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Soul's Reflection / Mel, Defiant Soul

Mel, Defiant Soul — Nicholas Tran — 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 Nicholas Tran against Voidreaver / Kha'Zix, Mutating Horror.

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
34
Average energy
2.3
Average might
0.7
Domains
Mind (40), Chaos (26), Colorless (3)
Keywords
Reaction (17), NO TEXT (12), Action (9), Empowered (6), Flow (6), Deflect (4)

Main deck

  • 1× Consult the Past (OGN-083/298) · Origins
  • 1× Gust (OGN-169/298) · Origins
  • 3× Up from the Deep (VEN-100/166) · Vendetta
  • 2× Singularity (OGN-105/298) · Origins
  • 1× Turn to Dust (UNL-070/219) · Unleashed
  • 3× Dredge Up (VEN-049/166) · Vendetta
  • 1× Bellows Breath (SFD-080/221) · Spiritforged
  • 2× Vex, Apathetic (UNL-150/219) · Unleashed
  • 3× Shock Blast (VEN-059/166) · Vendetta
  • 3× Time Warp (OGN-122/298) · Origins
  • 1× Lecturing Yordle (OGN-087/298) · Origins
  • 1× Smoke Screen (OGN-093/298) · Origins
  • 3× Stupefy (OGN-095/298) · Origins
  • 1× Cloth Armor (SFD-064/221) · Spiritforged
  • 2× Thousand-Tailed Watcher (OGN-116/298) · Origins
  • 1× Star-Crossed (UNL-128/219) · Unleashed
  • 1× Evelynn, Entrancing (UNL-141/219) · Unleashed
  • 3× Rebuttal (VEN-152/166) · Vendetta
  • 1× Acceptable Losses (OGN-179/298) · Origins
  • 1× Abandon (UNL-131/219) · Unleashed
  • 3× Applied Researchers (VEN-055/166) · Vendetta
  • 1× Crescent Strike (UNL-072/219) · Unleashed

Runes

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

Legend

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

Sideboard

  • 1× Whirlwind (OGN-187/298) · Origins
  • 1× Pickpocket (SFD-074/221) · Spiritforged
  • 1× Switcheroo (SFD-145/221) · Spiritforged
  • 1× Star-Crossed (UNL-128/219) · Unleashed
  • 2× Decree of Insight (VEN-061/166) · Vendetta
  • 1× Kha'Zix, Mutating Horror (UNL-143/219) · Unleashed
  • 2× Acceptable Losses (OGN-179/298) · Origins
  • 1× Hard Bargain (SFD-136/221) · Spiritforged

Battlefields

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