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: dr_arsone
Event: Dragon's Lair Weekly - 1st
Date: 2026-03-30
Points (10): Mox Jet (3), Mox Sapphire (3), Dig Through Time (1), Psychic Frog (1), Reanimate (1), Treasure Cruise (1)
Planeswalkers (3)
- 1Ashiok, Dream Render
- 1Narset, Parter of Veils
- 1The Royal Scions
Creatures (29)
- 1Deathrite Shaman
- 1Dragon's Rage Channeler
- 1Flameblade Adept
- 1Marauding Mako
- 1Moonshadow
- 1Nethergoyf
- 1Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
- 1Stalactite Stalker
- 1Emperor of Bones
- 1Fear of Missing Out
- 1Hobgoblin, Mantled Marauder
- 1Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
- 1Ledger Shredder
- 1Norman Osborn // Green Goblin
- 1Orcish Bowmasters
- 1Psychic Frog
- 1Scrounging Skyray
- 1Abhorrent Oculus
- 1Barrowgoyf
- 1Hullbreacher
- 1Pyrogoyf
- 1Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
- 1Superior Spider-Man
- 1Archfiend of Ifnir
- 1Harvester of Misery
- 1Quantum Riddler
- 1Oliphaunt
- 1Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 1Murktide Regent
Sorceries (16)
- 1Careful Study
- 1Duress
- 1Faithless Looting
- 1Inquisition of Kozilek
- 1Reanimate
- 1Thoughtseize
- 1Unearth
- 1Collective Brutality
- 1Molten Collapse
- 1Brotherhood's End
- 1Dark Deal
- 1Wheel of Fortune
- 1Windfall
- 1From the Catacombs
- 1Lórien Revealed
- 1Treasure Cruise
Instants (18)
- 1Brainstorm
- 1Fatal Push
- 1Mental Misstep
- 1Spell Pierce
- 1Spell Snare
- 1Unholy Heat
- 1Bitter Triumph
- 1Daze
- 1Mana Leak
- 1Miscalculation
- 1Remand
- 1Force of Negation
- 1Kolaghan's Command
- 1Prismari Command
- 1Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
- 1Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
- 1Force of Will
- 1Dig Through Time
Artifacts (3)
- 1Mox Jet
- 1Mox Sapphire
- 1Monument to Endurance
Enchantments (1)
- 1Cool but Rude
Lands (31)
- 1Ash Barrens
- 1Badlands
- 1Blackcleave Cliffs
- 1Blood Crypt
- 1Bloodstained Mire
- 1Darkslick Shores
- 1Flooded Strand
- 1Forgotten Cave
- 1Lonely Sandbar
- 1Marsh Flats
- 1Otawara, Soaring City
- 1Polluted Delta
- 1Prismatic Vista
- 1Scalding Tarn
- 2Snow-Covered Island
- 2Snow-Covered Mountain
- 2Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1Spirebluff Canal
- 1Steam Vents
- 1Sulfur Falls
- 1Tropical Island
- 1Underground Sea
- 1Verdant Catacombs
- 1Volcanic Island
- 1Wasteland
- 1Watery Grave
- 1Wooded Foothills
- 1Xander's Lounge
