Timeless Tier List

An Interactive Combo Value Deck: Efficient card draw, tutors, and interaction enable the casting of namesake Show and Tell to cheat a game-ending permanent into play, usually Omniscience. Omnitell then utilizes free spells large and small to sift through an entire library and lock opponents out of the game with Hullbreaker Horror.

A Counter-Meta Energy Aggro Deck: Boros Energy, but with Black! Mardu sacrifices some speed and consistency for Thoughtseize/other hand disruption. Many builds eschew Phlage and Blood Moon due to stricter mana requirements, which allows for a Lurrus companion. Mardu is better against fast combos and weaker against damaging aggro decks.

An Hyper-Efficient 1-drop Aggro Deck: Only slightly slower than the fastest deck on MTG Arena, Boros Energy boasts better mana and a stronger late game powered by a resource that’s nearly impossible to interact with. With Energy cards from MH3 (and only MH3), re-played Amped Raptors can’t miss a second spell for more damage and more card draw.

A Landless All-In Combo Deck: Sometimes the best way to navigate around combo hate is to simply run a second combo. In a deck with zero real lands, rituals power out the traditional lethal Goblin Charbelcher activation for infinite damage or Balustrade Spy to mill your own library in one shot. Compared to other landless decks, the dual combos create resilience against hate pieces and  more consistent opening hands.

An All-in “Landless” Combo Deck: Orzhov Belcher makes the most use of a second set of Dark Rituals in the form of Sacrifice to cast and activate Goblin Charbelcher for 7 mana faster than any other deck on Arena. Sacrifice let’s an evoked Elemental generate 5-6 mana for a T1 kill in a deck without lands. Sorin+Saint Elendra and Necropotence/Dominance create a powerful plan B.

A Tempo Cardflow Control Deck: Put down growing threats in the early turns, then protect them while they generate value and end the game alone. Psychic Frog and Tamiyo remain powerful ways to grind out cards against a sparse board, so put one down and manage opposing threats carefully. A diverse set of options for control cards lets Sultai answer any set of meta decks, though never all at once.

A Midrange Cheat Deck: Supplement the traditional Scam Elementals package of Grief/Reanimate with Sorin, Imperious Blood Lord to put 7-mana Alchemy Vampire Saint Elenda straight onto the battlefield. Dark Ritual allows this extra cheat on the first turn of the game. If that isn’t enough the deck also has a strong midrange core to back it up.

A Consistent Disruptive Cheat Deck: Use efficient black disruption and reanimation to both deploy and manage opposing threats ahead of schedule. Compared to more colorful Scam builds, Mono-Black substitutes reanimation for blink effects to gain more consistent removal and resiliency in the form of The One Ring and Sheoldred, The Apocalypse.

A Tempo Cardflow Control Deck: Put down growing threats in the early turns, then protect them while they generate value and end the game alone. Psychic Frog and Tamiyo remain powerful ways to grind out cards against a sparse board, so put one down and manage opposing threats carefully. A diverse set of options for control cards lets Dimir answer any set of meta decks, though never all at once.