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Control

Tournaments Only
Season 21▾
1. All
2. 33
3. 32
4. 31
5. 30
6. 29
7. 28
8. 27
9. 26
10. 25
11. 24
12. 23
13. 22
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15. 20
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18. 17
19. 16
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21. 14
22. 13
23. 12
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26. 9
27. 8
28. 7
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30. 5
31. 4
32. 3
33. 2
34. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	1311	1945–2342–1	45.4	2	56	34
Mono Black Control	20	27–42	39.1	0	2	1
Esper Control	104	154–219	41.3	0	6
Demonic Rising	24	38–36	51.4			2
Mono Blue Control	9	5–18	21.7
Dimir Control	142	228–217	51.2	0	3	6
Azorius Control	222	358–345	50.9	0	10	11
Cawblade	32	38–34	52.8
Turbo Fog	26	31–55	36.0
Izzet Control	38	65–59	52.4			3
Mill	20	37–44	45.7	0	1	1
Boros Control	7	7–14	33.3
Cloudpost Control	123	222–221	50.1	2	8	2
Azorius Cloudpost Control	13	13–21	38.2
Blackpost	24	40–51	44.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	83	165–145	53.2	2	8	2
Izzet Cloudpost Control	2	4–2	66.7
Grixis Control	72	108–126	46.2	0	4	3
Cruel Control	8	4–14	22.2
Stax	44	66–86	43.4	0	3	1
Chandra Nalaar	3	3–6	33.3	0	1
Jeskai Control	23	32–43	42.7	0	1
Dragon Control	26	39–56	41.1	0	5
Izzet Dragons	17	22–39	36.1	0	3
Runeflare	13	15–37	28.8
Ponza	36	63–72	46.7			1
Mono White Control	48	76–64	54.3			2
Life is Ez	28	46–33	58.2			2
Cycling Control	16	21–27	43.8
Astral Slide	16	21–27	43.8
Five Color Control	22	17–42	28.8	0	2
Five Color Collected Conjuring	5	3–10	23.1
Shrines	6	3–10	23.1
Sultai Control	18	24–35	40.7	0	1
Guildgate Control	18	27–39	40.9
Bant Control	13	10–26	27.8
Pox	54	70–103	40.5	0	1	1
Enchantments Control	2	1–3	25.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	5	10–11	47.6	0	1
Seasons Past Control	95	139–187	42.6	0	6
Orzhov Control	7	8–14	36.4	0	1
Prison	47	35–71	33.0
Enchantress	26	17–39	30.4

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	421–523	44.6
Mono Black Aggro	18–18	50.0
Heroic	50–32	61.0
Mono White Heroic	38–26	59.4
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	3–3	50.0
Boros Heroic	7–2	77.8
Selesnya Heroic	2–1	66.7
Red Deck Wins	39–82	32.2
Prisoner	1–1	50.0
Goblins	8–31	20.5
Tokens	23–21	52.3
Selesnya Tokens	4–4	50.0
Mono White Tokens	11–16	40.7
Mono Green Stompy	5–9	35.7
White Weenie	28–30	48.3
Quest for the Holy Relic	4–2	66.7
Soldiers	3–1	75.0
Elves	20–12	62.5
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Minotaurs	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	4–2	66.7
Selesnya Counters	3–0	100.0
Rogues	5–2	71.4
Zombies	27–36	42.9
Gruul Aggro	17–32	34.7
Gruul Landfall	2–1	66.7
Merfolk	6–8	42.9
Mono Red Swarm	1–2	33.3
Artifact Aggro	50–89	36.0
Affinity	12–6	66.7
Salvage Titan	3–11	21.4
Tempered Steel	30–53	36.1
Mono Blue Architect	5–18	21.7
Mono Blue Aggro	1–1	50.0
Illusions	0–1	0.0
Madness	63–81	43.8
Gruul Madness	2–4	33.3
Golgari Madness	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Madness	57–65	46.7
Jund Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	20–6	76.9
Hexproof	15–5	75.0
Equipment Aggro	1–1	50.0
Slivers	7–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	3–2	60.0
Knights	3–6	33.3
AggroSlide	9–7	56.3
Cats	3–1	75.0
Selesnya Cats	3–1	75.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–1	50.0
Boros Aggro	4–7	36.4
Combo	385–516	42.7
Storm	126–150	45.7
Dimir Tendrils	45–95	32.1
Dragonstorm	31–16	66.0
Simic Storm	9–14	39.1
Citadel Storm	4–5	44.4
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	4–4	50.0
Izzet Storm	23–13	63.9
Swath Storm	1–0	100.0
Song Storm	4–1	80.0
Reanimator	87–161	35.1
Worldgorger Dragon	2–5	28.6
Double Dragon	0–1	0.0
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	83–155	34.9
Rakdos Reanimator	53–97	35.3
Dimir Reanimator	3–1	75.0
Mono Black Reanimator	24–47	33.8
Grixis Reanimator	2–9	18.2
Oriss Genesis	3–6	33.3
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Warp World	1–7	12.5
Maniac Combo	1–3	25.0
Hypergenesis	3–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	16–40	28.6
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	16–39	29.1
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
"Twin"	2–1	66.7
Naya "Twin"	2–1	66.7
Metalwork Colossus	8–10	44.4
Anvil Colossus	0–2	0.0
Upheaval Colossus	7–7	50.0
Eggs	3–3	50.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	2–1	66.7
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	13–17	43.3
Quest for Ula's Temple	3–1	75.0
Izzet Ascension	9–5	64.3
Jokulhaups Combo	3–1	75.0
Soulflayer	1–1	50.0
Breakfast	20–29	40.8
Oops All Spells	20–29	40.8
Oops All Lands	2–1	66.7
Dredge	22–28	44.0
