Grixis Discard
Also known as: Grixis Midrange
Grixis Discard is a proactive midrange deck that uses the synergies of cards that accrue value from discarding cards to gain on-board value and accumulate more resources. Its main goal is to create a difficult to overcome board state through grow threats such as Psychic Frog, Ivora, Insatiable Heir, or strong creatures like Carnage Interpreter and Captain Howler, Sea Scourge while disrupting the opponent's game plan with hand attack and counterspells.
The deck also leverages the ability to draw cards and dig for better threats while growing the existing board. Graveyard synergies are also common, where the ability to recur discarded threats is often used to apply pressure. Staples of the archetype include Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate who can consistently return creatures from the graveyard, Detective's Phoenix which can be cast from the graveyard, and the ever-present threat that is Abhorrent Oculus.
The deck can do well into control as much of the value accrual doesn't come from casting spells but from on-board effects that allow you to discard and stay proactive.
The points in the deck are flexible, but many decks use some number of moxen and Psychic Frog. 3 Mox and Frog or 2 Mox, Frog, and 3 flex points are the most frequent point spreads depending on the expected meta.
— written by Wyvernflight
Example Decklist
Grixis Discard
By: Euclid8148
Event: Steamship Weekly - 1st
Date: 2026-06-25
Points (10): Mox Jet (3), Mox Sapphire (3), Psychic Frog (1), Reanimate (1), Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar (1), Treasure Cruise (1)
Planeswalkers (2)
- 1Ashiok, Dream Render
- 1Dack Fayden
Creatures (35)
- 1Deathrite Shaman
- 1Dragon's Rage Channeler
- 1Marauding Mako
- 1Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
- 1Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar
- 1Dauthi Voidwalker
- 1Deep-Cavern Bat
- 1Emperor of Bones
- 1Fear of Missing Out
- 1Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
- 1Ivora, Insatiable Heir
- 1Ledger Shredder
- 1Norman Osborn // Green Goblin
- 1Orcish Bowmasters
- 1Party Thrasher
- 1Psychic Frog
- 1Sneaky Snacker
- 1Abhorrent Oculus
- 1Barrowgoyf
- 1Broadside Bombardiers
- 1Detective's Phoenix
- 1Kiora, the Rising Tide
- 1Opposition Agent
- 1Seasoned Pyromancer
- 1Steamcore Scholar
- 1Carnage, Crimson Chaos
- 1Pyrogoyf
- 1Superior Spider-Man
- 1Chaos Defiler
- 1Fury
- 1Overlord of the Balemurk
- 1Quantum Riddler
- 1Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1Oliphaunt
- 1Troll of Khazad-dûm
Sorceries (10)
- 1Duress
- 1Faithless Looting
- 1Inquisition of Kozilek
- 1Reanimate
- 1Thoughtseize
- 1Unearth
- 1Collective Brutality
- 1Molten Collapse
- 1Lórien Revealed
- 1Treasure Cruise
Instants (13)
- 1Cling to Dust
- 1Fatal Push
- 1Lightning Bolt
- 1Mental Misstep
- 1Spell Pierce
- 1Unholy Heat
- 1Bitter Triumph
- 1Daze
- 1Dismember
- 1Fire Covenant
- 1Force of Negation
- 1Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive
- 1Force of Will
Artifacts (4)
- 1Mox Jet
- 1Mox Sapphire
- 1Currency Converter
- 1Smuggler's Copter
Enchantments (3)
- 1Cool but Rude
- 1Proft's Eidetic Memory
- 1Fable of the Mirror-Breaker // Reflection of Kiki-Jiki
Lands (33)
- 1Arena of Glory
- 1Arid Mesa
- 1Badlands
- 1Blazemire Verge
- 1Blood Crypt
- 1Bloodstained Mire
- 1Darkslick Shores
- 1Dragonskull Summit
- 1Drowned Catacomb
- 1Flooded Strand
- 1Gloomlake Verge
- 2Island
- 1Marsh Flats
- 1Misty Rainforest
- 1Mountain
- 1Polluted Delta
- 1Raucous Theater
- 1Riverpyre Verge
- 1Scalding Tarn
- 1Spirebluff Canal
- 1Steam Vents
- 1Sulfur Falls
- 2Swamp
- 1Thundering Falls
- 1Underground Sea
- 1Verdant Catacombs
- 1Volcanic Island
- 1Wasteland
- 1Watery Grave
- 1Wooded Foothills
- 1Xander's Lounge
