MTG Arena Mythic Decks of May 2023 – Week 3

Hi! I am Vertyx and in this article I will go show you and go over the most interesting decks that made it to Mythic on MTG Arena last week. Be prepared for some spicy brews and off-meta decks that not only look really cool but also provided a very good result for the pilot!

Mono Red Karn

by MTG Arena Zone

Buy on TCGplayer $323.17

Buy on Card Kingdom $358.97

Standard

Ramp

best of 3

11 mythic

25 rare

4 uncommon

20 common

0

1

2

3

4

5

6+

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Creatures (12)

4

Thran Spider

$1.96

3

Karn, Legacy Reforged

$44.97

3

Cityscape Leveler

$50.97

2

Skitterbeam Battalion

$1.98

Instants (6)

3

Voltage Surge

$1.05

3

Big Score

$5.97

Sorceries (4)

4

Nahiri’s Warcrafting

$1.96

Artifacts (10)

4

Reckoner Bankbuster

$15.96

1

The Celestus

$1.49

2

The Mightstone and Weakstone

$5.98

3

Portal to Phyrexia

$71.97

Enchantments (4)

4

Fable of the Mirror-Breaker

$87.96

Lands (24)

14

Mountain

$4.90

4

Roadside Reliquary

$1.96

4

Mishra’s Foundry

$3.96

1

The Mycosynth Gardens

$4.49

1

Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance

$4.49

60 Cards
$312.02

Sideboard

1

Voltage Surge

$0.35

2

Abrade

$0.70

2

Rebel Salvo

$0.70

2

Obliterating Bolt

$1.18

2

Brotherhood’s End

$11.98

2

Unlicensed Hearse

$23.98

2

The Stone Brain

$4.58

1

Karn’s Sylex

$2.99

1

Visions of Phyrexia

$0.49

15 Cards
$46.95

First on the list we have a Standard Mono-Red artifact based midrange deck using the new Karn, Legacy Reforged. The main gameplan of this deck is to control the board and ramp into big artifacts like Cityscape leveler and Portal to Phyrexia to overtake the board and kill the opponent before they recover. The new Karn from Aftermath slots into this deck very well providing a big body that scales with your artifact threats and also ramping you into your payoffs.

Mono Black Midrange

by MTG Arena Zone

Buy on TCGplayer $315.23

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Alchemy

best of 3

6 mythic

24 rare

7 uncommon

23 common

0

1

2

3

4

5

6+

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Creatures (13)

2

Shambling Ghast

$1.18

2

Sheoldred’s Assimilator

$0.00

3

Graveyard Trespasser

$5.37

2

Citystalker Connoisseur

$0.00

3

Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

$239.97

1

Sheoldred, Whispering One

$8.49

Instants (8)

1

March of Wretched Sorrow

$0.49

2

Go for the Throat

$1.38

2

Deadly Dispute

$5.58

1

Infernal Grasp

$2.29

2

Painful Bond

$0.00

Sorceries (8)

2

March Toward Perfection

$0.00

2

Path of Peril

$2.98

4

Invoke Despair

$5.16

Enchantments (6)

2

A-The Meathook Massacre

$0.00

4

Sanguine Brushstroke

$0.00

Lands (25)

1

Plains

$0.35

20

Swamp

$7.00

2

Caves of Koilos

$1.18

1

Raffine’s Tower

$14.99

1

Takenuma, Abandoned Mire

$9.49

60 Cards
$305.9

Sideboard

2

Viconia, Nightsinger’s Disciple

$0.00

3

Phyrexian Obliterator

$26.97

1

Citystalker Connoisseur

$0.00

1

Sheoldred, Whispering One

$8.49

2

Pile On

$1.98

3

Duress

$1.05

1

Path of Peril

$1.49

2

Invasion of Fiora

$2.98

15 Cards
$42.96

The second deck on the list is an Alchemy Mono-Black Midrange deck. Its core gameplan is removing threats from the table (which black is very good in achieving) while slowly chipping away the life total. Sheoldred, The Apocalypse and Invoke Despair are very strong in midrange shells and are proving that a single color can be enough to make a midrange deck work.

Gruul Goblins by TheNerdySteve

by Vertyx

Buy on TCGplayer $183.22

Buy on Card Kingdom $192.05

Historic

best of 1

0 mythic

33 rare

12 uncommon

15 common

0

1

2

3

4

5

6+

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Creatures (31)

4

Skirk Prospector

$1.40

2

Goblin Trapfinder

$0.00

2

Wily Goblin

$0.78

4

Goblin Instigator

$1.40

4

Goblin Anarchomancer

$1.40

4

Rundvelt Hordemaster

$9.96

4

Goblin Matron

$1.40

3

Goblin Warchief

$2.07

1

Pashalik Mons

$0.59

1

Goblin Ringleader

$0.59

1

Krenko, Mob Boss

$5.99

1

Muxus, Goblin Grandee

$7.49

Enchantments (5)

4

Cabaretti Revels

$0.00

1

Goblin Influx Array

$0.00

Lands (24)

3

Mountain

$1.05

4

Karplusan Forest

$11.16

4

Copperline Gorge

$5.96

4

Cragcrown Pathway

$23.96

2

Den of the Bugbear

$17.98

2

Rockfall Vale

$3.58

4

Stomping Ground

$63.96

1

Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance

$4.49

60 Cards
$165.21

Sideboard

2

Masked Vandal

$1.38

4

Bonecrusher Giant

$2.76

1

Gempalm Incinerator

$0.35

1

Squee, Dubious Monarch

$0.59

1

Goblin Ringleader

$0.59

2

Goblin Trashmaster

$12.98

1

Muxus, Goblin Grandee

$7.49

2

Soul-Guide Lantern

$0.70

1

Goblin Influx Array

$0.00

15 Cards
$26.84

Another one on the list is Historic Gruul Goblins. Main gameplan of the deck is of course beating down the opponent with your goblin army. But there is an added element of Cabaretti Revels that can provide a strong pseudo-card advantage engine that will on top of you casting a goblin net you another one!

