MTG Arena · Standard · Arstall weekly meta review
What Arstall actually swapped, week by week
Every card on this page is a change Arstall made himself. He republishes the same
archetypes every week with a real 60-card list, so diffing one week against the next gives
his slot decisions directly. Nothing here is matched on colour, guessed from a title, or
mined from a transcript.
17 archetypes across weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
A diff says what he changed, never why. Where a week shows no card changes
that is reported too, since a stable list is a finding.
Rising and falling across every archetype
Total copies added and cut across all 17 lists. A card high on both
is one he keeps re-tuning rather than one he settled on.
Multiversal Passage 7Spider Manifestation 6Leatherhead, Swamp Stalker 6Spell Pierce 5Surrak, Elusive Hunter 5Brightglass Gearhulk 5Eddymurk Crab 4Namor the Sub-Mariner 4Practiced Offense 4Jennifer Walters // The Sensational She-Hulk 4Shattered Sanctum 3Stormcarved Coast 3Bender's Waterskin 3Roaring Furnace // Steaming Sauna 3
Starting Town 8Keen-Eyed Curator 7Gene Pollinator 7Gloomlake Verge 4Namor the Sub-Mariner 4Snakeskin Veil 4Sage of the Skies 4Ouroboroid 4Erode 4Thunder Magic 3Sanar, Unfinished Genius // Wild Idea 3Impractical Joke 3Riverpyre Verge 3Winternight Stories 3
What they actually built, from their Moxfield pages
20 Standard decks, pulled straight from the creators' own Moxfield accounts, every one updated since The Hobbit hit Arena. Most of these have no video yet, so this is ahead of their own channels. Click any deck to open the list.
PowrDragon2026-08-13
HOB Bears!
4x Beorn the Fierce2x Little Bear1x Dancing from Dark to Dawn
Swayze2026-08-13
Tokens
4x Great Gilded Boat4x Bard's Company3x Bard, King of Dale2x The Queen of Dale2x Belladonna Took
d00mwake2026-08-12
Boros dwarves
4x Dwarven Mauler3x Thorin, Mountain-king3x The Lonely Mountain3x Dwarven Mattock2x Thorin Oakenshield
Ashlizzle2026-08-12
RB Smaugda
3x Smaug the Magnificent3x Desolation of Smaug2x Smaug, Wicked Worm1x Desolation of SmaugSB
Ashlizzle2026-08-12
Grixis Wizzys
4x Gandalf, Goblins' Bane3x Riddles in the Dark
d00mwake2026-08-12
Oculus Return
4x The Mountain-king's Return4x Most Decrepit Old Bird3x The Queen of Dale
d00mwake2026-08-12
Boros belladonna
4x Belladonna Took
SBMTG Dev2026-08-12
HOB Mono Black Aggro
4x Gollum the Abandoned3x Gollum, Riddle Master
d00mwake2026-08-12
Izzet Dwalin
4x Dwarven Mauler4x Dwalin, Weaponmaster3x The Lonely Mountain
d00mwake2026-08-12
BG Wolves
4x Chief Warg's Company4x Nighthowl Pursuer4x Desolation Prowler4x Bejeweled Warg3x Rhovanion Rampager1x Head of the Hunt1x Head of the HuntSB
CovertGoBlue2026-08-12
DRAGONS! Desolating Myself with Smaug dragons
3x Smaug the Magnificent2x Bilbo's Gambit1x Desolation of Smaug
Swayze2026-08-12
Elves
4x Cantankerous Keepers4x Woodland Weavemaster4x Elven Passage3x Elrond, Moon-Reader3x Down in the Valley2x Thranduil, Sindarin Liege
PowrDragon2026-08-11
HOB New Elves
4x Woodland Weavemaster3x Elven Passage
Ashlizzle2026-08-11
GB Bears
3x Beorn the Fierce2x Gollum, Riddle Master2x Head of the Hunt
d00mwake2026-08-11
W Tokens
4x Belladonna Took2x The Queen of DaleSB2x Bilbo's GambitSB
d00mwake2026-08-11
Rakdos dragons
3x Desolation of Smaug2x Smaug the Magnificent1x Smaug, Wicked Worm1x Desolation of SmaugSB
CovertGoBlue2026-08-11
Riddles, my most painful video ever?
