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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	996	1521–1760	46.4	1	43	29
Mono Black Control	5	7–12	36.8
Esper Control	102	219–154	58.7	0	6	7
Demonic Rising	6	4–13	23.5
Mono Blue Control	8	10–17	37.0
Dimir Control	23	17–28	37.8
Azorius Control	163	277–287	49.1	1	8	6
Turbo Fog	13	11–29	27.5
Izzet Control	12	16–20	44.4	0	1
Mardu Control	16	21–29	42.0	0	1	1
Mill	13	17–30	36.2
Boros Control	20	33–30	52.4			1
Cloudpost Control	53	84–72	53.8			1
Azorius Cloudpost Control	33	54–42	56.3			1
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	13	22–17	56.4
Dimir Cloudpost Control	1	2–1	66.7
Grixis Control	67	91–131	41.0	0	4	2
Cruel Control	54	74–103	41.8	0	3	2
Stax	86	103–175	37.1	0	2
Pollute the Planet	5	7–8	46.7
Chandra Nalaar	9	15–16	48.4	0	2
Jeskai Control	7	8–13	38.1
Dragon Control	13	17–28	37.8	0	1	1
Izzet Dragons	4	10–8	55.6			1
Ponza	167	292–277	51.3	0	8	4
Wildfire	130	241–218	52.5	0	8	4
Thryx-Wildfire	19	29–33	46.8			2
Borderpost Wildfire	107	202–180	52.9	0	7	2
Mono White Control	54	85–76	52.8			2
Dynavolt Tower	10	14–15	48.3
Cycling Control	44	41–90	31.3	0	5
Astral Slide	42	40–82	32.8	0	5
Five Color Control	11	9–18	33.3
Shrines	2	0–1	0.0
Sultai Control	47	68–97	41.2			3
Sultai Ultimatum	36	52–73	41.6			3
Bant Control	4	2–8	20.0
Pox	1	1–1	50.0
Sigil Control	8	8–25	24.2
Sigil Prison	8	8–25	24.2
Four Color Counter Ghazi	24	37–51	42.0	0	5	1

