5 Standard decks to try in Magic: The Gathering Arena for Phyrexia: All Will Be One

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Magic: The Gathering Arena is about to see Phyrexia: All Will Be One begin, and that means it’s time to brew new decks. There will be an Early Access event taking place on Thursday, February 2, 2023, where I will take part, trying out decks, drafting, and seeing how the expansion handles.

With that in mind, I’ve been doing some thinking and researching about decks that might be fun to play in Magic: The Gathering. While fans will still have to wait until February 3, 2023, for pre-release events in physical MTG, a select amount of players will begin their journey today.

I have not tried out any of these Magic: The Gathering decks yet, as I do not have access to the servers, but it seems like they could be a great deal of fun. It’s worth noting that these are not guaranteed to be Tier-1 decks. We’ll have to see how the meta shakes up over the next few months.

Note: This article is subjective and reflects the writer's views.

I really love the idea of Venerated Rotpriest in Magic: The Gathering, so I want to see what it can do. A 1-drop with Toxic 1, you give an opponent a poison counter whenever a creature you control becomes the target of a spell. This means you technically don’t even really need to attack with this deck.

The deck packs some control and single-target spells. Fading Hope bounces a creature back to your hand, Slip Out the Back gives a creature +1/+1 and phases it out, and Tyvar’s Stand gives +X/+X, hexproof, and indestructible.

With this Magic: The Gathering deck, you can easily slow players down and hit them with poison counters, or buff a creature or two to be a one-turn kill, thanks to Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief. You can also keep attacks going with Bloated Contaminator to proliferate and make sure damage ticks