u/Frost_105

https://mtgdecks.net/Standard/dimir-midrange-decklist-by-yoshida-yutarou-2971710

It's sort of become my guilty pleasure lately to constantly be checking if there are any viable Dimir midrange/tempo that are existing, and whether they're actually seeing results whatsoever. The purist in me loves playing tempo too much, and it's a bit too pricey for me to go out and buy all the cards for the UW High noon prison deck, so for now I'm stuck with my boomer Kaito Dimir, which is slowly being left in the dust by less "fair" decks.

The most recent one to get my attention is the strangest Ninjutsu/Sneak deck that consists of basically only evasive 1-drops, kaito, and 4 copies of [[Oroku Saki, Shredder Rising]]. I played it on arena for a bit, and it feels way faster to turn the snowballing on as early as turn 2 with a 3 power clock that draws you cards.

I will say it plays less adaptably because you don't have cards like Tidebinder and Bitter Triumph. When I played against the "uncounterable" combo decks (Sultai Reanimate, Temur Kona, Excruciator, etc.), or against strong planeswalkers, they basically dumpster you if you can't kill them by the time they assemble their combo, but this could probably be fixed with the sideboard / small adjustments.

Also, no idea why this deck has 2x [[Subterranean Schooner]], but this post is mostly about Oroku Saki. Secretly busted bonkers common?

Hey, I'm trying to brew a deck that is just straight up a "midrange deck" à la the jund days.
The only midrange decks I see in the meta are Dimir mid with Kaito/cat, which has a very prevalant tempo subtheme, as well as some weird "Golgari midrange" deck lists that have a million tiny subthemes like mana dorks, lifegain, demons, graveyard recursion, etc.

Deck list below, I would love any suggestions to make it as successful as possible in the current standard meta.
https://moxfield.com/decks/mXIiH64mlECaqd-iaO8A-Q

Printable/Playable in standard tempo shells or no?