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Card legality is set quarterly based on which cards are 2¢ or less at that time.
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	1325	2147–2255	48.8	19	158	43
Mono Black Aggro	7	11–19	36.7
Heroic	72	126–117	51.9	1	6	3
Mono White Heroic	53	103–85	54.8	1	6	3
Azorius Heroic	1	3–2	60.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	10	12–17	41.4
Boros Heroic	7	7–12	36.8
Red Deck Wins	378	721–600	54.6	7	69	14
Mono Red Devotion	2	3–3	50.0
Goblins	68	77–120	39.1	0	7
Tokens	7	7–15	31.8
Selesnya Tokens	1	2–2	50.0
Mono White Tokens	3	4–9	30.8
Mono Green Stompy	18	19–30	38.8	0	3
White Weenie	98	155–152	50.5	2	10	3
Quest for the Holy Relic	9	6–10	37.5	0	2
Soldiers	43	78–65	54.5	2	4	1
Kithkin	1	0–1	0.0
Chroma White	1	0–3	0.0
Elves	175	352–281	55.6	6	24	9
Werewolves	1	2–3	40.0
Minotaurs	4	1–9	10.0
Warriors	2	0–4	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	18	30–39	43.5
Rogues	3	0–7	0.0
Zombies	11	13–16	44.8
Gruul Aggro	26	39–45	46.4			1
Gruul Landfall	5	4–7	36.4
Merfolk	22	37–37	50.0	0	3	2
Mono Red Swarm	14	26–22	54.2	0	1	2
Artifact Aggro	259	351–481	42.2	3	30	7
Affinity	147	165–291	36.2	0	13	3
Salvage Titan	14	10–31	24.4	0	2
Tempered Steel	92	174–146	54.4	3	15	4
Mono Blue Architect	4	2–10	16.7
Madness	20	26–47	35.6
Golgari Madness	7	17–12	58.6
Rakdos Madness	7	9–24	27.3
Jund Madness	2	0–5	0.0
Voltron	17	19–27	41.3	0	1
Hexproof	6	5–10	33.3
Equipment Aggro	2	4–4	50.0	0	1
Hateful Auras	9	10–13	43.5
Slivers	2	2–8	20.0
Naya Zoo	4	7–10	41.2	0	1
Knights	19	30–30	50.0			1
AggroSlide	16	17–16	51.5	0	1
Cats	4	9–1	90.0			1
Selesnya Cats	4	9–1	90.0			1
Rakdos Aggro	20	27–46	37.0
Boros Aggro	16	14–23	37.8	0	1
Humans	16	25–30	45.5	0	1
Selesnya Humans	1	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Humans	2	4–3	57.1	0	1
Boros Humans	1	2–3	40.0
Brushwaggs	1	0–1	0.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	482–482	50.0
Mono Black Aggro	3–3	50.0
Heroic	20–40	33.3
Mono White Heroic	17–34	33.3
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–2	50.0
Boros Heroic	1–3	25.0
Red Deck Wins	134–162	45.3
Mono Red Devotion	3–1	75.0
Goblins	33–13	71.7
Tokens	2–1	66.7
Mono White Tokens	2–1	66.7
Mono Green Stompy	9–4	69.2
White Weenie	27–39	40.9
Quest for the Holy Relic	2–2	50.0
Soldiers	12–22	35.3
Kithkin	1–0	100.0
Elves	66–73	47.5
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Minotaurs	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	4–5	44.4
Zombies	5–3	62.5
Gruul Aggro	9–12	42.9
Gruul Landfall	2–1	66.7
Merfolk	5–7	41.7
Mono Red Swarm	5–7	41.7
Artifact Aggro	107–74	59.1
Affinity	64–32	66.7
Salvage Titan	11–4	73.3
Tempered Steel	30–38	44.1
Mono Blue Architect	2–0	100.0
Madness	7–7	50.0
Golgari Madness	1–5	16.7
Rakdos Madness	5–2	71.4
Voltron	5–1	83.3
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	3–1	75.0
Naya Zoo	3–1	75.0
Knights	4–8	33.3
AggroSlide	5–3	62.5
Cats	0–5	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–5	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	9–3	75.0
Boros Aggro	4–7	36.4
Humans	9–4	69.2
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Humans	1–1	50.0
Combo	404–480	45.7
Storm	81–64	55.9
Sultai Tendrils	3–2	60.0
Dimir Tendrils	0–4	0.0
Dragonstorm	4–3	57.1
Hazoret Storm	52–47	52.5
Simic Storm	1–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	6–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	9–5	64.3
Reanimator	125–198	38.7
Recurring Nightmare	8–9	47.1
Dragon Nightmare	6–6	50.0
Four Color Powerful Magic	1–0	100.0
Worldgorger Dragon	6–12	33.3
Starlit Graves	3–4	42.9
Traditional Reanimator	107–173	38.2
Rakdos Reanimator	3–3	50.0
Dimir Reanimator	3–5	37.5
Mono Black Reanimator	100–165	37.7
Grixis Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Oriss Genesis	1–0	100.0
Biovisionary	2–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	21–54	28.0
Warp World	22–15	59.5
Hypergenesis	21–31	40.4
Runeflare	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Ascendancy	20–14	58.8
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	18–14	56.3
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	2–0	100.0
"Twin"	1–0	100.0
Combo Post	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	2–4	33.3
Anvil Colossus	1–1	50.0
Seismic Swans	0–1	0.0
Eggs	6–0	100.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	11–6	64.7
Izzet Ascension	15–15	50.0
Ominous Good	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Combo	7–2	77.8
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	9–17	34.6
Oops All Spells	9–17	34.6
Dredge	6–6	50.0
Polymorph	0–1	0.0
