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Mythic With a Two-Card Combo in Standard

Hi! It’s been a minute. My name is Bill Stark. I’ve spent the last decade and a half working for Wizards of the Coast. Before that I was a professional Magic player and Magic writer. I wrote for companies like StarCityGames and TCGPlayer, in addition to covering Pro Tours around the world for Wizards. My passion for competing never waned, though, and since Arena’s launch I’ve worked to make mythic each month in Limited, Constructed, or both. Now that I’m just about eligible to start playing competitively again, that’s taken on added significance, meaning May has been pretty important. After nine days I made Mythic in Bo1 Standard using a doozie of a deck. Let’s dive in, shall we? Go Frac Yourself I started the month in the gold ranks playing best of one and while grinding the few games I needed to push through there I played against a player running an interesting take on Goldspan Dragon UR: they had added Body of Research and Kazuul’s Fury for some extra reach. Body’s GGGUUU cost is ...