MTG Arena Mythic Decks of August 2023 – Week 2

Hi! I am Vertyx, and I would like to welcome you to my Mythic Decks of the Week article for the second week of August 2023! I will go over the most interesting decks that made it to Mythic on MTG Arena last week. Second week of the month was weaker but we still got a few decks to look at!

Standard Esper Angels by Silvio

Esper Angels by Silvio

by Vertyx

Buy on TCGplayer $282.79

Buy on Card Kingdom $483.73

Standard

best of 3

5 mythic

45 rare

3 uncommon

7 common

0

1

2

3

4

5

6+

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Planeswalkers (4)

2

Kaito Shizuki

$6.98

2

The Wandering Emperor

$59.98

Creatures (19)

3

Skrelv, Defector Mite

$16.47

3

Giada, Font of Hope

$14.97

2

Inspiring Overseer

$0.70

2

Errant and Giada

$0.98

4

Archangel of Wrath

$1.96

1

Serra Paragon

$4.99

4

Steel Seraph

$9.16

Instants (5)

3

Make Disappear

$1.47

2

Go for the Throat

$2.98

Enchantments (4)

4

Wedding Announcement

$51.96

3

Invasion of Gobakhan

$17.97

Lands (25)

1

Plains

$0.35

1

Swamp

$0.35

2

Seachrome Coast

$8.98

1

Sundown Pass

$12.99

1

Secluded Courtyard

$0.59

3

Adarkar Wastes

$22.47

2

Deserted Beach

$12.98

1

Caves of Koilos

$0.69

3

Shattered Sanctum

$65.97

1

Underground River

$2.79

1

Haunted Ridge

$8.99

1

Battlefield Forge

$1.29

4

Raffine’s Tower

$63.96

1

Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire

$9.99

1

Otawara, Soaring City

$24.99

1

Takenuma, Abandoned Mire

$12.99

60 Cards
$440.94

Sideboard

1

Sorin the Mirthless

$5.99

2

Cut Down

$2.98

1

Sheoldred’s Edict

$4.49

2

Destroy Evil

$3.98

2

Disdainful Stroke

$0.70

2

Knockout Blow

$0.70

2

Sunfall

$15.98

2

The Stone Brain

$3.98

1

Phyrexian Arena

$3.99

15 Cards
$42.79

First one to cover are Standard Esper Angels by Silvio!

This deck aims to attack the battlefield with a proactive midrange deck that is centered around the angels tribe! The recent sets got some great angels like Giada, Font of Hope or Archangel of Wrath so the support is quite good for standard.

Of course as with all Esper Midrange decks, the deck also has one of the best 3 mana enchantments in the format Wedding Announcement as a support for the gameplan and some strong disruption effects like Invasion of Gobakhan or Make Disappear so you are able to interact with the opponent!

And when you want to grind even more you also got planeswalkers in the form of Kaito Shizuki and The Wandering Emperor to seal the deal against other fair strategies.

Alchemy 5 Color Legends by fcb1225

5 Color Legends by fcb1225

by Vertyx

Buy on TCGplayer $177.74

Buy on Card Kingdom $249.69

Alchemy

best of 1

12 mythic

39 rare

8 uncommon

1 common

0

1

2

3

4

5

6+

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Creatures (33)

4

Delighted Halfling

$55.96

1

Skrelv, Defector Mite

$5.49

2

Melira, the Living Cure

$0.98

3

Hajar, Loyal Bodyguard

$3.87

1

Jirina, Dauntless General

$0.79

4

Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea

$15.96

1

Arwen, Mortal Queen

$2.49

4

Crucias, Titan of the Waves

$0.00

1

Lagrella, the Magpie

$0.35

3

Aragorn, the Uniter

$19.47

3

Ratadrabik of Urborg

$1.47

2

Djeru and Hazoret

$0.98

4

Jodah, the Unifier

$11.96

Instants (3)

3

Tear Asunder

$6.87

Lands (24)

1

Forest

$0.35

1

Brushland

$3.49

1

Llanowar Wastes

$1.49

1

Yavimaya Coast

$0.79

1

Blackcleave Cliffs

$2.99

3

Copperline Gorge

$10.47

4

Razorverge Thicket

$11.16

3

Forsaken Crossroads

$0.00

4

Secluded Courtyard

$2.36

4

Plaza of Heroes

$39.96

1

Boseiju, Who Endures

$49.99

60 Cards
$249.69

Moving to Alchemy, lets take a look at 5 Color Legends by fcb1225!

