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Broodscale Dominance Against Affinity Matchup

1 requestsStarted 10/16/2025, 7:40:55 AM
what is the winrate of Broodscale against affinity. Can you separate between different version of Broodscale, RG with Wirthing chrysalis, green with ugin’s lab

I'll analyze the matchup between Broodscale variants and Affinity. Let me first get an overview of the archetypes and then calculate the head-to-head winrates.

Now let me check the overall matchup and then query the database to separate Broodscale variants by their key cards (Writhing Chrysalis for RG and Ugin's Labyrinth for mono-green).

Now let me query the database to separate the Broodscale variants by whether they play Writhing Chrysalis (RG) or Ugin's Labyrinth (mono-green) and calculate their performance against Affinity:

🛠️QueryBroodscale Variants Performance Against Affinity

Perfect! Now let me get some tournament sources for citation:

Broodscale vs Affinity Matchup Analysis

Overall Broodscale Performance: 81.5% winrate (22-5, 2 draws) across 27 decisive matches

By Variant:

RG Broodscale (with Writhing Chrysalis):

  • 91.7% winrate (11-1-2)
  • Most dominant variant in the matchup
  • 8 unique entries recorded matches

Mono-G Broodscale (with Ugin's Labyrinth):

  • 77.8% winrate (7-2)
  • Strong but slightly less dominant than RG
  • 9 unique entries recorded matches

Other Broodscale variants:

  • 66.7% winrate (4-2)
  • 5 unique entries (variants without the key cards above)

Key Insights:

  • The Broodscale matchup is highly favored against Affinity across all variants
  • RG Broodscale with Writhing Chrysalis shows exceptional performance (>90%)
  • Even the "other" variants maintain a solid 2:1 win ratio
  • Sample sizes are moderate but consistent across variants

Sources: Data from 58 tournaments (79% MTGO, 21% Melee) between Aug 16 - Oct 16, 2025