This past weekend had only one major Standard event, GP San Antonio with 908 players.  Let's take a look at what shifted in the past week:

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	Total
RB Aggro	1	1						1	1		1						5
4C Midrange			1														1
UW Flash							1			1				1			3
Bant Control				1													1
GW Aggro						1											1
RWU Midrange					1												1
Reanimator													1				1
Naya Midrange												1					1
4C Control															1		1
GW Midrange																1	1

It looks as if the metagame has come full circle.  The first week of post RTR standard started with players preparing for public enemy #1: Zombies.  After filling the format with Zombie hate cards, the deck slowly dropped off in numbers and performance.  With new innovations, RB Aggro returned to the spotlight in a huge way at San Antonio with 5 copies in the Top 16.  GW Aggro didn't have the same success as it did during the previous few weeks as it only posted 1 copy in the Top 16.  UW Flash continues to place well with another 3 copies in the Top 16 this week.

There were a lot of players who had complained about the Standard format but after the last couple of weeks, this might be the healthiest Standard format I've ever seen in 13 years of playing competitive Magic.

Totals by Placing:

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	Total
GWB Tokens	1	1															2
Reanimator		1		1	1			1		2	1		1				8	17
Frites	1	1		1		1		1						1			6
Hoof there it is!	1													1		1	3
Jund Midrange		2	3	1	3	3	1	1	1		1			1	2		19
BG Zombies			1	1				1									3
UW Control					1		1	1	1	1		1	1			1	8
Bant Control	1	1	2	1	1	1			2			1	2				12
Mono Red						1				2				1			4
RB Aggro	2	1	2	2				1	1		2	1		1	1	1	15
Esper Tokens												1					1
GW Midrange													2			2	4
RWU Midrange	1	2	1	1	2	1	1		1							1	11
GW Aggro	1			2		1	1	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	2	18
Jund Aggro							1					1					2
Bant Midrange										1				2			3
UWR Control	1										1		1			1	4
Jund Zombies						1										1	2
WU Aggro		1			1		1					1		1	3		8
Naya Midrange								1			1	2					4
Grixis Control									1								1
RUG Soulbound											1						1
Esper Midrange													1				1
Junk Midrange												1					1
UW Flash	1					1	4	1	1	2				1			11
Esper Control									1						1		2
Esper Aggro					1												1
Naya Aggro															1		1
White Weenie										1							1
5C Control											1						1
4C Control															1		1
4C Midrange			1														1

First thing, I merged the RB Aggro and RB Zombie deck into RB Aggro now as such they are basically the same deck at this point, which brings its 8 week total to 15 Top 16 so you better be prepared for Hellrider and company.  Next, if UW Flash isn't on your radar by now, better wise up, it needs to be.

Totals by Week:

	Wk 1	Wk 2	W 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7			Wk 8	Total
	Cincy	Providence	Indy	New Orleans	St Louis	Dallas	Seattle	GP Charleston	GP Bochum	GP San Antonio
Junk Tokens		1						1			2
Reanimator	1	1			2		1			1	6	17
Frites	1		2	1		1	2	1			8
Hoof								1	2		3
Jund Mid	2	3	5	4	1	1			3		19
BG Zombies	1	1					1				3
UW Control		3				1	2	1			7
Bant Con	2	1	1	1	3	1	1	2	1	1	14
Red Aggro		1		1			2				4
RB Aggro	2	2				1	1	2	2	5	15
wub Tokens		1									1
GW Mid		1							2	1	4
UWR Mid			2	4	1	2			1	1	11
GW Aggro	1		2	3	2	3	2	4		1	18
Jund Aggro			1								1
Bant Mid	1		1								2
UWR Con	2		2								4
rgb Zombies	2										2
WU Aggro	1	1			2	1	1		2		8
Naya Mid				2		1				1	4
Grixis Con					1						1
Soulbound					1						1
Esper Mid					1						1
Junk Mid						1					1
UW Flash					2	2	1	2	2	3	12
Esper Con						1		1			2
Naya Aggro							1				1
Esper Aggro							1				1
WW									1		1
5C Control								1			1
4C Control										1	1
4C Mid										1	1
	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

Join me Wednesday on my Twitch TV channel, Arcane Melee on Wednesday this week.  I will be testing Modern with the Modern PTQ season starting in Late December!  Let's crush this format!