Metagame Mentor: The Standard Lessons from Magic Spotlight: The Avatar
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Key Points:
- Magic Spotlight: The Avatar featured two major Standard tournaments in Lyon and Atlanta with over 1,500 competitors, awarding sixteen Pro Tour invitations and $100,000 in prizes. Simon Nielsen won in Lyon with Simic Ouroboroid, and Kye Nelson won in Atlanta with Bant Airbending.
- Simic Ouroboroid emerged as the breakout deck, adopting new cards like Spider Manifestation and Quantum Riddler to accelerate mana and generate powerful combos, resulting in six of sixteen Top 8 slots across both events and a strong overall win rate.
- Izzet Lessons maintained its status as a top contender, with some players experimenting with versions excluding Stormchaser's Talent, which showed a slightly higher win rate, indicating a potential new
