deck Grixis Painter

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About Legacy Grixis Painter

Belonging to the metagame from Legacy, Grixis Painter is a deck with the following key cards: Force of Will, Lightning Bolt, Brainstorm, Volcanic Island, Underground Sea, Ponder, Orcish Bowmasters, with an overall win percentage of 42.2% in 45 games in the last 6 months. The deck performances better against Uro Piles and 5c Zenith and worst against 5c Zenith and Temur Discover. In recent appearances O_danielakos made 20º at Legacy Challenge 32 and Graciasportanto made 15º at Legacy Challenge 32.

Main Deck cards Grixis Painter

Force of Will

4.0 in 100% of decks
Lightning Bolt

4.0 in 100% of decks
Brainstorm

4.0 in 100% of decks
Volcanic Island

2.9 in 100% of decks
Underground Sea

2.8 in 100% of decks
Ponder

4.0 in 99% of decks
Orcish Bowmasters

3.9 in 99% of decks
Polluted Delta

2.4 in 97% of decks
Scalding Tarn

2.1 in 95% of decks
Wasteland

4.0 in 92% of decks
Daze

4.0 in 92% of decks
Dragon's Rage Channeler

4.0 in 92% of decks
Murktide Regent

3.0 in 92% of decks
Delver of Secrets

4.0 in 91% of decks
Molten Collapse

1.8 in 91% of decks
Mishra's Bauble

3.3 in 90% of decks
Misty Rainforest

2.0 in 81% of decks
Flooded Strand

2.0 in 78% of decks
Stifle

1.9 in 47% of decks
Brazen Borrower

1.1 in 37% of decks
Thundering Falls

1.0 in 14% of decks
Spell Pierce

1.2 in 13% of decks
Bloodstained Mire

2.6 in 11% of decks
Narset, Parter of Veils

1.8 in 10% of decks

Sideboard cards Grixis Painter

Meltdown

1.9 in 98% of decks
Pyroblast

2.7 in 98% of decks
Force of Negation

2.0 in 93% of decks
Hydroblast

1.8 in 93% of decks
Price of Progress

1.9 in 82% of decks
Grafdigger's Cage

1.7 in 77% of decks
Counterbalance

1.5 in 69% of decks
Surgical Extraction

1.7 in 53% of decks
Red Elemental Blast

1.1 in 24% of decks
Flusterstorm

1.3 in 16% of decks
Blue Elemental Blast

1.2 in 16% of decks
Unlicensed Hearse

1.1 in 14% of decks
Nihil Spellbomb

1.5 in 13% of decks

Strategy

The Grixis Painter deck in Legacy is a powerful and versatile deck that focuses on disrupting your opponent's game plan while leveraging powerful threats to win the game. The deck combines control elements with aggressive creatures to create a proactive game plan. The main strategy of the deck revolves around using cards like Force of Will, Daze, and Pyroblast to interact with your opponent's spells while applying pressure with creatures like Delver of Secrets, Dragon's Rage Channeler, and Murktide Regent. These creatures are complemented by Lightning Bolt and Price of Progress as additional ways to close out the game quickly. One of the strong points of the deck is its ability to adapt to different matchups by utilizing a variety of disruption and threats. The deck can play a controlling game against combo decks with counterspells and removal, while also being able to switch gears and become aggressive against control decks. However, the deck can struggle against decks that go wide with tokens or have ways to generate card advantage consistently. Cards like Meltdown and Counterbalance can help address some of these shortcomings, but the deck may still have difficulties in certain matchups. Overall, Grixis Painter is a skill-intensive deck that rewards careful decision-making and precise play. It has the tools to compete with a wide range of strategies in the Legacy format, making it a strong choice for players looking for a versatile and powerful deck.