For Bogles it's a little more difficult since none of their creatures actually do much without being able to put auras on them outside of Aura Gnarlid, but at the same time they have access to better removal than Stompy in Journey to Nowhere. Sometimes Stompy can board in ways to minimize its effects though - often when I'm playing a against a deck I think might bring in Standard Bearers I'll board out some extra pump spells and bring in more creatures, and another Bonesplitter (which conveniently gets around Standard Bearer), so I can just kill them with a swarm of creatures and not worry as much about being hosed. Both decks tend to be pretty light on ways to actually deal with it so it can make their paths to victory very difficult.
Its best uses are against Stompy to nullify their pump spells and Bogles to nullify their auras.
#Mtg goldfish standard pauper free#
Please, feel free to talk about anything related to the card - whether it be when you've got blown out by it, or how you use it. Is there any special match-up in which it shines? Are there any hidden combos, or other uses you have found for it? E.g. What decks should be using it, who should be running it, and why?
Does it therefore have uses outside of its current? Against Drake Combo, it tends to nullify their combo until they remove it, but as they typically run significantly more removal than combo pieces, this seems like a negligible problem? The obvious use would be to protect single-creature, go-tall strategies, yet that is not the use in most of these scenarios (e.g. It is disruptive, but against removal typically only acts as a one-of piece of disruption (similar to a counterspell). It's obviously most used as a sideboard card (0 copies in any main deck in the last three months), but beyond that, its actual use is a little ambiguous. Of the 701 decks recorded by MTG Goldfish in the last three months, 38 of them (5.5%) had 1+ ] in the sideboard, with the actual distributions as follows: If I'm in white and facing a rogue brew, I'll always ask myself "How much would they hate a Standard Bearer?" when it comes time to sideboard. several top tier decks and has enough versatility to impact many other matches.
In the end, you have a creature who's awesome vs. If your deck is trying to win with something like Aura Gnarlid, maybe you'd wanna side her in when you expect a low number of catch-all removal (such as a deck that runs 3-4 Journeys). In a deck like Abzan Tortex, I'll bring her in to guard my TE's if I expect Angelic Purge/O-Ring. She takes an edict as well as any wiener, but also absorbs things like Victim of the Night.įinally, I like her as a screen for valuable permanents. Sometimes, you face match ups where you need to bump up your creature count, like Teachings or MBC. If I expect a Capsize lock from Tron, I'll bring her in. When a deck has a ton of high-impact single target spells, she can be good. Watching your 2 mana investment get Galvanic Blasted isn't a huge loss either. She demands burn from both Izzet Blitz and Affinity before they can kill with Battle Rage or Fling. She can be used as an insurance policy against kill combos that require targeting. Elves, because she shuts down all Timberwatch Elves and Wirewood Prides. Sometimes they have the removal to answer her, but when they don't they just lose. Notable examples include Stompy, Boggles, R/W Heoric, Infect, and Freed From the Real. decks that need to target their own creatures to win. a lot of decks and totally hoses a few major archetypes. Standard Bearer has a little bit of game vs.