Meta archetypes
Azorius Artifacts
Azorius Artifacts: White · Blue · Midrange · many cheap artifacts, payoffs that grow with them
5.1% of winning MTGO lists · 38 lists from 24 events · 12 Top 8s · 3 wins · 15 League 5-0s
Data as of 2026-10-16 · Every list MTGO published since 2026-10-02 (748 lists from 34 events)
How to play it
- A quality card every turn, trading removal for their key pieces
- Keep hands with both early plays and removal
- Be the defender against aggro, the attacker against control
- Two-for-one cards win long games
Core cards
average copies per list, lands excluded
| 4 | United Battlefront |
| 4 | Simulacrum Synthesizer |
| 3.4 | Perilous Snare |
| 3 | Repurposing Bay |
| 3 | Pinnacle Starcage |
| 2.7 | Cryogen Relic |
| 2.4 | The Mind Stone |
| 2.4 | Candy Trail |
| 2.1 | Spring-Loaded Sawblades |
| 1.3 | Clay-Fired Bricks |
| 1.3 | Braided Net |
| 1.3 | Boomerang Basics |
| 1.2 | Authority of the Consuls |
| 1 | The Fire Crystal |
| 0.9 | The Irencrag |
| 0.8 | Day of Judgment |
Typical list
the list closest to this archetype's average
Main
5 Plains
4 Castle Doom
4 Floodfarm Verge
4 Island
4 Simulacrum Synthesizer
4 United Battlefront
3 Candy Trail
3 Hallowed Fountain
3 Perilous Snare
3 Pinnacle Starcage
3 Repurposing Bay
2 Authority of the Consuls
2 Boomerang Basics
2 Cryogen Relic
2 Spring-Loaded Sawblades
2 The Mind Stone
1 Braided Net
1 Clay-Fired Bricks
1 Day of Judgment
1 Erode
1 Fomori Vault
1 Gleaming Bastion
1 Meticulous Archive
1 The Fire Crystal
1 The Irencrag
1 White Auracite
Sideboard2 Authority of the Consuls
2 Day of Judgment
2 No More Lies
2 Rest in Peace
2 Torpor Orb
2 Voice of Victory
1 Astelli Reclaimer
1 Krang, Master Mind
1 Pinnacle Starcage