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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	1096	1844–1996	48.0	3	47	54
Mono Black Control	56	82–112	42.3			1
Esper Control	158	327–267	55.1	0	7	12
Demonic Rising	3	8–3	72.7
Mono Blue Control	85	169–141	54.5	3	20	4
Dimir Control	63	87–123	41.4	0	2	2
Azorius Control	234	479–369	56.5	0	7	22
Cawblade	3	6–5	54.5
Turbo Fog	16	16–36	30.8
Izzet Control	23	36–37	49.3			1
Mill	24	21–43	32.8			1
Boros Control	11	20–16	55.6			2
Cloudpost Control	67	103–133	43.6	0	3	2
Azorius Cloudpost Control	3	3–6	33.3
Blackpost	10	15–21	41.7
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	52	85–103	45.2	0	3	2
Grixis Control	20	15–36	29.4
Cruel Control	7	7–16	30.4
Stax	51	81–94	46.3	0	1
Chandra Nalaar	1	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Control	26	45–54	45.5	0	3
Dragon Control	10	13–24	35.1			1
Izzet Dragons	9	13–22	37.1			1
Ponza	50	67–98	40.6	0	1
Mono White Control	46	85–55	60.7			5
Life is Ez	35	72–40	64.3			5
Dynavolt Tower	1	0–4	0.0
Cycling Control	9	4–21	16.0
Astral Slide	6	1–13	7.1
Five Color Control	5	7–13	35.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	4	7–12	36.8
Shrines	1	0–1	0.0
Sultai Control	1	2–3	40.0
Guildgate Control	51	63–116	35.2			1
Bant Control	5	3–9	25.0
Pox	36	51–90	36.2	0	2
Sigil Control	20	18–45	28.6
Sigil Prison	18	15–39	27.8
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1	3–2	60.0
Seasons Past Control	12	17–30	36.2	0	1

Most Common Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	407–473	46.3
Mono Black Aggro	5–10	33.3
Heroic	57–71	44.5
Mono White Heroic	17–8	68.0
Azorius Heroic	0–2	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	39–61	39.0
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	63–65	49.2
Mono Red Devotion	1–1	50.0
Goblins	9–9	50.0
Tokens	7–13	35.0
Selesnya Tokens	0–4	0.0
Mono White Tokens	7–9	43.8
Mono Green Stompy	8–2	80.0
White Weenie	21–27	43.8
Quest for the Holy Relic	3–2	60.0
Soldiers	2–1	66.7
Kithkin	1–4	20.0
Elves	54–67	44.6
Selesnya Little Kid	7–3	70.0
Rogues	4–2	66.7
Zombies	9–7	56.3
Gruul Aggro	3–0	100.0
Merfolk	12–16	42.9
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	36–64	36.0
Affinity	12–21	36.4
Salvage Titan	8–3	72.7
Tempered Steel	8–23	25.8
Mono Blue Architect	2–12	14.3
Mono Blue Aggro	2–3	40.0
Illusions	2–3	40.0
Madness	16–3	84.2
Rakdos Madness	15–2	88.2
Voltron	3–1	75.0
Hexproof	3–1	75.0
Wizards	0–1	0.0
Slivers	11–7	61.1
Naya Zoo	5–6	45.5
Knights	15–18	45.5
AggroSlide	5–17	22.7
Cats	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	15–14	51.7
Humans	36–46	43.9
Bant Humans	7–22	24.1
Jeskai Humans	24–18	57.1
Combo	333–430	43.6
Storm	161–278	36.7
Sultai Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Dragonstorm	6–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	2–1	66.7
Citadel Storm	5–0	100.0
High Tide	93–144	39.2
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–1	50.0
Izzet Storm	2–0	100.0
Channel Storm	47–128	26.9
Reanimator	66–70	48.5
Recurring Nightmare	41–57	41.8
Dragon Nightmare	27–44	38.0
Jund Nightmare	1–0	100.0
Worldgorger Dragon	8–8	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	17–5	77.3
Dimir Reanimator	6–3	66.7
Mono Black Reanimator	7–2	77.8
Oriss Genesis	2–6	25.0
Biovisionary	1–0	100.0
Dubious Challenge	6–2	75.0
Warp World	25–16	61.0
Zubera Tribal	1–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	2–2	50.0
Runeflare	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Metalwork Colossus	3–4	42.9
Upheaval Colossus	1–3	25.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Eggs	8–0	100.0
Heartless Myr	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	2–0	100.0
Taking Turns	1–1	50.0
Ominous Good	1–1	50.0
Soulflayer	0–3	0.0
Reanim8 Rack	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	14–9	60.9
Hermit Gond	2–1	66.7
Oops All Spells	3–2	60.0
Oops All Lands	1–1	50.0
Dredge	0–5	0.0
Polymorph	2–1	66.7
Protean Hulk Combo	0–4	0.0
Dice Factory	2–4	33.3
Storm Herald	1–1	50.0
