[Top 10] MTG Arena Most Fun Decks

Updated:

29 Dec 2020

MTGA is a highly competitive game that relies heavily on strategy, some luck, and great game sense. This presents the need to evaluate the meta of whatever format you are playing on. Because of the meta, some players face restrictions on what decks to play since non-meta decks may perform poorly on ranked matchmaking. However, I created this list to present players with decks that are both fun and still highly competitive. Some meta decks are present in this list but I only included those with fun and unique interactions.

Chandra Tribal

What’s good about this deck?

A fun new spin to mono-red aggro
You can ramp into other Chandra’s to create more devastating damage
- With Chandra’s Regulator, you can double the effects of each Chandra planeswalker

How to play this deck effectively

The main key to winning with this deck is to get your Chandra’s on curve
- Getting the right amount of mana allows you to ramp towards other Chandra’s
- This can help you dish out huge amounts of damage with multiple activations of each Chandra
With Chandra, Acolyte of Flame’s ability, you can easily regain loyalty counters lost from your planeswalkers
- This is important to keep them on board, as well as present a threat with the Heart of Kiran activation

Decklist

4 Mind Stone
3 Chandra’s Regulator
4 Shatterskull Smashing
3 Chandra’s Triumph
3 Bonecrusher Giant
3 Sweltering Suns
1 Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
3 Chandra, Acolyte of Flame
4 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
2 Chandra, Novice Pyromancer
2 Chandra, Heart of Fire
2 Chandra, Awakened Inferno
4 Interplanar Beacon
2 Karn’s Bastion
2 Mobilized District
1 Field of Ruin
4 Ramunap Ruins
10 Mountain

Bolas Tribal

What’s good about this deck?

You have a Bolas for every scenario imaginable
Wide range of win conditions
Great deck for maximum control

How to play this deck effectively

Since you will be dealing with hard to cast cards, you need to hit your land drops
- Use your Fabled Passage, later on, to make sure you get the right land to cast your spells
Play for the endgame
- Just like a typical control deck, the first few turns will involve hand disruption, card draw, and creature removal

Decklist

4 Thoughtseize
3 Fatal Push
2 Eliminate
4 Chart a Course
3 Sweltering Suns
4 Dragon’s Hoard
4 Bonecrusher Giant
2 Dark Intimations
4 Nicol Bolas, the Ravager
4 Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God
2 Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh
4 Blood Crypt
2 Dragonskull Summit
2 Steam Vents
2 Watery Grave
2 Drowned Catacomb
2 Sulfur Falls
3 Fabled Passage
1 Field of Ruin
3 Swamp
2 Mountain
1 Island

GPG

What’s good about this deck?

Counters mill decks since milling will just fuel the GPG engine
Dual-threat creatures
- Haste creatures and ETB effects are very powerful in this deck

How to play this deck effectively

Don’t hesitate to bin your creatures or even your GPG
- Putting creatures in your graveyard will fuel GPG, allowing more choices of creatures to bring back
- Putting GPG on your graveyard will help cast it earlier with Refurbish and Gate to the Afterlife
Minister of Inquiries and Chart a Course are essential in the early game
- Both cards can fuel your graveyard, preparing them for when you already have GPG on the board

Decklist

4 Champion of Wits
4 Angel of Invention
3 Minister of Inquiries
2 Dream Trawler
4 Chart a Course
2 Refurbish
4 STrategic PLanning
2 Wrath of God
2 Cast Out
1 Search for Azcanta
4 God-Pharaoh’s Gift
3 Gate to the Afterlife
4 Glacial Fortress
4 Hallowed Fountain
2 Ipnu Rivulet
3 Irrigated Farmland
1 Castle Vantress
1 Castle Ardenvale
5 Island
4 Plains

Mono-Red Aggro

What’s good about this deck?

Very fast and efficient
- With a very low average mana cost, you can play multiple spells almost immediately
This is still a good go-to deck if you want to climb in the rankings

How to play this deck effectively

Make sure you have played on each of your first few turns
- Missing one turn due to either lack of mana or lack of material to play can quickly derail your chances of winning
You need to rely on good top decks especially if the game extends to the mid- to late-game
- Robber of the Rich is the only sort of card advantage that you have access to and it only applies in the early game

Decklist

4 Bonecrusher Giant
4 Robber of the Rich
3 Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
2 Akoum Hellhound
2 Ox of Agonas
3 Rimrock Knight
3 Fervent Champion
4 Fireblade Charger
4 Anax, Hardened in the Forge
4 Embercleave
2 Spikefield Hazard
4 Castle Embereth
18 Mountain

Ugin Ramp

What’s good about this deck?

Ugin and Ulamog in the same deck is pretty scary
There are a lot of cards to give you both mana and card advantage
Very quiet in the early game but can pull off surprise threats

How to play this deck effectively

There’s not much that I can say here since you will focus mainly on ramping in the early game, casting whatever threat you have on your hand, and holding off attacks until you cast an Ugin or an Ulamog

Decklist

3 Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
2 Ugin, the Ineffable
4 Karn, the Great Creator
2 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
2 Golos, Tireless Pilgrim
4 Extinction Event
3 Forsaken Monument
3 Hedron Archive
4 Mazemind Tome
4 Guardian Idol
4 Mind Stone
1 Cascading Cataracts
4 Aether Hub
1 Crawling Barrens
1 Inventor’s Fair
1 Mobilized District
4 Radiant Fountain
1 Scavenger Grounds
4 Spire of Industry
4 Ifnir Deadlands
2 Zhalfrin’s Void
1 Mirrodin’s Core
1 Buried Ruins

Rogues

What’s good about this deck?

