Meta archetypes
Golgari Midrange
Golgari Midrange: Black · Green · Midrange
0.9% of winning MTGO lists · 7 lists from 6 events · 0 Top 8s · 0 wins · 3 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
| 3.4 | Vraska, the Cutting Glare |
| 3.4 | Simulacrum Shaper |
| 2.9 | Llanowar Elves |
| 2.4 | Requiting Hex |
| 2.4 | Emeritus of Abundance |
| 2.1 | Professor Dellian Fel |
| 2.1 | Deadly Cover-Up |
| 2 | Witherbloom Charm |
| 2 | Esper Origins |
| 1.9 | Bitter Triumph |
| 1.7 | Icetill Explorer |
| 1.6 | Maelstrom Pulse |
| 0.9 | Environmental Scientist |
| 0.9 | Duress |
| 0.6 | Way of the Paradox |
| 0.6 | Tarmogoyf |
Typical list
the list closest to this archetype's average
Main
4 Fabled Passage
4 Forest
4 Icetill Explorer
4 Llanowar Elves
4 Overgrown Tomb
4 Simulacrum Shaper
4 Vraska, the Cutting Glare
4 Wastewood Verge
3 Deadly Cover-Up
3 Esper Origins
3 Swamp
2 Ba Sing Se
2 Bitter Triumph
2 Deathcap Glade
2 Duress
2 Emeritus of Abundance
2 Professor Dellian Fel
2 Requiting Hex
2 Restless Cottage
1 Elven Passage
1 Maelstrom Pulse
1 Strategic Betrayal
Sideboard2 Duress
2 Inside Information
2 Requiting Hex
2 Strategic Betrayal
2 Terminal Criticism
1 Garruk, Veiled Butcher
1 Ghost Vacuum
1 Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer
1 Urgent Necropsy
1 Vicious Rivalry