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Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	710	1269–1160	52.2	15	154	29
Mono Black Aggro	94	211–132	61.5	1	23	6
Heroic	39	65–69	48.5	0	2	1
Mono White Heroic	8	11–15	42.3	0	1
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	26	45–45	50.0	0	1	1
Red Deck Wins	198	386–326	54.2	6	63	11
Mono Red Devotion	1	2–3	40.0
Goblins	27	35–59	37.2
Tokens	15	19–18	51.4	0	1
Selesnya Tokens	3	4–2	66.7
Token Rites	12	15–16	48.4	0	1
Mono Green Stompy	4	5–9	35.7	0	1
White Weenie	104	184–177	51.0	1	12	5
Odric Keywords	9	5–13	27.8
Soldiers	9	11–20	35.5
Kithkin	1	0–2	0.0
Mono White Allies	1	1–3	25.0
Elves	43	53–84	38.7	0	8	1
Minotaurs	1	0–3	0.0
Warriors	1
Selesnya Little Kid	13	24–22	52.2	0	1
Selesnya Humans	4	7–6	53.8
Rogues	1	1–2	33.3	0	1
Zombies	25	59–37	61.5	2	11	1
Gruul Aggro	1	0–3	0.0	0	1
Gruul Humans	1	0–3	0.0	0	1
Artifact Aggro	109	202–172	54.0	5	30	4
Affinity	14	22–28	44.0
Salvage Titan	2	1–5	16.7
Tempered Steel	93	179–139	56.3	5	30	4
Devoid Aggro	2
Mono Blue Aggro	8	10–9	52.6
Illusions	1	0–1	0.0
Madness	3	6–5	54.5
Rakdos Vampires	2	6–3	66.7
Wizards	1	0–2	0.0
Slivers	11	5–14	26.3
Naya Zoo	1
Combo	323	457–555	45.2	3	37	11
Storm	57	38–113	25.2	0	2
Hazoret Storm	5	0–9	0.0
Simic Storm	7	7–17	29.2
Mono Blue Post Desire	9	5–20	20.0
Reanimator	6	5–10	33.3
Dubious Challenge	1	2–3	40.0
Maniac Combo	2	2–3	40.0
Hypergenesis	46	68–93	42.2	0	5	1
Cephalid Breakfast	90	169–126	57.3	0	9	6
Druid Breakfast	83	168–115	59.4	0	9	6
Cruel Combo	1	2–3	40.0
Eggs	54	85–92	48.0	2	12	3
Control	276	384–503	43.3	0	23	7
Mono Black Control	2	1–3	25.0
Esper Control	23	28–49	36.4			1
Demonic Rising	19	28–32	46.7	0	2
Mono Blue Control	7	2–12	14.3
Dimir Control	7	6–12	33.3
Azorius Control	21	30–26	53.6	0	2
Turbo Fog	22	31–44	41.3	0	4
Izzet Control	12	21–20	51.2	0	1	1
Mardu Control	1	0–2	0.0
Mill	5	2–8	20.0
Boros Control	2	5–5	50.0
Cloudpost Control	38	64–67	48.9	0	1	3
Azorius Cloudpost Control	10	14–10	58.3			1
Blackpost	1	2–3	40.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	23	44–44	50.0	0	1	2
Grixis Control	6	3–8	27.3
Cruel Control	6	3–8	27.3
Stax	40	69–90	43.4	0	2	1
Pollute the Planet	7	25–11	69.4	0	1	1
Jeskai Control	15	29–27	51.8	0	4	1
Dragon Control	3	2–4	33.3
Ponza	6	5–15	25.0
Wildfire	3	3–7	30.0
Mono White Control	15	33–29	53.2
Cycling Control	7	3–11	21.4
Astral Slide	6	3–9	25.0
Five Color Control	11	16–16	50.0	0	5
Sultai Control	2	0–4	0.0
Aggro-Combo	64	91–136	40.1	1	7
Aristocrats	14	17–33	34.0	0	2
Mono Black Aristocrats	7	7–15	31.8
Orzhov Aristocrats	1	0–3	0.0
Abzan Aristocrats	5	9–14	39.1	0	2
Burn	7	4–15	21.1
Infect	14	17–38	30.9	0	1
Pummeler	8	17–18	48.6
Hermit Humans	21	36–32	52.9	1	4
Aggro-Control	241	390–436	47.2	1	16	13
Izzet Tempo	28	59–54	52.2	0	4	3
Blue Madness	56	72–89	44.7			2
Simic Madness	56	72–89	44.7			2
12 Pest	1	4–1	80.0
Drakes	1	1–4	20.0
Ninjas	36	58–59	49.6	0	3	2
Mono Blue Gush	82	146–150	49.3	1	9	6
Combo-Control	20	17–50	25.4	0	1
Curses	1	0–2	0.0
Battle of Wits	6	7–22	24.1
Pickles	3	1–5	16.7	0	1
Midrange	411	515–742	41.0	5	34	11
Temur Ascendancy	11	4–25	13.8
The Rock	2	1–3	25.0
Abzan Midrange	3	7–3	70.0			1
Jund	16	22–28	44.0			1
White Jund	2	6–3	66.7			1
Blink	74	142–115	55.3	2	3	5
Wave Blink	61	133–100	57.1	2	3	5
Acid Trip	3	0–2	0.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	9	8–11	42.1
