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7/2/2025, 6:00:37 PM
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Midrange is definitely a vague enough thing that it can encompass multiple decks. I also have to admit that the "control" midrange deck is practically a midrange shell that's just missing a true wincon to properly take the mantle of being control.
It's mtg, but pic related is what I think of as being the quintessential midrange. Aggressively costed body, provides value before the opponent can interact with it, and it's hard to efficiently trade against it. It doesn't win the game outright, but it threatens a big black eye if you don't answer it, but even answering it with 1for1 removal is going to feel like shit since the opponent still has value.
Rune is a terrible match up for the control midrange version of the deck. Sword all comes down to if you can throw down some early wards, kill some dudes with Apollo, and get ceres online early. If you can avoid instantly losing, then in the long run victory is nearly assured.
I haven't tried the more aggro oriented versions of abyss midrange yet. But a lot of them run a lot of the same cards needed to shutdown puppets, so I'm a bit curious about you saying that they suffer in the puppet match-up. I think all that's really missing is ceres, and I think some people make room to run her too. The trick to beating puppet is to heal. Without Satan, they are very heavily dependent on orchis x2 and Liam to score lethal. It can be a challenge to score lethal first if you try to race them, but they REALLY struggle to score lethal if you ask them to reach for 26 or 32 damage. Even super evoing and swinging with a bat token can fuck them in the long run m
Midrange is definitely a vague enough thing that it can encompass multiple decks. I also have to admit that the "control" midrange deck is practically a midrange shell that's just missing a true wincon to properly take the mantle of being control.
It's mtg, but pic related is what I think of as being the quintessential midrange. Aggressively costed body, provides value before the opponent can interact with it, and it's hard to efficiently trade against it. It doesn't win the game outright, but it threatens a big black eye if you don't answer it, but even answering it with 1for1 removal is going to feel like shit since the opponent still has value.
Rune is a terrible match up for the control midrange version of the deck. Sword all comes down to if you can throw down some early wards, kill some dudes with Apollo, and get ceres online early. If you can avoid instantly losing, then in the long run victory is nearly assured.
I haven't tried the more aggro oriented versions of abyss midrange yet. But a lot of them run a lot of the same cards needed to shutdown puppets, so I'm a bit curious about you saying that they suffer in the puppet match-up. I think all that's really missing is ceres, and I think some people make room to run her too. The trick to beating puppet is to heal. Without Satan, they are very heavily dependent on orchis x2 and Liam to score lethal. It can be a challenge to score lethal first if you try to race them, but they REALLY struggle to score lethal if you ask them to reach for 26 or 32 damage. Even super evoing and swinging with a bat token can fuck them in the long run m
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