New Standard, Old Tricks

With a couple days of new Standard under their belt, Gerry and Bryan are ready to share their first impressions. And those impressions are generally summed up by a simple mantra: "Play Omnath and Lotus Cobra." Drawing your deck on Turn 4, turns producing dozens of mana, passively gaining tons of life, ample card advantage... It's all possible for Four-Color Genesis Ultimatum. Is there any hope, or are we doomed to another two years of Standard defined by ramp? 4 Omnath, Locus of Creation (ZNR) 232 1 Mountain (UND) 94 2 Island (UND) 90 1 Plains (UND) 88 4 Lotus Cobra (ZNR) 193 4 Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath (THB) 229 4 Genesis Ultimatum (IKO) 189 3 Radha, Heart of Keld (M21) 224 4 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove (THB) 169 2 Forest (UND) 96 4 Fabled Passage (ELD) 244 2 Riverglide Pathway (ZNR) 264 3 Cragcrown Pathway (ZNR) 261 4 Tangled Florahedron (ZNR) 211 1 Bala Ged Recovery (ZNR) 180 4 Turntimber Symbiosis (ZNR) 215 4 Escape to the Wilds (ELD) 189 1 Thassa's Oracle (THB) 73 2 Spikefield Hazard (ZNR) 166 4 Shatterskull Smashing (ZNR) 161 2 Glasspool Mimic (ZNR) 60 Sideboard 2 Spikefield Hazard (ZNR) 166 3 Valakut Exploration (ZNR) 175 4 Mystical Dispute (ELD) 58 3 Elder Gargaroth (M21) 179 3 Redcap Melee (ELD) 135 Music: Mega Man 2 "Ending theme" Remix by zookun | Music composed by Manami Matsumae & Takashi Tateishi Timestamps: Gerry and Bryan's Omnath lists - 4:43 How to combat Omnath - 12:54 Reevaluating DFCs - 32:13 Janelle was right - 49:55 Question of the week - 59:49 arenadecklists.gg patreon.com/arenadecklists youtube.com/arenadecklists twitter.com/arenadecklists twitter.com/g3rryt twitter.com/bryango