The recent years have brought us one of the best legendary creatures in the entire game and this deck manages to use most of them to create a really scary creature based deck that utilizes those legendary creatures! You might not even realise it, but the legends support has gotten really strong with Plaza of Heroes the new Kamigawa lands cycle and Delighted Halfling so as early as turn 1 this deck has strong cards to cast.

When you get a little bit more mana you can start casting your creatures on curve starting with Hajar, Loyal Bodyguard moving up to something like Crucias, Titan of the Waves and ending with Aragorn, The Uniter and Jodah, the Unifier. As you see this deck can close the game really fast while also providing threats that are really powerful on their own even if some of them get removed from the battlefield.

Explorer Boros Heroic by MikiJames26

Boros Heroic by MikiJames26

by Vertyx

Buy on TCGplayer $49.72

Buy on Card Kingdom $167.65

Explorer

best of 1

0 mythic

16 rare

23 uncommon

21 common

0

1

2

3

4

5

6+

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Companion

1

Jegantha, the Wellspring

$0.99

Creatures (18)

4

Monastery Swiftspear

$2.76

4

Favored Hoplite

$1.56

4

Illuminator Virtuoso

$1.40

3

Tenth District Legionnaire

$1.05

3

Dreadhorde Arcanist

$4.47

Instants (16)

4

Gods Willing

$1.40

4

Defiant Strike

$1.40

4

Reckless Rage

$5.16

2

Invigorated Rampage

$0.70

2

Sejiri Shelter

$2.98

Sorceries (8)

4

Homestead Courage

$1.40

4

Ancestral Anger

$1.56

Lands (18)

2

Mountain

$0.70

3

Plains

$1.05

4

Inspiring Vantage

$11.16

4

Needleverge Pathway

$25.96

4

Sacred Foundry

$91.96

1

Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire

$9.99

60 Cards
$166.66

Sideboard

1

Jegantha, the Wellspring

$0.99

1 Cards
$0.99

Moving onto events, lets take a look at Explorer Boros Heroic by MikiJames26!

This is propably the fastest aggro deck in the format since its able to finish the game as soon as turn 3! The way the deck does that is with a lot of cheap creatures that pump themselves when they get targeted like Favored Hoplite and Tenth District Legionnaire and in combination with cheap pump spells like Ancestral Anger or Defiant Strike the deck is able to pump up those creatures to huge stats! By relying so heavily on your creatures you become very weak to removal, but if the opponent doesn’t have a lot of it, you should be able to slice right through the game!

Explorer Azorius Spirits by remf_mtgo

Azorius Spirits by remf_mtgo

by Vertyx

Buy on TCGplayer $145.56

Buy on Card Kingdom $299.29

Explorer

best of 3

0 mythic

41 rare

14 uncommon

5 common

0

1

2

3

4

5

6+

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Creatures (24)

4

Mausoleum Wanderer

$9.16

4

Spectral Sailor

$1.40

4

Rattlechains

$1.96

4

Supreme Phantom

$1.96

3

Shacklegeist

$1.47

4

Spell Queller

$7.16

1

Katilda, Dawnhart Martyr

$2.79

Instants (8)

2

Slip Out the Back

$2.98

2

Lofty Denial

$0.70

4

Geistlight Snare

$1.40

Enchantments (4)

4

Curious Obsession

$5.96

2

Invasion of Gobakhan

$11.98

Lands (22)

3

Island

$1.05

4

Adarkar Wastes

$29.96

4

Seachrome Coast

$17.96

2

Mutavault

$23.98

4

Hengegate Pathway

$35.96

4

Hallowed Fountain

$43.96

1

Otawara, Soaring City

$24.99

60 Cards
$226.78

Sideboard

2

Skyclave Apparition

$4.98

1

Katilda, Dawnhart Martyr

$2.79

1

Aether Gust

$0.35

1

Destroy Evil

$1.99

1

Declaration in Stone

$0.49

4

Portable Hole

$3.96

4

Wedding Announcement

$51.96

1

Invasion of Gobakhan

$5.99

15 Cards
$72.51

And the last deck is Explorer Azorius Spirits by remf_mtgo!

Even that spirits is a deck that many people probably know, I have not seen it played often in the format so for that reason I chose to cover it in this article. Spirits is a tribal deck that has existed since the revisit to the Innistrad block where it got a lot of support. The main core of the deck are of course its creatures which mostly share a similar playstyle of being reactive, so for example Mausoleum Wanderer can counter instant and sorceries and Spell Queller is able to counter any spell that costs less than 4 mana.

Together with other interaction spells like Geistlight Snare or card draw in the form of Curious Obsession the deck is able to get in damage while always holding up mana for opposing spells.

Thats it for today, stay tuned for next weeks article where we will hopefuly have more lists to cover! I hope you enjoyed it and see you soon!