Mono Black Aristocrats

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Card legality is set quarterly based on which cards are 2¢ or less at that time.
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Legality is determined a week after the release of a Standard-legal set on Magic Online.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro-Combo	852	1701–1332	56.1	14	83	58
Aristocrats	184	301–321	48.4	1	3	6
Mono Black Aristocrats	59	104–96	52.0	1	1	3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	14–23	37.8
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	4–2	66.7
Mono White Heroic	2–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	0–2	0.0
Red Deck Wins	2–0	100.0
Goblins	2–1	66.7
Tokens	0–3	0.0
Selesnya Tokens	0–2	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–5	16.7
White Weenie	0–3	0.0
Elves	0–2	0.0
Artifact Aggro	1–5	16.7
Affinity	0–4	0.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–1	50.0
Voltron	2–1	66.7
Hexproof	2–1	66.7
Knights	1–1	50.0
Combo	14–11	56.0
Storm	3–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	1–0	100.0
Song Storm	1–0	100.0
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	4–1	80.0
Ominous Good	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	3–5	37.5
Oops All Spells	3–5	37.5
Dredge	0–1	0.0
Dice Factory	0–1	0.0
Storm Herald	1–2	33.3
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Control	11–9	55.0
Esper Control	1–0	100.0
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	0–2	0.0
Azorius Control	0–5	0.0
Cawblade	0–1	0.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Boros Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Blackpost	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Ponza	2–0	100.0
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	20–17	54.1
Aristocrats	5–3	62.5
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Food	2–1	66.7
Burn	2–3	40.0
Infect	2–1	66.7
Simic Infect	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	2–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Izzet Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	2–0	100.0
Hushnought	3–9	25.0
Liquimetal Fishing	3–1	75.0
Combo Goblins	2–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	11–12	47.8
Simic Flash	1–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	3–3	50.0
Azorius Skies	2–2	50.0
Blue Madness	0–1	0.0
Simic Madness	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–2	33.3
Dimir Tempo	4–2	66.7
Ensoul Aggro-Control	0–2	0.0
Combo-Control	19–4	82.6
Curses	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	4–2	66.7
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	13–2	86.7
Wildfire	5–1	83.3
Jokulhaups Control	8–1	88.9
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	4–0	100.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	2–0	100.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	2–0	100.0
Midrange	9–13	40.9
The Rock	2–0	100.0
Golgari Citadel	1–0	100.0
Blink	2–2	50.0
Graveyard Value	1–1	50.0
Séance	0–1	0.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	1–2	33.3
Allies	0–2	0.0
Boros Allies	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–1	0.0
Martyr's Grace	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	0–1	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–1	50.0
Esper Hero	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Hero	0–1	0.0
Ramp	6–7	46.2
Rofellos Ramp	4–3	57.1
Cloudpost Ramp	2–1	66.7
Gruul Post	1–1	50.0
Simic Post	1–0	100.0