Major changes to Alchemy come live on Arena today. The most obvious winner from these changes is the venture into the Dungeon mechanic. This has me interested in revisiting BW Venture, which is a deck I’ve worked on in the past.
For reference, here’s the Orzhov Venture deck I had settled on in old Standard, prior to the release of Crimson Vow.

A few things have changed since then. First, the options for nonbasic lands are much stronger. A massive power level upgrade to Dungeon Descent gives Orzhov Venture one of the best colorless value lands available in the format. To compensate for that, Shattered Sanctum and Forsaken Crossroads provide excellent mana fixing to shore up the colors.






Here’s the deck list I intend to try first:
Alchemy BW Venture by Reid Duke
Planeswalker (2)
Creature (18)
Enchantment (4)
Land (26)
One card that I’m particularly excited about is Humiliate. I’ve had a great experience with discard spells in Alchemy (especially after sideboarding against control decks). Humiliate is uniquely strong in this deck, as putting a quick boost on Triumphant Adventurer or Nadaar, Selfless Paladin can put you in a great position.
Happy Venturing!
It was me!