It was never any secret that black midrange would be a popular strategy in Dominaria United Standard. After all, black midrange was great in the old format, and many of the staple cards survived rotation. Just as importantly, many of the most exciting cards from the new set fall inside the color black!
The part that wasn’t as obvious was what would prove to be the best version of black midrange. In writing my first Power Rankings piece, two trends appeared.
The first was that if you picked up a reasonable shell of black midrange cards across any color combination, you had a good chance of being successful.
The second was that the simpler and more consistent the version, the better it seemed to perform. The two decks that seemed the best to me were plain old Rakdos Midrange, and the deck I’ll cover today: Mono-Black Midrange.
With the creature lands gone, what is the purpose of the 4 Fields of Ruin? Why not cut the mana base to 24 and add in a couple of Tainted Adversaries or Cult Conscripts? Nice article, always enjoy your content.
This list is different to the one from your video, Is this an updated list?
Lol nice paywall
Yes, this decklist is more recent than the one in the video.
I don’t think 4 Field of Ruin is mandatory, but I like keeping a nice high land count with all the four and five mana spells.
Hey Reid,
what is your Sideboard Plan against Jund Midrange?
This matchup feels very hard for me.
Thanks!
I removed all the field of ruins for 2 Crystal Grotto and 2 Roadside Reliquary
I rather have Hero’s Downfall instead of Infernal Grasp and Parasitic Grasp in this meta. What do you think?
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Jund is very hard for everyone, I will go with lots of removal, graveyard hate (Unlicensed Hearse) and card advantage (Sorin and Bankbuster).
I also rather cut Evolved Sleeper instead of Underdog against midrange.
What do you think of -2 Evolved Sleeper and +2 Concealing Curtains in the main deck? Both can crew Bankbuster with 4 mana, Concealing Curtains is a better blocker against midrange.
How are you sideboarding against Esper? Is that “control”?
You gain value. A 0/4 for one B? Flip and gain menace?