Timeless – Midweek Magic Event Guide and Best Decklists

Hey everyone! It’s time (even I won’t stoop so low as to say Timeless here) for another Midweek Magic so I’ll take a small break from writing about Khans of Tarkir limited to bring you your weekly hit of deck lists. This week is the official kickoff of Timeless so we’ll all be jumping right into the deep end.

This will be an adventure right off the bat with us having access to all of the goodies that they previously deemed “too hot for Historic”. That includes everything from Oko, Thief of Crowns to Brainstorm.

I’m not going to be including a budget deck this week because the Arena printings of a lot of common staples are only available at rare such as Lightning Bolt, Memory Lapse, and the aforementioned Brainstorm.

To be clear, I am not trying to break the Timeless metagame here. I’m trying to get you your wins so you can collect your goodies. There will be a massive difference between what you face during MWM and what you would face higher up on the Timeless ladder.

Event Details

Welcome to Midweek Magic! Each week, try out a different way to play MTG Arena!

Bring a 60-card Timeless deck that can include any card on MTG Arena. Reach four wins and receive a bonus Khans of Tarkir pack to celebrate the release of this new format.

Find out more details about this and upcoming Midweek Magic events HERE.

• Duration: December 12th, 2023 @ 2:00 PM PST to December 14th, 2023 @ 2:00 PM PST
• Format: Timeless
• Entry Fee: Free
• Ends After: You can play as much as you like for the duration of the event.
• Match Structure: Best-of-one matches (BO1)

Event Rewards

Restricted Cards

There are no banned cards in the format. The restricted cards include:

• Channel
• Demonic Tutor
• Tibalt's Trickery

Decklists

Izzet Delver

While it doesn’t quite have all of the cards that the Legacy version has, it still has plenty of gas in the tank. Just drop one of your cheap threats and counter or remove any problems while giving them the business.

MWM Timeless Izzet Delver

by j2sjosh

Buy on TCGplayer $301

Buy on Card Kingdom $565.5

Midweek Magic

best of 1

8 mythic

20 rare

19 uncommon

13 common

0

1

2

3

4

5

6+

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Creatures (16)

4

Dragon’s Rage Channeler

$5.96

4

Delver of Secrets

$1.96

4

Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer

$199.96

4

Snapcaster Mage

$75.96

Instants (19)

4

Brainstorm

$7.96

4

Lightning Bolt

$5.96

4

Spell Pierce

$2.36

3

Unholy Heat

$1.05

4

Memory Lapse

$2.36

Sorceries (3)

3

Expressive Iteration

$1.47

Artifacts (4)

4

Mishra’s Bauble

$3.96

Lands (18)

2

Island

$0.70

4

Spirebluff Canal

$19.96

4

Riverglide Pathway

$33.96

2

Polluted Delta

$69.98

2

Bloodstained Mire

$59.98

4

Steam Vents

$71.96

60 Cards
$565.5

Elves

Drop your merry little green critters before you get to Natural Order away one of them for a Craterhoof Behemoth to finish the job. This will have problems with some of the more serious decks you run across with tons of cheap spot removal, but it’s at least fun.

Once Upon a Time lets you cheat a bit on your land count or ensure that you get to start the game off with a mana elf.

MWM Timeless Elves

by j2sjosh

Buy on TCGplayer $212.7

Buy on Card Kingdom $269.4

Midweek Magic

best of 1

8 mythic

24 rare

8 uncommon

20 common

0

1

2

3

4

5

6+

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Creatures (35)

4

Llanowar Elves

$3.16

4

Elvish Mystic

$3.16

2

Jaspera Sentinel

$0.70

4

Allosaurus Shepherd

$99.96

4

Leaf-Crowned Visionary

$23.96

4

Elvish Warmaster

$5.16

4

Dwynen’s Elite

$1.40

4

Elvish Archdruid

$3.96

4

Imperious Perfect

$1.96

1

Craterhoof Behemoth

$32.99

Instants (4)

4

Once Upon a Time

$3.16

Sorceries (3)

3

Natural Order

$56.97

Lands (18)

14

Forest

$4.90

4

Castle Garenbrig

$27.96

60 Cards
$269.4

Red Deck Wins

A tried-and-true strategy that gets to add Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer and Lightning Bolt. Everything can go face here to end games in a hurry.

MWM Timeless RDW

by j2sjosh

Buy on TCGplayer $199.33

Buy on Card Kingdom $243.21

Midweek Magic

best of 1

4 mythic

13 rare

16 uncommon

27 common

0

1

2

3

4

5

6+

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Creatures (18)

4

Bomat Courier

$1.96

4

Monastery Swiftspear

$2.76

4

Soul-Scar Mage

$5.16

4

Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer

$199.96

2

Frenzied Geistblaster

$0.00

Instants (15)

4

Lightning Bolt

$5.96

4

Play with Fire

$17.96

4

Lightning Strike

$1.40

3

Electrostatic Blast

$0.00

Sorceries (8)

4

Reckless Charge

$1.40

4

Static Discharge

$0.00

Lands (19)

19

Mountain

$6.65

60 Cards
$243.21

Dimir Pact

The whole goal here is to play Tainted Pact to exile your entire deck and play Thassa's Oracle to wrap it up. You also have Jace, Wielder of Mysteries in case you need a backup way to win after dumping your deck.

