![]() Permanents with ETB abilities are welcome, like Omen of the Sea and sagas like Binding the Old Gods, and Yorion can also blink planeswalkers to boost their loyalty counts. The downside of playing 20 more cards is often worth it. Yorion, Sky Nomad sees regular play as a companion for Azorius ( ) blink and control decks alike. Multiple top Pioneer decks use the Wellspring and sometimes as a companion. Jegantha, the Wellspring is a beefy 5-layer mana dork that ramps you in a strange way, with only colored mana. There will always be plenty of Treasure, Blood, and other artifacts to sacrifice and make 1/1s. One of the engines behind Rakdos sacrifice decks, Oni-Cult Anvil wins the game slowly but surely. Aggressive decks should always be mindful of The Meathook. One of black’s better sweepers, The Meathook Massacre sees play in midrange/control and sacrifice decks, combining the -X/-X ability with the lifedrain to help stabilize against aggro. If you’re attacking your opponent or burning their face down, Light Up the Stage provides the necessary card advantage to keep going. Mass removal doesn’t get much more efficient than Anger of the Gods. Anger of the GodsĪ good sweeper in red that also exiles. It replaces itself, and in the late game, you’ll draw a bunch of cards from this 2-mana enchantment. Up the Beanstalk is getting traction across multiple formats. You’ll then have an excellent cheap flash removal spell that combines very well with Up the Beanstalk. Six mana is a lot, but with some trilands like Jetmir's Garden around, Leyline Binding is usually cast with 1-2 mana. It’s a strong combo with Monstrous Rage, too. It allows the heroic player to loot through their deck, adding this aspect of hand-management and speed that the deck didn’t have previously. It’s a double-strike threat that grows via conniving with every spell pointed at it. Illuminator Virtuoso is one of the scariest cards to face in heroic-based decks. Ossification is quickly becoming the go-to removal spell in white-based decks. Providing a quick answer to a planeswalker or creature for only mana is very powerful. It’s a nice addition to rogues/mono blue tempo decks, and in the late game you can spend mana to draw extra cards of it. Faerie Mastermindįaerie Mastermind is a nice 2-mana flash threat that applies pressure and preys on your opponent’s card draw. With all that out of the way, let’s get into the best cards in Explorer! #55. Add a few on-color Castles, channel lands, and manlands to start. If you’re building a mana base, start with shock and check lands. These lands will make the bulk of any given deck in the format. Scry lands from Theros Beyond Death and M20.Shock lands from Guilds of Ravnica and Ravnica Allegiance.The manlands from The Lost Caverns of Ixalan, Wilds of Eldraine, and Forgotten Realms.The fast lands from Phyrexia: All Will Be One and Kaladesh.After all, consistency is king.Įxplorer offers the following cycles of lands: The mere existence of a cycle of lands (or an incomplete cycle of lands) can make or break certain decks and color combinations. It’s impossible to talk about a Constructed format and the metagame without discussing lands. Tier 1 decks are pretty much identical to their Pioneer counterparts while tier 2 decks are a few cards away from an ideal build. Since Explorer is proto-Pioneer, the early metagame can be defined by what’s good in Pioneer minus what isn’t yet available in MTG Arena. We’ve already had important cards released for the format through Explorer Anthology 1 and 2. ![]() There's also the Anthology approach to introduce cards that are needed on Arena, where a bundle of cards is released and can be acquired with in-game resources like gems or wildcards. These are the sets we’re missing right now:Īlthough sets like Kaladesh and Amonkhet had their remastered versions on MTG Arena, WotC said that this approach may not happen with the rest of the sets for Explorer. Simply put, Explorer is a Constructed format on MTG Arena that will eventually become Pioneer as more cards become available. Thoughtseize | Illustration by Aleksi Briclot
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