Golgari Aristocrats

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Congratulations to chickeninthebrain, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 32)

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Aggro-Combo	2531	5304–5079–4	51.1	190	1242
Aristocrats	639	1409–1258–3	52.8	53	322
Golgari Aristocrats	56	118–104–2	53.2	3	26

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	42–39–1	51.9
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	11–3	78.6
Mono White Heroic	10–3	76.9
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	12–14–1	46.2
Mono Red Devotion	0–2	0.0
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–2	33.3
Mono Green Stompy	2–0	100.0
White Weenie	2–5	28.6
Odric Keywords	0–2	0.0
Soldiers	0–1	0.0
Chroma White	0–2	0.0
Zombies	2–4	33.3
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–1	50.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–4	20.0
Artifact Aggro	5–3	62.5
Affinity	2–1	66.7
Boros Vehicles	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	2–2	50.0
AggroSlide	1–2	33.3
Shamans	0–1	0.0
Combo	10–12	45.5
Storm	2–0	100.0
Dimir Tendrils	2–0	100.0
Reanimator	1–6	14.3
Recurring Nightmare	0–1	0.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–1	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	0–4	0.0
Dimir Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–2	0.0
New Perspectives	0–1	0.0
Cat Wave	0–1	0.0
Monumental Ignus	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	4–1	80.0
Cephalid Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Oops All Spells	2–1	66.7
Neoform Hermit	1–0	100.0
Stuffy Doll	1–0	100.0
Control	21–21–1	50.0
Mono Black Control	0–1–1	0.0
Esper Control	1–0	100.0
Demonic Rising	3–2	60.0
Dimir Control	0–3	0.0
Azorius Control	7–1	87.5
Turbo Fog	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	1–1	50.0
Cruel Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	1–2	33.3
Pollute the Planet	0–2	0.0
Chandra Nalaar	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	1–1	50.0
Grixis Dragons	0–1	0.0
Dynavolt Tower	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	1–1	50.0
Astral Slide	1–1	50.0
Five Color Control	0–2	0.0
Guildgate Control	1–2	33.3
Bant Control	0–1	0.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	9–6	60.0
Aristocrats	3–5	37.5
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–3	25.0
Food	2–1	66.7
Burn	1–0	100.0
Infect	1–0	100.0
Simic Infect	1–0	100.0
Pummeler	1–1	50.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	3–3	50.0
Simic Flash	1–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	0–2	0.0
Blue Madness	1–1	50.0
Simic Madness	0–1	0.0
Temur Madness	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	6–5	54.5
Curses	0–1	0.0
Cruel Combo-Control	3–2	60.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Approach Necro	1–0	100.0
Swarm Intelligence	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–1	50.0
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Midrange	23–15	60.5
The Rock	2–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jund	5–1	83.3
Blink	0–1	0.0
Wave Blink	0–1	0.0
Bant Wave	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	0–1	0.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–0	100.0
Yisan-Prophet	1–1	50.0
Vampires	3–1	75.0
Mono Black Vampires	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Big Red	0–2	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–1	50.0
Dimir Midrange	2–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Prophet Glare	0–1	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–0	100.0
Abzan Hero	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	2–0	100.0
Ramp	4–3	57.1
Cloudpost Ramp	1–2	33.3
Greenpost	0–1	0.0
Gruul Post	1–0	100.0