Resurgent Belief

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Card legality is set quarterly based on which cards are 2¢ or less at that time.
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Minimum 60 cards. Any number of basic lands. Max four of any other legal card. Sideboard of up to fifteen cards.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo-Control	10603	18455–18229–13	50.3	98	815	497
Resurgent Belief	142	170–254	40.1	1	4	4

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	34–68	33.3
Mono Black Aggro	2–2	50.0
Heroic	2–1	66.7
Mono White Heroic	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	6–11	35.3
Mono Red Devotion	1–0	100.0
Goblins	1–2	33.3
Tokens	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	1–14	6.7
Soldiers	0–4	0.0
Chroma White	0–1	0.0
Elves	5–3	62.5
Selesnya Little Kid	0–1	0.0
Rogues	0–2	0.0
Zombies	1–1	50.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	0–7	0.0
Artifact Aggro	4–8	33.3
Affinity	2–2	50.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	0–5	0.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Illusions	1–0	100.0
Madness	4–2	66.7
Golgari Madness	3–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	0–2	0.0
Voltron	0–3	0.0
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
Hateful Auras	0–2	0.0
Knights	1–3	25.0
AggroSlide	0–3	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–1	0.0
Humans	2–1	66.7
Boros Humans	1–1	50.0
Legends Aggro	1–2	33.3
Boros Legends Aggro	1–2	33.3
Combo	21–35	37.5
Storm	3–9	25.0
Dimir Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	1–1	50.0
High Tide	1–3	25.0
Izzet Storm	0–4	0.0
Reanimator	3–8	27.3
Recurring Nightmare	2–1	66.7
Dragon Nightmare	2–0	100.0
Worldgorger Dragon	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–6	14.3
Rakdos Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–4	20.0
Oriss Genesis	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–1	0.0
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Warp World	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	2–2	50.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–1	50.0
Anvil Colossus	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	0–1	0.0
Izzet Ascension	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Combo	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	1–1	50.0
Breakfast	1–1	50.0
Oops All Spells	1–1	50.0
Polymorph	0–1	0.0
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Tibalt's Trickery	1–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	1–0	100.0
Gyruda	1–0	100.0
Belcher	0–2	0.0
Midnight Mass	2–1	66.7
Control	36–45	44.4
Mono Black Control	1–2	33.3
Esper Control	2–7	22.2
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	1–4	20.0
Azorius Control	8–6	57.1
Cawblade	0–1	0.0
Turbo Fog	1–1	50.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	1–3	25.0
Cruel Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	0–2	0.0
Dragon Control	1–1	50.0
Ponza	3–2	60.0
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	0–1	0.0
Bant Control	0–1	0.0
Pox	3–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	2–3	40.0
Orzhov Control	4–9	30.8
Prison	2–2	50.0
Enchantress	2–2	50.0
Aggro-Combo	8–22	26.7
Aristocrats	4–7	36.4
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Food	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Boros Bombardment	0–2	0.0
Infect	0–3	0.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–2	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	3–7	30.0
Izzet Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–5	16.7
Izzet Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Hushnought	0–2	0.0
Liquimetal Fishing	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	0–2	0.0
Goblin Persist	0–2	0.0
Aggro-Control	7–13	35.0
Izzet Tempo	2–2	50.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	0–4	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–2	33.3
Izzet Spells	2–3	40.0
Dimir Tempo	0–2	0.0
Dimir Faeries	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	14–12	53.8
Curses	2–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	3–1	75.0
Mindcrank	0–1	0.0
Hive Mind	1–1	50.0
Plasma Swans	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	5–7	41.7
Wildfire	3–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	2–7	22.2
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	0–3	0.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Thopter-Sword	1–0	100.0
Azorius Thopter-Sword	1–0	100.0
Resurgent Belief	1–1	50.0
Midrange	42–50	45.7
Temur Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
The Rock	0–2	0.0
Abzan Midrange	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	4–1	80.0
Blink	3–7	30.0
Wave Blink	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Wave	1–0	100.0
Acid Trip	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	2–1	66.7
Allies	1–0	100.0
Boros Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–1	50.0
Vampires	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	2–3	40.0
Orzhov Legends	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Legends	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–1	50.0
Big Red	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	8–9	47.1
Necro Midrange	3–1	75.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–2	33.3
Dimir Midrange	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–0	100.0
Martyr's Grace	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Midrange	2–4	33.3
Ordealbreak	1–1	50.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–1	50.0
Fires of Invention	2–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	3–4	42.9
Five Color Hero	1–1	50.0
Naya Hero	1–2	33.3
Boros Hero	1–0	100.0
Clerics	1–1	50.0
Artifact Midrange	1–2	33.3
Death Cloud	1–2	33.3
Ramp	7–9	43.8
Rofellos Ramp	2–2	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	4–4	50.0
Greenpost	2–2	50.0
Gruul Post	0–1	0.0
Simic Post	1–1	50.0
Domain	0–1	0.0
Carth Superfriends	1–0	100.0
Unclassified	1–0	100.0