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 green/red or Jund colors, as these colors provide the most options for aggressive creatures and aggressive removal.

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. ↑ Template:NewRef
  3. ↑ Wizards of the Coast (January 13, 2013). "Coverage of Grand Prix Atlantic City". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
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