MTG Deck of the Week: “Rakdos Midrange” – Why Fix What Isn’t Broken?
Check out the current trending decks in Magic: The Gathering! This week, “Rakdos Midrange” proves that time-honored strategy CAN win Pro Tours.
Welcome Magic: the Gathering players! We’re back to showcase one of the top decks of the week for competitive Magic. We have the top lists being played on MTGO, what’s winning, and the decks that won the major events this last week. So get your playmat ready, set your spindown to 20, and let’s dive into the data, brought to us by TCGPlayer.com.
Our deck of the week is “Rakdos Midrange” by Nathan Steuer, which is currently trending on TCGPlayer.com. The deck came in first place during the March of the Machines Pro Tour in Minneapolis on May 7th.
Decklist
1 Abrade
4 Blackcleave Cliffs
4 Bloodtithe Harvester
2 Chandra, Hope’s Beacon
3 Cut Down
2 Duress
4 Fable of the Mirror-Breaker
4 Go for the Throat
2 Graveyard Trespasser
4 Haunted Ridge
4 Invoke Despair
1 Light Up the Night
1 Mountain
4 Reckoner Bankbuster
3 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
2 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
4 Sulfurous Springs
10 Swamp
1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
Sideboard
1 Abrade
1 Cut Down
2 Duress
2 Glistening Deluge
2 Liliana of the Veil
2 Lithomantic Barrage
1 Obliterating Bolt
2 Razorlash Transmogrant
1 Rotten Reunion
1 Soul Transfer
Deck Notes
This isn’t a unique deck by any means, but there’s clearly nothing wrong with that. The strategy of forced draw, sacrifice, and draw punishment is always going to be powerful, and Fable of the Mirror-Breaker is basically a staple in decks these days. With all the treasure production and spell power in the deck, it goes hard and fast, just like Rakdos wants to.
