Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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What does Grixis look like in a world where Invoke Despair isn't very good any more?

Mike tries to find out in an -- "against his better judgment" -- Best-of-Three Standard Event. Here is the weapon in question:

Grixis Update

4 Cut Down
3 Make Disappear
4 Go for the Throat
1 Abrade
4 Bloodtithe Harvester
3 Reckoner Bankbuster
4 Fable of the Mirror-Breaker
4 Corpse Appraiser
3 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
2 Gix's Command
2 Hidetsugu and Kairi
1 Swamp
1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
4 Darkslick Shores
4 Shipwreck Marsh
3 Shivan Reef
4 Blackcleave Cliffs
4 Haunted Ridge
1 Sulfurous Springs
4 Xander's Lounge

Sideboard
2 Duress
3 Parasitic Grasp
2 Siphon Insight
2 Disdainful Stroke
1 Negate
1 Abrade
1 Brotherhood's End
1 Invoke Despair
1 Burn Down the House
1 Bladecoil Serpent

Credit where credit is due: This list was influenced by Matt Sperling's deck list from the Regional Championships; and more recently Andrew Cuneo's update since the release of March of the Machine.

More:

Andrew's video here on YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=jbirMdtn6I4

Full writeup on the blog: fivewithflores.com/2023/04/hidetsugu-and-kairi

LOVE
MIKE