You’re playing a bunch of cheap counters, discard, and card selection to get you to the point you can go off. Fair warning, this deck takes a lot of clicking on Arena.

MWM Timeless Dimir Pact

by j2sjosh

Buy on TCGplayer $231.15

Buy on Card Kingdom $455.02

Midweek Magic

best of 1

5 mythic

27 rare

9 uncommon

19 common

0

1

2

3

4

5

6+

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Planeswalkers (1)

1

Jace, Wielder of Mysteries

$5.99

Creatures (5)

1

Shambling Ghast

$0.49

1

Sea Gate Stormcaller

$0.99

1

Snapcaster Mage

$18.99

2

Thassa’s Oracle

$43.98

Instants (18)

1

Pact of Negation

$11.99

1

Brainstorm

$1.99

1

Consider

$0.99

1

Opt

$0.35

1

Otherworldly Gaze

$0.39

1

Spell Pierce

$0.59

1

Dark Ritual

$1.99

1

Fatal Push

$2.49

2

Tainted Pact

$35.98

1

Censor

$0.35

1

Change the Equation

$0.35

1

Counterspell

$2.49

1

Impulse

$0.39

1

Jwari Disruption

$0.35

1

Make Disappear

$0.49

1

Memory Lapse

$0.59

1

Seek New Knowledge

$0.00

Sorceries (10)

1

Sleight of Hand

$0.35

1

Inquisition of Kozilek

$0.35

1

Duress

$0.35

1

Thoughtseize

$11.99

1

Strategic Planning

$0.35

1

Demonic Tutor

$44.99

1

Thought Erasure

$0.35

1

Solve the Equation

$3.99

1

Grim Tutor

$22.99

1

Discovery // Dispersal

$0.00

Artifacts (2)

1

Orazca Puzzle-Door

$0.35

1

Wishclaw Talisman

$6.99

Lands (24)

1

Island

$0.35

1

Swamp

$0.35

1

Castle Vantress

$1.99

1

Lonely Sandbar

$0.35

1

Barren Moor

$0.35

1

Choked Estuary

$0.49

1

Clearwater Pathway

$6.99

1

Darkslick Shores

$2.29

1

Drowned Catacomb

$1.79

1

Shipwreck Marsh

$6.99

1

Waterfront District

$0.35

1

Underground River

$2.79

1

Temple of Deceit

$0.49

1

Polluted Delta

$34.99

1

Bloodstained Mire

$29.99

1

Flooded Strand

$29.99

1

Mystic Sanctuary

$0.79

1

Fetid Pools

$0.49

1

Watery Grave

$14.99

1

Xander’s Lounge

$14.99

1

Raffine’s Tower

$15.99

1

Zagoth Triome

$23.99

1

Otawara, Soaring City

$24.99

1

Takenuma, Abandoned Mire

$12.99

60 Cards
$455.02

Grixis Death’s Shadow

This deck can be painful to play…oh man that was not even good for a dad joke, I seriously need to get some sleep. You get to play with a ton of the cheap fun cards here that can just run them over, but you also have a nice endgame lined up with Death's Shadow or Underworld Breach.  

MWM Timeless Grixis Shadow

by j2sjosh

Buy on TCGplayer $552.71

Buy on Card Kingdom $935.51

Midweek Magic

best of 1

8 mythic

32 rare

14 uncommon

6 common

0

1

2

3

4

5

6+

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Companion

1

Lurrus of the Dream-Den

$0.99

Creatures (16)

4

Death’s Shadow

$9.96

4

Dragon’s Rage Channeler

$5.96

4

Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer

$199.96

4

Orcish Bowmasters

$219.96

Instants (14)

4

Brainstorm

$7.96

4

Lightning Bolt

$5.96

2

Fatal Push

$4.98

4

Memory Lapse

$2.36

Sorceries (6)

4

Thoughtseize

$47.96

2

Expressive Iteration

$0.98

Artifacts (4)

4

Mishra’s Bauble

$3.96

Enchantments (2)

2

Underworld Breach

$25.98

Lands (18)

1

Island

$0.35

1

Swamp

$0.35

4

Polluted Delta

$139.96

4

Bloodstained Mire

$119.96

3

Steam Vents

$53.97

2

Watery Grave

$29.98

3

Blood Crypt

$53.97

60 Cards
$934.52

Sideboard

1

Lurrus of the Dream-Den

$0.99

1 Cards
$0.99

Complete List

The below decks also include ones submitted by the community.

Wrap Up

Thanks for reading! I’ll be back in a couple days with some more coverage of Khans of Tarkir limited. Until then, stay classy people!