Combo Goblins

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro-Combo	852	1701–1332	56.1	14	83	58
Combo Goblins	140	329–218	60.1	2	16	10
Goblin Persist	139	329–217	60.3	2	16	10

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	72–38	65.5
Mono Black Aggro	4–0	100.0
Heroic	7–2	77.8
Mono White Heroic	2–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	4–2	66.7
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	11–11	50.0
Goblins	3–0	100.0
Tokens	3–0	100.0
Selesnya Tokens	3–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	11–5	68.8
White Weenie	4–1	80.0
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Elves	2–0	100.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	13–9	59.1
Affinity	9–7	56.3
Tempered Steel	4–0	100.0
Mono Blue Architect	0–2	0.0
Madness	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	2–0	100.0
Voltron	0–3	0.0
Hateful Auras	0–3	0.0
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
Knights	2–2	50.0
AggroSlide	5–5	50.0
Shamans	1–0	100.0
Combo	49–34	59.0
Storm	3–2	60.0
Hazoret Storm	2–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	1–1	50.0
Song Storm	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–1	0.0
Dubious Challenge	2–0	100.0
Warp World	1–1	50.0
Maniac Combo	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Eggs	0–1	0.0
Izzet Ascension	13–9	59.1
Ominous Good	1–1	50.0
Soulflayer	2–2	50.0
Breakfast	10–12	45.5
Oops All Spells	10–12	45.5
Oops All Lands	0–1	0.0
Dredge	2–0	100.0
Polymorph	2–1	66.7
Dice Factory	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	2–1	66.7
GreenTwin	2–1	66.7
Calibrated Blast	4–1	80.0
Restore Balance	1–0	100.0
Control	33–24	57.9
Esper Control	0–2	0.0
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	1–4	20.0
Azorius Control	10–5	66.7
Cawblade	4–2	66.7
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	3–4	42.9
Blackpost	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	4–1	80.0
Stax	1–0	100.0
Chandra Nalaar	0–2	0.0
Ponza	2–0	100.0
Mono White Control	2–0	100.0
Life is Ez	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	2–2	50.0
Astral Slide	2–2	50.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Shrines	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Combo	38–46	45.2
Aristocrats	7–7	50.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–4	33.3
Food	5–0	100.0
Boros Bombardment	0–1	0.0
Burn	0–5	0.0
Infect	8–4	66.7
Simic Infect	6–4	60.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	2–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	3–4	42.9
Izzet Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	3–3	50.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	2–0	100.0
Hushnought	1–15	6.3
Liquimetal Fishing	6–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	9–9	50.0
Goblin Persist	9–9	50.0
Aggro-Control	25–12	67.6
Izzet Tempo	6–4	60.0
Azorius Skies	1–1	50.0
Blue Madness	0–1	0.0
Simic Madness	0–1	0.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–1	50.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	3–1	75.0
Dimir Tempo	10–0	100.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	0–4	0.0
Combo-Control	39–36	52.0
Curses	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	9–6	60.0
Hive Mind	1–1	50.0
Zur's Weirding	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	26–28	48.1
Wildfire	4–5	44.4
Jokulhaups Control	22–23	48.9
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	17–16	51.5
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	3–2	60.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
Resurgent Belief	1–0	100.0
Midrange	48–18	72.7
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Golgari Citadel	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	1–1	50.0
Blink	8–2	80.0
Graveyard Value	3–4	42.9
Séance	2–2	50.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–2	33.3
Enchantments Matter	0–1	0.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Legends	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–0	100.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–0	100.0
Mono Black Devotion	2–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	3–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–1	0.0
Martyr's Grace	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Midrange	3–2	60.0
Mythic Colossification	3–1	75.0
Fires of Invention	3–1	75.0
Hero of Precinct One	6–1	85.7
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Hero	5–1	83.3
Coinflip Tribal	1–1	50.0
Ramp	25–10	71.4
Rofellos Ramp	5–4	55.6
Cloudpost Ramp	12–6	66.7
Greenpost	3–1	75.0
Gruul Post	6–5	54.5
Simic Post	3–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	3–0	100.0