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Soul's Reflection / Mel, Newly Awakened

Mel, Newly Awakened — Kagan — 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 Kagan against Grand Duelist / Fiora, Worthy.

Match result: 0–2

Official recorded uses: 5

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
31
Average energy
2.0
Average might
1.0
Domains
Mind (39), Chaos (27), Colorless (3)
Keywords
Reaction (15), NO TEXT (12), Empowered (10), Action (7), > (5), Empower (5)

Main deck

  • 2× Gust (OGN-169/298) · Origins
  • 1× Singularity (OGN-105/298) · Origins
  • 3× Ravenbloom Student (OGN-103/298) · Origins
  • 2× Apprentice Mage (VEN-047/166) · Vendetta
  • 3× Dredge Up (VEN-049/166) · Vendetta
  • 3× Traveling Merchant (OGN-185/298) · Origins
  • 2× Bellows Breath (SFD-080/221) · Spiritforged
  • 1× Fizz, Trickster (SFD-140/221) · Spiritforged
  • 3× Shock Blast (VEN-059/166) · Vendetta
  • 2× Gust Monk (VEN-101/166) · Vendetta
  • 1× Eclipse (UNL-063/219) · Unleashed
  • 1× Smoke Screen (OGN-093/298) · 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× Ride the Wind (OGN-173/298) · Origins
  • 3× Applied Researchers (VEN-055/166) · Vendetta

Runes

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

Legend

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

Sideboard

  • 1× Unchecked Power (OGN-123/298) · Origins
  • 2× Turn to Dust (UNL-070/219) · Unleashed
  • 1× Angler Beast (UNL-132/219) · Unleashed
  • 1× Vex, Apathetic (UNL-150/219) · Unleashed
  • 2× Decree of Insight (VEN-061/166) · Vendetta
  • 1× Abandon (UNL-131/219) · Unleashed
  • 2× Ravenbloom Prefect (VEN-102/166) · Vendetta

Battlefields

  • 1× Threshold of the Gray (VEN-166/166) · Vendetta
  • 1× Ravenbloom Conservatory (SFD-215/221) · Spiritforged
  • 1× Frozen Fortress (UNL-212/219) · Unleashed