WOE is upon us! Every workday while the set is new, Insight takes a quick look at a deck featuring the latest additions from Wilds of Eldraine. The hype is real. The all-time favorite creature type is out in full force in Standard, dominating the week one tournaments. Welcome back, Faeries!
Blue-Black Midrange had been the top dog in the Standard format before Wilds of Eldraine released. A lot of players thought it'd be tough to dethrone, and these doubts materialized … sort of. We still see a Dimir deck as one of the top performers, but now it's turned into Faeries! Exciting news for all the gamers who haven't touched the archetype since .
The best new Faeries include and , each costing a single mana. Both look like efficient threats that put on pressure from the very first turn. However, upon closer inspection one may notice that Sleep-Cursed Faerie cannot attack early. Why would you play it then? In addition to converting into a semi-vigilant and oversized beater eventually, it synergizes with other spells in the deck.
Indeed the real reason to play Faeries is to capitalize on three specific cards. is a better that pokes holes in opposing hands, particularly punishing against mulligans. can be compared to in that it's a handsomely efficient removal spell for the early game, allowing tempo-positive trades. , not to be confused with , is finally an upgrade to otherwise lackluster two-mana counterspells in the format. In most cases, it will be a , which already proved its power across numerous formats.
and bring the total number of Fae up to a point where all of these spells work reliably. All of them also benefit and , leaving us with a sleek synergy suite.
| Blue-Black Faeries by Hamuda, Top 8 at Standard Challenge, September 10
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