The Rock - B/G Midrange

Standard BG (Golgari) BUG (Sultai) Midrange

Atsu

Creature (16)

• 4x Desecration Demon
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 4x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 4x Nightveil Specter
• 3x Pack Rat

Land (25)

• 4x Golgari Guildgate
• 4x Mutavault
• 4x Overgrown Tomb
• 11x Swamp
• 2x Temple of Mystery

Enchantment (4)

• 4x Underworld Connections

Artifact (2)

• 1x Prophetic Prism
• 1x Whip of Erebos

Instant (9)

• 4x Abrupt Decay
• 2x Devour Flesh
• 3x Hero's Downfall

Sorcery (4)

• 4x Thoughtseize

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Sideboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead

Planeswalker (2)

• 2x Vraska the Unseen

Artifact (2)

• 2x Pithing Needle

Instant (7)

• 2x Devour Flesh
• 2x Doom Blade
• 3x Golgari Charm

Sorcery (3)

• 3x Duress

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I'm planning on making a B/x Midrange deck, but I'm unsure on what color(s) to splash. I feel that B/G/W and B/R/W are the strongest due to their versatile card pool. Unfortunately their versatility brings a sometimes unreliable mana base, especially in current standard with the lost of dual lands.

With all that in mind, a two color midrange may be more prominent due to its mana consistency so I also plan on theorycrafting B/R, B/W, and B/G.

I wish Jund attained more reliable cards in Theros (namely Gruul) to make midrange feasible since I already have the respective shock lands from pre-rotation standard... oh well. Not something I'm going to get hung up on.

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This iteration of B/G midrange brings a versatile set of removal in Abrupt Decay and Golgari Charm plus the staple suite of black removal. It also has a large pool of viable creatures that brings an answer to a lot of deck archetypes currently being played. Reaper of the Wilds can be overwhelmingly difficult for your opponent to deal with its five toughness and hexproof/deathtouch abilities if you leave mana up, which is made easier through the ramp waller Sylvan Caryatid .

Date added	11 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 3 Mythic Rares 30 - 2 Rares 7 - 3 Uncommons 7 - 7 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.89
Tokens	Assassin 1/1 B w/ Player Killer, Copy Clone