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
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

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	212–178	54.4
Mono Black Aggro	5–2	71.4
Heroic	18–17	51.4
Mono White Heroic	13–13	50.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	5–4	55.6
Red Deck Wins	23–21	52.3
Mono Red Devotion	1–2	33.3
Goblins	3–3	50.0
Tokens	7–1	87.5
Selesnya Tokens	2–1	66.7
Mono White Tokens	4–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	14–6	70.0
White Weenie	17–6	73.9
Odric Keywords	0–1	0.0
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Kithkin	1–0	100.0
Elves	12–15	44.4
Selesnya Little Kid	7–4	63.6
Selesnya Counters	3–1	75.0
Rogues	2–1	66.7
Zombies	6–2	75.0
Gruul Aggro	3–0	100.0
Merfolk	17–22	43.6
Mono Red Swarm	7–3	70.0
Artifact Aggro	49–45	52.1
Affinity	34–34	50.0
Salvage Titan	3–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	7–4	63.6
Mono Blue Architect	5–7	41.7
Mono Blue Aggro	0–2	0.0
Madness	1–2	33.3
Golgari Madness	1–2	33.3
Voltron	4–11	26.7
Hexproof	3–9	25.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	0–2	0.0
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	6–9	40.0
Cats	4–4	50.0
Mono White Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	4–3	57.1
Rakdos Aggro	2–1	66.7
Combo	154–146	51.3
Storm	27–37	42.2
Dimir Tendrils	20–31	39.2
Dragonstorm	2–1	66.7
Grixis Tendrils	2–0	100.0
Stormpost	1–3	25.0
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Swath Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	36–42	46.2
Worldgorger Dragon	12–26	31.6
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	0–2	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	23–14	62.2
Rakdos Reanimator	0–2	0.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Reanimator	21–11	65.6
Oriss Genesis	2–2	50.0
Dubious Challenge	2–0	100.0
Warp World	3–2	60.0
Maniac Combo	1–2	33.3
Hypergenesis	1–2	33.3
Runeflare	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	7–6	53.8
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	5–3	62.5
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	2–3	40.0
Myr Incubator	0–4	0.0
Combo Post	0–1	0.0
Seismic Swans	2–2	50.0
Eggs	5–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	2–3	40.0
Retraction Helix Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	9–6	60.0
Izzet Ascension	6–13	31.6
Ominous Good	4–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Combo	1–2	33.3
Soulflayer	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	8–1	88.9
Oops All Spells	8–1	88.9
Oops All Lands	0–1	0.0
Dredge	21–15	58.3
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Protean Hulk Combo	1–0	100.0
Dice Factory	3–1	75.0
Possibility Storm	3–0	100.0
Control	140–86	61.9
Mono Black Control	2–0	100.0
Esper Control	7–8	46.7
Demonic Rising	4–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	1–1	50.0
Dimir Control	12–5	70.6
Azorius Control	21–17	55.3
Cawblade	0–1	0.0
Turbo Fog	2–0	100.0
Mardu Control	3–5	37.5
Mill	8–6	57.1
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	7–3	70.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Blackpost	5–1	83.3
Dimir Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	5–2	71.4
Cruel Control	2–1	66.7
Chandra Nalaar	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Control	2–0	100.0
Dragon Control	1–1	50.0
Dimir Dragons	1–0	100.0
Ponza	18–12	60.0
Mono White Control	6–2	75.0
Life is Ez	3–2	60.0
Cycling Control	2–3	40.0
Astral Slide	2–3	40.0
Five Color Control	12–4	75.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	8–2	80.0
Shrines	4–2	66.7
Sultai Control	1–1	50.0
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	16–12	57.1
Enchantments Control	1–0	100.0
Prison	4–2	66.7
Enchantress	4–2	66.7
Aggro-Combo	56–44	56.0
Aristocrats	28–28	50.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	7–2	77.8
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–7	12.5
Golgari Aristocrats	4–1	80.0
Food	3–7	30.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	12–9	57.1
Burn	7–3	70.0
Infect	6–4	60.0
Simic Infect	3–2	60.0
Golgari Infect	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Infect	0–1	0.0
Pummeler	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	3–4	42.9
Mono Blue Dreadnought	2–4	33.3
Izzet Blitzkrieg	3–1	75.0
Chancellor of the Forge Combo	1–0	100.0
Hushnought	0–1	0.0
Combo Goblins	6–3	66.7
Goblin Persist	4–3	57.1
Dirty Kitty	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	42–54	43.8
Izzet Tempo	11–24	31.4
Azorius Skies	2–5	28.6
Blue Madness	2–1	66.7
Simic Madness	2–0	100.0
Temur Madness	0–1	0.0
Lich Aggro-Control	3–4	42.9
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	9–14	39.1
Mono Blue Faeries	0–2	0.0
Izzet Spells	3–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	6–1	85.7
Azorius Tempo	1–1	50.0
Combo-Control	25–24	51.0
Curses	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	5–4	55.6
Shared Fate	0–1	0.0
Mindcrank	5–5	50.0
Dragoncrank	0–1	0.0
Yosei Vat	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	2–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	7–10	41.2
Solar Flare	1–3	25.0
Mass Land Destruction	3–1	75.0
Wildfire	3–1	75.0
Thryx-Wildfire	2–1	66.7
Borderpost Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Midrange	152–120	55.9
Temur Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
The Rock	7–6	53.8
Grenzo	2–2	50.0
Abzan Midrange	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Midrange	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Value Town	2–0	100.0
Jund	4–1	80.0
Anti-Persecution	1–1	50.0
Graveyard Value	9–6	60.0
Séance	4–2	66.7
Varolz Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Enchantments Matter	1–1	50.0
Allies	4–0	100.0
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
BRGW Allies	1–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	5–3	62.5
Mardu Midrange	9–17	34.6
Yisan-Prophet	1–0	100.0
Vampires	3–1	75.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	18–9	66.7
Naya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Big Red	3–4	42.9
Mono Black Midrange	18–17	51.4
Mono Black Devotion	7–6	53.8
Heart of Darkness	6–7	46.2
Dimir Midrange	5–6	45.5
Toughness Matters	3–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–1	66.7
Sultai Midrange	1–6	14.3
Orzhov Midrange	13–17	43.3
Owling Mine	3–0	100.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Prophet Glare	4–5	44.4
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–2	33.3
Neoform	3–4	42.9
Temur Neoform	1–0	100.0
Sultai Neoform	1–1	50.0
Simic Neoform	0–2	0.0
Party	5–2	71.4
Clerics	1–1	50.0
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Ramp	39–38	50.6
Cloudpost Ramp	27–29	48.2
Locus Awakening	1–0	100.0
Golgari Post	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	24–25	49.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	3–6	33.3
Historic Bloom	0–4	0.0
Applejacks	1–0	100.0