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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	2373	3618–4399	45.1	6	66	83
Mono Black Control	46	50–82	37.9
Esper Control	125	228–201	53.2	0	7	5
Demonic Rising	90	88–125	41.3	0	4	1
Mono Blue Control	22	31–45	40.8	0	1	1
Dimir Control	130	247–225	52.3	1	9	4
Azorius Control	420	699–724	49.1	2	18	18
Turbo Fog	49	47–114	29.2
Izzet Control	10	13–24	35.1
Mardu Control	113	228–207	52.4			7
Mill	171	317–349	47.6	1	4	9
Boros Control	11	7–21	25.0
Cloudpost Control	79	117–161	42.1	0	1	5
Azorius Cloudpost Control	18	36–32	52.9			2
Blackpost	35	45–79	36.3			1
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	14	10–29	25.6	0	1
Dimir Cloudpost Control	7	16–8	66.7			2
Izzet Cloudpost Control	1	0–3	0.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	1	3–2	60.0
Grixis Control	93	147–173	45.9	0	1	5
Cruel Control	51	86–96	47.3	0	1	4
Chandra Nalaar	14	17–24	41.5			1
Jeskai Control	15	11–35	23.9	0	1
Dragon Control	11	6–20	23.1
Izzet Dragons	2	0–3	0.0
Esper Dragons	1	0–2	0.0
Dimir Dragons	4	2–6	25.0
Ponza	326	488–604	44.7	0	3	9
Wildfire	57	74–112	39.8
Thryx-Wildfire	18	26–37	41.3
Borderpost Wildfire	12	17–25	40.5
Mono White Control	135	219–208	51.3	0	1	8
Dynavolt Tower	1	1–2	33.3
Cycling Control	111	172–211	44.9	2	8	3
Astral Slide	108	169–205	45.2	2	8	3
Five Color Control	138	137–338	28.8	0	1	1
Five Color Collected Conjuring	74	67–190	26.1
Shrines	61	68–140	32.7	0	1	1
Sultai Control	21	17–36	32.1	0	2
Guildgate Control	10	7–21	25.0	0	1
Bant Control	24	19–42	31.2
Pox	164	233–321	42.1	0	2	5

