Standard Mardu Discard
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| Date | View Decklist | Player | Event | Place | Record | Uniqueness | Colors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24 | View | Searzist | Standard Challenge 32 | 8th | — | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| May 24 | View | Ghan6 | Standard Challenge 32 | 17th | — | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| May 24 | View | SpottyDog | Standard Challenge 32 | 32nd | — | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| May 23 | View | Reiam | Standard Showcase Challenge | 7th | 8-2 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| May 23 | View | Capriccioso | Standard Challenge 32 | 9th | 4-2 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| May 23 | View | WallofLight | Standard Challenge 32 | 14th | — | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| May 23 | View | komattaman | Standard Showcase Challenge | 30th | 6-3 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| May 22 | View | Bugsy69 | Standard Challenge 32 | 2nd | 8-2 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| May 22 | View | claudioh | Standard Challenge 32 | 10th | 5-2 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| May 22 | View | claudioh | Standard Challenge 32 | 14th | 5-2 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| May 22 | View | VTCLA | Standard Challenge 32 | 22nd | 4-3 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| May 22 | View | TheReverb | Standard Challenge 32 | 28th | 3-4 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| May 21 | View | Gnarlid | Standard Challenge 32 | 32nd | 3-3 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| May 20 | View | Gnarlid | Standard Challenge 32 | 32nd | 3-3 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| May 20 | View | Yulo | Standard League 2026-05-20 | — | 5-0 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| May 19 | View | Shadowz2005 | Standard Challenge 64 | 23rd | 4-3 | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| May 19 | View | bbotonline | Standard League | — | 5-0 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| May 18 | View | McWinSauce | Standard Challenge 32 2026-05-02 | 8th | 4-3 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| May 18 | View | jben | Standard Challenge 32 2026-05-02 | 14th | — | Stock · band 1 of 10 · 1 | |
| May 18 | View | Milkshake_ | Standard Challenge 32 2026-05-02 | 15th | 4-2 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| May 18 | View | ipbanned | Standard Challenge 32 2026-05-02 | 17th | — | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| May 18 | View | ajifly | Standard Challenge 32 2026-05-02 | 28th | — | Distinct · band 7 of 10 · 7 | |
| May 18 | View | pancake_sock | Standard League | — | 5-0 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| May 17 | View | claudioh | Standard Challenge 32 | 10th | 5-2 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| May 17 | View | KelMasterP | Standard Challenge 32 | 16th | 4-2 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 |
Mardu Discard has slipped from ~2.8% to 0.5% of the Standard metagame over the last 90 days.
Meta share, last 90 days
Slipped from ~2.8% to 0.5% · trend line is 3-week smoothed
Approaches, last 90 days
Weekly breakdown of lists by automatically detected approach
Typical Standard Mardu Discard maindeck cards
Maindeck adoption across 114 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Blood Crypt | 4.0 | 100% |
| Cool but Rude | 4.0 | 100% |
| Iron-Shield Elf | 4.0 | 100% |
| Marauding Mako | 4.0 | 100% |
| Moonshadow | 4.0 | 100% |
| Mountain | 1.5 | 100% |
| Blazemire Verge | 1.9 | 99% |
| Bloodghast | 3.9 | 98% |
| Hardened Academic | 4.0 | 97% |
| Inspiring Vantage | 2.1 | 97% |
| Practiced Offense | 3.8 | 97% |
| Sacred Foundry | 3.6 | 97% |
| Starting Town | 4.0 | 97% |
| Concealed Courtyard | 2.7 | 96% |
| Godless Shrine | 2.6 | 96% |
| Tersa Lightshatter | 2.4 | 94% |
| Erode | 1.3 | 89% |
| Requiting Hex | 2.1 | 82% |
| Desecrex, Gift of Servitude | 1.2 | 77% |
| Cecil, Dark Knight | 1.6 | 65% |
| Burst Lightning | 2.5 | 55% |
| Inti, Seneschal of the Sun | 1.3 | 39% |
| Multiversal Passage | 1.2 | 36% |
| Shardmage's Rescue | 1.0 | 14% |
| Casey Jones, Vigilante | 2.2 | 10% |
| Skv'x the Augmenter | 1.0 | 8% |
| Swamp | 2.4 | 7% |
| Flamewake Phoenix | 1.7 | 6% |
| Bloodthorn Flail | 2.2 | 5% |
| Bitter Triumph | 2.0 | 4% |
| Carnage, Crimson Chaos | 1.8 | 4% |
| Get Lost | 2.0 | 4% |
| Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant | 1.0 | 4% |
| Summoned Dromedary | 1.0 | 4% |
| Fear of Missing Out | 3.7 | 3% |
| Case of the Crimson Pulse | 3.0 | 2% |
| Enter the Avatar State | 1.0 | 2% |
| Seam Rip | 2.0 | 2% |
| Skittering Kitten | 4.0 | 2% |
| Sunset Saboteur | 3.0 | 2% |
Typical Standard Mardu Discard sideboard
Built from sideboard adoption across 114 decklists in the last 90 days.