4x Gollum, Riddle Master
d00mwake2026-08-11
monoB Aggro
4x Nighthowl Pursuer4x Desolation Prowler2x Gollum, Riddle Master
Ashlizzle2026-08-11
Hobbit Goblin Sacrifice
4x Bolg's Company3x Azog, Moria's Ruin3x The Great Goblin3x The Sackville-Bagginses
d00mwake2026-08-11
Elves
4x Cantankerous Keepers3x Woodland Weavemaster
Talk against practice
The number on each card is copies actually built. 17 cards were called by a creator and then played, 6 were called and have not appeared, and 23 are being played that nobody named. The last group is the interesting one: the set reviews missed them entirely.
Played
Gollum, Riddle Master11
called it by Ashlizzlesaid as “Golem Riddle Master”
Ashlizzle / GB Bears, CovertGoBlue / Riddles, my most painful video ever?, SBMTG Dev / HOB Mono Black Aggro
Woodland Weavemaster11
nobody called it
PowrDragon / HOB New Elves, Swayze / Elves, d00mwake / Elves
Belladonna Took10
called it by PowrDragon
Swayze / Tokens, d00mwake / Boros belladonna, d00mwake / W Tokens
Desolation of Smaug9
called it by PowrDragon
Ashlizzle / RB Smaugda, CovertGoBlue / DRAGONS! Desolating Myself with Smaug dragons, d00mwake / Rakdos dragons
Smaug the Magnificent8
called it by Ashlizzle
Ashlizzle / RB Smaugda, CovertGoBlue / DRAGONS! Desolating Myself with Smaug dragons, d00mwake / Rakdos dragons
Desolation Prowler8
called it by d00mwake
d00mwake / BG Wolves, d00mwake / monoB Aggro
Dwarven Mauler8
nobody called it
d00mwake / Boros dwarves, d00mwake / Izzet Dwalin
Nighthowl Pursuer8
nobody called it
d00mwake / BG Wolves, d00mwake / monoB Aggro
Cantankerous Keepers8
nobody called it
Swayze / Elves, d00mwake / Elves
Beorn the Fierce7
called it by Ashlizzlesaid as “Bjorn the Fierce”
Ashlizzle / GB Bears, PowrDragon / HOB Bears!
The Queen of Dale7
called it by PowrDragon and Ashlizzle
Swayze / Tokens, d00mwake / Oculus Return, d00mwake / W Tokens
Elven Passage7
nobody called it
PowrDragon / HOB New Elves, Swayze / Elves
The Lonely Mountain6
nobody called it
d00mwake / Boros dwarves, d00mwake / Izzet Dwalin
Gandalf, Goblins' Bane4
called it by Ashlizzlesaid as “Gandalf, Goblin-Bane”
Ashlizzle / Grixis Wizzys
Bejeweled Warg4
called it by Ashlizzle
d00mwake / BG Wolves
Bilbo's Gambit4
called it by PowrDragon
CovertGoBlue / DRAGONS! Desolating Myself with Smaug dragons, d00mwake / W Tokens
Head of the Hunt4
called it by Ashlizzle
Ashlizzle / GB Bears, d00mwake / BG Wolves
Great Gilded Boat4
called it by Ashlizzle
Swayze / Tokens
Bolg's Company4
nobody called it
Ashlizzle / Hobbit Goblin Sacrifice
The Mountain-king's Return4
nobody called it
d00mwake / Oculus Return
Most Decrepit Old Bird4
nobody called it
d00mwake / Oculus Return
Dwalin, Weaponmaster4
nobody called it
d00mwake / Izzet Dwalin
Chief Warg's Company4
nobody called it
d00mwake / BG Wolves
Bard's Company4
nobody called it
Swayze / Tokens
Gollum the Abandoned4
nobody called it
SBMTG Dev / HOB Mono Black Aggro
Riddles in the Dark3
called it by Ashlizzle
Ashlizzle / Grixis Wizzys
The Sackville-Bagginses3
