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Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	773	1332–1248	51.6	16	109	32
Mono Black Aggro	24	33–48	40.7	0	3	1
Heroic	23	20–40	33.3
Mono White Heroic	4	0–1	0.0
Azorius Heroic	13	18–28	39.1
Red Deck Wins	160	361–249	59.2	7	32	7
Goblins	16	9–30	23.1
Tokens	166	284–258	52.4	4	36	10
Selesnya Tokens	9	3–21	12.5
Mono Red Swarm	104	178–155	53.5	2	29	6
Mono Green Stompy	91	199–138	59.1	3	18	4
White Weenie	64	99–111	47.1	1	7
Soldiers	29	46–47	49.5	1	6
Warriors	10	9–12	42.9
Selesnya Little Kid	7	9–11	45.0	0	1
Gruul Aggro	26	43–44	49.4	0	4
Merfolk	10	3–17	15.0
Artifact Aggro	14	8–24	25.0
Affinity	14	8–24	25.0
Mono Blue Aggro	7	3–11	21.4
Madness	2	3–6	33.3
Gruul Madness	1	1–4	20.0
Rakdos Vampires	1	2–2	50.0
Voltron	14	13–26	33.3	0	1
Hexproof	9	7–17	29.2	0	1
Boros Auras	3	6–5	54.5
Knights	89	170–132	56.3	1	5	9
Combo	260	346–469	42.5	1	19	5
Storm	56	82–121	40.4	0	5	1
Reclamation Storm	55	82–119	40.8	0	5	1
Reanimator	150	200–270	42.6	1	11	3
Oriss Genesis	2	1–3	25.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	32	51–44	53.7	0	3	1
Control	751	1384–1225	53.0	12	97	38
Mono Black Control	11	7–20	25.9
Fake-Rack	8	4–17	19.0
Esper Control	1	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Control	2	0–2	0.0
Dimir Control	102	167–179	48.3	4	22	3
Azorius Control	36	51–59	46.4	0	3	1
Turbo Fog	19	24–34	41.4
Izzet Control	101	237–151	61.1	2	4	9
Mill	5	3–5	37.5
Grixis Control	10	25–19	56.8	0	4
Stax	1	3–2	60.0
Jeskai Control	13	15–15	50.0	0	4
Cycling Control	83	115–150	43.4	1	5	3
Astral Slide	81	112–148	43.1	1	5	3
Sultai Control	21	29–34	46.0	1	4
Guildgate Control	335	701–531	56.9	4	50	22
Aggro-Combo	277	510–476	51.7	6	34	13
Aristocrats	240	470–406	53.7	6	28	13
Mono Black Aristocrats	3	1–5	16.7
Orzhov Aristocrats	7	9–16	36.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1	1–2	33.3
Food	202	417–333	55.6	5	27	12
Burn	28	35–49	41.7	0	6
Infect	9	5–21	19.2
Aggro-Control	370	658–606	52.1	4	39	24
Izzet Tempo	54	109–91	54.5	0	4	7
Azorius Skies	16	30–22	57.7	1	2	1
Blue Madness	31	55–59	48.2	0	2	2
Simic Madness	26	44–49	47.3			2
Temur Madness	5	11–10	52.4	0	2
Mono Blue Flash	136	248–207	54.5	3	25	8
Izzet Spells	66	111–123	47.4	0	1	2
Dimir Flash	21	45–30	60.0			2
Combo-Control	17	17–31	35.4	0	1
Burning Vengeance	7	7–9	43.8	0	1
Midrange	695	1046–1219	46.2	9	82	18
The Rock	2	0–2	0.0
Abzan Midrange	6	4–13	23.5
Jund	5	6–12	33.3
Blink	7	5–16	23.8
Graveyard Value	69	66–135	32.8	0	5	1
Séance	4	0–7	0.0
Enchantments Matter	39	56–64	46.7	0	1	3
