Which deck won Magic: The Gathering Arena Championship 1? Decklist, strategies, and more explained
The first Magic: The Gathering Arena Championship of the latest rotation showed off the power of Alchemy. It also proved just how powerful Black is as a color, thanks to expansions like Dominaria United.
Alchemy is a format similar to Standard, except it has several online-only cards, which offer new levels of power to Magic: The Gathering Arena players. In the tournament, almost all of the players in the top eight ran some flavor of Black cards on their deck.
At the top of the heap, though, was Sam Rolph, who won with a powerful Rakdos (Red/Black) Midrange deck, which used the might of the Oni-Cult Anvil. It’s a slow deck, but it defeats players reliably.
Sam Rolph ultimately won $30,000 and an invitation to the Magic World Championship next year, and his final opponent received the same invite and $20,000. Both players ran very similar decks, but Sam Rolph’s was a bit more potent.
The winning Magic: The Gathering Arena deck was all about consistency, which is a powerful thing in the card game.
Focused heavily around Blood Artist and Oni-Cult Anvil,it slowly but surely drove a player’s life total down to 0.
Fans of the Rakdos Midrange deck discussed earlier on Sportskeeda will be familiar with many of the cards on this Magic: The Gathering Arena deck. However, there have been some significant changes. For example, The Meathook Massacre no longer gives life back in Alchemy, so a different card is needed.
Thankfully, the Arena-only Sanguine Brushstroke is the perfect answer. It creates a copy of the creature Blood Artist and puts it into play. The enchantment also makes an opponent lose one life and grants you one life whenever you sacrifice a Blood Token.
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