called it by Ashlizzlesaid as “The Sackville-Baggins”
Ashlizzle / Hobbit Goblin Sacrifice
The Great Goblin3
called it by PowrDragon
Ashlizzle / Hobbit Goblin Sacrifice
Elrond, Moon-Reader3
called it by Ashlizzlesaid as “Elrond Moonreader”
Swayze / Elves
Bard, King of Dale3
told you to skip it by PowrDragon
Swayze / Tokens
Azog, Moria's Ruin3
nobody called it
Ashlizzle / Hobbit Goblin Sacrifice
Rhovanion Rampager3
nobody called it
d00mwake / BG Wolves
Smaug, Wicked Worm3
nobody called it
Ashlizzle / RB Smaugda, d00mwake / Rakdos dragons
Down in the Valley3
nobody called it
Swayze / Elves
Thorin, Mountain-king3
nobody called it
d00mwake / Boros dwarves
Dwarven Mattock3
nobody called it
d00mwake / Boros dwarves
Thranduil, Sindarin Liege2
nobody called it
Swayze / Elves
Little Bear2
nobody called it
PowrDragon / HOB Bears!
Thorin Oakenshield2
nobody called it
d00mwake / Boros dwarves
Dancing from Dark to Dawn1
nobody called it
PowrDragon / HOB Bears!
Called, but nobody has played it yet
The Lord of the Eagles0
called it by Ashlizzlesaid as “Lord of Eagles”
My Precious0
called it by PowrDragon
The Arkenstone0
called it by PowrDragonsaid as “The Arcanistone”
Bilbo, Thief in the Night0
called it by Ashlizzle
Wizard's Staff0
called it by d00mwake
Kíli the Resourceful0
called it by Ashlizzlesaid as “Keely the Resourceful”
Told you to skip it, and it stayed out
The Notary Hobbits0
told you to skip it by PowrDragonsaid as “Notary Hobbits”
Gleaming Splendor0
told you to skip it by PowrDragon
Hobbit cards IN, and what comes OUT
27 placements from 3 creators, each read and quoted from its own sentence. The green boxes name a card the Hobbit card replaces, which is the direct answer to what comes out. 7 carry a craft count.
On craft numbers. Only PowrDragon gives them systematically, and he publishes no ranking, so there are no list positions to add. Every other creator was checked: Ashlizzle gives exactly one, a copy or two of Head of the Hunt, and d00mwake and the rest give none. Everything that looked like a count in their transcripts was ordinary speech, "turn one or two", "one of these", "all four of the cards". A missing count is left blank, never guessed.
Named swaps, a Hobbit card for a specific card out
IN Gandalf, Goblins' Bane
→ Izzet Prowessstated
OUT Stormchaser's Talent (banned 2026-08-10)
“Prowess decks just lost a massive wincon with Stormchaser's Talent being banned. I believe that Gandalf could be the new wincon that they're looking for. There's a lot of wizard synergy already within the prowess deck list. You have Slickshot Show-Off which is a wizard, but you also have Drake Hatcher that's a wizard.”
Ashlizzle · 15:00
IN Bejeweled Warg
→ mono green stompy, Golgari wolvesstated
OUT Badgermole Cub (banned 2026-08-10), the two-drop slot
“The two mana slot in a lot of green decks just freed up with Badgermole Cub being banned. So if you're playing like a beatdown deck list, maybe mono green stompy, the Bejeweled Warg could fit into that two drop slot that's been opened up.”