Protean Hulk Combo	1–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	2–3	40.0
GreenTwin	10–6	62.5
Intruder Alarm	0–1	0.0
Restore Balance	2–3	40.0
Belcher	13–34	27.7
Endless Belch	3–5	37.5
Possibility Storm	1–1	50.0
Control	276–382	41.9
Mono Black Control	2–0	100.0
Esper Control	41–68	37.6
Demonic Rising	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Control	11–12	47.8
Dimir Control	18–26	40.9
Azorius Control	57–111	33.9
Cawblade	0–1	0.0
Turbo Fog	4–1	80.0
Izzet Control	3–2	60.0
Mardu Control	2–1	66.7
Mill	7–1	87.5
Boros Control	3–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	16–13	55.2
Blackpost	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	9–3	75.0
Grixis Control	3–4	42.9
Cruel Control	1–2	33.3
Stax	11–12	47.8
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	5–4	55.6
Izzet Dragons	1–2	33.3
Dimir Dragons	1–0	100.0
Ponza	18–10	64.3
Mono White Control	11–36	23.4
Life is Ez	4–9	30.8
Cycling Control	7–11	38.9
Astral Slide	6–11	35.3
Five Color Control	24–15	61.5
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	3–3	50.0
Guildgate Control	2–0	100.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	13–9	59.1
Orzhov Control	5–23	17.9
Prison	3–16	15.8
Enchantress	3–16	15.8
Aggro-Combo	250–249	50.1
Aristocrats	48–29	62.3
Mono Black Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	7–3	70.0
Golgari Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Food	10–7	58.8
Rakdos Aristocrats	5–1	83.3
Boros Bombardment	17–17	50.0
Burn	15–13	53.6
Infect	27–17	61.4
Simic Infect	12–8	60.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	14–9	60.9
Trickbind Dreadnought	97–136	41.6
Mono Blue Dreadnought	75–121	38.3
Izzet Blitzkrieg	19–13	59.4
Hushnought	25–36	41.0
Combo Goblins	16–4	80.0
Goblin Persist	3–1	75.0
Dirty Kitty	13–3	81.3
Aggro-Control	94–78	54.7
Izzet Tempo	24–19	55.8
Azorius Skies	3–0	100.0
Blue Madness	3–0	100.0
Simic Madness	2–0	100.0
Temur Madness	1–0	100.0
Wizards	6–9	40.0
Ninjas	14–8	63.6
Mono Blue Tempo	22–15	59.5
Mono Blue Faeries	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Librarians	5–9	35.7
Izzet Spells	10–14	41.7
Dimir Tempo	5–2	71.4
Ensoul Aggro-Control	4–10	28.6
Combo-Control	163–143	53.3
Curses	3–3	50.0
Cruel Combo-Control	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	33–13	71.7
Pickles	1–1	50.0
Mindcrank	19–22	46.3
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	4–4	50.0
Zur's Weirding	2–2	50.0
Solar Flare	0–5	0.0
Plasma Swans	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	88–85	50.9
Wildfire	1–2	33.3
Jokulhaups Control	87–83	51.2
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	13–12	52.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	32–41	43.8
Temur Jokulhaups Control	2–1	66.7
Jund Jokulhaups Control	29–13	69.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	4–3	57.1
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	5–10	33.3
Resurgent Belief	11–7	61.1
Midrange	324–331	49.5
Temur Ascendancy	4–1	80.0
The Rock	4–4	50.0
Grenzo	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	13–17	43.3
Selesnya Midrange	3–6	33.3
Jund	9–5	64.3
Blink	12–14	46.2
Graveyard Value	7–8	46.7
Séance	0–1	0.0
Varolz Dreadnought	2–4	33.3
Enchantments Matter	5–5	50.0
Allies	3–6	33.3
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
Boros Allies	1–2	33.3
Mono White Allies	0–3	0.0
Azorius Allies	1–1	50.0
Treefolk	2–1	66.7
-1/-1 Counters	1–2	33.3
Fake-Rack	8–3	72.7
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
White Jund	1–0	100.0
Vampires	8–13	38.1
Mono Black Vampires	6–12	33.3
Orzhov Vampires	2–1	66.7
Legends Midrange	12–14	46.2
Orzhov Legends	12–12	50.0
Selesnya Legends	0–2	0.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	17–14	54.8
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Midrange	37–37	50.0
Mono Black Devotion	11–6	64.7
Dimir Midrange	9–0	100.0
Angel Tribal	8–15	34.8
Lifegain Midrange	5–17	22.7
Martyr's Grace	4–17	19.0
Sultai Midrange	0–2	0.0
Fight Rigging	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	35–43	44.9
Owling Mine	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Zur the Enchanter	0–1	0.0
Mythic Colossification	0–1	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	62–63	49.6
Mardu Hero	3–1	75.0
Five Color Hero	51–56	47.7
Naya Hero	1–0	100.0
Clerics	25–23	52.1
Artifact Midrange	4–3	57.1
Coinflip Tribal	4–0	100.0
Ramp	154–110	58.3
Cloudpost Ramp	129–91	58.6
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	3–2	60.0
Greenpost	117–85	57.9
Gruul Post	4–1	80.0
Simic Post	5–3	62.5
Domain	2–1	66.7
Carth Superfriends	3–5	37.5