Gruul Aggro

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	1922	3535–3276–2	51.9	16	148	97
Gruul Aggro	87	159–134	54.3	0	8	7
Gruul Landfall	6	3–8	27.3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	38–30	55.9
Mono Black Aggro	2–1	66.7
Heroic	1–4	20.0
Mono White Heroic	0–4	0.0
Selesnya Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	4–3	57.1
Prisoner	1–0	100.0
Goblins	3–0	100.0
Tokens	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono White Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–1	0.0
White Weenie	3–0	100.0
Elves	2–0	100.0
Zombies	2–2	50.0
Gruul Aggro	3–3	50.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	3–4	42.9
Tempered Steel	2–3	40.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–1	50.0
Madness	6–5	54.5
Rakdos Madness	5–3	62.5
Voltron	3–3	50.0
Hexproof	2–3	40.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	3–1	75.0
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Combo	25–30	45.5
Storm	9–9	50.0
Dimir Tendrils	3–5	37.5
Dragonstorm	0–3	0.0
Simic Storm	1–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	4–1	80.0
Swath Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	5–8	38.5
Traditional Reanimator	5–8	38.5
Rakdos Reanimator	4–4	50.0
Mono Black Reanimator	0–4	0.0
Grixis Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Oriss Genesis	0–1	0.0
Maniac Combo	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–3	40.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–3	40.0
"Twin"	0–1	0.0
Naya "Twin"	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	1–1	50.0
Oops All Spells	1–1	50.0
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Dredge	1–2	33.3
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Chain of Acid	3–1	75.0
Calibrated Blast	1–1	50.0
Control	31–17	64.6
Mono Black Control	0–1	0.0
Esper Control	3–0	100.0
Demonic Rising	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	4–5	44.4
Azorius Control	2–1	66.7
Cawblade	0–1	0.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Mill	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Stax	3–3	50.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Ponza	2–0	100.0
Mono White Control	1–2	33.3
Life is Ez	0–1	0.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Shrines	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	0–1	0.0
Pox	2–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	2–1	66.7
Prison	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	16–9	64.0
Aristocrats	5–3	62.5
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Boros Bombardment	2–0	100.0
Burn	2–0	100.0
Infect	5–5	50.0
Simic Infect	4–4	50.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–1	0.0
Liquimetal Fishing	2–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	2–1	66.7
Dirty Kitty	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	7–5	58.3
Simic Flash	0–1	0.0
Izzet Tempo	3–1	75.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	1–2	33.3
Combo-Control	9–7	56.3
Curses	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	2–2	50.0
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	4–5	44.4
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	3–5	37.5
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	2–5	28.6
Jund Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Midrange	30–35	46.2
The Rock	1–1	50.0
Abzan Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jund	4–1	80.0
Blink	5–8	38.5
Wave Blink	5–8	38.5
Azorius Wave	3–7	30.0
Orzhov Wave	1–0	100.0
Abzan Wave	1–1	50.0
Graveyard Value	2–1	66.7
Varolz Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Allies	1–1	50.0
Esper Allies	1–1	50.0
Fake-Rack	1–3	25.0
Mardu Midrange	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	6–7	46.2
Mono Black Devotion	3–4	42.9
Orzhov Midrange	0–2	0.0
Owling Mine	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	1–0	100.0
Simic Snow	1–7	12.5
Artifact Midrange	2–0	100.0
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Ramp	3–1	75.0
Cloudpost Ramp	2–0	100.0
Eldrazipost	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	1–1	50.0
Jund Carth	1–0	100.0