Allies	1	2–3	40.0
Boros Allies	1	2–3	40.0
Mardu Midrange	2	3–5	37.5
Elementals	5	4–6	40.0
Rakdos Midrange	30	35–61	36.5	0	1
Naya Midrange	1	0–2	0.0
Big Red	2	0–3	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	278	583–428	57.7	8	59	12
Mono Black Vampires	2	5–5	50.0
Mono Black Devotion	243	525–368	58.8	8	55	12
Dimir Midrange	42	75–78	49.0	1	12	2
Toughness Matters	32	13–52	20.0
Lifegain Midrange	37	70–80	46.7	0	3
Ramp	37	47–66	41.6			2
Unclassified	1

Matchups

	Opponent
	Aggro	Red Deck Wins	Tokens	Mono Red Swarm	Mono Green Stompy	White Weenie	Knights	Combo	Storm	Reclamation Storm	Reanimator	Control	Dimir Control	Izzet Control	Cycling Control	Astral Slide	Guildgate Control	Aggro-Combo	Aristocrats	Food	Aggro-Control	Izzet Tempo	Mono Blue Flash	Izzet Spells	Midrange	Mono Black Midrange	Mono Black Devotion
Aggro	313–313	63–91	51–65	37–40	40–41	35–29	37–43	128–69	41–18	41–18	71–42	309–336	50–29	30–55	49–30	49–30	128–190	121–113	96–105	81–96	157–159	18–28	68–65	22–24	283–243	91–143	80–126
Red Deck Wins	91–63	26–26	14–17	9–7	6–5	13–2	13–5	19–15	3–1	3–1	12–10	95–73	16–12	12–9	13–1	13–1	37–46	32–15	30–14	24–11	39–27	3–3	13–6	9–11	80–51	40–32	39–30
Tokens	65–51	17–14	6–6	3–2	6–11	7–7	11–6	27–9	10–1	10–1	16–7	74–70	11–9	6–15	10–5	10–5	35–36	24–28	16–25	15–25	27–38	6–9	12–15	1–5	62–59	26–36	23–32
Mono Red Swarm	40–37	7–9	2–3	2–2	4–10	6–5	9–6	17–6	7–1	7–1	9–4	50–43	9–6	0–6	8–3	8–3	28–25	21–20	14–18	14–18	15–24	2–6	8–11	1–3	32–23	8–16	8–13
Mono Green Stompy	41–40	5–6	11–6	10–4	7–7	1–6	6–9	19–8	6–6	6–6	9–2	43–38	10–2	4–5	8–7	8–7	10–18	16–8	11–8	10–7	37–16	4–3	17–10	6–0	41–27	7–19	5–17
White Weenie	29–35	2–13	7–7	5–6	6–1	4–4	1–7	11–4	4–1	4–1	7–2	25–30	7–3	1–8	6–4	6–4	9–13	12–10	7–9	5–9	8–17	2–0	2–9	1–2	12–14	6–7	6–6
Knights	43–37	5–13	6–11	6–9	9–6	7–1	6–6	24–7	11–1	11–1	9–4	31–28	4–1	3–2	5–3	5–3	17–20	14–17	12–15	11–11	16–20	1–2	11–10	1–2	38–21	5–12	3–11
Combo	69–128	15–19	9–27	6–17	8–19	4–11	7–24	34–34	12–4	12–4	16–24	86–89	11–17	9–18	11–7	11–7	41–40	24–49	23–44	22–36	36–74	2–9	12–29	10–11	88–94	21–37	15–30
Storm	18–41	1–3	1–10	1–7	6–6	1–4	1–11	4–12	3–3	3–3	0–6	22–14	4–4	2–4	2–1	2–1	11–4	3–11	3–11	2–9	9–20	1–4	2–8	2–0	26–22	7–7	3–5
Reclamation Storm	18–41	1–3	1–10	1–7	6–6	1–4	1–11	4–12	3–3	3–3	0–6	22–13	4–4	2–3	2–1	2–1	11–4	3–10	3–10	2–9	9–20	1–4	2–8	2–0	26–22	7–7	3–5
Reanimator	42–71	10–12	7–16	4–9	2–9	2–7	4–9	24–16	6–0	6–0	14–14	50–48	5–10	5–6	8–5	8–5	24–22	14–35	13–30	13–24	23–39	1–5	9–19	6–4	38–61	6–25	5–20
