Hey everyone! We’re still deep in the trenches of the hottest release in Magic history. Seriously have you seen the prices on collector boosters? Not to mention the creepy Pokémon scalpers lining up at the stores to grab all of these cards too. That’s not a problem for us in the digital world of MTGA Arena though where we are free to buy as many cards as our credit cards (and significant others) will let us.
Enough on that and back to the reason you are all really here. That’s right, you just want your Midweek Magic deck lists so you can get back to laying the beats.
This week it is Cascade Brawl. Do you hear that? It sure sounds like a stampede of rhinos coming through because Crashing Footfalls is busted in this format. All you do is play a one drop (as long as your commander’s color identity allows it) and you get to cast that (or another zero cost spell) to pull far ahead.
The usual cascade rules apply here. You don’t want reactive cards and you want to make sure you have some decent hits along the scale. Aggro is going to be king here. There really shouldn’t be many counter spells being played here (since they are dead if you hit them off a cascade) so cast away.
Event Details
The first time you cast a spell each turn, you’ll get to cast another, less expensive card from your library without paying its mana cost. What a bargain! All you’ll need to play is a 100-card Brawl deck. (excluding those on the Brawl banned list)!
Find out more details about this and upcoming Midweek Magic events HERE.
Duration: July 1st, 2025 @ 2:00 PM PST to July 3rd, 2025 @ 2:00 PM PST
Format: Cascade Brawl
Entry Fee: Free
Ends After: You can play as much as you like for the duration of the event.
You might notice a trend of green commanders here. That’s because of Crashing Footfalls and Once Upon a Time (You can cast it for free on their turn to get a cascade trigger) which are both amazing with this emblem.
Everyone’s favorite monkey sure does cause a lot of concessions. You know what makes a low to the ground aggro deck even better? When you get to cast an extra spell every turn for free.
We just played a similar version during the Brawl Builder Challenge, but Tifa should be able to knock some fools out here as well. It lets you take advantage of the Crashing Footfalls meme as well as stack an extra spell on the pile for going off.
It’s not a full-on budget deck since it does have Crashing Footfalls and Bristly Bill as the commander. If you don’t have those, feel free to switch them out for another Slime Against Humanity and any random cheap green commander you already own.
Josh is a member of the elite limited team The Draft Lab as well as the host of The Draft Lab Podcast. He was qualifying for Pro Tours, Nationals, and Worlds literally before some of you were born. After a Magic hiatus to play poker and go to medical school, he has been dominating Arena with over an 80% win percentage in Bo3 as well as making #1 rank in Mythic.
