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Card legality is set quarterly based on which cards are 2¢ or less at that time.
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro-Combo	182	293–332	46.9	4	20	5
Aristocrats	104	187–178	51.2	4	17	4
Mono Black Aristocrats	3	2–5	28.6
Orzhov Aristocrats	2	0–4	0.0
Abzan Aristocrats	4	2–6	25.0
Food	2	4–6	40.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	88	178–149	54.4	4	17	4
Boros Bombardment	1	1–2	33.3
Burn	6	11–9	55.0
Infect	57	85–113	42.9	0	3	1
Blazing Shoal Infect	33	38–66	36.5	0	1
Mono Black Infect	21	41–43	48.8	0	2	1
Izzet Blitzkrieg	6	3–13	18.8
Liquimetal Fishing	3	2–9	18.2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	55–90	37.9
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Heroic	2–1	66.7
Azorius Heroic	1–1	50.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	1–1	50.0
Goblins	1–4	20.0
Tokens	4–0	100.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	16–32	33.3
Soldiers	12–27	30.8
Elves	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Little Kid	0–1	0.0
Rogues	0–1	0.0
Zombies	3–2	60.0
Gruul Aggro	3–4	42.9
Merfolk	3–3	50.0
Mono Red Swarm	2–2	50.0
Artifact Aggro	5–6	45.5
Affinity	3–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Architect	2–4	33.3
Madness	0–3	0.0
Golgari Madness	0–3	0.0
Voltron	1–1	50.0
Equipment Aggro	1–1	50.0
Knights	1–2	33.3
AggroSlide	7–8	46.7
Rakdos Aggro	1–2	33.3
Humans	0–3	0.0
Boros Humans	0–1	0.0
Legends Aggro	2–8	20.0
Boros Legends Aggro	2–4	33.3
Bard Class	0–3	0.0
Combo	71–75	48.6
Storm	3–4	42.9
Dragonstorm	1–3	25.0
Hazoret Storm	2–0	100.0
Simic Storm	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	4–3	57.1
Warp World	8–12	40.0
Hypergenesis	6–3	66.7
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Anvil Colossus	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	7–5	58.3
Taking Turns	1–1	50.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	3–1	75.0
Dredge	2–3	40.0
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	2–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	2–2	50.0
Calibrated Blast	0–1	0.0
Restore Balance	1–0	100.0
Gyruda	0–1	0.0
Midnight Mass	2–5	28.6
Phoenix Altar	7–15	31.8
Actual Twin	19–18	51.4
Izzet Twin	18–14	56.3
Boros Twin	1–4	20.0
Control	67–59	53.2
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	5–4	55.6
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	9–4	69.2
Azorius Control	12–17	41.4
Cawblade	4–9	30.8
Izzet Control	1–2	33.3
Mill	3–1	75.0
Cloudpost Control	12–9	57.1
Azorius Cloudpost Control	3–7	30.0
Blackpost	2–0	100.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	3–1	75.0
Grixis Control	1–2	33.3
Cruel Control	1–1	50.0
Stax	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	0–1	0.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	0–2	0.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	0–1	0.0
Sultai Control	0–1	0.0
Pox	2–4	33.3
Orzhov Control	5–5	50.0
Prison	9–7	56.3
Enchantress	9–7	56.3
Aggro-Combo	14–14	50.0
Aristocrats	11–12	47.8
Rakdos Aristocrats	10–12	45.5
Infect	3–2	60.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Infect	2–2	50.0
Aggro-Control	11–16	40.7
Simic Flash	1–0	100.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–4	20.0
Mono Blue Librarians	1–3	25.0
Izzet Spells	3–3	50.0
Dimir Tempo	0–1	0.0
Azorius Tempo	5–7	41.7
Combo-Control	13–9	59.1
Battle of Wits	5–1	83.3
Hive Mind	0–3	0.0
Solar Flare	4–3	57.1
Plasma Swans	2–1	66.7
Liliana's Contract	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–0	100.0
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Resurgent Belief	1–0	100.0
Midrange	45–53	45.9
Temur Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
The Rock	3–2	60.0
Jund	5–3	62.5
Blink	0–2	0.0
Graveyard Value	3–1	75.0
Fake-Rack	1–1	50.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
White Jund	2–1	66.7
Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	5–0	100.0
Boros Legends Midrange	4–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–0	100.0
Naya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–3	25.0
Hellion Whip	2–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	1–2	33.3
Toughness Matters	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–4	0.0
Adventures	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	1–2	33.3
Fight Rigging	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Midrange	3–4	42.9
Heartless Summoning Stompy	2–2	50.0
Fires of Invention	4–8	33.3
Hero of Precinct One	1–6	14.3
Mardu Hero	0–1	0.0
Five Color Hero	0–4	0.0
Naya Hero	1–0	100.0
Boros Hero	0–1	0.0
Clerics	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	2–5	28.6
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Ramp	17–16	51.5
Rofellos Ramp	6–2	75.0
Cloudpost Ramp	11–14	44.0
Eldrazipost	1–1	50.0
Greenpost	6–6	50.0
Gruul Post	0–1	0.0
Simic Post	2–5	28.6
Temurpost	2–0	100.0