Matthew Proctor's Dimir Midrange by Frank Karsten
 
Type: Deck Idea
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staStandard
Approx. Value:
$352.42
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Avg. CMC 2.08
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Edge of Eternities
releases on August 1, 2025!

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Edge of Eternities
releases on August 1, 2025!

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Main Deck - 60 cards, 20 distinct
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Creature (22)
2 Cecil, Dark Knight // Cecil, Redeemed Paladin
$3.74 Legendary Creature - Human Knight // Legendary Creature - Human Knight
4 Deep-Cavern Bat
$0.48 Creature - Bat 1 1
4 Enduring Curiosity
$10.29 Enchantment Creature - Cat Glimmer 4 3
4 Floodpits Drowner
$0.60 Creature - Merfolk 2 1
2 Preacher of the Schism
$2.45 Creature - Vampire Cleric 2 4
4 Spyglass Siren
$0.62 Creature - Siren Pirate 1 1
2 Tishana's Tidebinder
$2.39 Creature - Merfolk Wizard 3 2
Instant (7)
2 Phantom Interference
$0.13 Instant
3 Shoot the Sheriff
$2.82 Instant
2 Stab
$0.12 Instant
Sorcery (2)
2 Tragic Trajectory
$0.40 Sorcery
Enchantment (1)
1 Nowhere to Run
$1.70 Enchantment
Planeswalker (3)
3 Kaito, Bane of Nightmares
$19.97 Legendary Planeswalker - Kaito
Land (25)
4 Gloomlake Verge
$14.34 Land
4 Island
$0.07 Basic Land - Island
2 Restless Reef
$1.17 Land
3 Soulstone Sanctuary
$6.54 Land
3 Starting Town
$20.03 Land - Town
5 Swamp
$0.09 Basic Land - Swamp
4 Watery Grave
$8.42 Land - Island Swamp
Sideboard - 15 cards, 11 distinct
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Creature (5)
1 Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal // Temple of the Dead
$4.39 Legendary Creature - Bat God // Land
1 Preacher of the Schism
$2.45 Creature - Vampire Cleric 2 4
2 Sunset Saboteur
$0.45 Creature - Human Rogue 4 1
1 Tishana's Tidebinder
$2.39 Creature - Merfolk Wizard 3 2
Instant (4)
1 Desculpting Blast
$0.10 Instant
1 Faebloom Trick
$0.18 Instant
2 Negate
$0.30 Instant
Sorcery (3)
2 Duress
$0.13 Sorcery
1 Strategic Betrayal
$0.25 Sorcery
Artifact (2)
2 Ghost Vacuum
$5.31 Artifact
Planeswalker (1)
1 Kaito, Bane of Nightmares
$19.97 Legendary Planeswalker - Kaito

Notes
 
Dimir Midrange blends efficient disruption with evasive threats. It stood tall as one of the most prominent Standard archetypes before rotation, and its core strategy remains largely intact. Anchored by a fleet of evasive threats, the deck still leans on Enduring Curiosity and Kaito, Bane of Nightmares as efficient and reliable engines for card advantage.

To adapt for the new Standard format, I swapped out Faerie Mastermind for Deep-Cavern Bat and replaced Cut Down and Go for the Throat with a mix of Stab, Shoot the Sheriff, and Tragic Trajectory. With the loss of Underground River and Darkslick Shores, I've updated the mana base with the newly reprinted Watery Grave alongside Starting Town. These card choices are similar to the ones from Pepeteam, who finished fourth in the first post-rotation Magic Online Challenge. Despite the large number of necessary post-rotation substitutions, Dimir idrange remains poised to compete at a high level.
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