Rakdos Aristocrats

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro-Combo	950	1714–1668	50.7	6	45	45
Aristocrats	421	820–690	54.3	3	22	31
Rakdos Aristocrats	147	304–243	55.6	3	15	10

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	100–54	64.9
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	6–6	50.0
Mono White Heroic	3–5	37.5
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	3–1	75.0
Red Deck Wins	15–7	68.2
Mono Red Devotion	1–1	50.0
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	3–0	100.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	7–1	87.5
White Weenie	9–3	75.0
Odric Keywords	0–1	0.0
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Elves	6–5	54.5
Selesnya Little Kid	3–1	75.0
Selesnya Counters	1–0	100.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	1–1	50.0
Merfolk	7–3	70.0
Mono Red Swarm	2–1	66.7
Artifact Aggro	27–16	62.8
Affinity	20–12	62.5
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Architect	3–3	50.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	2–5	28.6
Hexproof	1–5	16.7
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	4–4	50.0
Cats	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Cats	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	55–51	51.9
Storm	11–12	47.8
Dimir Tendrils	8–10	44.4
Dragonstorm	0–1	0.0
Grixis Tendrils	2–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Swath Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	14–14	50.0
Worldgorger Dragon	3–8	27.3
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	10–5	66.7
Rakdos Reanimator	0–2	0.0
Dimir Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	9–2	81.8
Oriss Genesis	2–2	50.0
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	0–2	0.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	5–3	62.5
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	3–1	75.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	2–2	50.0
Myr Incubator	0–2	0.0
Combo Post	0–1	0.0
Eggs	2–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	0–2	0.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	2–5	28.6
Ominous Good	3–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Combo	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	4–0	100.0
Oops All Spells	4–0	100.0
Dredge	6–3	66.7
Dice Factory	1–0	100.0
Control	44–35	55.7
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	1–2	33.3
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	3–3	50.0
Azorius Control	9–6	60.0
Cawblade	0–1	0.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	3–2	60.0
Cloudpost Control	1–3	25.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Blackpost	0–1	0.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	2–0	100.0
Cruel Control	2–0	100.0
Chandra Nalaar	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Ponza	5–5	50.0
Mono White Control	3–1	75.0
Life is Ez	1–1	50.0
Cycling Control	0–2	0.0
Astral Slide	0–2	0.0
Five Color Control	5–2	71.4
Five Color Collected Conjuring	4–2	66.7
Shrines	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	0–1	0.0
Pox	4–5	44.4
Prison	2–1	66.7
Enchantress	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Combo	20–17	54.1
Aristocrats	9–12	42.9
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–3	25.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Food	2–4	33.3
Rakdos Aristocrats	3–3	50.0
Burn	3–2	60.0
Infect	3–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Chancellor of the Forge Combo	1–0	100.0
Hushnought	0–1	0.0
Combo Goblins	2–1	66.7
Goblin Persist	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Control	15–16	48.4
Izzet Tempo	2–9	18.2
Azorius Skies	2–2	50.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–2	33.3
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	4–1	80.0
Izzet Spells	2–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	2–0	100.0
Azorius Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	10–7	58.8
Battle of Wits	3–2	60.0
Mindcrank	2–2	50.0
Dragoncrank	0–1	0.0
Yosei Vat	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	2–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	1–2	33.3
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–0	100.0
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Thryx-Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Midrange	49–46	51.6
The Rock	1–2	33.3
Grenzo	0–2	0.0
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	3–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	2–2	50.0
Allies	3–0	100.0
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
BRGW Allies	1–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	4–1	80.0
Mardu Midrange	3–3	50.0
Yisan-Prophet	1–0	100.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	5–3	62.5
Big Red	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Midrange	4–9	30.8
Mono Black Devotion	4–3	57.1
Heart of Darkness	0–3	0.0
Dimir Midrange	1–4	20.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Midrange	4–7	36.4
Owling Mine	2–0	100.0
Prophet Glare	1–4	20.0
Neoform	1–1	50.0
Temur Neoform	1–0	100.0
Simic Neoform	0–1	0.0
Party	3–1	75.0
Clerics	0–1	0.0
Ramp	11–17	39.3
Cloudpost Ramp	6–13	31.6
Golgari Post	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	5–11	31.3
Summer Bloom Ramp	1–4	20.0
Historic Bloom	0–2	0.0
Applejacks	1–0	100.0