Magic: The Gathering: 10 Most Powerful Mono-Blue Cards In 2020 Standard

10. Opt

Some of the most powerful cards in Magic still need other cards to help them reach their potential, Opt is one of those cards. Without the card filtering and card advantage that Opt can give a deck some decks would not work nearly as well as they currently do. Opt has been played in every standard meta that it has been a part of, and now is no different.

For one blue mana you get to scry one, for those not familiar this means you may look at the top card of your library before deciding to either keep it there or put it on the bottom of your library, and then draw a card. A simple card on the surface but there are few better at enabling some current standard strategies. In Phoenix decks opt counts as one of the three spells needed to reanimate the namesake Arclight Phoenix and will help you find more spells to do the same.

In any other deck that features blue Opt is an excellent play early game if you're digging for more mana or a key removal spell. Late game Opt can help you find that creature or spell that will help bring you the victory.