Enduring Ideal	4–3	57.1
Ad Nauseam	3–0	100.0
Ad Swanseam	1–0	100.0
GreenTwin	1–5	16.7
Calibrated Blast	1–0	100.0
Control	353–353	50.0
Mono Black Control	23–22	51.1
Esper Control	58–55	51.3
Demonic Rising	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	27–23	54.0
Dimir Control	23–12	65.7
Azorius Control	55–92	37.4
Turbo Fog	6–2	75.0
Izzet Control	7–2	77.8
Mill	4–10	28.6
Boros Control	4–3	57.1
Cloudpost Control	16–25	39.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Blackpost	3–3	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	9–22	29.0
Grixis Control	11–2	84.6
Cruel Control	7–2	77.8
Stax	17–19	47.2
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	7–8	46.7
Dragon Control	2–1	66.7
Izzet Dragons	2–1	66.7
Ponza	13–14	48.1
Mono White Control	13–15	46.4
Life is Ez	9–15	37.5
Cycling Control	3–2	60.0
Astral Slide	2–0	100.0
Five Color Control	1–2	33.3
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–2	33.3
Sultai Control	0–1	0.0
Guildgate Control	18–18	50.0
Bant Control	2–0	100.0
Pox	17–12	58.6
Sigil Control	16–3	84.2
Sigil Prison	14–1	93.3
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	5–5	50.0
Aggro-Combo	94–99	48.7
Aristocrats	24–35	40.7
Mono Black Aristocrats	3–7	30.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	7–22	24.1
Golgari Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Abzan Aristocrats	3–0	100.0
Food	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	3–2	60.0
Burn	15–21	41.7
Infect	15–6	71.4
Hermit Humans	4–1	80.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	8–5	61.5
Izzet Blitzkrieg	13–12	52.0
Combo Goblins	12–17	41.4
Goblin Persist	3–5	37.5
Dirty Kitty	9–12	42.9
Aggro-Control	188–219	46.2
Izzet Tempo	49–57	46.2
Azorius Skies	0–2	0.0
Blue Madness	9–10	47.4
Simic Madness	9–10	47.4
Lich Aggro-Control	1–1	50.0
Ninjas	7–4	63.6
Mono Blue Tempo	57–70	44.9
Izzet Spells	20–37	35.1
Dimir Tempo	20–20	50.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	6–7	46.2
Combo-Control	49–54	47.6
Curses	3–1	75.0
Cruel Combo-Control	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	1–1	50.0
Pickles	1–4	20.0
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	4–5	44.4
Zur's Weirding	7–4	63.6
Solar Flare	6–3	66.7
Plasma Swans	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	23–33	41.1
Wildfire	6–8	42.9
Borderpost Wildfire	6–8	42.9
Jokulhaups Control	17–25	40.5
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	11–18	37.9
Jund Jokulhaups Control	2–0	100.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	4–4	50.0
Midrange	357–283	55.8
The Rock	22–21	51.2
Jund	9–7	56.3
Anti-Persecution	3–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	11–8	57.9
Varolz Dreadnought	8–7	53.3
Enchantments Matter	2–2	50.0
Allies	8–5	61.5
Mardu Allies	2–0	100.0
Esper Allies	2–2	50.0
Treefolk	3–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	24–16	60.0
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Vampires	7–4	63.6
Mono Black Vampires	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	5–2	71.4
Legends	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	27–32	45.8
Big Red	4–2	66.7
Mono Black Midrange	28–14	66.7
Mono Black Devotion	7–7	50.0
Dimir Midrange	8–2	80.0
Toughness Matters	10–1	90.9
Lifegain Midrange	10–3	76.9
Mutate	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	10–8	55.6
Orzhov Midrange	15–9	62.5
Owling Mine	6–6	50.0
Jeskai Midrange	2–0	100.0
Zur the Enchanter	3–1	75.0
Ordealbreak	12–8	60.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	12–8	60.0
Mythic Colossification	0–1	0.0
Party	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	23–19	54.8
Hero of Precinct One	43–37	53.8
Five Color Hero	30–19	61.2
Gruul Obosh	1–0	100.0
Simic Snow	35–60	36.8
Artifact Midrange	4–1	80.0
Coinflip Tribal	4–1	80.0
Ramp	29–48	37.7
Cloudpost Ramp	22–39	36.1
Greenpost	15–25	37.5
Domain	2–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	1–4	20.0

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