Reanimator

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	872	1424–1410	50.2	13	66	35
Reanimator	125	194–212	47.8	1	10	4
Worldgorger Dragon	26	49–53	48.0	0	1
Starlit Graves	6	12–15	44.4			1
Traditional Reanimator	81	108–128	45.8	1	9	2
Dimir Reanimator	4	3–7	30.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1	2–3	40.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	49–48	50.5
Mono Black Aggro	2–0	100.0
Heroic	3–1	75.0
Selesnya Heroic	3–1	75.0
Red Deck Wins	8–7	53.3
Goblins	1–5	16.7
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	2–1	66.7
Chroma White	1–1	50.0
Elves	5–5	50.0
Warriors	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Counters	0–2	0.0
Gruul Aggro	5–4	55.6
Artifact Aggro	2–3	40.0
Affinity	1–1	50.0
Tempered Steel	1–2	33.3
Madness	1–2	33.3
Golgari Madness	1–2	33.3
Voltron	2–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	0–2	0.0
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	4–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	0–3	0.0
Humans	1–0	100.0
Legends Aggro	8–13	38.1
Boros Legends Aggro	7–12	36.8
Selesnya Legends Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	31–38	44.9
Storm	3–10	23.1
Dragonstorm	0–2	0.0
Hazoret Storm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	2–8	20.0
Reanimator	8–8	50.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–1	50.0
Starlit Graves	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	5–5	50.0
Oriss Genesis	0–2	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	4–7	36.4
Taking Turns	3–0	100.0
Soulflayer	0–1	0.0
Enduring Ideal	3–0	100.0
Gyruda	3–2	60.0
Tameshi Bloom	3–4	42.9
Possibility Storm	0–2	0.0
Control	29–46	38.7
Esper Control	2–6	25.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	0–3	0.0
Azorius Control	7–11	38.9
Izzet Control	0–2	0.0
Mill	1–1	50.0
Boros Control	0–2	0.0
Cloudpost Control	2–4	33.3
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	0–4	0.0
Stax	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	2–2	50.0
Izzet Dragons	2–1	66.7
Esper Dragons	0–1	0.0
Ponza	3–3	50.0
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	2–0	100.0
Bant Control	1–1	50.0
Pox	1–1	50.0
Seasons Past Control	0–7	0.0
Orzhov Control	1–3	25.0
Prison	3–0	100.0
Enchantress	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	2–6	25.0
Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Food	0–1	0.0
Infect	0–3	0.0
Golgari Infect	0–3	0.0
Combo Goblins	0–1	0.0
Goblin Persist	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	8–5	61.5
Izzet Tempo	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	1–1	50.0
Dimir Tempo	3–4	42.9
Dimir Faeries	3–4	42.9
Combo-Control	9–9	50.0
Battle of Wits	5–3	62.5
Pickles	1–1	50.0
Yosei Vat	0–1	0.0
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	0–1	0.0
Solar Flare	2–2	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	0–1	0.0
Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Borderpost Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Midrange	53–48	52.5
The Rock	5–2	71.4
Abzan Midrange	3–0	100.0
Selesnya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jund	6–3	66.7
Blink	3–18	14.3
Wave Blink	3–16	15.8
Azorius Wave	3–10	23.1
Orzhov Wave	0–5	0.0
Abzan Wave	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	0–1	0.0
Anti-Persecution	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	1–1	50.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
Vampires	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	5–6	45.5
Orzhov Legends	3–5	37.5
Elementals	0–1	0.0
Big Red	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	4–1	80.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	5–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	9–8	52.9
Hero of Precinct One	3–5	37.5
Orzhov Hero	2–1	66.7
Five Color Hero	0–1	0.0
Boros Hero	1–1	50.0
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	0–1	0.0
Ramp	13–12	52.0
Cloudpost Ramp	11–9	55.0
Eldrazipost	0–3	0.0
Greenpost	5–0	100.0
Gruul Post	3–1	75.0
Simic Post	2–5	28.6