MTG Arena Mythic Decks of August 2023 – Week 3

Hi! I am Vertyx, and I would like to welcome you to my Mythic Decks of the Week article for the third week of August 2023! I will go over the most interesting decks that made it to Mythic on MTG Arena last week. We are slowly moving to the end of the month which means end of the ranked season!

Explorer Izzet Artifacts Combo by Michael Louis

Izzet Artifacts Combo by Michael Louis

by Vertyx

Buy on TCGplayer $143.31

Buy on Card Kingdom $284.79

Explorer

best of 3

4 mythic

30 rare

14 uncommon

12 common

0

1

2

3

4

5

6+

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Planeswalkers (4)

4

Karn, the Great Creator

$29.96

Creatures (15)

4

Ornithopter

$1.56

4

Third Path Iconoclast

$1.96

1

The Reality Chip

$3.99

2

Sai, Master Thopterist

$2.58

4

Emry, Lurker of the Loch

$3.16

Instants (2)

2

Voltage Surge

$0.70

Sorceries (2)

2

Reverse Engineer

$0.70

Artifacts (16)

2

Mox Amber

$65.98

3

Moonsnare Prototype

$1.05

3

Experimental Synthesizer

$2.97

4

Springleaf Drum

$2.36

2

The Blackstaff of Waterdeep

$0.98

2

Paradox Engine

$12.98

Lands (21)

2

Island

$0.70

2

Mountain

$0.70

4

Shivan Reef

$2.76

4

Spirebluff Canal

$19.96

4

Sulfur Falls

$2.36

4

Steam Vents

$71.96

1

Otawara, Soaring City

$24.99

60 Cards
$254.36

Sideboard

1

The Reality Chip

$3.99

1

Ancestral Statue

$0.35

1

Meteor Golem

$0.35

1

Voltage Surge

$0.35

2

Shrapnel Blast

$0.78

2

Mystical Dispute

$0.78

2

Tormod’s Crypt

$1.18

1

Experimental Synthesizer

$0.99

1

Pithing Needle

$0.59

1

Aetherflux Reservoir

$13.99

1

Paradox Engine

$6.49

1

God-Pharaoh’s Statue

$0.59

15 Cards
$30.43

First deck to take a look at are Explorer Izzet Artifacts Combo by Michael Louis!

This deck maxes out on a bunch of artifacts to create a strong shell that is also able to win the game with a combo including some of those cards! The deck starts of as a rather fast Izzet deck that is full of cheap artifacts like Ornithopter and in combination with Springleaf Drum or Moonsnare Prototype it lets you cast some of the more expensive cards earlier! In the mid game you got some enablers like Third path Iconoclast, Sai, Master Thopterist or Emry, Lurker of the Loch so you are able to create more value with your artifacts! Before we get to the combo you also got Experimental Synthesizer and Reverse Engineer so you are able to find the combo pieces easier.

The main part of the combo involves Karn, The Great Creator, because he is able to find you all of the combo pieces thanks to its -2 ability. The combo includes Aetherflux Reservoir, Paradox Engine, Ancestral Statue and a few of the mana producing artifacts so you are able to recast ancestral statue as many times as you want! When you manage to achieve that you are able to gain infinite life with Aetherflux Reservoir and finish the opponent with its activated ability

Historic Yorion Gates by kplers_

Yorion Gates by kplers_

by Vertyx

Buy on TCGplayer $201.26

Buy on Card Kingdom $256.2

Historic

best of 3

10 mythic

19 rare

25 uncommon

26 common

0

1

2

3

4

5

6+

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Companion

1

Yorion, Sky Nomad

$0.49

Planeswalkers (1)

1

Ugin, the Spirit Dragon

$32.99

Creatures (19)

4

Arboreal Grazer

$1.40

2

Kami of Bamboo Groves

$0.00

3

Elvish Rejuvenator

$1.05

3

Thragtusk

$1.17

4

Primeval Titan

$19.96

1

Atraxa, Grand Unifier

$29.99

1

Zacama, Primal Calamity

$2.29

1

Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger

$27.99

Sorceries (12)

4

Gates Ablaze

$1.40

4

Circuitous Route

$3.16

3

Escape to the Wilds

$1.47

1

Farewell

$8.99

Artifacts (7)

3

Pithing Needle

$1.77

4

A-Navigation Orb

$0.00

Lands (41)

