Always Standard Discard

Standard* Control Discard RBW (Mardu)

legendofa

Land (24)

• 3x Blightstep Pathway  ^Flip
• 4x Brightclimb Pathway  ^Flip
• 2x Haunted Ridge
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Needleverge Pathway  ^Flip
• 2x Plains
• 2x Shattered Sanctum
• 3x Sundown Pass
• 6x Swamp

Creature (13)

• 4x Acquisitions Expert
• 4x Elderfang Disciple
• 2x Junji, the Midnight Sky
• 3x Tergrid, God of Fright  ^Flip

Planeswalker (6)

• 4x Ob Nixilis, the Adversary
• 2x Professor Onyx

Sorcery (11)

• 4x Dread Fugue
• 3x Feed the Swarm
• 4x Humiliate

Instant (3)

• 3x Vanishing Verse

Enchantment (3)

• 3x The Meathook Massacre

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Sideboard

Instant (10)

• 3x Flunk
• 4x Fracture
• 3x Hero's Downfall

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Doomskar

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Maybeboard

Creature (4)

• 1x Bloodvial Purveyor
• 1x Liesa, Forgotten Archangel
• 1x Virus Beetle
• 1x Westgate Regent

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Bloodchief's Thirst
• 1x Inscription of Ruin
• 1x Skull Raid

Instant (1)

• 1x Soul Shatter

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This deck will always be Standard-legal, rotating with the sets. I decided to go for a discard deck because that's what got me into M:tG in the first place. Megrim wasn't my first ever card, but it was the card I first wanted to build around, a card that encouraged stripping away my opponent's resources while punishing them for trying to build back up. I think I've come a long way as a brewer since then, but it will always hold that special place in my heart and collection.

(April 2021--{B}{R}{W}, and only Tergrid, God of Fright   and Reaper of Night really punish discarding.) (September 2021--lose a lot of key cards: Liliana, Waker of the Dead, Rankle, Master of Pranks, Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger, the entire sideboard, and more, and the replacements are very underwhelming. Trying {W}{B} alone.) (April 2022--Ob Nixilis, the Adversary brings {R} back as an option.)

I'd like to make it as competitive as possible and to learn more about the Standard format, so any feedback, thoughts, or general musings are of course welcomed.

Right now, discard seems to be at a low point. There's virtually no punishment for either discard or low hand count, and the discard effects are pretty generic. Still, I'm keeping this deck up to date, but it could probably use a more serious Standard player to take a look.

Inspiration comes from multimedia's "Elves of" deck.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 21 - 2 Rares 12 - 10 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.64
Tokens	Devil 1/1 R