Most Common Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	372–511	42.1
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	46–53	46.5
Mono White Heroic	45–53	45.9
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	14–41	25.5
Goblins	50–67	42.7
Tokens	3–1	75.0
Selesnya Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono White Tokens	3–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–5	16.7
White Weenie	12–8	60.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	3–2	60.0
Soldiers	1–3	25.0
Kithkin	1–0	100.0
Elves	45–52	46.4
Werewolves	4–1	80.0
Minotaurs	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	5–2	71.4
Rogues	6–8	42.9
Zombies	4–6	40.0
Gruul Aggro	10–12	45.5
Merfolk	9–11	45.0
Artifact Aggro	97–147	39.8
Affinity	85–137	38.3
Hush-finity	5–10	33.3
Salvage Titan	4–1	80.0
Tempered Steel	5–4	55.6
Mono Blue Architect	3–5	37.5
Mono Blue Aggro	1–4	20.0
Madness	5–3	62.5
Gruul Madness	1–2	33.3
Golgari Madness	1–1	50.0
Voltron	7–2	77.8
Hexproof	7–1	87.5
Hateful Auras	0–1	0.0
Wizards	7–8	46.7
Slivers	8–3	72.7
Knights	2–10	16.7
AggroSlide	18–58	23.7
Cats	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Cats	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Aggro	8–5	61.5
Combo	274–251	52.2
Storm	40–11	78.4
Dimir Tendrils	7–1	87.5
Hazoret Storm	11–5	68.8
Simic Storm	2–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	9–2	81.8
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	3–0	100.0
Reanimator	13–31	29.5
Worldgorger Dragon	9–28	24.3
Traditional Reanimator	4–3	57.1
Oriss Genesis	1–0	100.0
Biovisionary	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	4–6	40.0
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	29–27	51.8
New Perspectives	1–2	33.3
Runeflare	3–1	75.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	12–29	29.3
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	10–23	30.3
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–6	14.3
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Twin	1–0	100.0
Naya Twin	1–0	100.0
Combo Post	2–4	33.3
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Eggs	34–43	44.2
Heartless Myr	1–0	100.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	5–2	71.4
Taking Turns	1–3	25.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	5–1	83.3
Izzet Ascension	7–9	43.8
Jokulhaups	2–1	66.7
Soulflayer	6–2	75.0
Oops All Lands	5–3	62.5
Dredge	2–2	50.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Dice Factory	17–17	50.0
Storm Herald	17–6	73.9
Enduring Ideal	17–14	54.8
Ad Nauseam	26–27	49.1
Control	227–227	50.0
Mono Black Control	4–2	66.7
Esper Control	14–29	32.6
Demonic Rising	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	1–3	25.0
Dimir Control	4–2	66.7
Azorius Control	40–26	60.6
Turbo Fog	4–1	80.0
Izzet Control	2–3	40.0
Mardu Control	3–8	27.3
Mill	3–3	50.0
Boros Control	5–7	41.7
Cloudpost Control	10–18	35.7
Azorius Cloudpost Control	5–10	33.3
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	4–7	36.4
Grixis Control	19–11	63.3
Cruel Control	14–8	63.6
Stax	23–22	51.1
Pollute the Planet	0–1	0.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	5–2	71.4
Izzet Dragons	0–1	0.0
Ponza	42–50	45.7
Wildfire	34–38	47.2
Thryx-Wildfire	5–3	62.5
Borderpost Wildfire	29–35	45.3
Mono White Control	11–6	64.7
Dynavolt Tower	2–1	66.7
Cycling Control	9–6	60.0
Astral Slide	9–6	60.0
Five Color Control	0–2	0.0
Sultai Control	11–14	44.0
Sultai Ultimatum	7–10	41.2
Bant Control	2–0	100.0
Sigil Control	1–1	50.0
Sigil Prison	1–1	50.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	6–6	50.0
Aggro-Combo	125–193	39.3
Aristocrats	15–17	46.9
Mono Black Aristocrats	3–4	42.9
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–7	30.0
Golgari Aristocrats	5–2	71.4
Abzan Aristocrats	4–4	50.0
Burn	25–43	36.8
Infect	24–24	50.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	4–13	23.5
Izzet Blitzkrieg	15–59	20.3
Hushnought	29–22	56.9
Liquimetal Fishing	13–14	48.1
Aggro-Control	97–126	43.5
Izzet Tempo	33–45	42.3
Azorius Skies	4–2	66.7
Blue Madness	4–12	25.0
Simic Madness	4–12	25.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	3–4	42.9
Mono Blue Tempo	25–34	42.4
Izzet Spells	6–7	46.2
Dimir Tempo	11–7	61.1
Combo-Control	74–93	44.3
Curses	4–1	80.0
Battle of Wits	0–1	0.0
Shared Fate	2–0	100.0
Mindcrank	31–53	36.9
Dragoncrank	1–2	33.3
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Lich's Mastery	1–1	50.0
Hive Mind	13–6	68.4
Zur's Weirding	0–1	0.0
Solar Flare	5–4	55.6
Plasma Swans	17–26	39.5
Midrange	302–268	53.0
Temur Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
The Rock	8–12	40.0
Golgari Citadel	1–1	50.0
Grenzo	2–1	66.7
Abzan Midrange	13–11	54.2
Selesnya Midrange	5–3	62.5
Selesnya Value Town	4–3	57.1
Jund	9–5	64.3
Blink	41–46	47.1
Graveyard Value	11–29	27.5
Séance	3–13	18.8
Varolz Dreadnought	7–14	33.3
Enchantments Matter	5–2	71.4
Constellation	2–1	66.7
Allies	8–4	66.7
Orzhov Allies	1–1	50.0
Esper Allies	5–3	62.5
BRGW Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	3–1	75.0
Fake-Rack	9–3	75.0
Mardu Midrange	1–1	50.0
Vampires	20–12	62.5
Mono Black Vampires	13–9	59.1
Rakdos Vampires	5–3	62.5
Legends	7–14	33.3
Elementals	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	27–35	43.5
Naya Midrange	2–0	100.0
Big Red	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	10–6	62.5
Mono Black Devotion	2–3	40.0
Dimir Midrange	24–14	63.2
Angel Tribal	2–2	50.0
Toughness Matters	2–1	66.7
Lifegain Midrange	16–13	55.2
Sultai Midrange	7–3	70.0
Orzhov Midrange	7–4	63.6
Owling Mine	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Midrange	5–5	50.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	2–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	8–3	72.7
Enigmatic Incarnation	8–3	72.7
Hero of Precinct One	15–12	55.6
Abzan Hero	2–2	50.0
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Esper Hero	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Hero	6–0	100.0
Ramp	50–91	35.5
Villainous Wealth	8–5	61.5
Rofellos Ramp	10–7	58.8
Cloudpost Ramp	23–72	24.2
Locus Awakening	0–1	0.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	0–7	0.0
Greenpost	19–54	26.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	0–1	0.0
Defenders	1–0	100.0
Swath Storm	2–0	100.0

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Control

Archetype Tree

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Matchups

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