Ashlizzle · 19:40
IN Riddles in the Dark
→ blue card-draw decks, Lessons, Dimir Excruciatorstated
OUT Stock Up or Consult the Star Charts
“There's absolutely decks out there that would want to play this over Stock Up or Star Charts because of how much value it represents. If you play a deck list that cares about the graveyard, this card interacts with it, so that could be beneficial for Lessons or Reanimator.”
Ashlizzle · 11:40
IN My Preciouscraft 2, not 4
→ sacrifice decksstated
OUT two of the other cards that let you sacrifice your own things
“If you're playing a deck that already is okay with sacrificing creatures, this card actually is fine. You just replace two of the other cards that are letting you sacrifice your things. I don't think it's a rush out and have to craft four, but two copies I think are actually reasonably safe.”
PowrDragon · 0:31
Placed in an archetype, no card named to cut
IN Belladonna Tookcraft add 2 early, could be a 3-of
→ token decks, Boros tokens, mono-white tokensstated
“There's some token decks that were already playing a few things to gain life, and if you are in that space, this card's a pretty good upgrade. A fun card that I think you can add two of early to experiment with, but this could be a three of in a lot of lists.”
PowrDragon · 3:16
IN Belladonna Took
→ token decksstated
“This is an absolutely insane card within token decks in standard. Feels like an auto include in any token deck list. I could see this in Boros tokens or perhaps a mono-white token deck list.”
Ashlizzle · 4:10
IN Smaug the Magnificent
→ Boros Dragons, Mardu Dragons, mono red aggrostated
“Smaug is like an auto include in Boros Dragons or Mardu Dragons. Sarinth already gives you that treasure token. Mono red aggro could very easily pick this up as well.”
Ashlizzle · 17:30
IN Smaug the Magnificent
→ hasty red, mono red, goblins, Boros Dragonsstated
“If you're playing some type of hasty red deck, mono red, goblins or whatever, this is a cool card to come over the top with. Also if you want to pair it with playing dragons, there's still the Boros Dragons deck.”
PowrDragon · 9:11
IN The Sackville-Bagginses
→ sacrifice decks with Obsessive Pursuitstated
“This card synergizes with arguably one of the best sacrifice cards we have in standard, which is Obsessive Pursuit. You're going to be sacrificing a lot of tokens within an Obsessive Pursuit deck.”
Ashlizzle · 13:40
IN The Lord of the Eagles
→ blue-white Momo, blue-white prisonstated
“We already have decks that it slots into automatically, like the blue-white Momo deck list. It's an auto include in that. I could also see this in a blue white prison deck that also has a lot of flyers already.”
Ashlizzle · 10:20
IN The Arkenstonecraft 1 to 2, not 4
→ decks running one or two legends, Naya legendsstated
“Those decks that just have one or two legends that you want to search for, you can do that. Because of the five mana, this is definitely a card you're not going to go, I need to craft four of these. One or two is going to be fine in most cases.”
PowrDragon · 11:40
IN The Great Goblincraft 2 to 3
→ Goblinsstated
“If you're a fan of Goblins, because you need Goblins to die to trigger the ability, then I might try two or three of these in your list.”
PowrDragon · 11:06
IN Bilbo's Gambitcraft a couple, in the sideboard
→ hyper aggro, best-of-three sideboardstated
“If you're playing a hyper aggro deck that just needs to survive one turn. If you're playing best of three, this is a great sideboard card against a variety of things, put a couple in the sideboard.”
PowrDragon · 4:14
IN Bilbo, Thief in the Night
→ cast-from-graveyard and exile shellsstated
“You can build a deck around its static effect. You could combine it with things like airbending, flashback cards, warping. It also has really great synergy with one of standard's staple cards, the Tablet of Discovery.”
