VitorCarvalho01 Takes Dimir Midrange to Sixth With Rare Cards

VitorCarvalho01 finished sixth at 5–2 in the 36-player Standard Challenge 16 on November 10, then lost 1–2 to LucasG1ggs in the quarterfinals. MTGO’s published list shows four Superior Spider-Man and three Uldaros Theorix, instead of the usual Kaito, Bane of Nightmares and Enduring Curiosity package. Superior Spider-Man can copy Uldaros Theorix in the graveyard, letting the deck cast Uldaros before the copy is exiled and generate more free casts, as Magic.gg’s Dimir Uldaros guide explains.

The End is a one-of removal spell that can also exile matching cards from its target’s graveyard, hand and library. Winternight Stories draws three, then discards unless you discard a creature, and can be cast from the graveyard; Vraska’s Final Mercy can remove a creature or planeswalker, or put enough loyalty on Jace to use his ultimate. The event’s other Dimir Midrange list, which won at 8–1, used the conventional package. Across 164 other Dimir Midrange lists in six weeks, all four cards appeared in 0%. The Swiss losses and opponents are not identified in the published results.