Standard decks assembled by this avatar card are broken

However Universes Beyond as a whole has had a mixed reception among fans, especially the latter Magic: The GatheringThe Spider-Man set, with various cards dedicated to Avatar: The Last Airbender, seems to fit into the game's world and loop. Lesson cards take the best of their Strixhaven counterparts without the Learn gimmick, and come back with a vengeance in powerful cards like the helpful Great Divide Guide as a subtype, which makes all helpful creatures mana dork. now, Magic: The Gathering Its meta is about to be completely shifted by two big events: the banning and banning post by Wizards of the Coast tomorrow, November 10, and the release of the Avatar set.

As it stands, most game formats have a distinct meta, with some decks being significantly better than the majority and accounting for the largest portion of the meta. This is especially true for Standard, which has two dominant decks in the form of Izzet Cauldron and Mono-Rad Aggro. Share for 10 best MTG As seen on mtgdecks.net the tournament list and decks based on participation are as follows:

Izzet Cauldron (about 22% meta share)
Mono-Red Aggro (about 19% meta share)
Dimir midrange (about 11% meta share)
Simic Agro (about 6% meta share)
Sultai Reanimator (about 5% meta share)
Azorius controls (about 3% meta share)
4-color control (about 3% meta share)
Jeskai controls (about 3% meta share)
Orzhov Pixie (about 2% meta share)
Boros burn (about 2% meta share)

It accounts for about 76% of the meta, and about 4% is accounted for by rogue decks.

Things are bound to change soon, though, as the Avatar set introduces a card called Zhao, the Moon Slayer. It's a 2-cmc (1 generic, 1 red) 2/2 creature with Menace that gets non-basic lands on tap, basically destroying the curve of any non-mono-color deck. MTG.

This Magic: Gathering Avatar card makes standard decks virtually unplayable

The problem with Zhao, Moon Slayer isn't even that players can spend 7 mana of any color to put a winning counter on it, which then turns all non-basic lands into mountains. This is a very strong effect, and it ties in perfectly with the avatar's firebending mechanic MTGBut what breaks Moon Slaying Zhao is the fact that it taps into all non-basic lands.

Many standard decks in the game, incl MTGThe Izzet Cauldron deck that still dominates the format includes some form of dual land, meaning it can be tapped for one of two colors (or both). This is because they make the mana curve easier to handle for multi-color decks, decks that only run two colors, and they offer more utility and flexibility. On top of that, utility lands like Rockface Village and Soulstone Sanctuary also see play to have more options for action.

All of these lands are mostly rendered useless by Moon Slayer Zhao, because no matter what, they enter the play tap. This alone slows down any non-mono-color deck, and then Zhao also has the option of spending 7 mana to render most non-mono-red decks unplayable.

How MTG's mono-red aggro decks might change after the standard ban

Magic: The GatheringThe standard ban could cut off the options for mono-red, which isn't guaranteed to happen, but there are a few candidates:

Screaming Nemesis can be banned in Standard because it's a very strong, troublesome creature that single-handedly kills lifegain decks and makes Mono-Rad's curve very consistent and aggressive.
Sunspine Lynx is usually a sideboard pick, but it's incredibly strong at 4-CMC for a 5/4 that drains life and makes it impossible to stop damage, while also damaging players based on the nonbasic lands they control, punishing opponents even more when used with Zhao.

If these cards are banned, Mono-Red may also be less compatible with the upcoming Zhao, Moon Slayer, but the Avatar set packs incredible Mono-Red cards like Fire Nation Cadets and Firebending Student that could prove incredible in the meta. The ban will inevitably change Standard, but Zhao is about to make a big splash if mono-color decks don't start to surface.