Worldgorger Dragon

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	3371	5679–6064	48.4	19	140	180
Reanimator	692	1471–1143	56.3	10	62	48
Worldgorger Dragon	305	734–421	63.5	8	34	35
Double Dragon	4	5–10	33.3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	195–102	65.7
Mono Black Aggro	3–3	50.0
Heroic	28–15	65.1
Mono White Heroic	25–13	65.8
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	3–2	60.0
Red Deck Wins	32–12	72.7
Goblins	4–2	66.7
Tokens	4–0	100.0
Selesnya Tokens	3–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	12–8	60.0
White Weenie	14–11	56.0
Odric Keywords	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	1–1	50.0
Kithkin	0–1	0.0
Elves	11–5	68.8
Selesnya Little Kid	6–5	54.5
Selesnya Counters	1–3	25.0
Rogues	3–1	75.0
Zombies	5–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	9–4	69.2
Mono Red Swarm	2–2	50.0
Artifact Aggro	37–23	61.7
Affinity	35–19	64.8
Boros Vehicles	1–0	100.0
Salvage Titan	0–1	0.0
Tempered Steel	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Architect	0–2	0.0
Madness	1–1	50.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	6–2	75.0
Hexproof	6–2	75.0
Knights	3–1	75.0
AggroSlide	5–4	55.6
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	4–2	66.7
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	130–89	59.4
Storm	32–18	64.0
Dimir Tendrils	22–15	59.5
Hazoret Storm	1–0	100.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–1	50.0
Stormpost	1–1	50.0
Izzet Storm	1–1	50.0
Reanimator	24–25	49.0
Worldgorger Dragon	15–15	50.0
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	8–10	44.4
Rakdos Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	6–9	40.0
Oriss Genesis	1–1	50.0
Biovisionary	1–0	100.0
Warp World	1–2	33.3
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–8	11.1
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–3	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–3	25.0
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
Myr Incubator	1–5	16.7
Combo Post	1–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	1–3	25.0
Eggs	2–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	3–1	75.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	12–3	80.0
Izzet Ascension	9–5	64.3
Ominous Good	2–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Combo	2–0	100.0
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	4–2	66.7
Oops All Spells	4–2	66.7
Dredge	16–11	59.3
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Protean Hulk Combo	4–1	80.0
Dice Factory	1–0	100.0
Possibility Storm	1–2	33.3
Control	113–53	68.1
Mono Black Control	3–2	60.0
Esper Control	1–4	20.0
Demonic Rising	5–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	1–1	50.0
Dimir Control	5–3	62.5
Azorius Control	20–7	74.1
Cawblade	3–1	75.0
Turbo Fog	4–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–1	50.0
Mardu Control	2–1	66.7
Mill	5–3	62.5
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	4–5	44.4
Azorius Cloudpost Control	3–1	75.0
Blackpost	1–3	25.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	6–5	54.5
Cruel Control	3–1	75.0
Ponza	11–4	73.3
Mono White Control	11–3	78.6
Life is Ez	2–0	100.0
Cycling Control	9–5	64.3
Astral Slide	9–5	64.3
Five Color Control	7–0	100.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	6–0	100.0
Shrines	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	0–1	0.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	10–7	58.8
Enchantments Control	1–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–0	100.0
Prison	1–0	100.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	53–22	70.7
Aristocrats	26–12	68.4
Mono Black Aristocrats	6–2	75.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	4–4	50.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Food	5–1	83.3
Rakdos Aristocrats	8–3	72.7
Burn	8–4	66.7
Infect	2–2	50.0
Simic Infect	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Infect	1–0	100.0
Pummeler	2–1	66.7
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	3–0	100.0
Chancellor of the Forge Combo	3–0	100.0
Hushnought	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	7–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	4–0	100.0
Dirty Kitty	3–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	32–37	46.4
Izzet Tempo	15–18	45.5
Azorius Skies	1–2	33.3
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–2	33.3
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Tempo	4–9	30.8
Izzet Spells	2–1	66.7
Dimir Tempo	4–2	66.7
Combo-Control	17–13	56.7
Curses	1–2	33.3
Battle of Wits	3–0	100.0
Shared Fate	0–2	0.0
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	2–4	33.3
Dragoncrank	0–2	0.0
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Yosei Vat	0–1	0.0
Zur's Weirding	4–2	66.7
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	4–1	80.0
Wildfire	4–1	80.0
Thryx-Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Midrange	148–90	62.2
Temur Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
The Rock	10–4	71.4
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	3–0	100.0
Blink	3–0	100.0
Anti-Persecution	1–2	33.3
Graveyard Value	7–1	87.5
Séance	5–1	83.3
Allies	3–1	75.0
BRGW Allies	0–1	0.0
Treefolk	1–1	50.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	9–12	42.9
Mardu Midrange	19–13	59.4
Vampires	6–1	85.7
Mono Black Vampires	4–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	2–0	100.0
Elementals	3–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	13–11	54.2
Big Red	3–2	60.0
Mono Black Midrange	11–12	47.8
Mono Black Devotion	3–2	60.0
Heart of Darkness	4–4	50.0
Dimir Midrange	5–2	71.4
Angel Tribal	2–2	50.0
Toughness Matters	2–1	66.7
Lifegain Midrange	3–1	75.0
Adventures	0–1	0.0
Mutate	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	2–5	28.6
Orzhov Midrange	8–12	40.0
Owling Mine	1–0	100.0
Prophet Glare	4–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	2–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–0	100.0
Neoform	4–1	80.0
Sultai Neoform	4–1	80.0
Party	4–0	100.0
Clerics	2–1	66.7
Death Cloud	2–0	100.0
Ramp	46–15	75.4
Villainous Wealth	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	29–12	70.7
Greenpost	24–10	70.6
Gruul Post	2–1	66.7
Simic Post	2–0	100.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	6–0	100.0
Historic Bloom	4–0	100.0