Orzhov Midrange with Sheoldred for Standard
Strategy
This Black-White midrange deck aims to control the board through efficient removal and powerful creatures, leveraging sacrifice and recursion themes. It balances aggression and control, adapting to opponents with flexible removal and card advantage engines.
- Sheoldred, the Apocalypse with Bitter Triumph for life gain and card advantage.
- Forsaken Miner and Corpses of the Lost with Invoke Despair for sacrifice value.
- Evolved Sleeper as a scalable threat providing card draw in the late game.
Mainboard (57 cards)
Creature
12 cards
Forsaken Miner
$0.80 × 4
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
$72.99 × 2
Evolved Sleeper
$0.12 × 4
Falkenrath Forebear
$0.17 × 2
Instant
4 cards
Bitter Triumph
$1.57 × 4
Sorcery
3 cards
Invoke Despair
$0.23 × 3
Enchantment
12 cards
Case of the Stashed Skeleton
$0.38 × 3
Seam Rip
$0.69 × 3
Corpses of the Lost
$0.28 × 3
Leyline Binding
$0.37 × 3
Land
26 cards
Plains
$0.14 × 9
Swamp
$0.16 × 11
Shattered Sanctum
$3.05 × 4
Field of Ruin
$0.21 × 2
Sideboard (15 cards)
Instant
5 cards
Reckoner's Bargain
$0.96 × 2
March of Wretched Sorrow
$0.16 × 3
Sorcery
8 cards
Duress
$0.12 × 3
Go Blank
$0.16 × 3
Farewell
$3.45 × 2
Enchantment
2 cards
The Meathook Massacre
$22.40 × 2
Deck Statistics
CMC Curve
AI-Generated Synergies
Forsaken Miner can return to your hand when you sacrifice a creature, allowing you to use its ability more than once. Corpses of the Lost creates tokens that can be sacrificed for the miner's benefit, creating a loop of value.
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse punishes opponents for gaining life while also providing card draw. Invoke Despair synergizes with this by dealing damage and allowing you to draw cards as well, amplifying the pressure on your opponent.
Evolved Sleeper can be upgraded during the game, and Bitter Triumph can provide additional card advantage while also creating a creature to sacrifice. This gives a good balance of board presence and card draw to fuel the sleeper's upgrades.
Graveyard Trespasser can exile cards from the graveyard while being a solid threat on its own. Falkenrath Forebear can return from the graveyard, providing a recursive threat and additional support for the trespasser's ability to keep the board clear.
Leyline Binding is a powerful removal spell that can exile creatures, while Field of Ruin can disrupt your opponent's mana base. Together, they can control the board while ensuring you have the mana you need, especially in a multi-color deck.
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