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: LordMaster
Event: Wizards Keep Monthly - 1st/2nd
Date: 2026-10-01
Points (10): Mox Jet (3), Mox Ruby (3), Mox Sapphire (3), Psychic Frog (1)
Planeswalkers (2)
- 1Dack Fayden
- 1The Royal Scions
Creatures (34)
- 1Marauding Mako
- 1Moonshadow
- 1Nethergoyf
- 1Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
- 1Conspiracy Theorist
- 1Duelist of the Mind
- 1Emperor of Bones
- 1Fear of Missing Out
- 1Hobgoblin, Mantled Marauder
- 1Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
- 1Ivora, Insatiable Heir
- 1Ledger Shredder
- 1Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
- 1Norman Osborn // Green Goblin
- 1Orcish Bowmasters
- 1Party Thrasher
- 1Psychic Frog
- 1Scarlet Spider, Kaine
- 1Scrounging Skyray
- 1Super Shredder
- 1Abhorrent Oculus
- 1Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate
- 1Anje's Ravager
- 1Barrowgoyf
- 1Detective's Phoenix
- 1Emet-Selch, Unsundered // Hades, Sorcerer of Eld
- 1Kiora, the Rising Tide
- 1Opposition Agent
- 1Tersa Lightshatter
- 1Captain Howler, Sea Scourge
- 1Carnage, Crimson Chaos
- 1Pyrogoyf
- 1Oliphaunt
- 1Troll of Khazad-dûm
Sorceries (10)
- 1Duress
- 1Faithless Looting
- 1Inquisition of Kozilek
- 1Thoughtseize
- 1Unearth
- 1Expressive Iteration
- 1Molten Collapse
- 1Claim // Fame //
- 1Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
- 1Terminal Agony
Instants (13)
- 1Fatal Push
- 1Lightning Bolt
- 1Mental Misstep
- 1Spell Pierce
- 1Spell Snare
- 1Bitter Triumph
- 1Drown in the Loch
- 1Lose Focus
- 1Mana Leak
- 1Fiery Temper
- 1Frantic Search
- 1Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
- 1Snuff Out
Artifacts (8)
- 1Chrome Mox
- 1Lotus Petal
- 1Mox Diamond
- 1Mox Jet
- 1Mox Ruby
- 1Mox Sapphire
- 1Currency Converter
- 1Monument to Endurance
Enchantments (3)
- 1Cool but Rude
- 1Proft's Eidetic Memory
- 1Fable of the Mirror-Breaker // Reflection of Kiki-Jiki
Lands (30)
- 1Arid Mesa
- 1Badlands
- 1Blackcleave Cliffs
- 1Blood Crypt
- 1Bloodstained Mire
- 1Darkslick Shores
- 1Fiery Islet
- 1Flooded Strand
- 2Island
- 1Marsh Flats
- 1Misty Rainforest
- 1Mountain
- 1Oscorp Industries
- 1Otawara, Soaring City
- 1Polluted Delta
- 1Raucous Theater
- 1Scalding Tarn
- 1Spirebluff Canal
- 1Steam Vents
- 2Swamp
- 1Thundering Falls
- 1Undercity Sewers
- 1Underground Sea
- 1Volcanic Island
- 1Wasteland
- 1Watery Grave
- 1Wooded Foothills
- 1Xander's Lounge
