

With that said, I think fae is still the most consistent and potent deck in standard but it also has a tough time against RDW and Kithkin which are probably the 2 most recently popular decks around.

[Shinjutsei]

At this point, you need to find a deck that can beat Faeries, Kithkin, and Toast consistently.

That deck, at this time, is UW Merfolk.

[XxTaLoNxX]

But isn't "The Best Deck" the deck you enjoy playing the most and have the most success with because your having fun?

I mean seriously you could be playing Faeries and lossing because your bored of the deck and your not having fun anymore and therefore making bad plays or sloppy deck handling. But from years of playing this game I have found that I play best when I am enjoying myself.

[Shinjutsei]

Originally Posted by XxTaLoNxX

But isn't "The Best Deck" the deck you enjoy playing the most and have the most success with because your having fun?

I mean seriously you could be playing Faeries and lossing because your bored of the deck and your not having fun anymore and therefore making bad plays or sloppy deck handling. But from years of playing this game I have found that I play best when I am enjoying myself.

I find Faeries pretty boring to play, honestly, and the only time I'm really exhilarated is during the mirror. Still, I think it's the best deck and by far the most powerful. If someone asked what was the best deck, hands-down, it wouldn't be the one that you enjoy playing the most. I mean, YOU may have fun playing deck X (and, by your logic, the deck you are best with), but deck Y might be the best deck overall and therefore better to say when asked this question.

Faeries is the best deck (and Kithkin, obviously), but UW Merfolk is probably the best meta choice.

[FoodChainGoblins]

Originally Posted by PurpleD

Right now the top 3 have a rock-paper-scissors effect. QnT beats Kithkin, Kithkin beat Fae and Fae beat QnT (generally speaking). There's always going to be different versions of different decks played by people of different play skill. .

While I agree with your Rock-Paper-Scissors, I think the matchups are closer than many people think.

@Shin - The problem I have with UW Merfolk is that it gets destroyed by DDW. Also Fae is a closer matchup than one might think. I don't think BFT from sideboard is enough.

My opinion is that Fae is the best deck, but it honestly doesn't want to see DDW because the matchup is nearly as bad as UW Merfolk's against DDW.

[XxTaLoNxX]

Originally Posted by Shinjutsei

I find Faeries pretty boring to play, honestly, and the only time I'm really exhilarated is during the mirror. Still, I think it's the best deck and by far the most powerful. If someone asked what was the best deck, hands-down, it wouldn't be the one that you enjoy playing the most. I mean, YOU may have fun playing deck X (and, by your logic, the deck you are best with), but deck Y might be the best deck overall and therefore better to say when asked this question.

Faeries is the best deck (and Kithkin, obviously), but UW Merfolk is probably the best meta choice.

Well he asked what the best deck was. And to me the best deck is the one you have the most fun playing. But if he asked what was the most POWERFUL DECK. I would answer Faeries or DDW.

[Shinjutsei]

Originally Posted by XxTaLoNxX

Well he asked what the best deck was. And to me the best deck is the one you have the most fun playing. But if he asked what was the most POWERFUL DECK. I would answer Faeries or DDW.

RDW?
How in God's name do you figure?

[3 for 1'd You]

What is DDW??

[xtruder]

Originally Posted by XxTaLoNxX

if he asked what was the most POWERFUL DECK. I would answer Faeries or DDW.

DDW is a very solid deck, and will always apply pressure in any matchup. But the deck's weakness, imo, is that the vast majority of its 'normal' games (where neither player is mana flooded or manascrewed) go into topdeck mode.

It's also a very predictable aggro deck, where a skilled opponent will know your plays ahead of time because it's always 'fast aggro w/ lots of removal'. Elf-ball and Kithkin can play either Zerg Rush or fast aggro, G/B Elf strats vary from fast aggro and midrange, but the many games I've played against DDW/RDW is always "swing with your creatures and kill theirs".

and that's the reason it's most definitely not the most powerful deck.

[Elysium]

Originally Posted by Shinjutsei

RDW?
How in God's name do you figure?

Because it has good matchups against faeries, the most popular deck, and 5cc control (drawing more than 1 demigod or hells thunder is like. the game) and doesn't just scoop to kithkin. Also does well against fish unless they draw multiple forge tenders.

[Shinjutsei]

Originally Posted by Elysium

Because it has good matchups against faeries, the most popular deck, and 5cc control (drawing more than 1 demigod or hells thunder is like. the game) and doesn't just scoop to kithkin. Also does well against fish unless they draw multiple forge tenders.

It's not bad, but it isn't anywhere near being "the best deck" anymore.
And it mostly does roll over to Kithkin.