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 $111 RG Zoo
Median $2608 Tinker
Most expensive $6139 Oath of Druids
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
$111 €111 -
T2 Sligh
$185 €172 -
T2 Goblins
$407 €364 -
T3 Mono-Black Discard
$778 €733 -
T2 Mono-White Aggro
$857 €665 -
T2 The Rock
$1,031 €759 -
T2 Psychatog
$1,142 €781 -
T2 Landstill
$1,262 €913 -
T1 Stiflenought
$1,868 €1,352 -
Trogue Tinker
$2,608 €2,144 -
T2 BUG Survival
$2,971 €2,325 -
T2 UG Madness
$2,972 €2,309 -
T1.5 Aluren
$3,452 €2,932 -
T2 Replenish
$3,938 €3,067 -
T1 GW Enchantress
$3,975 €2,996 -
T1.5 Welder MUD
$3,982 €3,356 -
T1 Elves
$4,368 €3,352 -
T2 Oath of Druids
$6,139 €4,307
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