I need to look up the current Standard meta and those specific matchups. Let me pull the data simultaneously!
I see that "prowess" resolved to Modern, not Standard, and "rakdos monument" wasn't found. Let me search for the right archetypes in Standard!
Let me search the database directly for Standard archetypes containing "prowess" or "monument" in their names!
I see several prowess variants but no "monument." Let me search more broadly and also check which prowess variant is most popular in Standard right now:
Interesting — the prowess archetypes returned 0 entries in the last 30 days in Standard. Let me check a broader window for prowess, and look up "rakdos" archetypes by entries to find the monument-related one:
Now let me get the matchup data for the top Standard archetypes against Landfall and Rakdos Aggro, and check what "prowess" looks like in Standard (Izzet Prowess seems to be the closest match). Let me pull matchup winrates for the most promising meta decks:
Now let me also check how Izzet Midrange and Izzet Lessons fare against Izzet Prowess (the closest prowess variant), and check Izzet Midrange vs Izzet Prowess:
Great, I now have everything I need. Here's my full breakdown:
⚠️ A note on "Rakdos Monument" and "Prowess": These exact names don't appear in the Standard tournament database. The closest matches are Rakdos Aggro (the dominant Rakdos shell) and Izzet Prowess (a fringe Standard variant). I'll assume you mean those — let me know if you have a different deck in mind!
Here's the matchup data from the last 30 days:
| Deck | vs Landfall | vs Rakdos Aggro |
|---|---|---|
| Izzet Midrange | 54.0% ✅ | 54.4% ✅ |
| Izzet Lessons | 51.1% | 64.4% ✅ |
| Dimir Midrange | ❌ 44.5% | ❌ 47.9% |
Izzet Midrange is your best all-around choice — it's favored against both Landfall and Rakdos Aggro in a large sample (678 and 68 decisive matches respectively), and sits at 54.5% overall winrate in the current meta (8th place by presence).
Izzet Lessons is also worth considering — it demolishes Rakdos Aggro at 64.4% and is roughly even against Landfall (51.1%), though it's slightly weaker in the Landfall matchup by comparison. If you expect a lot of Rakdos, Lessons may be the edge.
Avoid Dimir Midrange — it loses to Landfall (44.5%) and is a coin flip into Rakdos Aggro.
⚠️ Izzet Prowess has very limited Standard data (only 9 entries since December), so no reliable matchup stats are available — it's too fringe to model.
📊 Sources: Data from 130 Standard tournaments (Feb 9 – Mar 11, 2026), 62% MELEE / 38% MTGO.