Bant Airbending 
Bant Airbending Standard decklist played by Derick Pederson at ReCQ - Standard - SCG CON Milwaukee - Sunday - 12:00 pm (22 Feb 2026).
- Player
- Derick Pederson
- Finish
- #20 of 74, 2-1
- Archetype
- Bant Airbending
- Staples
- Bant Airbending
- Format
- Standard
- MTGO
- Paper
- Source
- Melee.gg
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Main deck (60)
Creatures (30)
- 3 Aang, at the Crossroads // Aang, Destined Savior
- 4 Aang, Swift Savior // Aang and La, Ocean's Fury
- 4 Appa, Steadfast Guardian
- 4 Badgermole Cub Banned
- 4 Bramble Familiar // Fetch Quest
- 3 Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius
- 3 Formidable Speaker
- 4 Llanowar Elves
- 1 Quantum Riddler
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (23)
Sideboard (15)
Compared with the average Bant Airbending list
Average of 95 decks in the 30 days up to Feb. 22, 2026, the day of this tournament.
Main deck
More than usual
- +2 Formidable Speaker (3 vs 0.8)
Fewer than usual
- -1 Hallowed Fountain (2 vs 3.3)
Sideboard
More than usual
- +3 Voice of Victory (3 vs 0.2)
- +2 Airship Crash (2 vs 0.1)
Fewer than usual
- -1 Aven Interrupter (0 vs 1.4)
- -1 Spider-Sense (0 vs 1.1)
Most unusual list in this period: Michael Bandy in Regional Championship - SCG CON Milwaukee - Season 4 - Round 2 - Saturday - 9:00 am (15 cards away from the average)
Combos in this deck
1 combo from Commander Spellbook with every card in this list.
Deck stats
Mana curve
2.81 average mana value
| Mana value | Creatures | Other spells |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 2 | 11 | 2 |
| 3 | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 7+ | 0 | 0 |
Lands
23 38.3% of the deck
- 2 to 4 lands in the opening hand
- 76.7%
- A land drop each turn until turn 3, on the play
- 75.5%
- Same, on the draw
- 82.8%
Colors: costs and sources
-
18 symbols (35.3%)
22 sources (24.4%)
-
12 symbols (23.5%)
17 sources (18.9%)
-
0 symbols (0.0%)
9 sources (10.0%)
-
0 symbols (0.0%)
9 sources (10.0%)
-
21 symbols (41.2%)
33 sources (36.7%)
Card types
- Creatures 30 (50.0%)
- Artifacts 4 (6.7%)
- Enchantments 3 (5.0%)
- Lands 23 (38.3%)