Ashlizzle · 8:00
IN Beorn the Fierce
→ Golgari midrange, bears and shapeshiftersstated
“I could see it in a Golgari midrange deck, where it's going to be another fantastic source of card advantage alongside Unholy Annex and Professor Dillian.”
Ashlizzle · 22:00
IN Beorn the Fiercecraft 1, maybe 2, not 4
→ mono green aggrohedged
“I don't know where it fits in. If this is just going to be an addition to your mono green aggro deck, I would just craft one right now and test it out, maybe two, but you definitely don't need a set of four.”
PowrDragon · 2:00
IN Desolation of Smaug
→ Dragons onlyhedged
“The only place you might play this is if you're playing dragons. If you're already playing dragons then great, give this a look. Outside of that, I don't think this is a spend four mana to deal three to stuff.”
PowrDragon · 5:00
IN Desolation Prowler
→ mono black aggrohedged
“If there is some sort of mono black aggro deck with Pursuer and the Desolation Prowler, I'm not going to be super surprised, but I also wouldn't be surprised if it was just not quite good enough.”
d00mwake · 4:21
IN Wizard's Staff
→ prowessstated
“Did we really need to give prowess an upgrade? Here it is. Wizard's Staff, a two mana equipment, equipped creature has prowess. Did you know that Slickshot Show-Off, you guessed it, is a wizard.”
d00mwake · 13:10
IN The Queen of Dale
→ mono-white aggro, green-white aggro, sideboardstated
“PowrDragon: this is a card that could fit into several lists, whether it's mono-white aggro piles or green-white aggro-y stuff. Ashlizzle: perhaps this card has a function as a really good sideboard card.”
PowrDragon and Ashlizzle · 7:36
IN Head of the Huntcraft a copy or two
→ black midrange, Dimir midrange, Golgari midrange, Golgari wolvesstated
“If you're somebody that likes to play black mid-range decks, I would absolutely consider a copy or like two of Head of the Hunt within your list. I could see this played in Dimir mid-range, Golgari mid-range, maybe even within a Golgari wolf deck.”
Ashlizzle · 26:00
IN Kíli the Resourceful
→ equipment decksstated
“If you're playing equipments in standard, Keely has to be an auto include in my opinion. As long as you have an enduring story, you may pay zero rather than the equip cost of the first equip ability you activate each turn.”
Ashlizzle · 24:30
IN My Precious
→ aggressive black, Mardu discard, Orzhov sacrifice with Praxencestated
“I'm envisioning it in a more aggressive black list. Maybe we could even be thinking about this card in Mardu discard. I can absolutely see it in a sacrifice-based deck. Maybe if you make an Orzhov sacrifice deck that's also capable of going wide, you can put in Praxence.”
Ashlizzle · 33:00
IN The Arkenstone
→ legendary-creature decks, five-colour legends, Konastated
“There are legendary creature decks that are kind of being slept on. I even played a five-colour legendary human deck back in the day that put up results in standard challenges. Maybe you even want it in a Kona deck.”
Ashlizzle · 30:30
IN Gollum, Riddle Master
→ mono black aggro, Dimir midrange, Golgari midrangehedged
“I think mono black aggro has gotten a lot of support from the Hobbit, so I'm excited to build that. But even in a Dimir mid-range or a Golgari mid-range, I think it could just get so much value. We just have to figure out where Golem fits.”
Ashlizzle · 28:20
IN Elrond, Moon-Reader
→ Simic with mana dorkshedged
“I'm thinking about a Simic deck list with a lot of mana dorks where you can flood the battlefield. The problem with Elrond, and why he's on my sleeper list, is that we have to find the right deck for him.”
Ashlizzle · 22:40
IN Great Gilded Boat
→ Oculus, tokens, Dimir midrangehe is unsure
“I don't know exactly what type of deck wants this yet. I'm thinking about my good friend Oculus, but maybe you can do it in combination with tokens. Maybe there's a way for the Dimir mid-range to want this.”
