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What does a typical RG trophy deck look like in #ONE Limited?

Aggregating across 2,308 trophy-winning decks, it looks something like this ๐Ÿ‘‡. Oil up, proliferate, and repeat.

A ๐Ÿงต, with a "typical" trophy-winning build for each color pair โฌ‡๏ธ Image
For each of these, I'm looking at all trophy-winning decks with a copy of the relevant #2CUDS. Cards are sorted by number of copies in those trophy-winning decks (I put lands at the end, though). The @karsten_frank-inspired methodology is described here: strategy.channelfireball.com/all-strategy/hโ€ฆ
The next-most-prolific trophy winner is Bladehold War-Whip in RW. Barbed Batterfist loves the War-Whip, and Bladegraft Aspirant fits right in. Then just look for the stronger Equipment more generally, and quality removal. Image
WB is next: This is mainly trying to get to corrupted, which levels-up your Vivisection Chupacabra, rather than going for 10-poison wins. Everything should be have toxic or have a corrupted bonus. Image
WU and Cephalopod Sentry want artifacts, but equipment isn't really part of this plan, and the trophying decks aren't going big on Mites. Image
UR really just wants you to cast noncreature spells, so cheap instants and sorceries are a big part of winning decks, and your creatures either have oil or come in the form of Rebel tokens. Trawler Drake is sweet. Image
GW is a go-wide Toxic-matters deck. You're looking for creatures with Toxic, or Contagious Vorrac. For those with more experience playing this -- does it mostly win on life or poison? Image
Red is very strong, so the aggregate trophy-winning RB deck is very red-heavy, with some black removal and Stinging Hivemaster. Image
BG likes the evasion of Pestilent Syphoner, and is probably trying to get a 10-poison win. Lots of creatures that boost toxicity or proliferate. Vorrac! Image
UB would be pretty happy to land a Prologue to Phyresis, or get in with Voidwing Hybrid, then cast spells that proliferate (or sneak in a Thrummingbird) while chumping with the Hybrid over and over. Image
Finally, GU's Tainted Observed has the lowest trophy count among the #2CUDS, at just 249. I speculate that it's just a bit too diffuse and unfocused, which is a shame, because I love the idea of creaturefall-proliferation. Maybe just a bit too expensive to activate. Image
If seeing these decks gives you other ideas, or if you would push back against these aggregates as aspirational models, please share!

And if you think this is cool, and want to see it again, let me know with โค๏ธ&๐Ÿ” -- it's the best way for me to know what's resonating.

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