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Ixalan - The 5 Best Draft Archetypes

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Any deck that can cast Charging Monstrosaur. In all seriousness, we're only a few weeks into the Ixalan Draft format but, so far, it has been pretty clear that the aggressive decks have been more successful than their control counterparts. A number of color combinations have a surprisingly aggressive leaning to them and, while that color balance keeps the format slightly in check, trying to win while not being aggressive is a tough sell. Regardless, whatever deck you draft, make sure it can handle small, evasive threats or you're going to get run over by a myriad of decks in this format G/U Unblockable Merfolk One the best archetypes, no questions asked, is the green-blue merfolk deck. With a ton of varied evasive threats, numerous powerful enablers, and a relevant top-end, it's tough to find a better  deck archetype than this. More than anything, what you want to be doing in this deck is assembling synergistic cards that benefit merfolk, grant evasion or giv...