I have returned to Magic the Gathering: Arena because aggro decks are back with a vengeance. Here’s the list I am playing right now.

After almost two years of abstinence, I am back in the gold ranks of Magic the Gathering: Arena. What can I say? The current success of mono-red aggro in Standard lured me back in. After having a lot of fun with goblins at the beginning of 2022, there’s now an even better mono-red deck out there, which you could even say is currently dominating Standard on Arena. Many of the cards are unusually rare for a mono-red deck, but having not played for over a year, I got a lot of free packs and — having had a lot of wildcards still in reserve — I managed to craft this:

Mono-Red 24

I am currently sitting at a straight 60% win ratio with this deck. I managed to coast pretty easily into the gold ranks, probably also because I won every single mirror match. I picked up how to play this deck pretty quickly. It’s relatively easy to play and, as a true mono-red aggro deck, a lot of fun! You either win quickly or you just die pretty much right away — but whatever happens, it always happens in a spectacular fashion!

The only decks that gave me consistent trouble are variants of the mono-white humans archetype. They always manage to swamp the board with creatures I can’t get through before I have whittled their life total down enough to kill them with Chandra, Kumano Faces Kakkazan or my instants.

I hope this deck stays relevant for a bit longer. It’s so much fun to play!