Most Common Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	904–1188	43.2
Mono Black Aggro	14–19	42.4
Heroic	111–97	53.4
Mono White Heroic	74–68	52.1
Azorius Heroic	5–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	26–28	48.2
Red Deck Wins	108–176	38.0
Mono Red Devotion	2–4	33.3
Proliferate Red	0–1	0.0
Goblins	43–54	44.3
Tokens	43–47	47.8
Selesnya Tokens	13–10	56.5
Mono Red Swarm	17–19	47.2
Mono White Tokens	11–9	55.0
Mono Green Stompy	32–43	42.7
White Weenie	49–48	50.5
Odric Keywords	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	0–2	0.0
Kithkin	3–2	60.0
Elves	62–56	52.5
Warriors	4–2	66.7
Selesnya Little Kid	32–27	54.2
Selesnya Counters	16–10	61.5
Rogues	14–10	58.3
Zombies	13–11	54.2
Gruul Aggro	11–10	52.4
Merfolk	47–87	35.1
Artifact Aggro	176–296	37.3
Affinity	134–259	34.1
Boros Vehicles	4–1	80.0
Salvage Titan	11–2	84.6
Tempered Steel	27–33	45.0
Mono Blue Aggro	3–2	60.0
Illusions	1–0	100.0
Madness	15–16	48.4
Golgari Madness	11–12	47.8
Voltron	36–14	72.0
Hexproof	29–12	70.7
Equipment Aggro	7–2	77.8
Wizards	6–14	30.0
Slivers	2–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	3–4	42.9
Knights	1–9	10.0
AggroSlide	21–57	26.9
Cats	17–46	27.0
Mono White Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	16–44	26.7
Rakdos Aggro	11–25	30.6
Combo	766–824	48.2
Storm	156–176	47.0
Dimir Tendrils	103–148	41.0
Dragonstorm	2–1	66.7
Hazoret Storm	0–2	0.0
Simic Storm	1–0	100.0
Grixis Tendrils	13–9	59.1
Reanimator	158–197	44.5
Worldgorger Dragon	50–107	31.9
Double Dragon	1–0	100.0
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	3–5	37.5
Traditional Reanimator	102–85	54.6
Rakdos Reanimator	10–14	41.7
Dimir Reanimator	7–2	77.8
Mono Black Reanimator	82–69	54.3
Oriss Genesis	18–25	41.9
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–1	66.7
Dubious Challenge	5–0	100.0
Warp World	11–5	68.8
Zubera Tribal	3–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	10–3	76.9
Hypergenesis	10–7	58.8
Runeflare	11–10	52.4
Jeskai Ascendancy	36–47	43.4
Myr Incubator	10–19	34.5
Combo Post	0–3	0.0
Eggs	16–3	84.2
Turntimber Ranger	0–1	0.0
Heartless Myr	7–8	46.7
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	2–2	50.0
Taking Turns	21–41	33.9
Izzet Ascension	39–36	52.0
Ominous Good	14–17	45.2
Jokulhaups	14–9	60.9
Soulflayer	7–8	46.7
Breakfast	28–17	62.2
Oops All Spells	28–17	62.2
Oops All Lands	2–1	66.7
Dredge	94–133	41.4
Polymorph	3–3	50.0
Protean Hulk Combo	18–16	52.9
Dice Factory	8–6	57.1
Control	594–594	50.0
Mono Black Control	9–13	40.9
Esper Control	25–31	44.6
Demonic Rising	17–10	63.0
Mono Blue Control	6–7	46.2
Dimir Control	29–35	45.3
Azorius Control	95–84	53.1
Turbo Fog	14–9	60.9
Izzet Control	2–1	66.7
Mardu Control	27–34	44.3
Mill	35–82	29.9
Boros Control	7–1	87.5
Cloudpost Control	18–23	43.9
Azorius Cloudpost Control	2–6	25.0
Blackpost	10–10	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	3–2	60.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	1–3	25.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	26–32	44.8
Cruel Control	18–22	45.0
Chandra Nalaar	3–2	60.0
Jeskai Control	3–0	100.0
Dragon Control	3–1	75.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Ponza	100–81	55.3
Wildfire	27–8	77.1
Thryx-Wildfire	7–2	77.8
Borderpost Wildfire	8–2	80.0
Mono White Control	30–38	44.1
Dynavolt Tower	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	29–22	56.9
Astral Slide	27–21	56.3
Five Color Control	48–19	71.6
Five Color Collected Conjuring	22–6	78.6
Shrines	25–13	65.8
Sultai Control	6–3	66.7
Guildgate Control	4–3	57.1
Bant Control	7–3	70.0
Pox	37–39	48.7
Aggro-Combo	182–207	46.8
Aristocrats	86–128	40.2
Mono Black Aristocrats	3–22	12.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	20–32	38.5
Golgari Aristocrats	10–16	38.5
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Mardu Aristocrats	4–4	50.0
Food	12–14	46.2
Rakdos Aristocrats	34–38	47.2
Burn	35–26	57.4
Infect	40–32	55.6
Trickbind Dreadnought	9–9	50.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	10–11	47.6
Aggro-Control	240–381	38.7
Izzet Tempo	91–139	39.6
Azorius Skies	17–17	50.0
Blue Madness	13–8	61.9
Simic Madness	3–3	50.0
Temur Madness	10–4	71.4
Lich Aggro-Control	8–16	33.3
Ninjas	7–12	36.8
Mono Blue Tempo	46–130	26.1
Izzet Spells	24–21	53.3
Dimir Tempo	19–27	41.3
Combo-Control	114–190	37.5
Curses	4–4	50.0
Burning Vengeance	0–2	0.0
Cruel Combo-Control	3–1	75.0
Battle of Wits	17–25	40.5
Shared Fate	1–3	25.0
Mindcrank	26–52	33.3
Hedron Alignment	2–0	100.0
Yosei Vat	0–2	0.0
Lich's Mastery	3–1	75.0
Seismic Swans	10–5	66.7
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	34–80	29.8
Solar Flare	10–13	43.5
Midrange	639–794	44.6
Temur Ascendancy	2–3	40.0
The Rock	8–14	36.4
Grenzo	4–8	33.3
Abzan Midrange	11–10	52.4
Selesnya Midrange	6–7	46.2
Selesnya Value Town	2–5	28.6
Jund	12–12	50.0
Blink	13–14	48.2
Displace Loop	2–1	66.7
Acid Trip	1–0	100.0
Anti-Persecution	6–5	54.6
Graveyard Value	24–48	33.3
Séance	8–27	22.9
Varolz Dreadnought	6–3	66.7
Enchantments Matter	28–13	68.3
Allies	9–7	56.3
Boros Allies	1–0	100.0
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
BRGW Allies	1–1	50.0
Treefolk	4–1	80.0
-1/-1 Counters	2–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	50–91	35.5
Mardu Midrange	56–93	37.6
Yisan-Prophet	2–1	66.7
Vampires	4–7	36.4
Mono Black Vampires	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Vampires	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Vampires	1–3	25.0
Legends	4–0	100.0
Elementals	4–1	80.0
Rakdos Midrange	43–64	40.2
Naya Midrange	6–2	75.0
Card Advantage White	0–1	0.0
Big Red	18–28	39.1
Mono Black Midrange	75–114	39.7
Mono Black Devotion	35–39	47.3
Heart of Darkness	8–34	19.1
Hellion Whip	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	30–30	50.0
Angel Tribal	3–2	60.0
Toughness Matters	8–3	72.7
Lifegain Midrange	21–13	61.8
Adventures	2–4	33.3
Mutate	3–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	19–21	47.5
Orzhov Midrange	57–110	34.1
Temur Neoform	5–0	100.0
Owling Mine	12–5	70.6
Jeskai Midrange	5–5	50.0
Prophet Glare	13–8	61.9
Heartless Summoning Stompy	3–0	100.0
Ramp	177–220	44.6
Rofellos Ramp	1–0	100.0
Wild Pair	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	118–172	40.7
Golgari Post	2–0	100.0
Greenpost	91–144	38.7
Summer Bloom Ramp	33–28	54.1
Historic Bloom	21–15	58.3
Defenders	3–1	75.0
Unclassified	1–0	100.0

Penny Dreadful Magic

Control

Archetype Tree

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