Archetypes

Updated 14 Nov from MTGTop8
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Meta
#1

Balustrade Spy

Combo
39 decks
Lotleth Giant Balustrade Spy Land Grant Mesmeric Fiend Masked Vandal
9.7%of the meta
+2.3vs. before
3wins
83players at biggest win
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#2

Dimir Control

Control
32 decks
Counterspell Baleful Strix Cut Down Nihil Spellbomb Campfire
8.0%of the meta
+1.3vs. before
6wins
28players at biggest win
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#3

Mono Red Madness

Aggro
30 decks
Fireblast Guttersnipe Lightning Bolt Faithless Looting Fiery Temper
7.5%of the meta
−1.7vs. before
4wins
63players at biggest win
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#4

Boros Aggro

Aggro
25 decks
Prismatic Strands Thraben Charm Lightning Bolt Pursue the Past Sneaky Snacker
6.2%of the meta
+3.2vs. before
5wins
27players at biggest win
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#5

Esper Affinity

AggroMidrange
23 decks
Refurbished Familiar Thoughtcast Dispatch Nihil Spellbomb Cryogen Relic
5.7%of the meta
+1.3vs. before
2wins
137players at biggest win
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#6

Dimir Faeries

Control
21 decks
Arms of Hadar Spellstutter Sprite Snuff Out Extract a Confession Augur of Bolas
5.2%of the meta
−0.1vs. before
2wins
24players at biggest win
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#7

Mono Blue Terror

Tempo
17 decks
Cryptic Serpent Tolarian Terror Counterspell Brainstorm Lorien Revealed
4.2%of the meta
+2.8vs. before
0wins
—biggest win
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#8

Grixis Affinity

Midrange
16 decks
Krark-Clan Shaman Myr Enforcer Nihil Spellbomb Blood Fountain Galvanic Blast
4.0%of the meta
+1.2vs. before
2wins
15players at biggest win
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#9

Elves

AggroCombo
15 decks
Llanowar Elves Avenging Hunter Fyndhorn Elves Generous Ent Lead the Stampede
3.7%of the meta
−0.3vs. before
3wins
39players at biggest win
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#10

Urzatron

Ramp
14 decks
Bramble Wurm Expedition Map Giant's Boulder Bonder's Ornament Breath Weapon
3.5%of the meta
−0.9vs. before
2wins
22players at biggest win
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#11

Aura Hexproof

Aggro
13 decks
Cartouche of Solidarity Slippery Bogle Abundant Growth Ancestral Mask Armadillo Cloak
3.2%of the meta
+0.1vs. before
1win
6players at biggest win
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#12

Ruby Storm

Combo
12 decks
Crossover Collaboration Desperate Ritual First Day of Class Glimpse the Impossible Goblin Anarchomancer
3.0%of the meta
−0.7vs. before
3wins
71players at biggest win
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#13

Red Deck Wins

Aggro
11 decks
Burning-Tree Emissary Goblin Bushwhacker Rally at the Hornburg End the Festivities Clockwork Percussionist
2.7%of the meta
−2.4vs. before
3wins
32players at biggest win
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#14

White Weenie

Aggro
10 decks
Leonardo, Big Brother Novice Inspector Ramosian Rally Thraben Charm Thraben Inspector
2.5%of the meta
−3.3vs. before
1win
22players at biggest win
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#15

Gruul Midrange

Midrange
8 decks
Breath Weapon Arbor Elf Avenging Hunter Boarding Party Jewel Thief
2.0%of the meta
+0.4vs. before
3wins
34players at biggest win
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#16

Mono Blue Delver

Tempo
8 decks
Dispel Murmuring Mystic Brainstorm Counterspell Cryptic Serpent
2.0%of the meta
−0.3vs. before
1win
8players at biggest win
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#17

Naya Gates

Control
6 decks
Thraben Charm Guardian of the Guildpact Lightning Bolt Malevolent Rumble Melded Moxite
1.5%of the meta
+1.3vs. before
2wins
44players at biggest win
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#18

Golgari / Jund Garden

Midrange
5 decks
Accursed Marauder Avenging Hunter Cast Down Crypt Rats Fanatical Offering
1.2%of the meta
−1.2vs. before
0wins
—biggest win
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#19

Golgari Pestilence

Control
5 decks
Snuff Out Nihil Spellbomb Tithing Blade Campfire Cast Down
1.2%of the meta
+0.5vs. before
0wins
—biggest win
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#20

Tireless Tribe

Combo
5 decks
Prismatic Strands Loran's Escape Aurora Eidolon Inside Out Pursue the Past
1.2%of the meta
+0.4vs. before
0wins
—biggest win
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#21

Ephemerate

Midrange
4 decks
Negate Stonehorn Dignitary Archaeomancer Ephemerate Essence Scatter
1.0%of the meta
+0.8vs. before
1win
27players at biggest win
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#22

Gruul Aggro

Aggro
4 decks
Arbor Elf Avenging Hunter Eldrazi Repurposer Malevolent Rumble Utopia Sprawl
1.0%of the meta
−0.2vs. before
2wins
66players at biggest win
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#23

Turbo Fog

Control
4 decks
Fog Arcane Denial Behold the Multiverse Campfire Lorien Revealed
1.0%of the meta
−0.4vs. before
0wins
—biggest win
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#24

UR Skred

Control
4 decks
Augur of Bolas Breath Weapon Campfire Counterspell Lorien Revealed
1.0%of the meta
+0.8vs. before
1win
53players at biggest win
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#25

Mono Blue Faeries

Tempo
3 decks
Brinebarrow Intruder Counterspell Faerie Seer Moon-Circuit Hacker Ninja of the Deep Hours
0.7%of the meta
−1.5vs. before
2wins
27players at biggest win
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#26

Orzhov Glintblade

Midrange
3 decks
Grim Bauble Thraben Charm Mukotai Ambusher Soul-Guide Lantern Tithing Blade
0.7%of the meta
+0.4vs. before
0wins
—biggest win
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#27

Persistent Petitioners

Combo
3 decks
Gnaw to the Bone Masked Vandal Spellstutter Sprite Generous Ent Glistener Seer
0.7%of the meta
+0.4vs. before
1win
17players at biggest win
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#28

UR Control

Control
3 decks
Breath Weapon Campfire Counterspell Dispel Lorien Revealed
0.7%of the meta
−0.1vs. before
1win
14players at biggest win
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  • MTGO leagues: 5-0 lists without places. They count for share, lists and staples, never as wins or top 8s.
  • Wins: 1st places. On the chart they are compared with what was expected: at an event with N listed decks, each would win 1 in N, so a deck that shows up mostly at small events doesn't look stronger just because small events list fewer decks. 1.0× = average; decks with fewer than 8 results are left out because a single win swings them too much.
  • On the move: share now against the 7 days before. Only changes of at least 1 point that also mean 3+ decks at today's size count as rising or falling. Results reach MTGTop8 late, so the newest days hold fewer decks; that's why shares are compared, not deck counts.
  • Rising cards: part of the decks that play a card in the second half of the last 7 days against the first half: at least +3 points, in 3+ decks from 3+ events (all events, the filters apply to decks).