Decathlon Event 10: On the Edge Decklists and Event Guide

Hey everyone! We’re entering the fifth and final leg of the Decathlon where we will be looking towards the future with the On The Edge event, a format where you can build decks with only cards from the latest three Standard expansions!

Event Details

Bring a 60-card deck with cards from Streets of New Capenna, Dominaria United, and The Brothers’ War sets only!

• Duration: January 13, 2023 @ 8:00 AM PST to January 16, 2023 @ 8:00 AM PST
• Format: On the Edge
• Entry Fee: 2,000 Gold or 400 Gems
• Ends After: 7 wins or 3 losses, whichever comes first
• Match Structure: Best-of-one matches (BO1)

Rewards

Pack Rewards

Packs awarded during Decathlon events can be from sets legal in Standard and Historic.

• Standard main set: 40%
• Non-Standard main set pack: 40%
• Alchemy set – 10%
• Mythic pack: 10%

You can enter the Decathlon events as many times as you want, but you can only get one decathlon token from each event. You also need to get three different tokens to be able to enter the finals so make plans to play other events if you want to get your hands on some of those sweet finals prizes.

The Best On the Edge Decks

Soldiers

Mono White Soldiers

by DoggertQBones

Buy on TCGplayer $72.82

Buy on Card Kingdom $90.68

Standard

Tribal

best of 1

4 mythic

20 rare

16 uncommon

20 common

0

1

2

3

4

5

6+

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Creatures (30)

4

Yotian Frontliner

$1.40

4

Recruitment Officer

$1.56

4

Guardian of New Benalia

$1.96

4

Resolute Reinforcements

$2.76

4

Valiant Veteran

$2.76

4

Anointed Peacekeeper

$2.76

4

Siege Veteran

$3.96

2

Myrel, Shield of Argive

$55.98

Sorceries (4)

4

Lay Down Arms

$1.40

Enchantments (2)

2

In the Trenches

$1.98

Lands (24)

20

Plains

$7.00

4

Mishra’s Foundry

$7.16

60 Cards
$90.68

Azorius Soldiers

by DoggertQBones

Buy on TCGplayer $83.7

Buy on Card Kingdom $117.18

Standard

Tribal

best of 1

5 mythic

29 rare

12 uncommon

14 common

0

1

2

3

4

5

6+

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Creatures (33)

4

Yotian Frontliner

$1.40

4

Recruitment Officer

$1.56

4

Guardian of New Benalia

$1.96

4

Resolute Reinforcements

$2.76

4

Valiant Veteran

$2.76

3

Harbin, Vanguard Aviator

$1.47

4

Siege Veteran

$3.96

4

Skystrike Officer

$1.96

2

Myrel, Shield of Argive

$55.98

Enchantments (3)

3

In the Trenches

$2.97

Lands (24)

4

Island

$1.40

10

Plains

$3.50

4

Fortified Beachhead

$1.96

4

Adarkar Wastes

$29.96

2

Mishra’s Foundry

$3.58

60 Cards
$117.18

The first and most obvious choices for this event has to be Soldiers. Considering you keep nearly all of your cards from the Standard version and it’s an excellent proactive deck, this is going to be the most popular deck in the format and the format’s level one. The contention with picking Soldiers, though, is whether or not you want to go Mono White or Azorius. While Azorius gets to play exclusively Soldiers, it has no removal and less consistent mana. Mono White doesn’t get to play only Soldiers and loses out on two pretty good ones, but you get better mana and removal with Lay Down Arms. So which is better?

I think it’s really close, but personally, I would probably opt for Azorius. Just playing the strongest cards possible seems like a good strategy, and even if you don’t have removal, just being completely proactive is a pretty solid place to be.

Mono Blue Tempo

Mono Blue Tempo

by DoggertQBones

Buy on TCGplayer $22.28

Buy on Card Kingdom $31.34

Standard

Tempo

best of 1

0 mythic

4 rare

9 uncommon

47 common

0

1

2

3

4

5

6+

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Creatures (8)

4

Haughty Djinn

$5.16

4

Tolarian Terror

$3.16

Instants (30)

3

Slip Out the Back

$4.47

4

Rona’s Vortex

$1.40

3

Timely Interference

$1.05

4

Impulse

$1.56

2

Negate

$0.70

4

Essence Scatter

$1.40

4

Curate

$1.40

4

Make Disappear

$2.36

2

Flow of Knowledge

$0.98

Lands (22)

22

Island

$7.70

60 Cards
$31.34

If you’re looking to interact heavily throughout your games, Mono Blue Tempo seems like a strong choice. It isn’t necessarily strong against the aggressive decks, but it isn’t bad against them either. Furthermore, if you happen to face any deck that’s slower, this is a pretty excellent option.

Mono Black Aggro

Mono Black Aggro

by DoggertQBones

Buy on TCGplayer $413.64

Buy on Card Kingdom $492

Standard

Aggro

best of 1

13 mythic

14 rare

11 uncommon

22 common

0

1

2

3

4

5

6+

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Planeswalkers (2)

2

Liliana of the Veil

$27.98

Creatures (26)

4

Evolved Sleeper

$1.96

3

Cult Conscript

$1.05

4

Tenacious Underdog

$1.96

4

Misery’s Shadow

$1.96

3

Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor

$71.97

4

Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

$339.96

4

Phyrexian Fleshgorger

$21.96

Instants (8)

4

Cut Down

$5.96

4

Go for the Throat

$5.96

Lands (24)

22

Swamp

$7.70

2

Mishra’s Foundry

$3.58

60 Cards
$492

For an aggressive deck that’s more interactive and goes a bit bigger, Mono Black looks to be a great choice! The real advantage of playing this is having access to good removal and Sheoldred, so this seems like a good answer to all the Soldiers decks you’d be likely to face.

Izzet Artifacts

Izzet Artifacts

by DoggertQBones

Buy on TCGplayer $126.26

Buy on Card Kingdom $178.08

Standard

Artifacts

best of 1

7 mythic

22 rare

4 uncommon

27 common

0

1

2

3

4

5

6+

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Creatures (11)

4

Thran Spider

$1.96

3

Cityscape Leveler

$44.97

4

Skitterbeam Battalion

$3.96

Instants (14)

2

Essence Scatter

$0.70

4

Fires of Victory

$1.40

1

Negate

$0.35

3

Make Disappear

$1.77

4

Stern Lesson

$1.40

Sorceries (4)

4

Brotherhood’s End

$29.96

Artifacts (4)

4

The Mightstone and Weakstone

$21.96

Lands (27)

8

Island

$2.80

9

Mountain

$3.15

4

Shivan Reef

$2.76

2

Hall of Tagsin

$0.98

4

Xander’s Lounge

$59.96

60 Cards
$178.08

For my final recommendation in this event, we have Izzet Artifacts as the go big deck. While you’re likely to face a lot of aggressive decks, with the proper main deck set up, you should be well suited to beat them, and with your bombs, you can beat the rest of the format!

7 Win Decklists

We will also be posting some original 7 Win decklists from the community as usual as the event progresses. You can share them via our Deck Builder or Twitter!