Top Mythic Decks – March 2022 Season – Week 2

The second week of the March ranked season has now come to an end, and that means it’s time once again for us to review some of the most highly-ranked decks we’ve seen on MTG social media since our previous installment. This weekend, much of the MTG community is focused on the Neon Dynasty Championship tournament, but that doesn’t mean we’ve forgotten about the ranked ladder!

In this installment of the MTG Arena Zone Top Mythic Decks, we’ll talk a little bit about how some of these lists relate to what we’ve been seeing in the Championship. Perhaps by coincidence, or maybe as a result of players getting hyped for the championship, we’ve seen an increased number of decks showing up in high-Mythic Alchemy. As a result, we’ll be focusing on Alchemy and Standard for our highlights today.

In lieu of our Historic spotlight this week, we encourage you to take a look at our recent guide on Historic Affinity by one of our newest writers, Altheriax. In the Neon Dynasty Championship, MPL member Jean-Emmanuel Depraz has done extremely well with a similar Affinity deck, going undefeated in day one and establishing himself in the Top 8. We could be seeing a lot of these decks on the ladder in the near future, so read up!

Historic Top 5 Mythic Mono Blue Artifacts Deck Guide: Historic’s Affinity Is Way Better Than You Think

Additionally, you can follow the link below to be taken to our continuing coverage of the Neon Dynasty Championship:

Neon Dynasty Championship: Final Swiss Standings and Top 8 Decklists

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Standard Top Mythic Decks of the Week

Mardu Aggro by krowz – #19 Mythic

Our first deck for this week is also the most highly ranked we’ve seen at #19 Mythic. This somewhat unconventional aggro deck was shared by Twitch-partnered streamer and Mythic grinder krowz. The deck contains plenty of cards that have already proven themselves in other Standard aggro decks like Luminarch Aspirant and Graveyard Trespasser, but there are quite a few off-meta choices here as well.

Silverquill Silencer and Killian, Ink Duelist are both cards that players messed around with in the weeks after they were released in Strixhaven: School of Mages, but neither card has made much of an impact in the long term. krowz is running both cards as a four-of and three-of respectively, and it’s hard to argue with the result.

Meanwhile, the rest of the deck is filled out with defensive cards, such as Valorous Stance and Sejiri Shelter, as well as offensive finishers like Angelfire Ignition and a singleton Kaya's Onslaught. Add in a little interaction and four Showdown of the Skalds to keep the cards coming, and you’ve got a deck that can apparently hang in the highest levels of Mythic.

krowz posted more about the deck, including a sideboard guide, on his Twitter profile:

For anybody wondering what a no Hidetsugu list would look like (at least in the main). This is v2.0 which focuses a bit more on aggression with a better matchup vs Jeskai post board.https://t.co/snk73Rzsj6#MTG #MTGArena #MTGNeon https://t.co/y2PHuzj5jD pic.twitter.com/Z8da65HuJb

— krowz (@krowzMTG) March 10, 2022

Boros Control by pironekogift – #34 Mythic

Speaking of unconventional, our second deck of the day is a Boros deck from pironekogift – but while Boros decks in Standard are typically aggro or occasionally burn, pironekogift’s deck is a midrange/control anti-aggro pile. The Wandering Emperor is proving itself over and over again – including at the Neon Dynasty Championship – as an excellent multi-faceted planeswalker that can have a serious impact on the board and has use on both offense and defense. Four copies of the new ‘walker are key to this oddball deck.

Red has gotten some interesting tools for card advantage in the past few sets. In addition to four Showdown of the Skalds, pironekogift has also included four copies of Reckless Impulse and three March of Reckless Joy to make sure they don’t run out of cards despite being heavy on one-for-one removal spells.

It’s interesting to see four copies of Bloodthirsty Adversary in there as well – the card is typically associated with aggressive Mono Red or Vampire decks, but it plays well here as both a potential wincon and a way to re-buy removal spells from the graveyard. It’s an unusual deck to see in the upper ranks of Mythic for sure, but pironekogift was able to take the deck to #34.

