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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	950	1714–1668	50.7	6	45	45
Aristocrats	421	820–690	54.3	3	22	31
Mono Black Aristocrats	48	88–75	54.0	0	1	4
Orzhov Aristocrats	100	231–142	61.9	0	3	11
Golgari Aristocrats	36	59–64	48.0	0	1	2
Abzan Aristocrats	4	0–6	0.0
Mardu Aristocrats	12	15–25	37.5			1
Food	56	94–104	47.5	0	1	2
Rakdos Aristocrats	147	304–243	55.6	3	15	10
Burn	158	238–285	45.5	2	8	4
Infect	142	224–278	44.6	0	4	5
Simic Infect	87	154–170	47.5	0	1	3
Golgari Infect	3	3–8	27.3
Mono Black Infect	3	5–10	33.3
Pummeler	6	9–19	32.1
Trickbind Dreadnought	51	121–88	57.9	1	7
Izzet Dreadnought	3	3–12	20.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	38	105–51	67.3	1	6
Izzet Blitzkrieg	45	85–80	51.5	0	2	1
Chancellor of the Forge Combo	29	42–60	41.2			1
Hushnought	8	7–15	31.8
Combo Goblins	77	157–133	54.1	0	1	3
Goblin Persist	59	134–96	58.3	0	1	3
Dirty Kitty	18	23–37	38.3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	431–424	50.4
Mono Black Aggro	10–5	66.7
Heroic	37–49	43.0
Mono White Heroic	27–36	42.9
Azorius Heroic	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	9–11	45.0
Selesnya Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	43–63	40.6
Mono Red Devotion	2–7	22.2
Goblins	12–8	60.0
Tokens	12–3	80.0
Selesnya Tokens	2–3	40.0
Mono White Tokens	8–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	18–16	52.9
White Weenie	25–14	64.1
Odric Keywords	0–1	0.0
Soldiers	2–1	66.7
Kithkin	1–0	100.0
Elves	37–34	52.1
Selesnya Little Kid	16–8	66.7
Selesnya Counters	8–2	80.0
Rogues	4–3	57.1
Zombies	8–3	72.7
Gruul Aggro	3–0	100.0
Merfolk	33–36	47.8
Mono Red Swarm	9–3	75.0
Artifact Aggro	110–105	51.2
Affinity	81–81	50.0
Salvage Titan	4–2	66.7
Tempered Steel	17–11	60.7
Mono Blue Architect	8–11	42.1
Mono Blue Aggro	1–2	33.3
Madness	3–5	37.5
Golgari Madness	3–5	37.5
Voltron	15–20	42.9
Hexproof	11–15	42.3
Equipment Aggro	2–2	50.0
Hateful Auras	1–3	25.0
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	13–23	36.1
Cats	9–16	36.0
Mono White Cats	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Cats	8–14	36.4
Rakdos Aggro	6–4	60.0
Combo	338–323	51.1
Storm	78–80	49.4
Dimir Tendrils	56–66	45.9
Dragonstorm	4–3	57.1
Grixis Tendrils	5–2	71.4
Stormpost	3–5	37.5
Izzet Storm	4–0	100.0
Swath Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	69–90	43.4
Worldgorger Dragon	22–53	29.3
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	1–2	33.3
Traditional Reanimator	45–35	56.3
Rakdos Reanimator	2–3	40.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Reanimator	41–30	57.7
Oriss Genesis	7–7	50.0
Biovisionary	1–0	100.0
Dubious Challenge	2–0	100.0
Warp World	6–2	75.0
Maniac Combo	1–4	20.0
Hypergenesis	3–4	42.9
Runeflare	4–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	18–19	48.6
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	13–11	54.2
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	4–7	36.4
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Myr Incubator	4–7	36.4
Combo Post	2–1	66.7
Seismic Swans	3–3	50.0
Eggs	5–1	83.3
Heartless Summoning Combo	4–4	50.0
Retraction Helix Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	16–9	64.0
Izzet Ascension	14–21	40.0
Ominous Good	6–1	85.7
Jokulhaups Combo	5–4	55.6
Soulflayer	5–2	71.4
Breakfast	13–2	86.7
Oops All Spells	13–2	86.7
Oops All Lands	2–1	66.7
Dredge	38–49	43.7
Polymorph	3–0	100.0
Protean Hulk Combo	4–2	66.7
Dice Factory	3–1	75.0
Possibility Storm	10–1	90.9
Control	279–230	54.8
Mono Black Control	8–0	100.0
Esper Control	16–14	53.3
Demonic Rising	11–5	68.8
Mono Blue Control	3–1	75.0
Dimir Control	18–12	60.0
Azorius Control	43–42	50.6
Cawblade	1–3	25.0
Turbo Fog	4–2	66.7
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Control	9–9	50.0
Mill	18–16	52.9
Boros Control	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Control	14–6	70.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	4–1	80.0
Blackpost	9–2	81.8
