I tried to get creative and make a briar Steal-sac deck, but its a 4 color mess. Beats the AI, but I Doubt it can work on the ladder.

Just trying to preserve some of your precious rank... Anyway, everybody knows that all allies except for Gideon are unplayable bollocks and completely unbreakable.

I think so Brain, but how DO we cast Defiant Bloodlord on turn 3?

As you may know, I’ve been playing what I consider to be the best five decks in Duels. I play them each day and once one of them gets two losses in a row , it’s eliminated. I’m happy to announce the 5th place deck just got eliminated so I can reveal it.

It’s Havens Grixvolutions deck. The first time I played this deck I went on an 18 game winning streak. It can win out of nowhere. I pulled off a 13 win streak at another time as well. It finishes with a record of 43-7 and I’m happy to declare it as the 5th best deck in Duels as per my testing .

Thanks Haven!!

I learned something while making this deck. Magic is not, in fact, a zero sum game. There's a limited amount of fun to be had in a single game, and this deck will ensure no one has any of it. I tried a few builds that included (read: tolerated) Efficient Construction, but none were "breaking" the card. The next logical step, then, was to make it effectively my only win-con.

Methodical Construction

Artifacts (19):
4 Renegade Map
4 Implement of Combustion
4 Alchemist's Vial
3 Filigree Familiar
4 Implement of Examination

Interaction (14):
4 Metallic Rebuke
3 Lightning Axe
2 Imprisoned in the Moon
1 Kozilek's Return
1 Radiant Flames
3 Unlicensed Disintegration

Enchantments (7):
2 Pia's Revolution
3 Efficient Construction
2 Thopter Spy Network

Lands (20):
2 Drowned Catacomb
2 Sulfur Falls
2 Dragonskull Summit
7 Island
6 Mountain
1 Swamp

Game plan: Use cantrips and Maps as required to hit land drops early, leaving them on the field where possible to enable Rebukes. Efficient Construction is critical - after it's down, cantrips make for a limitless supply of chump blockers. Spy Network functions as a slower EC for the most part, but its card draw leads to cantrips leads to more EC thopters.

Pia's Revolution can lead to early wins if Opp gets greedy and denies artifacts. Doesn't take many bolts to the face before Disintegrations and thopters can sneak in the last few points. If Opp opts out of the bolt-to-the-face program, the cantrips just come right back and make EC thopters on the way.

Lightning Axe does a nice job of making late game Rebukes look less awful, and Disintegration played well enough to justify the splash for it alone.



Lost track of the exact record somewhere around my third rum and coke, but I believe it was 8-6 with one loss due to a pretty egregious punt. Lots of room for improvement, but I kept the list pretty plain to make sure EC was the highlight.