Bo1 Mono White Aggro by Kaero – #129 Mythic

Mono White Aggro

51.9% global win rate

5.86% metagame share

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vs simic ramp

87.5% win rate

8 tracked matches

vs temur werewolves

83.3% win rate

6 tracked matches

vs gruul werewolves

83.3% win rate

6 tracked matches

vs gruul aggro

80.0% win rate

5 tracked matches

vs Mono Blue Tempo

80.0% win rate

5 tracked matches

vs azorius tempo

76.9% win rate

13 tracked matches

vs Mono Red Aggro

75.0% win rate

20 tracked matches

vs grixis tempo

70.0% win rate

10 tracked matches

vs naya runes

69.9% win rate

133 tracked matches

vs boros aggro

67.6% win rate

71 tracked matches

vs temur aggro

63.3% win rate

30 tracked matches

vs other

63.2% win rate

87 tracked matches

vs Jeskai Combo

59.7% win rate

77 tracked matches

vs naya humans

59.3% win rate

27 tracked matches

vs rakdos midrange

59.1% win rate

22 tracked matches

vs Mono Black Midrange

58.8% win rate

17 tracked matches

vs selesnya enchantments

57.1% win rate

21 tracked matches

vs jeskai hinata

57.0% win rate

86 tracked matches

vs dimir control

55.6% win rate

18 tracked matches

vs azorius control

53.5% win rate

43 tracked matches

vs Mono Green Stompy

52.3% win rate

44 tracked matches

vs izzet control

51.1% win rate

47 tracked matches

vs grixis control

50.0% win rate

10 tracked matches

vs naya midrange

46.2% win rate

13 tracked matches

vs selesnya midrange

45.8% win rate

59 tracked matches

vs jund midrange

44.4% win rate

54 tracked matches

vs rakdos anvil

43.1% win rate

58 tracked matches

vs orzhov midrange

42.8% win rate

250 tracked matches

vs esper midrange

41.9% win rate

172 tracked matches

vs temur control

40.0% win rate

15 tracked matches

vs Mono Black Zombies

40.0% win rate

5 tracked matches

vs esper planeswalkers

40.0% win rate

10 tracked matches

vs mardu midrange

38.5% win rate

39 tracked matches

vs esper control

37.5% win rate

32 tracked matches

vs grixis vampires

34.3% win rate

35 tracked matches

vs golgari midrange

33.3% win rate

15 tracked matches

vs Mono White Control

28.6% win rate

7 tracked matches

vs Angels

26.3% win rate

19 tracked matches

vs izzet dragons ️

14.3% win rate

7 tracked matches

Following our first two decks that are definitely in the off-meta category, we have a familiar tried-and-true archetype coming in at #129 Mythic for our third and final spotlight in Standard: Mono White Aggro. This deck comes to us from Kaero, an MTG YouTuber and content creator. If you’d like to see the deck in action, you can check out his video featuring it:

Mono White Aggro decks are well-established in the current Standard meta, and Kaero’s take on the archetype isn’t much different from the typical fare. However, the archetype is in an interesting position right now – in the Alchemy portion of the Neon Dynasty Championship, Mono White decks showed up in force to battle one of the hottest archetypes in both formats: Naya Runes.

Because of the extent to which players were prepared to battle the deck, Naya decks were pushed entirely out of tournament thanks in large part to the Mono White decks getting under them with hate cards like Thalia, Guardian of Thraben and especially Archon of Emeria – although the latter isn’t included in Kaero’s list.

Obviously, Standard and Alchemy are different formats, but both Mono White and Naya Runes decks look pretty similar across both. If you’re a Mono White Aggro player in either format and need a bit of extra power against the Naya enchantment decks, consider checking out Archon of Emeria for your sideboard – or maybe even a few copies in the main if you’re running into Naya constantly.

At the end of the day, players are continuing to prove that the Mono White Aggro decks still have the teeth to compete at the highest levels in both Standard and Alchemy.

That takes us to the end of our Standard showcase this week, although we have some more decks from the format you can browse in the list below:

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Alchemy Top Mythic Decks of the Week

Bant Shigeki by Hagera – #50 Mythic

In the Alchemy format, our highest ranked deck from the week was submitted to us by French language content creator eliott_dragon at #50 Mythic. At its core, eliott’s deck is essentially an Azorius Control shell that’s splashing green in order to run a loop involving two new cards from Neon Dynasty: Shigeki, Jukai Visionary and Colossal Skyturtle.