Tried and tested deck in the meta
Utilizes flash, allowing you to cast your creatures on the opponent’s turn
- Very useful since you are less likely to tap out during your turn, allowing you open mana for counterspells if needed

How to play this deck effectively

Hit your opponent’s deck early
- This can give you a huge advantage as it fills up their graveyard and at the same time disrupts their strategy even before they see it
Early game aggression is the key to winning with this deck
- Although your creatures will benefit from the massive pile on the opponent’s graveyard, you should already start pressuring their life total early

Decklist

4 Thieves’ Guild Enforcer
4 Soaring Thought-Thief
3 Brazen Borrower
3 Zareth San, the Trickster
4 Drown in the Loch
2 Heartless Act
2 Cling to Dust
2 Eliminate
3 Didn’t Say Please
2 Jwari Disruption
3 Into the Story
2 Bloodchief’s Thirst
2 Shark Typhoon
4 Zagoth Triome
4 Clearwater Pathway
4 Temple of Deceit
1 Castle Vantress
1 Castle Locthwain
4 Fabled Passage
3 Swamp
3 Island

Bruvac Mill

What’s good about this deck?

Mill damages your opponent’s game plan before they even draw into it
Once the engine starts, it is difficult to stop
- It relies on a few combo pieces so stopping it would involve taking out multiple threats immediately

How to play this deck effectively

Utilize land drops with Ruin Crab
- Play your Fabled Passage when Ruin Crab is on the board to double its effect
Use the early game to counter the opponent’s spell, remove their early threats
- Assembling the combo pieces will require some time. In order to buy time, use your counterspells and removals well

Decklist

4 Ruin Crab
4 Vantress Gargoyle
3 Bruvac, the Grandiloquent
4 Drowned Secrets
3 Maddening Cacophony
4 Bloodchief’s Thirst
3 Sea Gate Restoration
4 Anticognition
4 Into the Story
4 Drown in the Loch
4 Watery Grave
4 Drowned Catacomb
4 Ipnu Rivulet
4 Fabled Passage
3 Island
4 Swamp

Cycling

What’s good about this deck?

Very cheap deck for budget gaming
Cycling effects are not susceptible to counterspells
- Getting card advantage, thinning the deck, and fueling the graveyard can be achieved by cycling cards

How to play this deck effectively

The only creatures you will cast are Flourishing Fox and Drannith Stinger, all other creatures are for cycling
- Splendor Mare is useful when you are up against aggressive creature decks as it can give lifelink to your Fox or Stinger
- Yidaro should never be hard cast since that would just be inefficient
Reptillian Reflection is a good surprise card since not a lot of decks play around it
Don’t wait too long before you cast Zenith Flare
- There are a lot of graveyard hate cards so make sure that you can utilize your graveyard before it gets exiled

Decklist

2 Splendor Mare
4 Drannith Stinger
4 Flourishing Fox
4 Yidaro, Wandering Monster
3 Frostveil Ambush
4 Startling Development
4 Zenith Flare
2 Shatterskull Smashing
2 Emeria’s Call
4 Boon of the Wish-Giver
4 Go for Blood
1 Reptillian Reflection
4 Footfall Crater
4 Raugrin Triome
4 Riverglide Pathway
4 Needleverge Pathway
4 Plains
2 Mountain

Yorion Doom Control

What’s good about this deck?

Good counter against mill decks
- The extra 20 cards can be a huge lifeline when against rogues and other mill decks
Great at board wipes
- Against the current meta, this deck is still powerful with its abundance of removal and board wipes

How to play this deck effectively

Use your board wipes to protect yourself from early threats
- This deck is great in the late game so the early game should be focused on card draw and threat removal
There are not many answers for enchantments but if ever you find most of your enchantments in the graveyard, you can easily cast Dance of the Manse to bring them back

Decklist

Yorion, Sky Nomad - companion

2 Yorion, Sky Nomad
4 Skyclave Apparition
4 Emeria’s Call
3 Extinction Event
3 Dance of the Manse
2 Eliminate
2 Heartless Act
3 Golden Egg
2 Glass Casket
1 Banishing Light
4 Doom Foretold
4 Elspeth Conquers Death
4 Omen of the Sea
3 Omen of the Sun
4 Elspeth’s Nightmare
3 Treacherous Blessing
4 Clearwater Pathway
4 Brightclimb Pathway
4 Temple of Enlightenment
3 Temple of Deceit
1 Temple of Silence
4 Fabled Passage
3 Plains
4 Swamp
4 Island

Bolas’s Citadel

What’s good about this deck?

One of the best combo decks in the game right now
- Potential for dynamic turns and one-turn kills
Aetherfulx Reservoir allows more life gain and an alternative win condition

How to play this deck effectively

A high life total means more activations of Bolas’s Citadel
- Use the early game to pad up your life total for you to cast more spells with the Citadel
This deck has the potential for a one-turn kill if you are able to assemble the combo pieces immediately
- Get Aetherflux Reservoir, Vito, and Bolas’s Citadel as soon as you can so that every turn will result in massive amounts of damage

Decklist