Meta archetypes
Dimir Midrange
Dimir Midrange: Blue · Black · Midrange
7.1% of winning MTGO lists · 53 lists from 22 events · 10 Top 8s · 1 wins · 10 League 5-0s
Data as of 2026-10-16 · Every list MTGO published since 2026-10-02 (748 lists from 34 events)
How to play it
- A quality card every turn, trading removal for their key pieces
- Keep hands with both early plays and removal
- Be the defender against aggro, the attacker against control
- Two-for-one cards win long games
Core cards
average copies per list, lands excluded
| 3.9 | Deceit |
| 3.3 | Requiting Hex |
| 3 | Duress |
| 3 | Bitter Triumph |
| 2.6 | Seasoned Cryomancer |
| 2.5 | Superior Spider-Man |
| 1.8 | Winternight Stories |
| 1.8 | Theorix Charm |
| 1.6 | Uldaros Theorix |
| 1.4 | Kavaero, Mind-Bitten |
| 1.3 | Deadly Cover-Up |
| 1.2 | Overlord of the Balemurk |
| 1.1 | The Theorist, Jace Beleren |
| 1 | Stock Up |
| 1 | Emeritus of Ideation |
| 0.8 | Strategic Betrayal |
Typical list
the list closest to this archetype's average
Main
4 Deceit
4 Gloomlake Verge
4 Restless Reef
4 Seasoned Cryomancer
4 Shipwreck Marsh
4 Superior Spider-Man
4 Watery Grave
3 Bitter Triumph
3 Duress
3 Requiting Hex
3 Swamp
3 Theorix Charm
2 Cavern of Souls
2 Multiversal Passage
2 Overlord of the Balemurk
2 Uldaros Theorix
2 Undercity Sewers
2 Winternight Stories
1 Deadly Cover-Up
1 Emeritus of Ideation
1 Spell Snare
1 Strategic Betrayal
1 The Theorist, Jace Beleren
Sideboard2 Day of Black Sun
2 Doomsday Excruciator
2 Qarsi Revenant
1 Deadly Cover-Up
1 Disdainful Stroke
1 Duress
1 Emeritus of Ideation
1 Flashfreeze
1 M.O.D.O.K.
1 Negate
1 Spell Snare
1 Strategic Betrayal