The Spiciest Standard Decklists from Pro Tour Lorwyn Eclipsed

A total of 306 Standard decklists were submitted for Pro Tour Lorwyn Eclipsed, with more than half of the field comprised of Simic Rhythm, Bant Rhythm, Sultai Reanimator, Bant Airbending, and Izzet Spellementals. Beyond these decks, the rest of the metagame splintered into a diverse range of strategies, some of which stood out above the rest.

The spiciest decks are the ones that push the boundaries, whether by pairing cards in innovative ways, carving out a brand-new archetype, or unveiling a plan that no one saw coming. In this article, we will take a closer look at nine of the most intriguing Standard decks that caught my eye. Each showcases clever applications of the new-to-Standard Lorwyn Eclipsed cards and carries real potential to take the title.

Dimir Excruciator

3 Doomsday Excruciator 3 Harvester of Misery 2 Intimidation Tactics 4 Restless Reef 1 Archenemy's Charm 2 Deadly Cover-Up 4 Deceit 2 Winternight Stories 11 Swamp 2 Multiversal Passage 3 Bitter Triumph 4 Superior Spider-Man 1 Undercity Sewers 4 Requiting Hex 3 Stock Up 4 Watery Grave 4 Gloomlake Verge 3 Insatiable Avarice 2 Torpor Orb 4 Duress 1 Cruelclaw's Heist 2 Shoot the Sheriff 3 Quantum Riddler 2 Soul-Guide Lantern 1 Negate

In 2024, Javier Dominguez won Magic World Championship 30 with a Dimir deck that aimed to play Doomsday Excruciator and mill the opponent's library with Jace, the Perfected Mind or Restless Reef. While Jace, the Perfected Mind has rotated out of Standard, much of the supporting cast remained intact, and the archetype has returned with a vengeance.

Doomsday Excruciator [1pcDEvJc7284KtVSVF5C2Y] Superior Spider-Man [2uF5mKxhGv8Zq0WV4UEI9k] Deceit [6DJVTbHjtUcIy6iKynro6t]

The most important new addition since that event is Superior Spider-Man. As with its interaction with Bringer of the Last Gift, Superior Spider Man preserves enters triggers that include "if you cast it" clauses. As a result, when it enters as a copy of Doomsday Excruciator, it will still exile libraries. Setting this up is straightforward by discarding Doomsday Excruciator to Bitter Triumph or Winternight Stories.

Sultai Elementals

2 Requiting Hex 2 Intimidation Tactics 4 Not Dead After All 2 Undying Malice 2 Undercity Sewers 4 Overgrown Tomb 4 Watery Grave 2 Underground Mortuary 2 Gloomlake Verge 2 Blooming Marsh 4 Cavern of Souls 1 Secluded Courtyard 4 Starting Town 4 Sunderflock 4 Superior Spider-Man 4 Formidable Speaker 4 Wistfulness 4 Emptiness 4 Deceit 1 Swamp 2 Quantum Riddler 1 Naga Fleshcrafter 2 Glarb, Calamity's Augur 2 Deep-Cavern Bat 1 Black Cat, Cunning Thief 2 Soul-Guide Lantern 1 Vivien Reid 2 Deadly Cover-Up 2 Requiting Hex

Formidable Speaker, which bears the name and likeness of World Champion XXIX, Jean-Emmanuel Depraz, emerged as the most-played new card from Lorwyn Eclipsed, with 419 registered copies across all Pro Tour decklists. Fittingly, Depraz registered the full four copies of the card.

Formidable Speaker Wistfulness [bf7maGG21Ilk1tdFxrK1s] Not Dead After All

Jeskai Elementals

4 Sunderflock 4 Ashling, Rekindled 4 Vibrance 4 Beza, the Bounding Spring 4 Cavern of Souls 4 Starting Town 4 Steam Vents 4 Wistfulness 4 Deceit 3 Spirebluff Canal 4 Secluded Courtyard 4 Eclipsed Realms 4 Ashling's Command 4 Flamebraider 1 Island 4 Roaming Throne 2 Disdainful Stroke 4 Pyroclasm 1 Spider-Sense 1 Abrade 1 Torpor Orb 1 Tishana's Tidebinder 1 Quantum Riddler 4 Soul-Guide Lantern

Nick Talbot's Jeskai Elementals list stands out as one of the spiciest in the field, featuring Beza, the Bounding Spring as a key piece.