Rakdos Anvil by Maffi

by Vertyx

Buy on TCGplayer $118.34

Buy on Card Kingdom $153.06

Alchemy

best of 1

9 mythic

21 rare

17 uncommon

13 common

0

1

2

3

4

5

6+

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Creatures (16)

4

Voldaren Epicure

$1.40

3

Bloodtithe Harvester

$1.17

1

Shadowheart, Sharran Cleric

$0.00

4

Crucias, Titan of the Waves

$0.00

3

Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin

$47.97

1

Prosper, Tome-Bound

$7.99

Instants (8)

3

Abrade

$1.05

3

Go for the Throat

$2.07

2

Deadly Dispute

$5.58

Artifacts (8)

4

Mishra’s Research Desk

$1.40

4

Oni-Cult Anvil

$1.40

Enchantments (5)

1

A-The Meathook Massacre

$0.00

4

Sanguine Brushstroke

$0.00

Lands (23)

4

Mountain

$1.40

5

Swamp

$1.75

4

Sulfurous Springs

$15.96

4

Blackcleave Cliffs

$17.96

2

Haunted Ridge

$31.98

2

Forsaken Crossroads

$0.00

1

Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance

$4.49

1

Takenuma, Abandoned Mire

$9.49

60 Cards
$153.06

Another Alchemy deck! This one, named Rakdos Oni-Cult Anvil but is taking advantage of Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin and its static ability. The deck is full of effects that are able to deal exactly one damage to the opponent to grow Ob Nixilis and swing over the board before they can answer it!

Gruul Ramp by Cardakeys

by Vertyx

Buy on TCGplayer $275.98

Buy on Card Kingdom $318.09

Standard

best of 3

8 mythic

28 rare

10 uncommon

14 common

0

1

2

3

4

5

6+

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Creatures (16)

4

Topiary Stomper

$7.96

4

Vorinclex

$47.96

4

Titan of Industry

$21.96

4

Etali, Primal Conqueror

$27.96

Instants (2)

2

Abrade

$0.70

Artifacts (4)

4

Reckoner Bankbuster

$15.96

Enchantments (8)

4

Azusa’s Many Journeys

$1.40

4

Fable of the Mirror-Breaker

$87.96

4

Invasion of Zendikar

$1.40

Lands (26)

10

Forest

$3.50

4

Mountain

$1.40

4

Karplusan Forest

$11.16

4

Rockfall Vale

$7.16

4

Jetmir’s Garden

$51.96

60 Cards
$288.44

Sideboard

4

Workshop Warchief

$1.96

2

Thrun, Breaker of Silence

$0.98

2

Tyrranax Rex

$12.98

1

Strangle

$0.35

4

Lithomantic Barrage

$1.40

2

Brotherhood’s End

$11.98

15 Cards
$29.65

Gruul Ramp is a deck that many people have not seen in Standard but the finish of its pilot proves it has legs! There has been a rise in ramp decks in standard but mainly abusing the Domain mechanic and using all five colors of mana. This deck uses only red and green but the main gameplan stays the same. It wants to ramp into big threats and quickly lower the opponents life total to 0.

Jund Artifacts by Noblemurloc

by Vertyx

Buy on TCGplayer $112.79

Buy on Card Kingdom $166.93

Standard

best of 3

2 mythic

31 rare

13 uncommon

14 common

0

1

2

3

4

5

6+

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Creatures (26)

4

Reinforced Ronin

$1.40

4

Teething Wurmlet

$1.96

4

Patchwork Automaton

$5.16

1

Ashnod’s Harvester

$0.35

4

Scrapwork Mutt

$1.40

3

Gala Greeters

$2.97

3

Halo Hopper

$1.05

1

Phyrexian Dragon Engine

$1.49

2

Phyrexian Fleshgorger

$13.98

Artifacts (12)

3

Experimental Synthesizer

$2.97

2

Beamtown Beatstick

$0.70

4

Oni-Cult Anvil

$1.40

1

Transmogrant’s Crown

$0.49

2

Urabrask’s Forge

$1.58

Lands (22)

1

Forest

$0.35

1

Mountain

$0.35

4

Sulfurous Springs

$15.96

4

Karplusan Forest

$11.16

4

Llanowar Wastes

$5.96

3

Blackcleave Cliffs

$13.47

3

Copperline Gorge

$4.47

1

Deathcap Glade

$12.99

1

Ziatora’s Proving Ground

$9.49

60 Cards
$111.1

Sideboard

2

Ob Nixilis, the Adversary

$13.98

1

Soulless Jailer

$0.49

2

Cut Down

$1.58

2

Go for the Throat

$1.38

2

Infernal Grasp

$4.58

2

Duress

$0.70

1

Urabrask’s Forge

$0.79

1

Sword of Forge and Frontier

$19.99

1

Sword of Once and Future

$11.99

1

Invasion of Azgol

$0.35

15 Cards
$55.83

And the last deck is another interesting standard deck that many people probably did not know about! Main gameplan of this deck is putting counters on Teething Wurmlet and Patchwork Automaton by casting artifacts like Reinforced Ronin and Oni-Cult Anvil to quickly kill the opponent before they get a chance to answer them!

Thanks for reading the article, I hope you enjoyed it! The Mythic ranks always brings us a lot of interesting decks and I can’t wait to see what other interesting brews will people bring to the high tables on MTG Arena!