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Hi! I am Vertyx, and I would like to welcome you to my Mythic Decks of the Week article for the second week of December 2023! I will go over the most interesting decks that made it to Mythic on MTG Arena in the second week of December! Let’s take a look at all the decks that people reached Mythic with!
Alchemy Gruul Aggro by dadan_dan_hairu
Gruul Aggro by dadan_dan_hairu
by Vertyx
Alchemy
best of 3
0 mythic
18 rare
20 uncommon
22 common
0
1
2
3
4
5
6+
Sorceries (14)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (23)
60 Cards
$66.84
Sideboard
15 Cards
$34.55
First deck to take a look at is Alchemy Gruul Aggro by dadan_dan_hairu!
This is not your traditional aggro deck, since it prioritizes casting instants and sorceries over creatures!
The only creatures this deck plays are Monastery Swiftspear which works well in a deck full of non-creature spells, and Questing Druid since its basically a non-creature spell and a creature that grows with your spells!
As for the rest of the deck, the instants include some cheap burn spells that either remove creatures like Melt Through and some that can target anything like Shock or Lightning Strike.
The sorceries also have burn spells like Ranger's Firebrand, but they also include an important part of the deck which is the card advantage in the form of Questing Druid and Wrenn's Resolve (that let you cast the top 2 cards of your deck) or even Perilous Iteration that gets you a random 2/1 mana card, and a card that costs 3 or more which in this case is only Fiery Inscription.
Fiery Inscription is probably the biggest reason this deck plays so many non-creature spells since it lets you quickly lower the opponents life to 0 thanks to most of your cards being cheap!
Historic Azorius Ensoul by gustavu_as
Azorius Ensoul by gustavu_as
by Vertyx
Historic
best of 3
0 mythic
27 rare
28 uncommon
5 common
0
1
2
3
4
5
6+
Companion
Creatures (17)
Instants (4)
Artifacts (19)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (18)
60 Cards
$424.8
Sideboard
15 Cards
$14.83
Second deck to cover is Historic Azorius Ensoul by gustavu_as!
This deck uses a bunch of cheap artifacts which it then either uses to get larger threats with Ensoul Artifact or Retrofitter Foundry. Or it also uses them in different ways either it be improvise with Metallic Rebuke or growing Ingenious Smith every turn!
The cheap artifacts that I mentioned can either include creatures like Esper Sentinel or Ornithopter (which works well with Retrofitter Foundry) or they include non-creature artifacts which include ramp in the form of Springleaf Drum and removal like Portable Hole or Dusk Rose Reliquary.
You can then use those artifacts either by enchanting them with Ensoul Artifact, sacrificing them to Retrofitter Foundry or using them to cast Metallic Rebuke for a single blue mana.
And if you ever run out of cards you got 4 copies of Staunch Crewmate and 4 copies of Ingenious Smith to refuel your hand (and in the case of Ingenious Smith it can even provide a useful threat that grows over a few turns).
Standard Rakdos Midrange by Jub_77
Rakdos Midrange by Jub_77
by Vertyx
Standard
best of 3
11 mythic
22 rare
19 uncommon
8 common
0
1
2
3
4
5
6+
Planeswalkers (3)
Creatures (24)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (25)
60 Cards
$508.16
Sideboard
15 Cards
$42.55
And the last deck to cover is Standard Rakdos Midrange by Jub_77! I also covered a very similar deck in the Challenge article which I recommend to check out!
This midrange pile tries to slam a bomb after bomb so the opponent becomes unable to keep up with the pressure. The threat package includes interactive elements like Deep-Cavern Bat or Bloodtithe Harvester, some value engines like Preacher of the Schism, Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor or Bonehoard Dracosaur so you always got spells to cast, one of the new discover cards Geological Appraiser so you can get 2 cards from a single creature, and Sheoldred, the Apocalypse since its one of the strongest creatures in the format.
Non-creature spells are not the biggest part of the deck, since you just want to slam a threat after threat, but they still include some cards since you still want other ways to interact with the opponent. They include the “stock” black removal cards like Go for the throat or Cut Down so you can clear the way for you army, and they also include one of the strongest black planeswalkers Liliana of the Veil which can slowly take apart the opponents hand and battlefield with its abilities.
The End
I hope you enjoyed the article, in the meantime you can check out my article about both of the recent Standard Challenges!
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