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Soul's Reflection / Mel, Defiant Soul

Mel, Defiant Soul — NES Shariq — 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 NES Shariq against Heart of the Tempest / Kennen, Storm of Shuriken.

Match result: draw

Official recorded uses: 10

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
30
Average energy
2.2
Average might
0.8
Domains
Mind (37), Chaos (29), Colorless (3)
Keywords
Reaction (16), NO TEXT (12), Empowered (7), Flow (7), Action (5), > (4)

Main deck

  • 2× Gust (OGN-169/298) · Origins
  • 2× Up from the Deep (VEN-100/166) · Vendetta
  • 1× Singularity (OGN-105/298) · Origins
  • 3× Ravenbloom Student (OGN-103/298) · Origins
  • 3× Dredge Up (VEN-049/166) · Vendetta
  • 2× Traveling Merchant (OGN-185/298) · Origins
  • 2× Vex, Apathetic (UNL-150/219) · Unleashed
  • 3× Shock Blast (VEN-059/166) · Vendetta
  • 2× Time Warp (OGN-122/298) · Origins
  • 3× Gust Monk (VEN-101/166) · Vendetta
  • 2× Smoke Screen (OGN-093/298) · Origins
  • 1× Switcheroo (SFD-145/221) · Spiritforged
  • 3× Stupefy (OGN-095/298) · Origins
  • 1× Thousand-Tailed Watcher (OGN-116/298) · Origins
  • 1× Star-Crossed (UNL-128/219) · Unleashed
  • 3× Rebuttal (VEN-152/166) · Vendetta
  • 2× Kha'Zix, Mutating Horror (UNL-143/219) · Unleashed
  • 3× Applied Researchers (VEN-055/166) · Vendetta

Runes

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

Legend

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

Sideboard

  • 1× Singularity (OGN-105/298) · Origins
  • 2× Turn to Dust (UNL-070/219) · Unleashed
  • 1× Star-Crossed (UNL-128/219) · Unleashed
  • 1× Decree of Insight (VEN-061/166) · Vendetta
  • 1× Acceptable Losses (OGN-179/298) · Origins
  • 1× Abandon (UNL-131/219) · Unleashed
  • 2× Twilight Step (VEN-105/166) · Vendetta
  • 1× Mel, Newly Awakened (VEN-069/166) · Vendetta

Battlefields

  • 1× Abandoned Hall (UNL-205/219) · Unleashed
  • 1× Threshold of the Gray (VEN-166/166) · Vendetta
  • 1× Ravenbloom Conservatory (SFD-215/221) · Spiritforged