Magic: The Gathering 2021 Challenger Deck – Dimir Rogues (Blue-Black)

Possibly my favorite release out of the new challenger decks. It has a good variety of double sided cards and a decent sideboard. If you are a fan of swamp, you don't want to miss this deck.

I initially was going to only buy this one, after looking at the decklists, but... with Embercleave going for $20+ on some sites I picked up red, I picked up green because it was the type of deck 20-year-younger me would have loved, and I picked up blue/white control for playtesting purposes (I typically play aggro or ramp).In the end, I probably would have been fine with just this deck - it has the lowest rare/mythic count of the four, from what I can tell, but it's also the most future-proof, and the strongest/most consistent.In terms of consistency, I played the decks against each other and against my (not that great, 3-color Knight aggro) actual Standard deck. This deck went 4-0. (janky Knights>Green>Red>Control in terms of consistency after that, if you're curious.) What set this deck apart from all the others was that it has a coherent, easy to achieve gameplan. Put out some cheap stuff, mill opponent with that while eliminating any real threats with cheap removal, the milled and removed cards combine to meet your ability thresholds, now you have efficient threats with evasion and the opponent dies before they can recover from all the removal. It beat my standard deck because Knights don't work well against removal + flying. It beat the green deck because it had *more* things (+removal/flying), and the red deck because it had *stronger* things (+removal/flying), and even styled on it by bringing back Torbran and Anax under its control with Zareth San. It beat the control deck because the control deck rarely managed to do anything important before Turn 6. (Too much potential to end up with a bunch of card draw and 5+ mana spells instead of early game counterspell/removal utility, then not have mana available because you used it all to draw into the cards you actually needed.)If you want to keep playing the deck in Standard 5-6 months from now, you'll have to replace the Temples of Deceit with better dual lands (Murkwater//Clearwater Pathway) and Drown in the Loch and Heartless Act with different cheap removal, which should be relatively easy, though Drown in the Loch is unfortunate as it's quite a powerful tool in a mill-heavy deck like this. Rankle being a one-off upset people, but that means he's that much easier to swap out. The not-in-the-meta-version Vantress Gargoyle might, ironically, hurt the most - a Turn 2 5/4 blocker who becomes a 5/4 flying threat is hard to replace. Meanwhile, the Green, Red, and Azorius decks are effectively losing their ENTIRE core/identity when Throne of Eldraine, Theros, and Ikoria rotate out in the fall.

It's a good value for the cards you get. Probably the best premade deck for standard.It's a good product to just grab and play, however it needs you to substitute a few cards before it becomes the best possible version it.I'd recommend it if you want to save a taste of the current standard

Very good even straight from the box. Has a side bar of cards you can change out if need be. Very nice set.

As a Magic player this is a great deck. As a consumer, the box arrived in not so great condition and a good 30% of the deck had bat overinked text

You can upgrade it pretty quickly/ easily, but as is, its pretty fun.

A great product. You can truly play this right out of the box. I'm not the most experienced MTG player, though I'd personally recommend throwing in a playset of Ruin Crabs to get your plays going a bit earlier. There are a bunch of upgrade guides online if you want to go further.

My little brother got me into magic a few years ago, I knew he hated mill decks because of a previous planes walker deck I used against him.This deck made him absolutely rage. It was hilarious.