Before Worlds 2018, support decks and upgrade decks had largely been kept separate. Then the Hyperloops brought out Drive By Shooting, a deck that combined the most efficient vehicles with the most efficient upgrades. Since then, support decks have continued to sprinkle in powerful upgrades (like Handheld Cannon), understanding that the more above the curve cards you can include in your deck, the better. As I’ve been theory crafting Convergence, I’ve noticed that my Middle/Middle decks have trended in a similar direction – they all seemed to be including Megablaster Troopers. We’ve reached a point where a number of the most efficient cards are supports and the pool of good upgrades is shallow. So my thesis is this – for Middle/Middle decks to rise to the top in the current meta, they need to find ways to include powerful supports, while still operating in a way that is different from the traditional 3-wide ramp support decks. The following are 3 examples of how this can be done.

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