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	0–2	0.0
Grixis Control	7–4	63.6
Cruel Control	3–3	50.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Control	2–2	50.0
Dragon Control	1–1	50.0
Dimir Dragons	1–0	100.0
Ponza	35–31	53.0
Mono White Control	8–10	44.4
Life is Ez	4–6	40.0
Cycling Control	7–7	50.0
Astral Slide	7–7	50.0
Five Color Control	27–10	73.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	14–6	70.0
Shrines	12–4	75.0
Sultai Control	2–2	50.0
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	3–1	75.0
Pox	26–40	39.4
Enchantments Control	2–1	66.7
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–2	33.3
Prison	6–4	60.0
Enchantress	6–4	60.0
Aggro-Combo	101–101	50.0
Aristocrats	44–56	44.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	9–6	60.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–13	18.8
Golgari Aristocrats	6–4	60.0
Mardu Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Food	7–10	41.2
Rakdos Aristocrats	17–20	45.9
Burn	12–8	60.0
Infect	17–12	58.6
Simic Infect	9–10	47.4
Golgari Infect	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Infect	1–1	50.0
Pummeler	2–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	7–10	41.2
Izzet Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	5–8	38.5
Izzet Blitzkrieg	4–3	57.1
Chancellor of the Forge Combo	1–3	25.0
Hushnought	1–1	50.0
Combo Goblins	10–8	55.6
Goblin Persist	8–7	53.3
Dirty Kitty	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Control	119–131	47.6
Izzet Tempo	29–59	33.0
Azorius Skies	4–9	30.8
Blue Madness	6–2	75.0
Simic Madness	5–0	100.0
Temur Madness	0–2	0.0
Lich Aggro-Control	8–10	44.4
Wizards	3–3	50.0
Ninjas	7–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	35–26	57.4
Mono Blue Faeries	2–2	50.0
Izzet Spells	8–8	50.0
Dimir Tempo	15–8	65.2
Azorius Tempo	1–1	50.0
Combo-Control	52–68	43.3
Curses	2–3	40.0
Battle of Wits	8–7	53.3
Shared Fate	0–1	0.0
Mindcrank	13–19	40.6
Dragoncrank	1–4	20.0
Hedron Alignment	1–1	50.0
Yosei Vat	3–1	75.0
Hive Mind	2–1	66.7
Zur's Weirding	12–28	30.0
Solar Flare	5–5	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	6–1	85.7
Wildfire	6–1	85.7
Thryx-Wildfire	4–1	80.0
Borderpost Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Midrange	293–322	47.6
Temur Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
The Rock	11–16	40.7
Grenzo	3–2	60.0
Abzan Midrange	4–3	57.1
Selesnya Midrange	4–2	66.7
Selesnya Value Town	2–1	66.7
Jund	6–5	54.5
Blink	5–4	55.6
Acid Trip	1–0	100.0
Anti-Persecution	1–3	25.0
Graveyard Value	18–12	60.0
Séance	10–4	71.4
Varolz Dreadnought	1–3	25.0
Enchantments Matter	3–1	75.0
Allies	5–0	100.0
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
BRGW Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	0–2	0.0
-1/-1 Counters	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	7–14	33.3
Mardu Midrange	17–45	27.4
Yisan-Prophet	1–0	100.0
Vampires	5–2	71.4
Mono Black Vampires	3–2	60.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Elementals	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	28–34	45.2
Naya Midrange	0–2	0.0
Big Red	6–13	31.6
Mono Black Midrange	33–42	44.0
Mono Black Devotion	17–18	48.6
Heart of Darkness	8–13	38.1
Dimir Midrange	18–15	54.5
Temur Energy	1–0	100.0
Angel Tribal	2–1	66.7
Toughness Matters	3–1	75.0
Lifegain Midrange	7–7	50.0
Adventures	2–1	66.7
Sultai Midrange	4–10	28.6
Orzhov Midrange	18–38	32.1
Owling Mine	7–1	87.5
Jeskai Midrange	2–1	66.7
Prophet Glare	5–5	50.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	4–3	57.1
Ordealbreak	3–1	75.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–1	50.0
Neoform	13–9	59.1
Temur Neoform	2–0	100.0
Sultai Neoform	3–4	42.9
Simic Neoform	2–2	50.0
Party	8–7	53.3
Clerics	4–5	44.4
Death Cloud	2–2	50.0
Ramp	101–69	59.4
Cloudpost Ramp	75–55	57.7
Locus Awakening	1–0	100.0
Golgari Post	2–0	100.0
Greenpost	67–50	57.3
Gruul Post	1–0	100.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	11–9	55.0
Historic Bloom	2–6	25.0
Applejacks	1–0	100.0