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Aluren Legacy Matchups Top 16 Breakdown

1 requestsStarted 9/11/2026, 5:09:56 AM
Bluesky mention by @JurgenKowalsky: @_MetaMage_ legacy format: give me win% of the aluren and tell Liste against die top 16 legacy decks. Please answer the question based on MTG tournament data. The full thread JSON is available but omitted here.

I'll pull the Legacy meta report and Aluren's archetype overview simultaneously to get started.

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Now I have the top 16 archetypes and Aluren's ID. Let me fetch the head-to-head matchup winrates against all 16 in parallel.

Now let me grab sources to cite.

Here is the full breakdown for @JurgenKowalsky.

--- ALUREN in Legacy (last 60 days, mirror-excluded) ---

Overall winrate: 53.4% (109 W / 95 L / 4 D across 208 matches). Solid positive performer, ranking 13th in meta presence at 2.44%.

Matchup table vs. the top 16 Legacy archetypes (ranked by meta share):

#1 Dimir Tempo 8.97% share -- Aluren 66.7% (10-5-1, 15 decisive) FAVORED
#2 Doomsday 7.20% share -- Aluren 53.8% ( 7-6-0, 13 decisive) SLIGHT EDGE
#3 Dimir Midrange 6.04% share -- Aluren 44.4% ( 8-10-0, 18 decisive) UNFAVORED
#4 Death & Taxes 5.77% share -- Aluren 46.2% ( 6-7-1, 13 decisive) SLIGHT DOG
#5 Azorius Midrange 5.49% share -- Aluren 36.4% ( 4-7-0, 11 decisive) BAD MATCHUP
#6 Energy 4.90% share -- Aluren 71.4% ( 5-2-0, 7 decisive) FAVORED
#7 Tron 4.14% share -- Aluren 35.7% ( 5-9-0, 14 decisive) BAD MATCHUP
#8 Grixis Reanimator 4.12% share -- Aluren 55.6% ( 5-4-0, 9 decisive) SLIGHT EDGE
#9 Izzet Delver 3.99% share -- Aluren 50.0% ( 5-5-1, 10 decisive) EVEN
#10 Show and Tell 3.71% share -- Aluren 50.0% ( 2-2-0, 4 decisive) EVEN (small sample)
#11 Blue Artifacts 3.34% share -- Aluren 50.0% ( 2-2-0, 4 decisive) EVEN (small sample)
#12 Lands 3.21% share -- Aluren 71.4% ( 5-2-0, 7 decisive) FAVORED
#13 Mystic Forge Combo 2.29% share -- Aluren 66.7% ( 2-1-0, 3 decisive) FAVORED (tiny sample)
#14 Welder Combo 1.96% share -- Aluren N/A ( 0-0-0, 0 decisive) NO DATA
#15 White Beanstalk 1.73% share -- Aluren 60.0% ( 3-2-1, 5 decisive) FAVORED

Takeaways: Aluren feasts on the tempo and aggressive decks at the top of the meta (Dimir Tempo at 66.7%, Energy and Lands both at 71.4%), which explains its positive overall rate. The hard bad matchups are Tron (35.7%) and Azorius Midrange (36.4%), both of which go over the top of Aluren's gameplan. Dimir Midrange (44.4%) is also uncomfortable. Note that several matchups (Show and Tell, Blue Artifacts, Welder Combo, Mystic Forge Combo) have very few games recorded, so those numbers carry high variance.

Sources: Data covers 31 Legacy tournaments (Jul 8 - Sep 7 2026), 71% MTGO / 29% Melee.