Control	336–309	73–95	70–74	43–50	38–43	30–25	28–31	89–86	14–22	13–22	48–50	334–334	49–44	49–50	33–31	31–30	148–168	138–125	123–116	100–102	159–131	28–14	40–56	34–22	305–224	95–139	78–124
Dimir Control	29–50	12–16	9–11	6–9	2–10	3–7	1–4	17–11	4–4	4–4	10–5	44–49	6–6	6–7	5–6	5–6	21–27	21–14	19–13	16–13	19–16	4–1	6–6	2–4	32–38	12–26	12–20
Izzet Control	55–30	9–12	15–6	6–0	5–4	8–1	2–3	18–9	4–2	3–2	6–5	50–49	7–6	15–15	3–1	3–1	16–24	22–14	19–13	12–12	29–13	1–3	4–3	10–2	61–32	18–22	16–21
Cycling Control	30–49	1–13	5–10	3–8	7–8	4–6	3–5	7–11	1–2	1–2	5–8	31–33	6–5	1–3	6–6	5–6	10–14	11–21	11–20	7–14	9–12	2–1	2–6	1–4	27–19	7–6	4–5
Astral Slide	30–49	1–13	5–10	3–8	7–8	4–6	3–5	7–11	1–2	1–2	5–8	30–31	6–5	1–3	6–5	5–5	9–13	11–21	11–20	7–14	8–12	2–1	2–6	1–4	26–19	7–6	4–5
Guildgate Control	190–128	46–37	36–35	25–28	18–10	13–9	20–17	40–41	4–11	4–11	22–24	168–148	27–21	24–16	14–10	13–9	80–80	69–52	60–50	53–45	81–62	20–6	18–34	18–6	139–94	38–61	27–56
Aggro-Combo	113–121	15–32	28–24	20–21	8–16	10–12	17–14	49–24	11–3	10–3	35–14	125–138	14–21	14–22	21–11	21–11	52–69	50–50	46–44	33–37	46–65	8–11	18–23	8–16	121–76	42–37	37–33
Aristocrats	105–96	14–30	25–16	18–14	8–11	9–7	15–12	44–23	11–3	10–3	30–13	116–123	13–19	13–19	20–11	20–11	50–60	44–46	40–40	27–33	44–56	8–8	16–21	8–15	111–60	39–28	34–25
Food	96–81	11–24	25–15	18–14	7–10	9–5	11–11	36–22	9–2	9–2	24–13	102–100	13–16	12–12	14–7	14–7	45–53	37–33	33–27	23–23	41–47	7–8	14–16	8–12	100–48	37–23	32–21
Aggro-Control	159–157	27–39	38–27	24–15	16–37	17–8	20–16	74–36	20–9	20–9	39–23	131–159	16–19	13–29	12–9	12–8	62–81	65–46	56–44	47–41	59–59	8–8	23–13	18–12	159–136	54–72	46–68
Izzet Tempo	28–18	3–3	9–6	6–2	3–4	0–2	2–1	9–2	4–1	4–1	5–1	14–28	1–4	3–1	1–2	1–2	6–20	11–8	8–8	8–7	8–8	3–3	4–0	1–2	35–25	15–13	14–13
Mono Blue Flash	65–68	6–13	15–12	11–8	10–17	9–2	10–11	29–12	8–2	8–2	19–9	56–40	6–6	3–4	6–2	6–2	34–18	23–18	21–16	16–14	13–23	0–4	7–7	3–3	60–45	21–25	18–24
Izzet Spells	24–22	11–9	5–1	3–1	0–6	2–1	2–1	11–10	0–2	0–2	4–6	22–34	4–2	2–10	4–1	4–1	6–18	16–8	15–8	12–8	12–18	2–1	3–3	4–4	24–26	5–12	4–12
Midrange	243–283	51–80	59–62	23–32	27–41	14–12	21–38	94–88	22–26	22–26	61–38	224–305	38–32	32–61	19–27	19–26	94–139	76–121	60–111	48–100	136–159	25–35	45–60	26–24	248–248	119–146	108–137
Mono Black Midrange	143–91	32–40	36–26	16–8	19–7	7–6	12–5	37–21	7–7	7–7	25–6	139–95	26–12	22–18	6–7	6–7	61–38	37–42	28–39	23–37	72–54	13–15	25–21	12–5	146–119	88–88	83–85
Mono Black Devotion	126–80	30–39	32–23	13–8	17–5	6–6	11–3	30–15	5–3	5–3	20–5	124–78	20–12	21–16	5–4	5–4	56–27	33–37	25–34	21–32	68–46	13–14	24–18	12–4	137–108	85–83	81–81