Midrange deck
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. 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:
Ryan Leverone placed 6th at Grand Prix Atlantic City in 2013 with this deck: [3]
References
- ↑ Ken Nagle (March 26, 2007). "The Midrange Archetype". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
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- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (January 13, 2013). "Coverage of Grand Prix Atlantic City". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.