[Official] Established Deck Classifications

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Post by ktkenshinx » 4 years ago

The Established section includes anything that has seen global play and at a competitive level ranging from an MTGO League to a Grand Prix Top 8. It is hard to classify decks to just one archetype in Modern as most decks blur the lines between multiple strategies. However, in an attempt to keep the forums structured, each sub-section contains decks with their main gameplans aligning with that sub-section. Below is a list of each deck and which archetype category they fall under. Established decks are chosen if, in general, they have published, repeat tournament results in the last 2 years. If you have questions/comments/concerns with the current system please direct them to the Modern Forum Helpdesk or PM the moderator team.

Note that all deck names use the established Wizards color naming system for the sake of consistency with other sites/sources. See the MTG Wiki for the names of these pairings and their corresponding colors.

Aggro and Tempo
Affinity
Azorius Spirits
Bant Spirits
Bogles
Bridgevine / Dredgevine
Burn
Colorless Eldrazi Stompy
Death and Taxes / Eldrazi and Taxes
Bridgevine / Dredgevine
Elves
Faeries
Goblins
Grixis Delver
Gruul Eldrazi
Hardened Scales Affinity
Hollow One
Humans
Infect
Izzet Delver
Izzet Phoenix
Merfolk
Mono G Stompy
Mono R Phoenix
Soul Sisters
UBx Mill
8Whack

Midrange
Abzan Midrange
Assault Loam
Bant Eldrazi
Esper Midrange
Grixis Death's Shadow
Jeskai Midrange
Jund
Jund Death's Shadow
Knightfall / Bant Midrange
Mardu Pyromancer
Orzhov Midrange
Ponza
Sultai Midrange
The Rock / Golgari Midrange
Vannifar Pod

Control
8Rack
Azorius Control
Azorius Tron
Blue Moon / Izzet Breach
Boros Prison
Emeria Control
Esper Control
Grixis Control
Grixis Whir / Grixis Tezzerator
Jeskai Control
Lantern Control
MartyrProc
Mono U Tron
Orzhov Smallpox
Skred Red

Combo
Ad Nauseam
Jeskai Ascendency Storm
Bubble Hulk
Cheeri0s
Counters Company
Dredge
Groshoalbrand
Jeskai Saheeli / Copycat
Kiki Chord
Living End
Restore Balance
Storm
Temur Scapeshift
Taking Turns
Thopter Sword / Urza Thopter

Big Mana
Amulet Titan
Eldrazi Tron
Mono G Devotion
Gx Tron
Titanshift
Over-Extended/Modern Since 2010

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