Full sideboard card play rate
Per-card sideboard adoption across 114 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Strategic Betrayal | 2.5 | 95% |
| Voice of Victory | 2.7 | 87% |
| Seam Rip | 1.7 | 75% |
| Case of the Crimson Pulse | 1.9 | 73% |
| Leyline of the Void | 3.0 | 55% |
| Shoot the Sheriff | 1.2 | 40% |
| Inti, Seneschal of the Sun | 1.2 | 39% |
| Sheltered by Ghosts | 2.1 | 38% |
| Duress | 2.3 | 29% |
| Pyroclasm | 1.9 | 28% |
| Erode | 1.1 | 25% |
| Deathmark | 1.3 | 25% |
| Requiting Hex | 1.0 | 19% |
| Doorkeeper Thrull | 2.1 | 16% |
| Dawn's Truce | 1.7 | 8% |
| Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer | 1.4 | 8% |
| Duel Tactics | 1.0 | 7% |
| Molten Collapse | 1.4 | 7% |
| Magebane Lizard | 2.3 | 6% |
| Bitter Triumph | 1.3 | 5% |
| Intimidation Tactics | 3.0 | 5% |
| Slagstorm | 1.5 | 5% |
| Soul-Guide Lantern | 2.5 | 5% |
| Desecrex, Gift of Servitude | 1.0 | 4% |
| Gastal Thrillroller | 1.8 | 4% |
| Ghost Vacuum | 1.6 | 4% |
| Sunset Saboteur | 2.2 | 4% |
| Redirect Lightning | 1.5 | 4% |
| Chandra, Spark Hunter | 1.7 | 3% |
| Fire Magic | 2.3 | 3% |
| Get Lost | 1.3 | 3% |
| Nowhere to Run | 2.0 | 3% |
| Bloodghast | 1.0 | 2% |
| Day of Judgment | 1.5 | 2% |
| Monument to Endurance | 3.0 | 2% |
| Practiced Offense | 1.0 | 2% |
| Stingerback Terror | 4.0 | 2% |
| The Ooze | 1.0 | 2% |
| Tokka & Rahzar, Terrible Twos | 1.0 | 2% |
| Ancient Vendetta | 1.0 | <1% |
Mardu Discard Standard FAQ
Is Mardu Discard good in Standard right now?
Mardu Discard is 0.5% of Standard decklists, though it's fallen sharply (−64%) over the last two weeks. Best recent finish: 12th (4-2) at Standard Challenge 32 on Jul 17, 2026.
What are the key cards in Standard Mardu Discard?
Nearly every list runs Cool but Rude, Iron-Shield Elf, Marauding Mako, and Moonshadow (99%+ of Standard Mardu Discard decklists in the last 90 days). Most lists are Stock (30); variants add Burst Lightning (39) and Casey Jones, Vigilante (11).
What's a typical Standard Mardu Discard sideboard?
The most common Standard Mardu Discard sideboard cards over the last 90 days: Strategic Betrayal (95% of lists), Voice of Victory (87% of lists), Seam Rip (75% of lists), and Case of the Crimson Pulse (73% of lists).
Are there different builds of Standard Mardu Discard?
Recent lists split into Burst Lightning, Casey Jones, Vigilante, and Stock approaches.
What does Uniqueness mean?
Uniqueness rates each list from band 1 (Stock) through band 10 (Unique). Higher means a list is more unusual vs recent peers of this strategy.
How many Standard Mardu Discard decklists are there?
Decklist Data tracks 192 Standard Mardu Discard decklists all-time (3 in the last 14 days) from Magic: The Gathering Online (MTGO) Challenges and Leagues. New results are indexed automatically — latest Mardu Discard result Jul 18, 2026.