Mardu Midrange in Standard (Video)

Today I have another video in store for you. A video of a deck that has fallen out of favor recently, Mardu Midrange. The build is similar to that of the decks that composed a big part of the early stages of Khans of Tarkir Standard with a few minor alterations, mostly in the sideboard. I'm not sure why the deck has slowly lost popularity as there are a lot of really good match-ups for the deck in the current meta. One of the key match-ups is UW heroic, which put several copies in to the top eight of the Star City Open in Columbus last weekend. The UW heroic match-up is tackled by the Mardu deck with the two Crackling Doom in the main board with two copies ready to shuffle up in the sideboard for games two and three. The UW deck will attempt to create a massive creature only to lose it to Crackling Doom. This can be seen in the two matches I lucked out in facing UW heroic in the three rounds below.

Without further rambling, the deck list and videos:

Mardu Midrange:

4x Seeker of the Way

4x Goblin Rabblemaster

4x Butcher of the Horde

4x Wingmate Roc

3x Chained to the Rocks

2x Bile Blight

4x Hero's Downfall

2x Crackling Doom

4x Hordeling Outburst

3x Lightning Strike

2x Sorin, Solemn Visitor

4x Bloodstained Mire

2x Caves of Koilos

3x Mountain

4x Nomad Outpost

2x Plains

2x Swamp

2x Temple of Malice

2x Temple of Triumph

2x Temple of Silence

1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Sideboard:

2x Erase

1x Glare of Heresy

2x Thoughtseize

1x Bile Blight

2x Drown in Sorrow

2x Silence the Believers

1x Magma Jet

2x Crackling Doom

2x Mardu Charm

Deck Tech:

Round 1 Vs UW Heroic:

Round 2 Vs UW Heroic:

Round 3 Vs Sidisi Whip:

Thanks for watching everyone! I'll try to be back next week with either a draft or some more standard, let me know what you would like to see more!!

Josh Kreiter

wizardden.com