February Qualifier Format: Standard February 6: Best-of-Three Qualifier Play-In February 78: Qualifier Weekend March Qualifier Format: Sealed March 21: Best-of-One Qualifier Play-In March 27: Best-of-Three Qualifier Play-In March 2829: Qualifier Weekend February Season Rewards Players will receive their rewards for the February 2026 season at the start of the March 2026 ranked season (12:05 p.m
9 Sheoldred, Whispering One Sheoldreds First Printing Packs A Wallop During Upkeeps The first printing of Sheoldred might lack the utterly maddening qualities of its current-day Standard counterparts (especially the omnipresent Sheoldred, the Apocalypse), but it still features not one, but two hugely powerful upkeep abilities
Id say its horrible against tokens, but these effects usually are anyway
And for as much as I enjoy building cool engines, just casting Inferno Titan and cleaning up whatever is going on in the game is really satisfying, too
Its horrifying to think of for some
Based on data from MTGO Challenges, I would suggest Grixis Affinity as a strong choice for an open meta