Graveyard Value	31	46–51	47.4	0	1	1
Enchantments Matter	4	0–4	0.0
Allies	14	21–34	38.2	0	2
Orzhov Allies	9	7–23	23.3
Mardu Allies	3	8–7	53.3	0	1
Treefolk	2	1–2	33.3
Sultai Emerge	5	1–6	14.3
Vampires	3	7–5	58.3	0	1
Elementals	2	0–9	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	10	6–17	26.1
Big Red	2	1–6	14.3
Mono Black Midrange	82	139–145	48.9	3	23	1
Mono Black Vampires	3	3–2	60.0
Hellion Whip	1
Dimir Midrange	11	17–21	44.7			1
Temur Energy	10	22–16	57.9	0	2	1
Angel Tribal	1	0–2	0.0
Toughness Matters	57	28–104	21.2
Ramp	381	967–508	65.6	21	93	43
Rofellos Ramp	367	955–484	66.4	21	92	43
Cloudpost Ramp	7	10–13	43.5
Locus Awakening	3	0–8	0.0
Commander	5

Matchups

	Opponent
	Aggro	Mono Black Aggro	Red Deck Wins	White Weenie	Artifact Aggro	Tempered Steel	Combo	Cephalid Breakfast	Druid Breakfast	Eggs	Control	Aggro-Combo	Aggro-Control	Mono Blue Gush	Midrange	Blink	Wave Blink	Mono Black Midrange	Ramp	Rofellos Ramp
Aggro	360–360	58–58	110–104	39–61	49–61	40–57	170–142	41–64	38–64	34–28	154–126	42–25	141–88	48–32	201–139	37–46	34–44	49–42	184–274	175–272
Mono Black Aggro	58–58	11–11	14–16	6–13	6–9	3–9	20–16	11–11	10–11	2–2	24–10	6–6	25–4	12–0	32–12	6–4	5–4	10–3	41–26	41–26
Red Deck Wins	104–110	16–14	35–35	10–9	14–24	11–24	58–44	17–12	15–12	9–11	40–23	11–1	45–22	18–10	65–39	11–10	10–9	21–12	61–85	58–84
White Weenie	61–39	13–6	9–10	10–10	11–3	9–3	26–26	7–14	7–14	4–4	28–25	7–3	22–8	4–2	17–20	4–11	4–10	3–4	19–55	18–55
Artifact Aggro	61–49	9–6	24–14	3–11	9–9	9–8	23–18	2–10	2–10	7–3	29–23	9–5	17–22	5–11	36–17	8–6	8–6	9–6	27–38	25–38
Tempered Steel	57–40	9–3	24–11	3–9	8–9	8–8	21–12	1–8	1–8	7–1	23–15	7–4	14–19	3–11	33–16	8–6	8–6	9–6	24–33	22–33
Combo	142–170	16–20	44–58	26–26	18–23	12–21	75–75	15–22	13–22	8–10	51–52	14–17	41–48	9–17	77–66	10–19	10–17	13–20	48–125	44–121
Cephalid Breakfast	64–41	11–11	12–17	14–7	10–2	8–1	22–15	7–7	7–7	3–0	16–13	4–3	13–9	4–3	33–20	4–8	4–6	8–7	13–25	13–24
Druid Breakfast	64–38	11–10	12–15	14–7	10–2	8–1	22–13	7–7	7–7	3–0	16–13	4–1	13–9	4–3	32–16	4–4	4–4	7–7	13–25	13–24
Eggs	28–34	2–2	11–9	4–4	3–7	1–7	10–8	0–3	0–3	2–2	17–9	3–3	10–7	2–2	11–5	0–1	0–1	0–2	5–26	4–26
Control	126–154	10–24	23–40	25–28	23–29	15–23	52–51	13–16	13–16	9–17	38–38	14–10	42–52	15–26	76–46	10–13	9–12	20–9	35–148	32–145
Aggro-Combo	25–42	6–6	1–11	3–7	5–9	4–7	17–14	3–4	1–4	3–3	10–14		14–14	2–4	15–19	1–3	0–3	2–4	9–31	8–31
Aggro-Control	88–141	4–25	22–45	8–22	22–17	19–14	48–41	9–13	9–13	7–10	52–42	14–14	52–52	20–15	92–62	15–17	13–16	12–11	40–84	40–83
Mono Blue Gush	32–48	0–12	10–18	2–4	11–5	11–3	17–9	3–4	3–4	2–2	26–15	4–2	15–20	8–8	36–24	7–9	6–9	3–3	15–32	15–32
Midrange	139–201	12–32	39–65	20–17	17–36	16–33	66–77	20–33	16–32	5–11	46–76	19–15	62–92	24–36	109–109	16–33	11–31	14–20	62–169	60–168
Blink	46–37	4–6	10–11	11–4	6–8	6–8	19–10	8–4	4–4	1–0	13–10	3–1	17–15	9–7	33–16	7–7	6–7	5–1	10–26	10–26
Wave Blink	44–34	4–5	9–10	10–4	6–8	6–8	17–10	6–4	4–4	1–0	12–9	3–0	16–13	9–6	31–11	7–6	6–6	3–1	9–23	9–23
Mono Black Midrange	42–49	3–10	12–21	4–3	6–9	6–9	20–13	7–8	7–7	2–0	9–20	4–2	11–12	3–3	20–14	1–5	1–3	4–4	29–34	28–34
Ramp	274–184	26–41	85–61	55–19	38–27	33–24	125–48	25–13	25–13	26–5	148–35	31–9	84–40	32–15	169–62	26–10	23–9	34–29	130–130	125–129
Rofellos Ramp	272–175	26–41	84–58	55–18	38–25	33–22	121–44	24–13	24–13	26–4	145–32	31–8	83–40	32–15	168–60	26–10	23–9	34–28	129–125	124–124