Mel
Riftbound Standard · Mind/Chaos
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How it plays
This list is built around Mel. Its main deck leans on Applied Researchers, Dredge Up and Ravenbloom Student. CTG Alanzq played it to 19th at Riftbound Regional Qualifier - Barcelona on August 22, 2026. Open the full list below to see every card.
Decklist
Legend 1
1 Mel, Soul's Reflection
VEN 151
Chosen champion 1
1 Mel, Defiant Soul
VEN 110
Main deck 39
3 Applied Researchers
VEN 55
3 Dredge Up
VEN 49
3 Ravenbloom Student
OGN 103
3 Rebuttal
VEN 152
3 Shock Blast
VEN 59
2 Singularity
OGN 105
1 Smoke Screen
OGN 93
3 Stacked Deck
OGN 183
1 Star-Crossed
UNL 128
3 Stupefy
OGN 95
1 Switcheroo
SFD 145
2 Thousand-Tailed Watcher
OGN 116
3 Time Warp
OGN 122
3 Traveling Merchant
OGN 185
3 Up from the Deep
VEN 100
2 Vex, Apathetic
UNL 150
Battlefields 3
1 Forbidding Waste
UNL 210
1 Ravenbloom Conservatory
SFD 215
1 Threshold of the Gray
VEN 166
Runes 12
5 Chaos Rune
OGN 166
7 Mind Rune
OGN 89
Sideboard 10
1 Abandon
UNL 131
1 Acceptable Losses
OGN 179
1 Decree of Insight
VEN 61
1 Fizz, Trickster
SFD 140
1 Mel, Newly Awakened
VEN 69
2 Pickpocket
SFD 74
1 Star-Crossed
UNL 128
1 Turn to Dust
UNL 70
1 Unchecked Power
OGN 123
Cheapest printing: about $24.96 each on TCGplayer: Unchecked Power (opens in a new tab)
Also at ORB: 1 · $24.95 for 1
66 cards listed in total