Cost of entry
Archetype build cost
Latest tournament-winning decklist price for every tier-1 and tier-1.5 Premodern archetype, with a 12-month build-cost sparkline per archetype.
Cheapest $109 RG Zoo
Median $2545 Tinker
Most expensive $9495 BUG Survival
Ranked ascending
Build cost per archetype
Mainboard + sideboard summed at TCGplayer median. Sparkline shows 12-month build-cost trajectory.
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T3 RG Zoo
$109 €115 -
T2 UG Madness
$433 €331 -
T2 The Rock
$652 €533 -
T3 Mono-Black Discard
$764 €594 -
T2 Psychatog
$1,016 €757 -
T2 Landstill
$1,299 €1,031 -
T2 Sligh
$1,343 €969 -
T2 Goblins
$1,498 €1,099 -
T1 Stiflenought
$1,697 €1,423 -
Trogue Tinker
$2,545 €2,212 -
T2 Mono-White Aggro
$3,489 €2,615 -
T1.5 Aluren
$3,540 €3,027 -
T2 Replenish
$4,038 €3,183 -
T1.5 Welder MUD
$4,082 €3,468 -
T1 GW Enchantress
$4,313 €3,056 -
T1 Elves
$4,757 €3,368 -
T2 Oath of Druids
$6,208 €4,479 -
T2 BUG Survival
$9,495 €6,384
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