Ashlizzle · 23:30
Told not to craft yet
The Notary Hobbits“I don't think this is a card that you need to be spending your resources on. At least early on, I would pump the brakes.”PowrDragon
Gleaming Splendor“I don't think I would rush out and want to spend mythic wildcards on it. I would pump the brakes and see how everybody's using it. The high price tag is mostly for Commander.”PowrDragon
Bard, King of Dale“Craft one and try it out, but I couldn't think of a list and I couldn't find anybody else who could come up with a list that really wanted this card.”PowrDragon
Gandalf, Goblins' Bane“Nobody seems to know what deck this goes in. I asked multiple people what we do with this. I wouldn't go out of my way to craft these.”PowrDragon, who disagrees with Ashlizzle
What Ashlizzle says she is building. “I'm the most excited for making Rakdos Goblins and Golgari Wolves. I'm also very much looking forward to Boros Dwarves and maybe Golgari Bears. Black has definitely gotten a lot more support from The Hobbit.”
Thrown out by hand, with the reason. Three automated passes proposed these and reading the quotes killed them. Kept visible so the next pass does not repeat them.
Bilbo's Gambit as tokensthe quote says COMMANDER, not StandardEagle of the Great Shelf as equipmenthe says LIMITED dwarf equipmentthrough the forest gate as ramphe calls it a commander cardLast Light of Durin's Day as controlmatched the words 'you control'the notary hobbits as controlmatched 'each halfling you control'My Precious as equipment deck'legendary equipment' is the card typeBothersome Noisemaker as prowessthat line belongs to Wizard's Staff, the next cardDwarven Mauler as landfallhe says the landfall decks do NOT want itRagged Short Spear as craft 2'at least two copies' was about PRE-RELEASE limitedChief Warg's Company as craft 1-2matched 'play a wolf on turn one or two'
Per archetype
Sorted by how much moved. Open one for its full week-by-week swap history.
Izzet Spellementalsbo3weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, 573 cards moved
W1 → W2+4 Namor the Sub-Mariner+2 Roaring Furnace // Steaming Sauna+2 Boomerang Basics+1 Spell Pierce+1 Bounce Off+1 Starting Town+1 Flow State+1 Vibrant Outburst−3 Hearth Elemental // Stoke Genius−3 Prismari Charm−2 Get Out−2 Sunderflock−2 Impractical Joke−1 Spell Snare−1 Multiversal Passage−1 Traumatic Critiquebasics +2 / −0video ↗ W2 → W3+3 Hearth Elemental // Stoke Genius+3 Prismari Charm+2 Burst Lightning+2 Sunderflock+2 Thundering Falls+2 Get Out+1 Spell Snare+1 Traumatic Critique+1 Impractical Joke−4 Namor the Sub-Mariner−2 Spell Pierce−2 Roaring Furnace // Steaming Sauna−2 Boomerang Basics−1 Stormcarved Coast−1 Bounce Off−1 Starting Town−1 Flow State−1 Vibrant Outburstbasics +0 / −2video ↗ W3 → W4+2 Traumatic Critique+2 Spell Pierce+1 Get Out+1 Stormcarved Coast−2 Thundering Falls−2 Winternight Stories−2 Flow State−1 Burst Lightningbasics +1 / −0video ↗ 4c Controlbo3weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, 563 cards moved
W1 → W2+3 Shattered Sanctum+2 Stormcarved Coast+2 No More Lies+2 Day of Judgment+2 Watery Grave+2 Hallowed Fountain+1 Abrade+1 Three Steps Ahead+1 Floodfarm Verge+1 Slagstorm+1 Multiversal Passage−4 Gloomlake Verge−3 Sanar, Unfinished Genius // Wild Idea−2 Blood Crypt−2 Sundown Pass−2 Thunder Magic−2 Steam Vents−1 Fire Magic−1 Sacred Foundry−1 Improvisation Capstone−1 Impractical Jokebasics +2 / −1video ↗ W4 → W5+2 Gloomlake Verge+2 Firebending Lesson+2 Steam Vents+1 Negate+1 Sundown Pass+1 Meticulous Archive+1 Sunbillow Verge+1 Godless Shrine+1 Lightning Helix+1 Inevitable Defeat−2 Abrade−2 Riverpyre Verge−2 Watery Grave−1 Shattered Sanctum−1 Stormcarved Coast−1 Mistrise Village−1 Three Steps Ahead−1 Floodfarm Verge−1 Slagstorm−1 Thunder Magicbasics +1 / −1video ↗ Mono-Green Landfallbo3weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, 545 cards moved
Dead as of the 2026-08-10 ban. His latest list still runs Badgermole Cub, so the next review is where you find out what replaces it.
