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Simic Cub Matchup Breakdown Top 15

1 requestsStarted 3/9/2026, 2:56:05 AM
what archetype are you classifying for the bant / nature's rhythm deck? It has some amount of ouroboroid, brightglass gearhulk, Craterhoof Behemoth, spider manifestation, badgermole cub, and quantum riddler? Whatever that archetype may be to you, break down its win rates into the top 15 archetypes in standard right now. Please explicitly include izzet midrange, and the archetype that is mono-white featuring 4x momo friendly flier.
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Good ā€” "Bant Nature's Rhythm" wasn't found directly. The card list (Ouroboroid, Brightglass Gearhulk, Badgermole Cub, Spider Manifestation) strongly points to Simic Cub (with a splash of White for Brightglass Gearhulk making it Bant). Let me check that archetype and the mono-white flier deck, and get all the matchup data simultaneously.

Good ā€” Simic Cub is confirmed (Badgermole Cub, Ouroboroid, Nature's Rhythm, Craterhoof are all key cards). The Bant version splashes White for Brightglass Gearhulk. Now let me search for the mono-white deck and get the correct Izzet Midrange for Standard, plus kick off all the matchup winrates.

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Now let me check which mono-white archetype features 4x Momo, and then fire off all matchup winrates at once.

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Interesting ā€” Boros Dragons is the top archetype running 4x Momo by a wide margin (348 entries). Let me get the Simic Cub matchups vs all top 15 + Izzet Midrange + Boros Dragons now.

Here's the full breakdown!

šŸŒæ Archetype Classification: Simic Cub

Your "Bant Nature's Rhythm" deck is classified as Simic Cub ā€” the key identifiers are Badgermole Cub, Ouroboroid, Nature's Rhythm, and Craterhoof Behemoth. The White splash (Brightglass Gearhulk) and Spider Manifestation/Quantum Riddler are in-archetype variants; the core is firmly Simic.

šŸŽÆ Mono-White Momo Deck Clarification

The archetype running 4x Momo, Friendly Flier at scale is Boros Dragons (348 entries, avg 4.0 copies) ā€” not a mono-white deck. "Mono White Aggro" exists in the DB but had only 4 recent entries with Momo. I've included Boros Dragons as your requested matchup.

šŸ“Š Simic Cub Matchup Breakdown vs. Top 15 + Requested (Jan 5 ā€“ Mar 5, 2026)

#ArchetypeMeta%Simic Cub WRW-LSample
1Izzet Lessons12.9%48.5%530-5641094
2Landfall10.4%64.1% āœ…439-246685
3Simic Cub10.3%(mirror)ā€”ā€”
4Dimir Midrange7.8%58.2% āœ…347-249596
5Jeskai Control6.7%42.5% āŒ250-338588
6Dimir Excruciator4.8%45.7% āŒ90-107197
7Reanimator4.7%58.7% āœ…236-166402
8Izzet Midrange ā­4.5%48.1%148-160308
9Mono Red Aggro3.8%46.2% āŒ140-163303
10Azorius Midrange3.7%41.6% āŒ79-111190
11Bant Airbending Combo2.8%40.5% āŒ87-128215
12Izzet Spellementals2.8%21.8% šŸšØ36-129165
13Boros Dragons ā­ (4x Momo)2.4%35.3% āŒ42-77119
14Boros Aggro1.6%57.9% āœ…92-67159
15Izzet Elementals1.3%34.1% āŒ15-2944

Key Takeaways:

  • āœ… Good matchups: Landfall (64%), Reanimator (59%), Dimir Midrange (58%), Boros Aggro (58%)
  • āš–ļø Roughly even: Izzet Lessons (~48%), Izzet Midrange (~48%)
  • āŒ Tough matchups: Jeskai Control (42.5%), Azorius Midrange (41.6%), Bant Airbending Combo (40.5%)
  • šŸšØ Danger zone: Izzet Spellementals (21.8%) ā€” an extreme outlier, and Boros Dragons (35.3%) / Izzet Elementals (34%) are brutal as well

Sources ā€” Data from 156 Standard tournaments (62% Melee, 38% MTGO):