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Soul's Reflection / Mel, Defiant Soul

Mel, Defiant Soul — Aaron Shows — 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 Aaron Shows against Bloodharbor Ripper / Pyke, Dockside Butcher.

Match result: 1–2

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
34
Average energy
2.7
Average might
1.1
Domains
Mind (34), Chaos (32), Colorless (3)
Keywords
Reaction (18), NO TEXT (12), Predict (7), Empowered (6), Action (5), > (4)

Main deck

  • 1× Gust (OGN-169/298) · Origins
  • 1× Diana, Lunari (UNL-079/219) · Unleashed
  • 1× Promising Future (OGN-115/298) · Origins
  • 3× Dredge Up (VEN-049/166) · Vendetta
  • 2× Conscription (UNL-140/219) · Unleashed
  • 1× Possession (OGN-203/298) · Origins
  • 2× Treasure Hunter (SFD-130/221) · Spiritforged
  • 2× Vex, Apathetic (UNL-150/219) · Unleashed
  • 2× Seal of Discord (OGN-204/298) · Origins
  • 2× Shock Blast (VEN-059/166) · Vendetta
  • 1× Baron Nashor (UNL-238/219) · Unleashed
  • 3× Eclipse (UNL-063/219) · Unleashed
  • 1× Switcheroo (SFD-145/221) · Spiritforged
  • 2× Clairvoyance (VEN-056/166) · Vendetta
  • 3× Stupefy (OGN-095/298) · Origins
  • 2× Thousand-Tailed Watcher (OGN-116/298) · Origins
  • 1× Star-Crossed (UNL-128/219) · Unleashed
  • 3× Rebuttal (VEN-152/166) · Vendetta
  • 3× Nocturne, Horrifying (OGN-194/298) · Origins
  • 3× Applied Researchers (VEN-055/166) · Vendetta

Runes

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

Legend

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

Sideboard

  • 1× Unchecked Power (OGN-123/298) · Origins
  • 1× Fizz, Trickster (SFD-140/221) · Spiritforged
  • 2× Time Warp (OGN-122/298) · Origins
  • 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
  • 1× Ravenbloom Prefect (VEN-102/166) · Vendetta
  • 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× Forbidding Waste (UNL-210/219) · Unleashed