5 New Decks To Look Out For in Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Standard

Tomorrow starts preview season for Magic: the Gathering‘s newest set, Innistrad: Midnight Hunt. There’s already a lot of excitement for the set, since Innistrad is one of the most loved planes by the community. One of the things that I look for when a new set is coming out is which cards are going to be considered for new and existing decks in various format. Standard is rotating when Midnight Hunt releases, so we will have a fresh format to play around with. Here’s 5 decks that you should be looking out for when Innistrad: Midnight Hunt releases in Standard.

Zombies

First up, we have Zombies. We saw Champion of the Perished Champion of the Perished Whenever another Zombie you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. already be previewed, and so it’s to be expected that we’ll see more zombies cards previewed in the coming days. There’s a couple avenues that you could take this deck. Mono Black feels like it could be more of an aggro focused deck, topping out at Ebondeath, Dracolich Ebondeath, Dracolich Flash
Flying
Ebondeath enters tapped.
You may cast this card from your graveyard if a creature not named Ebondeath, Dracolich died this turn. . Blue Black gives you access to Narfi, Betrayer King and various Foretell cards. Either way you’re definitely playing snow basic lands and Faceless Haven Faceless Haven {T}: Add {C}.
{S}{S}{S}: This land becomes a 4/3 creature with vigilance and all creature types until end of turn. It's still a land. ({S} can be paid with one mana from a snow source.) .

Humans

While we don’t have any Human creatures spoiled that I’d pick to go into a Humans tribal deck, many very strong Human creatures have survived rotation, such as Luminarch Aspirant Luminarch Aspirant At the beginning of combat on your turn, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. , Sedgemoor Witch Sedgemoor Witch Menace
Ward—Pay 3 life. (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays 3 life.)
Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "When this token dies, you gain 1 life." , and Elite Spellbinder Elite Spellbinder Flying
When this creature enters, look at target opponent's hand. You may exile a nonland card from it. For as long as that card remains exiled, its owner may play it. A spell cast this way costs {2} more to cast. . It’s very possible with cards like Join the Dance Humans could incorporate a tokens subtheme as well.

Werewolves

Werewolf-Pack-Leader-AFR-211 — *Wizards of the Coast*

I think it goes without saying that the “werewolves” deck is going to be a player. This set is primarily themed around werewolves, so I anticipate this being a Green and Red Midrange style deck. We have Werewolf Pack Leader Werewolf Pack Leader Pack tactics — Whenever this creature attacks, if you attacked with creatures with total power 6 or greater this combat, draw a card.
{3}{G}: Until end of turn, this creature has base power and toughness 5/3, gains trample, and isn't a Human. already and it gives us a great start to the deck. Combo this with some removal and fight spells and we’re in for a potentially very powerful deck.

Ramp / Landfall Decks

Landfall decks are a fan favorite deck archetype and there’s a lot of great synergies from Zendikar Rising, and hopefully more will come in Innistrad. With the addition of Wrenn and Seven Wrenn and Seven +1: Reveal the top four cards of your library. Put all land cards revealed this way into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.
0: Put any number of land cards from your hand onto the battlefield tapped.
−3: Create a green Treefolk creature token with reach and "This token's power and toughness are each equal to the number of lands you control."
−8: Return all permanent cards from your graveyard to your hand. You get an emblem with "You have no maximum hand size." , I think that this a perfect Planeswalker to contribute to a Ramp / Landfall style decks.

Izzet Spell Slingers / Izzet Dragons

As much as this seems obvious from the current state of Standard 2022, I think that the Izzet Dragons deck gets quite a bit of power already from 2 of the cards that we have previewed already. As simple as these two cards seem Consider Consider Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
Draw a card. and Play with Fire Play with Fire Play with Fire deals 2 damage to any target. If a player is dealt damage this way, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) are perfect inclusions for that deck. It’s also possible that we’ll see more of a “spellslingers” style deck appear with these spells and others.

We’re all very excited to see what’s coming in Innistrad: Midnight Hunt, and we’ll be sure to bring you all of the news as it breaks tomorrow! What decks are you hoping get support in the coming Standard format? Let us know in the comments!