Combo Goblins

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro-Combo	909	1902–1460	56.6	17	101	61
Combo Goblins	154	356–252	58.6	2	11	11
Goblin Persist	12	28–17	62.2	0	1	1
Dirty Kitty	142	328–235	58.3	2	10	10

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	52–39	57.1
Mono Black Aggro	3–2	60.0
Heroic	2–3	40.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–1	66.7
Boros Heroic	0–2	0.0
Red Deck Wins	11–21	34.4
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–2	33.3
White Weenie	2–0	100.0
Elves	7–0	100.0
Zombies	1–1	50.0
Gruul Aggro	2–3	40.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	8–3	72.7
Affinity	1–0	100.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	6–3	66.7
Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	3–0	100.0
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–1	50.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Shamans	4–3	57.1
Combo	64–39	62.1
Storm	8–7	53.3
Dragonstorm	2–6	25.0
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	3–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Swath Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	8–1	88.9
Recurring Nightmare	8–1	88.9
Dragon Nightmare	3–1	75.0
Jund Nightmare	1–0	100.0
Oriss Genesis	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	4–2	66.7
Maniac Combo	1–1	50.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	6–4	60.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	6–4	60.0
"Twin"	1–0	100.0
Jeskai "Twin"	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	3–1	75.0
Breakfast	7–22	24.1
Oops All Spells	7–22	24.1
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Dredge	5–0	100.0
Protean Hulk Combo	2–0	100.0
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	2–0	100.0
Tibalt's Trickery	1–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	1–1	50.0
Gyruda	3–0	100.0
Stuffy Doll	1–0	100.0
Control	50–28	64.1
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	9–4	69.2
Azorius Control	10–4	71.4
Cawblade	1–0	100.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	0–2	0.0
Mardu Control	1–1	50.0
Mill	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	1–3	25.0
Cruel Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	1–4	20.0
Chandra Nalaar	0–1	0.0
Dragon Control	3–0	100.0
Esper Dragons	2–0	100.0
Ponza	2–0	100.0
Mono White Control	1–3	25.0
Cycling Control	2–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	2–0	100.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	2–0	100.0
Pox	6–3	66.7
Seasons Past Control	1–0	100.0
Prison	4–1	80.0
Enchantress	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Combo	51–49	51.0
Aristocrats	6–8	42.9
Mono Black Aristocrats	4–3	57.1
Rakdos Aristocrats	2–5	28.6
Burn	9–3	75.0
Infect	14–6	70.0
Simic Infect	12–5	70.6
Blazing Shoal Infect	2–1	66.7
Trickbind Dreadnought	12–25	32.4
Izzet Dreadnought	2–4	33.3
Mono Blue Dreadnought	9–20	31.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Liquimetal Fishing	4–2	66.7
Combo Goblins	5–5	50.0
Goblin Persist	0–1	0.0
Dirty Kitty	5–4	55.6
Aggro-Control	26–18	59.1
Izzet Tempo	7–2	77.8
Azorius Skies	2–0	100.0
Blue Madness	0–2	0.0
Simic Madness	0–2	0.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	8–8	50.0
Mono Blue Librarians	6–5	54.5
Izzet Spells	2–3	40.0
Dimir Tempo	3–2	60.0
Azorius Tempo	2–0	100.0
Combo-Control	27–15	64.3
Battle of Wits	9–3	75.0
Sunforger	3–0	100.0
Displace Loop	0–1	0.0
Hive Mind	1–2	33.3
Plasma Swans	2–1	66.7
Mass Land Destruction	12–8	60.0
Wildfire	1–2	33.3
Jokulhaups Control	11–6	64.7
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	6–3	66.7
Temur Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	5–0	100.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Midrange	61–45	57.5
The Rock	2–2	50.0
Golgari Citadel	1–1	50.0
Abzan Midrange	7–4	63.6
Selesnya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Blink	16–20	44.4
Wave Blink	15–20	42.9
Azorius Wave	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Wave	10–14	41.7
Abzan Wave	0–6	0.0
Bant Wave	1–0	100.0
Acid Trip	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	4–0	100.0
Varolz Dreadnought	2–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Allies	4–3	57.1
Azorius Allies	3–3	50.0
Mardu Midrange	0–2	0.0
Vampires	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–2	50.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Hellion Whip	0–2	0.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Angel Tribal	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	3–1	75.0
Martyr's Grace	2–1	66.7
Sultai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	6–4	60.0
Artifact Midrange	2–0	100.0
Ramp	25–19	56.8
Rofellos Ramp	12–15	44.4
Cloudpost Ramp	8–2	80.0
Greenpost	6–1	85.7
Simic Post	0–1	0.0
Carth Superfriends	4–0	100.0
Jund Carth	1–0	100.0