Polymorph	2–2	50.0
Dice Factory	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	2–2	50.0
Enduring Ideal	3–6	33.3
Chain of Acid	13–19	40.6
GreenTwin	5–9	35.7
Tibalt's Trickery	8–3	72.7
Intruder Alarm	4–4	50.0
Calibrated Blast	3–1	75.0
Restore Balance	5–0	100.0
Control	306–306	50.0
Mono Black Control	7–2	77.8
Esper Control	30–23	56.6
Demonic Rising	5–6	45.5
Mono Blue Control	2–1	66.7
Dimir Control	24–34	41.4
Azorius Control	48–50	49.0
Cawblade	5–3	62.5
Turbo Fog	5–8	38.5
Izzet Control	7–11	38.9
Mill	3–9	25.0
Boros Control	4–1	80.0
Cloudpost Control	29–35	45.3
Azorius Cloudpost Control	4–2	66.7
Blackpost	8–6	57.1
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	17–27	38.6
Grixis Control	12–18	40.0
Cruel Control	2–1	66.7
Stax	15–9	62.5
Chandra Nalaar	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Control	5–2	71.4
Dragon Control	3–6	33.3
Izzet Dragons	3–3	50.0
Runeflare	3–1	75.0
Ponza	10–16	38.5
Mono White Control	7–12	36.8
Life is Ez	2–10	16.7
Cycling Control	5–5	50.0
Astral Slide	5–5	50.0
Five Color Control	6–1	85.7
Five Color Collected Conjuring	2–0	100.0
Shrines	2–0	100.0
Sultai Control	7–9	43.8
Guildgate Control	2–5	28.6
Bant Control	5–1	83.3
Pox	18–6	75.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–1	50.0
Seasons Past Control	24–26	48.0
Orzhov Control	4–1	80.0
Prison	11–3	78.6
Enchantress	7–1	87.5
Aggro-Combo	130–174	42.8
Aristocrats	31–46	40.3
Mono Black Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	7–14	33.3
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Abzan Aristocrats	3–2	60.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	2–5	28.6
Boros Bombardment	6–13	31.6
Burn	12–19	38.7
Infect	43–57	43.0
Simic Infect	24–40	37.5
Blazing Shoal Infect	15–8	65.2
Golgari Infect	1–4	20.0
Turbo Myth	0–1	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	6–6	50.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	4–6	40.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	5–4	55.6
Hushnought	6–8	42.9
Liquimetal Fishing	4–7	36.4
Combo Goblins	18–24	42.9
Goblin Persist	4–11	26.7
Dirty Kitty	14–13	51.9
Aggro-Control	160–178	47.3
Simic Flash	3–10	23.1
Izzet Tempo	50–40	55.6
Azorius Skies	10–8	55.6
Blue Madness	4–4	50.0
Simic Madness	3–3	50.0
Lich Aggro-Control	3–6	33.3
Wizards	2–1	66.7
Ninjas	13–15	46.4
Mono Blue Tempo	21–32	39.6
Izzet Spells	2–1	66.7
Dimir Tempo	47–49	49.0
Dimir Faeries	3–4	42.9
Sultai Tempo	1–1	50.0
Azorius Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	77–117	39.7
Curses	11–10	52.4
Burning Vengeance	3–0	100.0
Cruel Combo-Control	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	1–1	50.0
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	11–3	78.6
Solar Flare	2–3	40.0
Plasma Swans	3–0	100.0
Liliana's Contract	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	41–99	29.3
Wildfire	5–18	21.7
Borderpost Wildfire	1–5	16.7
Jokulhaups Control	36–81	30.8
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	4–4	50.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	25–63	28.4
Jund Jokulhaups Control	7–14	33.3
Resurgent Belief	2–0	100.0
Midrange	413–461–1	47.3
The Rock	9–13	40.9
Golgari Citadel	3–4	42.9
Abzan Midrange	3–0	100.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Jund	56–50–1	52.8
Blink	39–81	32.5
Wave Blink	38–81	31.9
Esper Wave	0–1	0.0
Azorius Wave	20–35	36.4
Orzhov Wave	3–3	50.0
Abzan Wave	8–29	21.6
Bant Wave	6–12	33.3
Graveyard Value	29–37	43.9
Séance	2–2	50.0
Varolz Dreadnought	18–30	37.5
Allies	4–3	57.1
Boros Allies	0–1	0.0
Mono White Allies	0–1	0.0
Esper Allies	2–0	100.0
BRGW Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	2–1	66.7
Fake-Rack	15–16	48.4
Mardu Midrange	4–8	33.3
Vampires	6–1	85.7
Mono Black Vampires	4–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	1–1	50.0
Legends Midrange	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Legends	1–1	50.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	11–10	52.4
Naya Midrange	1–2	33.3
Big Red	4–6	40.0
Mono Black Midrange	97–101	49.0
Mono Black Devotion	71–63	53.0
Dimir Midrange	22–11	66.7
Angel Tribal	4–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	18–1	94.7
Sultai Midrange	7–8	46.7
Orzhov Midrange	7–13	35.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	3–0	100.0
Zur the Enchanter	2–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	1–1	50.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–1	50.0
Fires of Invention	6–5	54.5
Clerics	2–4	33.3
Simic Snow	25–68	26.9
Artifact Midrange	2–3	40.0
Coinflip Tribal	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	2–2	50.0
Ramp	53–67	44.2
Cloudpost Ramp	30–42	41.7
Eldrazipost	7–3	70.0
Greenpost	18–31	36.7
Defenders	2–1	66.7
Carth Superfriends	15–11	57.7
Jund Carth	9–8	52.9
Applejacks	3–3	50.0