For the late game, we have Mascot Exhibition. Environmental Sciences is a great early game Lesson since you can search your library for basic land and put it into the hand (and gain 2 life). We’re only running two Learn spells in the sideboard, so 2 of this is all we need. We’re also running two Divide by Zero cards to return a spell or permanent with a Mana Value of 1 or greater to its owner’s hand, and Learn. Suddenly, all our Instants and Sorceries are a clear and present danger. Now we have a 4/4 Flyer, that deals 2 damage to any target whenever we cast an Instant or Sorcery. Then, if it has 7 or more Ember Counters, remove them, and transform them into Ashmouth Dragon. Whenever we cast an Instant or Sorcery, we put a number of Ember Counters on it, equal to the mana spent on that spell. Why? Smoldering Egg is a 0/4 Defender for 2 mana. We could use this to make sure we use enough mana. If X is 6 or more, it deals double that damage. Before that, Shatterskull Smashing is a 2+X spell and deals X damage divided as you choose among up to two creatures or planeswalkers. We could turn-6 a Shatterskull Smashing and make sure our egg transforms. Ideally, we can pop off with our Ashmouth Dragon on turn 6, but if we could manage earlier? That would be rad. We also badly want a turn-4 Smoldering Egg. It’s so important to not miss any of your first five land drops. It’s a threat removal for a great deal of the power Mono-Green possesses. Normally it’s 2 mana for 3 damage, but we can reveal a Dragon to deal its power in damage instead. If we have a Goldspan Dragon in hand, this means we can spend 2 mana, reveal Goldspan Dragon, and deal 4 damage to a creature or planeswalker. This deck also takes serious advantage of Dragon’s Fire because of the dragons. It’s also an amazing card for popping Smoldering Egg. But you also have Shatterskull Smashing in the deck, and you can play it as a land instead. This particular iteration of the deck only runs 21 lands, so that might be an issue for you. Since Izzet is an incredibly popular deck right now, leading with the dragons and more counter options, it’s pure brute force. Yuta Takahashi’s deck absolutely smashes faces. I’m going to start with the World Champs version of the deck because who better? It’s not too dissimilar from the other Izzet Dragon decks I’ve seen, but his spin is the one that took Yuta Takahashi to the top of the world. That’s an excellent question, and one worth discussing. I recently covered the fun decks, but what about the top-tier, game-winning monster decks? Most of these decks I feel will only get better in the coming month, but I want to look at strictly the best decks. Does that mean all of the decks used are necessarily the best? I mean, yeah, probably! We have another expansion coming in November, Innistrad: Crimson Vow. Now, you’ll get no argument from me, Mono-Green Aggro is powerful, but Izzet Dragons took Yuta Takahashi to a 10-0 win, going undefeated at Magic World Championship XXVII. In my recent interview, Seth Manfield, MTG Pro suggested Mono-Green Aggro is the best deck going right now. Now that MTG Arena Worlds’ has concluded, it’s a great time to talk about the best decks in October 2021. By Jason Parker in Magic: The Gathering Arena | Oct, 18th 2021
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