3

Forest

$1.05

2

Maze’s End

$4.58

4

Plaza of Harmony

$3.16

4

Gate to Manorborn

$0.00

1

Izzet Guildgate

$0.35

1

Azorius Guildgate

$0.35

3

Golgari Guildgate

$1.05

1

Rakdos Guildgate

$0.35

3

Selesnya Guildgate

$1.05

1

Boros Guildgate

$0.35

1

Dimir Guildgate

$0.35

4

Gruul Guildgate

$1.40

1

Simic Guildgate

$0.35

1

Thran Portal

$0.69

1

Gate to Seatower

$0.00

4

Gate to Tumbledown

$0.00

1

Gate to the Citadel

$0.00

1

Gate of the Black Dragon

$0.00

1

Boseiju, Who Endures

$49.99

3

Baldur’s Gate

$4.47

80 Cards
$203.17

Sideboard

2

Chandra, Awakened Inferno

$5.98

1

Yorion, Sky Nomad

$0.49

3

Assassin’s Trophy

$11.97

3

Timely Reinforcements

$1.05

2

Brotherhood’s End

$15.98

2

Relic of Progenitus

$12.98

2

Grafdigger’s Cage

$4.58

15 Cards
$53.03

Lets go take a look at Historic Yorion Gates by kplers_!

Judging from the name, this deck is centered around gates from the ravnica block. Most of the gate decks share the same gameplan and this one is not an exception which means that the deck plays a bunch of ramp like Circuitous Route, A-Navigation Orb or Primeval Titan to get the most gates out on the battlefield as fast as you can. Of course you need some ways to slow the opponent down which is accomplished with spells like Gates Ablaze or Thragtusk.

You have a few strong top end spells like Atraxa, Grand Unifier, Zacama, Primal Calamity or Escape to the Wilds but the main way of winning the game is with Maze's End which in this deck basically means if you control 10 different lands you win the game on the spot!

Alchemy Golgari Toxic by Giuseppe Taglialatela

Golgari Toxic by Giuseppe Taglialatela

by Vertyx

Buy on TCGplayer $63.19

Buy on Card Kingdom $94.24

Alchemy

best of 3

0 mythic

13 rare

13 uncommon

34 common

0

1

2

3

4

5

6+

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Creatures (20)

4

Venerated Rotpriest

$23.96

4

Bilious Skulldweller

$1.40

3

Pestilent Syphoner

$1.05

4

Blightbelly Rat

$1.40

2

Glissa Sunslayer

$7.98

3

Glissa, Herald of Predation

$1.47

Instants (8)

4

Infectious Bite

$1.56

4

Vraska’s Fall

$1.40

Sorceries (11)

4

Urborg Repossession

$1.40

3

Drown in Ichor

$2.07

1

Unnatural Restoration

$0.79

3

Infectious Inquiry

$1.05

Artifacts (1)

1

Mirror Box

$1.99

Enchantments (1)

1

Necrogen Communion

$0.35

Lands (19)

7

Forest

$2.45

7

Swamp

$2.45

2

Deathcap Glade

$39.98

1

Crystal Grotto

$0.35

1

Uncharted Haven

$0.35

1

The Seedcore

$0.79

60 Cards
$94.24

Changing formats again, lets take a look at a budget alchemy deck – Golgari Toxic by Giuseppe Taglialatela!

If you are low on wildcards this deck plays a bunch of commons and uncommons that you even propably already own, making it really cheap to craft!

This deck maximizes on cards that are able to give your opponent poison counters so its able to win the game with them since when anyone has 10 poison counters they loose the game! The curve of the deck stays really low mostly consisting of cheap creatures with toxic which includes Venerated Rotpriest or Bilious Skulldweller so you are able to start giving your opponent poison counters as soon as possible.

For how cheap the deck is, it is able to win the game really fast if its left unchecked making it a powerful choice if you want to finish the games fast on a tight budget

Alchemy Domain Ramp by OzymandiasMTG (original list by Crokeyz)

Domain Ramp by OzymandiasMTG

by Vertyx

Buy on TCGplayer $420.94

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Alchemy

best of 3

14 mythic

27 rare

8 uncommon

11 common

0

1

2

3

4

5

6+

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Planeswalkers (2)

2

Wrenn and Realmbreaker

$14.98

Creatures (16)

4

Delighted Halfling

$59.96

4

Topiary Stomper

$9.96

4

Atraxa, Grand Unifier

$119.96

4

Cityscape Leveler

$59.96

Instants (4)

4

Reprieve

$7.16

Sorceries (4)

