Why standard?

[Munchlax]

im just curious to see why you people play standard. I got out of it a while ago and I just want to know you guys still play it

[griffin131]

I play Standard, Modern, EDH, Pauper, Pauper EDH, some Legacy...

I play whatever needs a player to not have Byes at FNM. Standard really doesn't cost much to keep up unless you must have the top deck at FNM.

[lotrwk]

Because (other than scapeshift) the decks are more fun to play for me. I prefer playing an old fashioned control deck like ub that's just all counters or kill spells essentially. Also, I standard, a less competitive deck can have a good night and perform much better than a rogue deck in modern can. There's a lower barrier of playability, so there's more rogue and janky decks that can give a fun competitive match. It's just a more fun and interactive format imo

[Prplprince]

I'm only playing standard this time around because I packed a bunch of cards that actually made a deck for once. I usually only play modern edh legacy or draft FNM or cube

[Kaalia with haste]

I'm playing because I've always been a fan of voltron style decks that aren't glass cannon, and UW heroic is easily my favorite deck to play

[LinkCelestrial]

Because I love brewing strange decks and they're much more likely to succeed in a format like standard where overall power levels are lower. I do this in Modern as well because options are bigger even though sometime I waste my time watching Ascendancy and other unfair decks go off. 

[MuggyWuggy]

It's fun?

[Nfidel2k]

Wait - there's an option besides standard?

[Munchlax]

Wait - there's an option besides standard?

Yes

[Mattao19]

It's the most competitive format (meaning most tourneys are standard) so if you wanna play in bigger events standard is the best route. But I prefer Modern

[redwolv]

It is what is played at fnm at my local shop.

it is easy to get into (i have been introducing my friend to the game and he when 3/1 his first friday with a 20 event deck).
It is alot cheeper to have a good deck (50 dollar budge builds can compete and beat 300 dollar decks)
Card acquiring is easy (you need a few cards pf something your shop will likely have them or someone has em for trades. I have gone to my store on friday missing 30+ cards and can buy and trade for them in less then half and hour)

[Mike Deaton]

Its fun to play and playing standard gives me a reason to buy easch new set 😂 i collect too which seems to be a lost element to things like this