W1 → W2+1 Escape Tunnel+1 Promising Vein+1 Archdruid's Charm+1 Surrak, Elusive Hunter−2 Cavern of Souls−1 Meltstrider's Resolve−1 Lumbering Worldwagon−1 Demolition Fieldbasics +1 / −0video ↗ W2 → W3+3 Sapling Nursery+2 Snakeskin Veil+1 Demolition Field+1 Keen-Eyed Curator+1 Surrak, Elusive Hunter−2 Esper Origins // Summon: Esper Maduin−2 Mightform Harmonizer−1 Escape Tunnel−1 Archdruid's Charm−1 Lumbering Worldwagon−1 Meltstrider's Resolvevideo ↗ W3 → W4+2 Lumbering Worldwagon+2 Esper Origins // Summon: Esper Maduin+2 Mightform Harmonizer+1 Royal Treatment+1 Escape Tunnel+1 Meltstrider's Resolve+1 Ba Sing Se−3 Sapling Nursery−2 Snakeskin Veil−2 Surrak, Elusive Hunter−1 Demolition Field−1 Promising Vein−1 Keen-Eyed Curatorvideo ↗ Selesnya Ouroboroidbo1weeks 1, 3, 4, 542 cards moved
Dead as of the 2026-08-10 ban. His latest list still runs Badgermole Cub, so the next review is where you find out what replaces it.
W1 → W3+4 Leatherhead, Swamp Stalker+4 Practiced Offense+3 Surrak, Elusive Hunter+3 Spider Manifestation+2 Multiversal Passage+1 Brightglass Gearhulk+1 Bushwhack+1 Jennifer Walters // The Sensational She-Hulk−4 Sage of the Skies−3 Keen-Eyed Curator−3 Starting Town−3 Gene Pollinator−2 Ouroboroid−1 Nurturing Pixie−1 Meltstrider's Resolve−1 Seam Rip−1 Abandoned Air Templevideo ↗ W3 → W4+1 Ba Sing Se+1 Jennifer Walters // The Sensational She-Hulk−1 Keen-Eyed Curator−1 Starting Townvideo ↗ Selesnya Ouroboroidbo3weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, 539 cards moved
Dead as of the 2026-08-10 ban. His latest list still runs Badgermole Cub, so the next review is where you find out what replaces it.