4

Herd Migration

$1.96

Enchantments (4)

4

Leyline Binding

$19.96

4

Invasion of Zendikar

$1.40

Lands (26)

7

Forest

$2.45

1

Island

$0.35

1

Mountain

$0.35

1

Plains

$0.35

1

Swamp

$0.35

4

Brushland

$13.96

1

Razorverge Thicket

$2.49

4

Spara’s Headquarters

$67.96

4

Jetmir’s Garden

$91.96

2

Mirrex

$15.98

60 Cards
$491.5

Sideboard

2

Nissa, Ascended Animist

$8.98

1

A-Haywire Mite

$0.00

1

Tranquil Frillback

$5.99

1

Archangel of Wrath

$0.49

1

Obstinate Baloth

$0.35

1

Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines

$24.99

1

Fragment Reality

$0.00

1

Divine Purge

$0.00

1

Sunfall

$7.99

2

Farewell

$17.98

1

Verdant Rejuvenation

$0.00

1

Pithing Needle

$0.59

1

Temporary Lockdown

$6.99

15 Cards
$74.35

The second alchemy deck is Domain Ramp by OzymandiasMTG (the original list is by Crokeyz, but it was piloted by OzymandiasMTG into mythic)

This deck is basicaly an alchemy version of the standard deck Domain Ramp but enhances the strategy with a few powerful spells that the standard version doesn’t have access to! You got the standard ramp cards like Topiary Stomper or Invasion of Zendikar, but you also got access to one of the most powerful mana creatures which is Delighted Halfling which is a powerful effect in the deck because it can make your Atraxa, Grand Unifier uncounterable! Apart from that you got Reprieve or a few sideboard cards, but the deck stays mostly the same as the original standard variant.

Standard Orzhov Midrange by lorente fabrice

Orzhov Midrange by lorente fabrice

by Vertyx

Buy on TCGplayer $305.42

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Standard

best of 3

7 mythic

24 rare

9 uncommon

20 common

0

1

2

3

4

5

6+

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Planeswalkers (4)

2

The Wandering Emperor

$59.98

1

The Eternal Wanderer

$2.49

1

Kaya, Intangible Slayer

$0.49

Creatures (19)

4

Ambitious Farmhand

$1.40

4

Spirited Companion

$1.56

4

Guardian of Ghirapur

$1.96

2

Loran of the Third Path

$9.98

1

Serra Paragon

$4.99

1

Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

$79.99

1

Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines

$24.99

2

Sheoldred

$45.98

Instants (6)

2

Cut Down

$2.58

2

Black Sun’s Twilight

$0.98

2

Destroy Evil

$3.98

Sorceries (3)

1

Can’t Stay Away

$0.49

2

Breach the Multiverse

$18.98

Enchantments (6)

3

Wedding Announcement

$41.97

2

The Restoration of Eiganjo

$1.58

1

The Cruelty of Gix

$4.99

Lands (22)

8

Plains

$2.80

6

Swamp

$2.10

4

Shattered Sanctum

$87.96

1

Demolition Field

$0.99

1

Field of Ruin

$0.49

1

Roadside Reliquary

$0.35

1

Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire

$9.99

60 Cards
$414.04

Sideboard

1

Elspeth Resplendent

$4.49

2

Benalish Sleeper

$0.70

1

Loran of the Third Path

$4.99

2

Fateful Absence

$1.58

2

Sunset Revelry

$0.70

2

Depopulate

$1.38

3

Skrelv’s Hive

$13.47

2

Ossification

$1.18

15 Cards
$28.49

And the last on the list is Standard Orzhov Midrange by lorente fabrice!

I would not normally cover this deck, but this exact variant has a bunch of interesting one-of cards choices that I wanted to point out. You got your standard shell that consists of the traditional white creatures like Spirited Companion and Ambitious Farmhand, some removal in the form of cards like The Wandering Emperor or Cut Down and Breach The Multiverse as a top end card.

Pointing out the interesting card choices and starting with planeswalkers we already got some interesting cards in the form of Kaya, Intangible Slayer and moving onto the creatures we got Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines and Sheoldred // The True Scriptures. The instant and sorceries part of the deck also has some interesting cards in the form of Black Sun's Twilight and Can't Stay Away.

Overall the deck has a lot of interesting card choices making it a fun deck to try if you are bored of the standard variants

Thats it for today, stay tuned for next weeks article because we are slowly moving into the end of the ranked season which means more decks to cover! I hope you enjoyed the article and see you soon!