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Izzet Spellementals beats Landfall and Excruciator

1 requestsStarted 9/8/2026, 10:54:41 PM
what is a good deck in standard that plays well into landfall, dimir excrutiator, and Mardu discard? Look at results only from August 13-onward

Let me pull the current Standard meta data and check those specific matchups!

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Good, I can see the meta shape. Now let me pull matchup data for the top contenders against all three target archetypes simultaneously!

The data is clear — Izzet Spellementals is the standout answer. Let me grab sources to back this up.

Here's the full breakdown:

🏆 Best Deck vs. Your Target Field: Izzet Spellementals

Overall winrate (Aug 13–Sep 7): 56.1% | #2 in meta presence (12.7%)

Matchup Report Card

OpponentIzzet SpellementalsSample Size
🌿 Mono Green Landfall58.7% ✅75 matches
🩸 Dimir Excruciator69.2% ✅26 matches
⚔️ Mardu Discard50.0% ➖26 matches

Spellementals dominates Landfall and absolutely crushes Dimir Excruciator. The Mardu matchup is a coin flip — not great, not terrible.

Why Not the Others?

  • Jeskai Control — Goes 44.7% vs Landfall and a brutal 20% vs Mardu Discard. Hard pass.
  • Dimir Midrange — Terrible vs Landfall (41.3%), coin flip vs Mardu (50%).
  • Jeskai Lessons — Small sample, but loses to both Excruciator and Mardu Discard.

Bottom Line

Izzet Spellementals is your best choice — it wins the two most important matchups convincingly and doesn't lose ground against Mardu. It's also a proven meta performer with a positive overall winrate, so it's not just a metagame call.

Sources: Data from 31 Standard tournaments (Aug 13–Sep 7), 68% MTGO / 32% Melee.