Midrange deck

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Midrange decks are aggressive decks that flip the standard aggro-control deck archetype by attempting to control the early game, then going aggressive with large creatures in the mid to late game. Midrange typically features very few creatures in the 1-2 CMC range and instead tries to win with creatures in the 3-6 mana range while casting aggressive removal, board sweep, discard, and ramp cards in the early game.[1][2]

A typical midrange deck plays either Gruul or Jund colors, as these colors provide the most options for aggressive creatures and aggressive removal. When the Tarkir block was standard legal, Abzan midrange became a popular deck archetype.

Examples

Brian Kibler won Pro-Tour Dark Ascension in 2012 with this midrange deck:

Wolf-Run

Lands (25)

4 Copperline Gorge

5 Forest

4 Inkmoth Nexus

2 Kessig Wolf Run

6 Mountain

4 Rootbound Crag

Creatures (16)

1 Birds of Paradise

4 Huntmaster of the Fells

3 Solemn Simulacrum

1 Thrun, The Last Troll

1 Acidic Slime

2 Inferno Titan

4 Primeval Titan

Instants (4)

4 Galvanic Blast

Sorceries (11)

2 Green Sun's Zenith

4 Rampant Growth

1 Whipflare

4 Slagstorm

Artifacts (4)

4 Sphere of the Suns

Sideboard (15)

1 Autumn's Veil

2 Ancient Grudge

2 Combust

2 Naturalize

1 Whipflare

2 Beast Within

2 Thrun, the Last Troll

1 Garruk, Primal Hunter

2 Karn Liberated

Ryan Leverone placed 6th at Grand Prix Atlantic City in 2013 with this deck:[3]

Jund

Lands (25)

4 Blood Crypt

3 Cavern of Souls

1 Dragonskull Summit

2 Forest

2 Kessig Wolf Run

1 Mountain

4 Overgrown Tomb

4 Rootbound Crag

4 Woodland Cemetery

Creatures (17)

4 Huntmaster of the Fells

3 Olivia Voldaren

4 Thragtusk

2 Thundermaw Hellkite

4 Vampire Nighthawk

Instants (6)

3 Searing Spear

3 Ultimate Price

Sorceries (10)

2 Bonfire of the Damned

4 Farseek

2 Pillar of Flame

2 Rakdos's Return

Artifacts (1)

1 Rakdos Keyrune

Planeswalkers (1)

1 Garruk, Primal Hunter

Sideboard (15)

2 Curse of Death's Hold

4 Deathrite Shaman

3 Liliana of the Veil

1 Rakdos's Return

1 Rolling Temblor

3 Slaughter Games

1 Staff of Nin

References

  1. ↑ Ken Nagle (March 26, 2007). "The Midrange Archetype". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  2. ↑ Reid Duke (October 27, 2014). "Midrange Decks". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  3. ↑ Wizards of the Coast (January 13, 2013). "Coverage of Grand Prix Atlantic City". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
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