LoR: 4 Ways to Play Mordekaiser in Standard - The Best Champion in the Format!

Control decks are dominating competitive tournaments and the ranked queue, and, nowadays, many of them center around Mordekaiser.

Currently, this champion is so strong and versatile that we can make him work in many ways. In this article, we'll explore some of his best decks, and, as we do, I'll show you their main differences and why they use different cards, despite centering around the same champion.

Your main goal when you play these Mordekaiser decks is to control the board with cheap Shadow Isles removal, and play units that interact with Mordekaiser's effect.

So, you'll control the match as it plays out and gain a lot of value. Eventually, your opponent won't be able to turn the game back around.

Now let's see these lists!

Mordekaiser Vex - The First Version

This version was heavily influenced by Vex's success last season. She was the best card in the game in the last rotation, and, in this list, she is a great "transition" unit. This means she helps you transition from the early game to the late game because her stats are incredibly strong and her game style, besides aggressive, often scales in your favor like a snowball.

This list already played the main combo with Aloof Travelers and Mordekaiser. With these two cards in play, you'll have an "engine" that discards cards in your opponent's hand and also draws you new cards.

This deck does a bit of everything: it destroys landmarks, removes big and small units, and also creates useful cards for each match thanks to Conchologist and Bandle City Mayor.

Mordekaiser Kindred - The Anti-Meta Version

As the meta evolved, we needed to find a solution to deal with the control and combo decks that are popular nowadays, like Fizz Yuumi, Rumble, and ramp decks.

Kindred helps you clear the board more easily when you face these decks, and also eventually grows enough to become a finisher.

To interact with Kindred, this list uses units like Fading Icon and The Wings and the Wave. With them, you'll remove units on your board and apply Kindred's mark on enemy cards.

Mordekaiser Tristana - The Best Version for Mirror Matches

As Mordekaiser decks became more popular, we needed to find a way to beat him, but also play him at the same time. So, we came up with the Tristana version. It is more aggressive, and more similar to Nocturne Vex decks - it removes cards and sets up powerful attacks. It is almost like a Shadow Isles Midrange archetype.

This version plays Grandfather Fae because the Hungry Owlcat he creates is perfect against Shadow Isles removal. It has Spellshield, so this unit is simply a great attacker in mirror matches. Tristana is also one of this list's greatest strengths because, when she levels up, your opponent will only be able to remove her with Vengeance (or Death's Grasp, but then they'll have to sacrifice one of their units), so they'll have to spend 6 mana on a 3 mana card. Though this list doesn't play many multirregion cards, Tristana levels up relatively fast because of Mordekaiser's mechanic.

Mordekaiser Kindred Morgana - The Anti Control Midrange Version

Besides Mordekaiser, Ryze decks and ramp decks are also popular, so the meta is full of control lists. To beat these lists with Mordekaiser, we'll need the good, old Suppression strategy, which Mageseeker Inquisitor will give us. If you revive him with Mordekaiser, you'll constantly give Suppressions to your opponent and lock down their game plan completely. This way, they won't be able to use their removals.

This is an ancient combo that always becomes relevant again whenever we are in a slow meta with too many control decks.

Besides, this version performs really well against Ezreal Nilah, as it is the main counter for these types of decks.

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