Deck guide
Premodern Astral Slide Deck Guide
Also known as: RW Slide · Cycling Control
Astral Slide is a Tier 1.5 control deck in Premodern.
At a glance
Event decklists
Event decklists
No event decklists on file yet — lists are pulled from mtgtop8 PREM and the MTGO Premodern Challenge feed.
Game plan
What Astral Slide is trying to do
An RW Onslaught-block control deck that uses cycling triggers with Astral Slide and Lightning Rift to remove threats and grind incremental value into Decree of Justice tokens. It plays as a control deck in Tier 1.5 of the current Premodern metagame.
Core cards
What defines Astral Slide
Sideboarding & matchups
How Astral Slide fares
Matchup win-rate data for Astral Slide is being compiled.
See the full matchup matrix for head-to-head pairings across the format.
Strategy
How to play Astral Slide
A full written primer for Astral Slide — mulligan decisions, sequencing, and the sideboard plan — is in progress. The decklists, key cards, and matchup data above are kept current in the meantime.
FAQ
Common questions
- Is Astral Slide a good deck in Premodern?
- Astral Slide is a Tier 1.5 deck in Premodern. See its matchup spread and decklists for how it performs.
- What colors is Astral Slide?
- Astral Slide is a White, Red deck.
Next steps
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