Reanimator

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	2293	3630–3949	47.9	17	155	109
Reanimator	116	152–208	42.2	0	2	6
Worldgorger Dragon	72	117–122	49.0	0	2	6
Double Dragon	20	39–38	50.6			1
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	3	1–3	25.0
Grozoth	2	3–5	37.5
Traditional Reanimator	39	31–78	28.4
Rakdos Reanimator	6	2–14	12.5
Dimir Reanimator	6	5–11	31.3
Mono Black Reanimator	11	6–16	27.3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	29–35	45.3
Mono Black Aggro	0–3	0.0
Red Deck Wins	3–4	42.9
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	3–1	75.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–1	50.0
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Elves	1–2	33.3
Zombies	1–6	14.3
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	2–2	50.0
Artifact Aggro	8–10	44.4
Affinity	2–2	50.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	5–7	41.7
Mono Blue Architect	0–1	0.0
Madness	0–2	0.0
Golgari Madness	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	1–1	50.0
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
Hateful Auras	1–0	100.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	5–3	62.5
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	35–30	53.8
Storm	10–6	62.5
Dragonstorm	0–1	0.0
Hazoret Storm	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	9–5	64.3
Reanimator	2–2	50.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–1	50.0
Double Dragon	1–1	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	4–0	100.0
Mono Green Stormless Storm	1–0	100.0
Warp World	1–1	50.0
Hypergenesis	3–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–2	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Myr Incubator	0–1	0.0
Eggs	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–1	50.0
Jokulhaups Combo	2–1	66.7
Soulflayer	0–1	0.0
Reanim8 Rack	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	1–6	14.3
Oops All Spells	1–6	14.3
Dredge	1–1	50.0
Polymorph	0–3	0.0
Dice Factory	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	0–1	0.0
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	1–0	100.0
Possibility Storm	1–2	33.3
Control	23–33	41.1
Esper Control	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Control	3–1	75.0
Dimir Control	2–4	33.3
Azorius Control	5–8	38.5
Izzet Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	1–2	33.3
Cruel Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	1–4	20.0
Jeskai Control	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Approach	1–0	100.0
Ponza	4–5	44.4
Mono White Control	2–1	66.7
Life is Ez	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	0–2	0.0
Pox	1–2	33.3
Seasons Past Control	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	8–35	18.6
Aristocrats	1–5	16.7
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Abzan Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–3	25.0
Burn	2–2	50.0
Infect	0–3	0.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Infect	0–1	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	4–16	20.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	3–16	15.8
Hushnought	0–3	0.0
Liquimetal Fishing	0–3	0.0
Combo Goblins	0–3	0.0
Goblin Persist	0–3	0.0
Aggro-Control	7–13	35.0
Izzet Tempo	0–4	0.0
Blue Madness	0–3	0.0
Simic Madness	0–1	0.0
Ninjas	3–6	33.3
Izzet Spells	3–0	100.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	6–9	40.0
Curses	1–4	20.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	3–5	37.5
Jokulhaups Control	3–5	37.5
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–3	25.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Resurgent Belief	1–0	100.0
Midrange	37–47	44.0
The Rock	3–1	75.0
Abzan Midrange	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–3	25.0
Jund	5–4	55.6
Blink	2–7	22.2
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	0–1	0.0
Allies	1–1	50.0
Boros Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	2–1	66.7
Mardu Midrange	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Midrange	1–4	20.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	6–12	33.3
Dimir Midrange	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	5–3	62.5
Martyr's Grace	4–3	57.1
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Owling Mine	1–0	100.0
Party	0–1	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	3–2	60.0
Mardu Hero	0–1	0.0
Naya Hero	2–1	66.7
Artifact Midrange	1–1	50.0
Death Cloud	1–1	50.0
Ramp	7–6	53.8
Villainous Wealth	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	5–5	50.0
Greenpost	4–5	44.4