Ashling, Rekindled [258IVkgmsVH0W8KH1XeoPs] Flamebraider Beza, the Bounding Spring [31zTtXzgS5gO6AoowcuVcZ]

Four-Color Reanimator

1 Swamp 1 Sunderflock 2 Willowrush Verge 1 Pyroclasm 4 Starting Town 3 Stomping Ground 1 Underground Mortuary 2 Ill-Timed Explosion 3 Wistfulness 4 Deceit 4 Bringer of the Last Gift 2 Ardyn, the Usurper 2 Multiversal Passage 4 Superior Spider-Man 4 Ashling, Rekindled 1 Undercity Sewers 4 Cavern of Souls 2 Bitter Triumph 2 Requiting Hex 3 Watery Grave 1 Terror of the Peaks 1 Steam Vents 1 Blood Crypt 4 Formidable Speaker 2 Overlord of the Balemurk 1 Gloomlake Verge 1 Disdainful Stroke 1 Dauntless Scrapbot 2 Torpor Orb 1 Intimidation Tactics 1 Sab-Sunen, Luxa Embodied 1 Duress 1 Wistfulness 1 Spider-Sense 1 Pyroclasm 2 Soul-Guide Lantern 1 Spell Snare 2 Sunderflock

Markus Valori and Roope Metsä registered a four-color Reanimator list that blends synergies from the other decks with the raw power of Sultai Reanimator.

Ashling, Rekindled [258IVkgmsVH0W8KH1XeoPs] Bringer of the Last Gift Ill-Timed Explosion [7GJaYnwKfFlAwrQPWwF5mY]

Selesnya Landfall

4 Doorkeeper Thrull 4 Earthbender Ascension 2 Sapling Nursery 10 Forest 4 Temple Garden 4 Seam Rip 2 Sazh's Chocobo 4 Llanowar Elves 4 Icetill Explorer 3 Traveling Chocobo 4 Fabled Passage 2 Nature's Rhythm 1 Eden, Seat of the Sanctum 4 Mightform Harmonizer 1 Ba Sing Se 4 Escape Tunnel 2 Plains 1 Ouroboroid 2 Sheltered by Ghosts 4 Get Lost 2 Keen-Eyed Curator 2 Sapling Nursery 2 Avatar's Wrath 1 Soul-Guide Lantern 2 Clarion Conqueror

Yuta Yokokawa's Selesnya Landfall list stands out for its main deck inclusion of Doorkeeper Thrull, which turns off enters abilities of creatures and artifacts.

Doorkeeper Thrull [5hUom3dnjvapZzGaet0mbj] Sapling Nursery Fabled Passage [2sZ30xZSnWgNlPV87bMv7r]

Golgari Gravefall

2 Swamp 4 Umbral Collar Zealot 1 Agatha's Soul Cauldron 2 Forest 2 Gene Pollinator 4 Llanowar Elves 4 Badgermole Cub 3 Nature's Rhythm 2 Multiversal Passage 4 Blooming Marsh 4 Wastewood Verge 4 Overgrown Tomb 1 Disruptive Stormbrood 4 Dredger's Insight 4 Bloodghast 4 Festering Gulch 4 Formidable Speaker 3 Beifong's Bounty Hunters 4 Overlord of the Balemurk 1 Surrak, Elusive Hunter 1 Agatha's Soul Cauldron 1 Reclamation Sage 2 Webstrike Elite 3 Intimidation Tactics 2 Duress 2 Disruptive Stormbrood 1 Ba Sing Se 2 Requiting Hex

Matthew Dewitte's Golgari Gravefall deck revolves around a combo with Beifong's Bounty Hunters, Bloodghast, and Umbral Collar Zealot.

Beifong's Bounty Hunters [3GVD2qjJ1kc1ruiH08MrUK] Bloodghast Umbral Collar Zealot [5yXwLxdRTTpl9BRFUxDaHH]

Abzan Roots

1 Craterhoof Behemoth 1 Dundoolin Weaver 4 Emptiness 1 Forest 4 Molt Tender 2 Temple Garden 3 Dawnhand Dissident 4 Badgermole Cub 4 Gene Pollinator 4 Blooming Marsh 4 Wastewood Verge 1 Hushwood Verge 4 Overgrown Tomb 3 Bleachbone Verge 4 Insidious Roots 1 Rite of the Moth 4 Dredger's Insight 2 Formidable Speaker 2 Godless Shrine 4 Overlord of the Balemurk 3 Scavenging Ooze 2 Cathar Commando 4 Deceit 2 Ketramose, the New Dawn 3 Harvester of Misery 3 Get Lost 1 Kutzil's Flanker

Cheng Han Lin's Abzan Roots deck is built around Insidious Roots, triggering it with cards like Dawnhand Dissident and Emptiness.

Insidious Roots Dawnhand Dissident Emptiness [6oNdhJftb2oGLpNjZlMpOC]

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