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Soul's Reflection / Mel, Defiant Soul

Mel, Defiant Soul — Joseph Buzzetta — Sep 19, 2026: a standard Riftbound deck with 65 cards. Check the full list, legend, champion and energy curve.

This deck was first recorded in official tournament play on September 19, 2026 during CCS $25,000 Showdown Series Event - Riftbound Invitational Qualifier #5.

Played by Joseph Buzzetta against Joseph Valdez.

Match result: 0–2

Official recorded uses: 6

By System

Riftbound Legend: Soul's Reflection. When you empower something else, empower me. (I become Empowered if I'm not already.) Disempower me, [T]: Give a unit at a battlefield -2 [S] this turn.

Deck statistics

Cards
65
Unique cards
28
Average energy
2.4
Average might
0.8
Domains
Mind (40), Chaos (26), Colorless (3)
Keywords
Reaction (14), NO TEXT (12), Empower (8), Empowered (8), Flow (6), > (5)

Main deck

  • 3× Up from the Deep (VEN-100/166) · Vendetta
  • 2× Singularity (OGN-105/298) · Origins
  • 3× Dredge Up (VEN-049/166) · Vendetta
  • 2× Sprite Burst (UNL-069/219) · Unleashed
  • 3× Traveling Merchant (OGN-185/298) · Origins
  • 3× Shock Blast (VEN-059/166) · Vendetta
  • 2× Time Warp (OGN-122/298) · Origins
  • 3× Stupefy (OGN-095/298) · Origins
  • 2× Thousand-Tailed Watcher (OGN-116/298) · Origins
  • 2× Star-Crossed (UNL-128/219) · Unleashed
  • 3× Rebuttal (VEN-152/166) · Vendetta
  • 2× Abandon (UNL-131/219) · Unleashed
  • 3× Questionable Tome (VEN-054/166) · Vendetta
  • 3× Applied Researchers (VEN-055/166) · Vendetta
  • 2× Ravenbloom Prefect (VEN-102/166) · Vendetta
  • 1× Mel, Newly Awakened (VEN-069/166) · Vendetta

Runes

  • 7× Mind Rune (VEN-R03) · Vendetta
  • 5× Chaos Rune (VEN-R05) · Vendetta

Legend

  • 1× Soul's Reflection (VEN-151/166) · Vendetta

Sideboard

  • 2× Gust (OGN-169/298) · Origins
  • 1× Turn to Dust (UNL-070/219) · Unleashed
  • 1× Rocket Barrage (SFD-077/221) · Spiritforged
  • 2× Gust Monk (VEN-101/166) · Vendetta
  • 2× Decree of Insight (VEN-061/166) · Vendetta
  • 1× Downwell (SFD-147/221) · Spiritforged
  • 1× Mel, Newly Awakened (VEN-069/166) · Vendetta

Battlefields

  • 1× Threshold of the Gray (VEN-166/166) · Vendetta
  • 1× Ravenbloom Conservatory (SFD-215/221) · Spiritforged
  • 1× Rockfall Path (SFD-216/221) · Spiritforged