azorius control

40.7% global win rate

5.70% metagame share

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vs orzhov venture

100.0% win rate

9 tracked matches

vs rakdos sacrifice

69.2% win rate

13 tracked matches

vs other

66.7% win rate

6 tracked matches

vs naya runes

47.2% win rate

36 tracked matches

vs orzhov midrange

40.0% win rate

5 tracked matches

vs jeskai hinata

37.5% win rate

8 tracked matches

vs grixis midrange

30.0% win rate

10 tracked matches

vs mardu midrange

28.6% win rate

7 tracked matches

vs mono-white aggro

25.0% win rate

20 tracked matches

vs gruul werewolves

18.2% win rate

22 tracked matches

vs rakdos midrange

13.6% win rate

22 tracked matches

The channel ability on Shigeki is at the heart of the deck’s concept here – discarding the legendary snake can return as many cards from your graveyard to your hand as you have mana available to pay its double X cost. When combined with four copies of Colossal Skyturtle, which can be discarded to its second channel ability to return Shigeki, the two cards can be looped over and over again to return other cards like Discover the Formula or Divine Purge as many times as you need.

In order to help out with the large amounts of mana needed to return multiple cards with Shigeki, eliott_dragon has also included four copies of Key to the Archive along with its best buddy, Teferi, Who Slows the Sunset. It’s an interesting take on the Shigeki loop, which you can learn more about in our guide featuring a four-color version of the deck.

You can also check out eliott_dragon’s video of the deck – it’s in French, but auto-generated subtitles on YouTube can at least give us an approximate translation.

Rakdos Midrange by Nathan L – #73 Mythic

Up next, at #73 Mythic, we have a Rakdos Midrange deck from Nathan L on Twitter:

threw this deck together, has been absolutely insane in alchemy bo3. @mtgazone @ArenaDecklists pic.twitter.com/uxsSpeiNsS

— Nathan L (@MTGNathan) March 9, 2022

Since the release of Neon Dynasty, we’ve seen quite a few Rakdos decks featuring the new card Oni-Cult Anvil – here’s our guide to the archetype in Standard for those interested. However, Nathan’s deck leaves the Anvil and sacrifice synergies behind to focus on a more beatdown-oriented strategy featuring some of the midrange classics in the colors like Reckless Stormseeker, Town-Razer Tyrant, and Rahilda, Wanted Cutthroat.

Nathan’s deck also includes another bit of tech that has been gaining popularity in the format, including at the Neon Dynasty Championship – Fable of the Mirror-Breaker. Although it has to make it to the third chapter first, Fable flips into Reflection of Kiki-Jiki, a callback to the original Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker that can make a copy of any nonlegendary creature you control.

Reflection of Kiki-Jiki works very well with the deck’s nonlegendary dragon cards, and it’s especially brutal in combination with the Alchemy card Citystalker Connoisseur – even more so because the token can be created at instant speed during the opponent’s turn after their draw step. Jim Davis went undefeated in the Swiss rounds of the Neon Dynasty Championship playing a very similar deck, although Davis’ version of the deck includes a blue splash for Kaito Shizuki.

Mardu Venture by Maffi – #299 Mythic

Our final showcase for the day is another example of an archetype that showed up to the Neon Dynasty Championship in force – Venture. As you may already know, the most recent set of balancing changes in Alchemy gave sweeping buffs to cards with the venture into the dungeon mechanic. As it turns out, the revisited archetype has been strong enough to make it to the highest levels of competition in Alchemy.

Most of the venture decks at the Neon Dynasty Championship – including this example from Brent Vos, who made it into the Top 8 – are the Orzhov build. Maffi’s version, on the other hand, includes a red splash for Reckless Stormseeker, a couple copies of Showdown of the Skalds, and even Isshin, Two Heavens as One. It’s unclear whether the red cards are worth the consistency hit of running the third color, but the deck was able to take Maffi to #299 Mythic nonetheless.

Mythic in Alchemy with trusty Mardu Venture.
33-13 for the run from Plat4 to #299, deck seems solid against every meta deck except the heavy anti creature ones. Red is the best support color for Venture by far.
Now onto meme decks 🙂@fireshoes @mtgazone pic.twitter.com/M4xrg2esA0

— Maffi the Magic Muffin (@DjMaffiXD) March 8, 2022

That covers our Top Mythic Decks of the Week – thanks for reading, and we’ll be back again next week!

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This column is our weekly roundup of Standard, Historic, and Alchemy decks players are using to climb the ranked ladder on MTG Arena. Our goal is to curate and post a variety of deck archetypes and interesting card choices at the end of each week to help you keep up to date with the latest trends in the metagame. If you have any decks you’d like to see featured, please tweet us at @mtgazone or give us a shout on our Discord.