W1 → W2+4 Brightglass Gearhulk+3 Spider Manifestation+2 Seam Rip+2 Multiversal Passage+2 Jennifer Walters // The Sensational She-Hulk+2 Leatherhead, Swamp Stalker+1 Bushwhack+1 Meltstrider's Resolve+1 Abandoned Air Temple−4 Gene Pollinator−3 Erode−2 Snakeskin Veil−2 Keen-Eyed Curator−2 Starting Town−2 Ouroboroid−1 Ba Sing Se−1 Surrak, Elusive Hunterbasics +0 / −1video ↗ Dimir Excruciatorbo3weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, 537 cards moved
W1 → W2+1 Duress+1 Requiting Hex+1 Stock Up+1 Deadly Cover-Up+1 Temple of Deceit+1 M.O.D.O.K.+1 Hidden Lair−2 Undercity Sewers−2 Shoot the Sheriff−1 Harvester of Misery−1 Winternight Stories−1 Starting Town−1 Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recallbasics +1 / −0video ↗ W2 → W3+2 Undercity Sewers+1 Insatiable Avarice+1 Multiversal Passage+1 Day of Black Sun−1 Duress−1 Temple of Deceit−1 M.O.D.O.K.−1 Hidden Lairbasics +0 / −1video ↗ W3 → W4+3 Bender's Waterskin+2 Winternight Stories+1 Multiversal Passage+1 Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall−2 Stock Up−1 Cavern of Souls−1 Bitter Triumph−1 Deadly Cover-Up−1 Insatiable Avaricebasics +0 / −1video ↗ Izzet Prowessbo3weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, 521 cards moved
Dead as of the 2026-08-10 ban. His latest list still runs Stormchaser's Talent, so the next review is where you find out what replaces it.
W1 → W2+2 Eddymurk Crab+1 Spell Pierce+1 Roaring Furnace // Steaming Sauna+1 Colorstorm Stallion+1 Flow State−3 Drake Hatcher−3 Secret Identity−1 Great Hall of the Biblioplexbasics +1 / −0video ↗ W2 → W3+2 Eddymurk Crab+1 Bounce Off−2 Colorstorm Stallion−1 Into the Flood Mawvideo ↗ W3 → W4+1 Spell Pierce−1 Eddymurk Crabvideo ↗ Jeskai Lessonsbo3weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, 57 cards moved
Dead as of the 2026-08-10 ban. His latest list still runs Gran-Gran, so the next review is where you find out what replaces it.
W1 → W2+1 Sundown Pass+1 Three Steps Ahead+1 Flashback−1 Spirebluff Canal−1 Stock Up−1 Improvisation Capstonevideo ↗ W3 → W4nothing in−1 Riverpyre Vergebasics +1 / −0video ↗ 4c Gearhulkbo3weeks 2, 34 cards moved
Dead as of the 2026-08-10 ban. His latest list still runs Badgermole Cub, Stormchaser's Talent, so the next review is where you find out what replaces it.
W2 → W3+1 Stormchaser's Talent+1 Shardmage's Rescue−1 Cryogen Relic−1 Seam Ripvideo ↗ 4-Color Reanimatorbo1weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, 50 cards moved
Azorius Controlbo1weeks 1, 20 cards moved
Grixis Flingbo1weeks 2, 3, 4, 50 cards moved
Dead as of the 2026-08-10 ban. His latest list still runs Stormchaser's Talent, so the next review is where you find out what replaces it.
Jeskai Artifactsbo1weeks 1, 3, 4, 50 cards moved
Mono-Green Squirrel Girlbo1weeks 2, 50 cards moved
Dead as of the 2026-08-10 ban. His latest list still runs Badgermole Cub, so the next review is where you find out what replaces it.
Mono-White Aurasbo1weeks 1, 3, 40 cards moved
Selesnya Countersbo1weeks 1, 2, 3, 40 cards moved
Dead as of the 2026-08-10 ban. His latest list still runs Badgermole Cub, so the next review is where you find out what replaces it.
Temur Konabo1weeks 3, 4, 50 cards moved
How this is built. expand_roundups.py gives every decklist inside a
weekly meta review its own row, then arstall_slot_diff.py counts each list and
diffs consecutive weeks per archetype and format. Basic-land swaps are counted separately
from card slots, because a mana tune is not a slot decision and mixing them makes a stable
list look like it churns.
What it cannot tell you. A list is a decision with no reasoning attached. Where
Arstall explains a swap on camera the transcript can be quoted beside it; where he does
not, the swap stands unexplained rather than getting a motive invented for it.
The banned flags come from standard_bans.json, read from the Wizards
announcement of 2026-08-10. An archetype still running a banned card in its latest list is
where his next review matters most.