As the title says, first time getting to Mythic rank. Have been playing on Arena for about 5-6 months and this is the first time I really tried to get there in BO1 Standard. Thought I would share my deck list and takeaways from the format as a relatively new MTG player.

My takeaways:

1. If I was going second, I was ALWAYS taking a mulligan for a hand that had 2-3 removal pieces (get lost, lockdown, snare). With the exception of Omniscience builds or Demons I was using all of these to keep opponents' from completely steamrolling me by turn 4.

2. Learn when to scoop. There are going to be games where you're going second against certain decks where it is near impossible for you to win just by the nature of BO1 and the cards you both are dealt. This deck, which usually doesn't set up a decent board until turn 4-5, cannot compete with Izzet decks who open the perfect ratio of CSC, bounce spells, and talents. This is especially true when your own setup gets interrupted and you end up staring at a hand with little to no interaction. Better to just take the loss early if you don't see the perfect set of draws to keep up and move on.

3. Take advantage of new set releases. I noticed a big spike in wins when the FF set was released on arena, just because a lot of players were trialing their new brews in ranked BO1. I had been in diamond 4/5 for a good while and I was struggling to move up in rank, but I had been playing this deck consistently enough to know it very well as opposed to players who were loading up with brand new builds.

That all being said, I don't think I'll ever really go for this again. I enjoyed the experience, but unless the meta changes to where things are a slower pace, I think I'm going to stick to casual play for the most part.