The commander may not have come Magic: The Gathering Arena anytime soon, but the Brawl format has flourished as a result. It's arguably easier to build a Brawl deck in Arena, as you generally need very few wildcards or pack locks due to the singleton nature of the format, even if the overall deck size is quite large.
If you want to give it a go, here are some great decks for you to try since the release of Lorwyn Eclipsed.
High Perfect Morcant
This Golgari deck relies heavily on mana-generating creatures to make it through the early game, and that opens the door to hitting the battlefield with much bigger creatures than your opponent wants.
With High Perfect Morcant as the commander of this deck, you'll use your Elves to trigger Blight on your opponent, then, when you have enough Elves, you can spread out and double those Blight counters. Even better, when paired with a planeswalker like Tyval Kell, you can untap one of those elves each turn so they can still attack. Proliferate also features on other creatures, while you'll frequently add +1/+1 counters to cards.
Deck breakdown
- Organisms – 31
- Plain walkers – 3
- Mantra – 16
- Artifacts – 3
- Enchanted – 3
- Land – 43
- Tabletop Price – $1,072
Magic: The Gathering – The Best Lorwyn Eclipsed Standard Decks
Here are the top MTG Standard decks since the release of Lorwyn Eclipsed, so build these wins to start racking up.
Maralen, Fae Ascendant
This Sultai deck leans heavily on Faeries and Elves, but makes good use of Changlings, as they contribute to any abilities or spells that count the number of specific creatures you own.
Most of the spells in this deck are counters or removal, and the deck has some major game-enders like Meathook Massacre, which sees your opponent lose a life every time a creature you control dies, and you gain a life every time an opponent's creature dies. It's an X cost spell, with all creatures costing lost -X/-X how much mana you pump into the spell. Brawl games tend to have extremely busy battlefields, and if not countered, Meathook Massacre can quickly win the game, or swing a near loss in the balance.
This deck also has some great flying creatures, along with mechanics like alliances, card draw, and lifegain. Based on the current Brawl meta, this deck has the highest percentage of usage, but that's still around 7%, as the format has a great depth of competitive decks.
Deck breakdown
- Creatures – 34
- Mantra – 25
- Artifacts – 3
- Magic – 5
- Land – 32
- Tabletop Price – $980
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
This mono-blue deck is highly unique because it finds a way around the singleton format to include 20 copies of one creature. This is because Persistent Petitioners comes with rule text that states: “A deck can contain any number of cards named Persistent Petitioners.”
The spells are largely counters and bounce cards, with some removal sprinkled in, but the deck overall focuses heavily on milling. Copies of Persistent Petitioners can be tapped to make an opponent mill card, or you can tap four unused copies to make an opponent mill 12 cards.
Commander Bruvac deals opponents double the cards on any trigger, meaning a copy will deal them two cards per activation, or 24 when tapping four.
Deck breakdown
- Creatures – 20
- Plain walkers – 2
- Mantra – 28
- Artifacts – 6
- Enchanted – 1
- Land – 41
- Tabletop Price – $418
Bray of Clan Stoutarm
This Boros deck is highly aggressive, playing the most creatures of any deck we've covered so far, and many of the supporting spells also focus on creature or player damage.
Many creatures have flight, first strike, alertness, haste, or lifelink, and some even have mana abilities that let you pump the power of other attacking creatures.
This creature-centric approach makes the deck a great choice for those grappling with Brawl or MTG in general, but there's still plenty of depth to synergy and a bit of practice to unlock its full potential.
Deck breakdown
- Organisms – 41
- Mantra – 15
- Artifacts – 4
- Enchanted – 3
- Land – 36
- Tabletop Price – $670
Vorinlax, the voice of hunger
This mono-green Vorinclex deck is one of the most balanced you'll find in the format, with a very even spread of creatures, spells, and enchantments, while also featuring the odd planeswalker, artifact, and some battle cards.
Landfall plays a big role, and naturally cards let you find lands or play more lands per turn. Combine this with creatures that are trampled to ensure your opponent takes damage, and you have a deck that is extremely difficult to defend against.
There aren't many counters that a mono-green deck can offer, but giving creatures hexproof is a way around being on the receiving end of removal spells.
Deck breakdown
- Creatures – 28
- Planeswalkers – 1
- Battles – 2
- Mantra – 15
- Artifacts – 1
- Magic – 14
- Land – 38
- Tabletop Price – $605
