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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	480	689–797	46.4	3	21	24
Temur Ascendancy	1	0–3	0.0
The Rock	7	11–11	50.0
Golgari Citadel	1	0–2	0.0
Grenzo	3	6–5	54.5
Abzan Midrange	30	38–53	41.8	0	1
Selesnya Midrange	5	2–12	14.3	0	1
Jund	9	9–23	28.1
Blink	17	23–25	47.9			1
Anti-Persecution	1	1–1	50.0
Graveyard Value	9	5–16	23.8
Enchantments Matter	22	33–32	50.8
Allies	10	24–16	60.0			2
Orzhov Allies	3	11–4	73.3			1
Azorius Allies	6	10–10	50.0			1
Fake-Rack	12	17–24	41.5
Mardu Midrange	21	34–30	53.1			1
Vampires	3	5–3	62.5
Mono Black Vampires	3	5–3	62.5
Legends	1	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Legends	1	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	24	31–47	39.7	0	1	1
Naya Midrange	9	9–25	26.5
Big Red	13	7–19	26.9
Mono Black Midrange	8	10–16	38.5
Mono Black Devotion	4	6–10	37.5
Dimir Midrange	14	11–22	33.3	0	1
Angel Tribal	3	2–7	22.2
Lifegain Midrange	30	63–57	52.5	0	7	3
Martyr's Grace	27	61–49	55.5	0	7	3
Orzhov Midrange	92	154–136	53.1	3	7	6
Owling Mine	3	1–6	14.3
Jeskai Midrange	2	5–2	71.4
Ordealbreak	1	0–1	0.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1	0–1	0.0
Mythic Colossification	1	0–1	0.0
Party	4	5–10	33.3
Hero of Precinct One	37	54–37	59.3	0	1	2
Mardu Hero	21	38–19	66.7	0	1	1
Orzhov Hero	1	0–1	0.0
Five Color Hero	6	5–8	38.5
Naya Hero	1	1–0	100.0
Clerics	2	3–2	60.0
Artifact Midrange	29	72–43	62.6			6
Coinflip Tribal	16	2–23	8.0
Death Cloud	11	13–27	32.5	0	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	125–140	47.2
Mono Black Aggro	14–13	51.9
Heroic	17–25	40.5
Mono White Heroic	13–17	43.3
Boros Heroic	4–8	33.3
Red Deck Wins	14–20	41.2
Tokens	5–6	45.5
Mono White Tokens	4–5	44.4
Mono Green Stompy	2–5	28.6
White Weenie	20–10	66.7
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Chroma White	1–1	50.0
Elves	12–11	52.2
Rogues	1–3	25.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–2	33.3
Artifact Aggro	19–26	42.2
Affinity	12–14	46.2
Hush-finity	5–8	38.5
Tempered Steel	5–8	38.5
Mono Blue Architect	2–4	33.3
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Illusions	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–5	16.7
Rakdos Madness	1–5	16.7
Voltron	4–5	44.4
Hexproof	0–3	0.0
Equipment Aggro	4–2	66.7
Slivers	1–1	50.0
Knights	2–1	66.7
AggroSlide	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	3–3	50.0
Boros Aggro	4–0	100.0
Combo	155–197	44.0
Storm	62–49	55.9
Dimir Tendrils	29–24	54.7
Hazoret Storm	3–2	60.0
Simic Storm	1–2	33.3
Citadel Storm	4–0	100.0
Grixis Tendrils	5–6	45.5
Izzet Storm	14–11	56.0
Song Storm	4–4	50.0
Reanimator	10–25	28.6
Recurring Nightmare	9–23	28.1
Traditional Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Dubious Challenge	1–1	50.0
Warp World	5–3	62.5
Hypergenesis	2–7	22.2
Jeskai Ascendancy	7–3	70.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	7–3	70.0
Twin	1–2	33.3
Naya Twin	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	7–9	43.8
Anvil Colossus	3–9	25.0
Upheaval Colossus	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–1	50.0
Retraction Helix Combo	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	1–2	33.3
Jokulhaups Combo	0–2	0.0
Soulflayer	2–1	66.7
Breakfast	39–76	33.9
Oops All Spells	39–73	34.8
Unctus	0–3	0.0
Oops All Lands	0–1	0.0
Polymorph	5–0	100.0
Storm Herald	0–1	0.0
Ad Nauseam	0–3	0.0
Chain of Acid	3–3	50.0
Intruder Alarm	1–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	1–1	50.0
Restore Balance	1–3	25.0
Gyruda	3–0	100.0
Belcher	1–3	25.0
Control	100–117	46.1
Esper Control	2–4	33.3
Mono Blue Control	3–1	75.0
Dimir Control	7–6	53.8
Azorius Control	26–42	38.2
Cawblade	3–3	50.0
Turbo Fog	2–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–1	50.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Boros Control	2–2	50.0
Cloudpost Control	5–8	38.5
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–4	20.0
Blackpost	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–4	33.3
Grixis Control	3–4	42.9
Stax	9–2	81.8
Dragon Control	0–1	0.0
Izzet Dragons	0–1	0.0
Ponza	9–8	52.9
Mono White Control	8–6	57.1
Life is Ez	3–2	60.0
Cycling Control	3–14	17.6
Astral Slide	3–14	17.6
Five Color Control	1–2	33.3
Five Color Collected Conjuring	0–2	0.0
Guildgate Control	2–1	66.7
Bant Control	1–2	33.3
Pox	5–4	55.6
Sigil Control	7–8	46.7
Sigil Prison	6–8	42.9
Seasons Past Control	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	77–75	50.7
Aristocrats	7–9	43.8
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Golgari Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Abzan Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Mardu Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Burn	13–9	59.1
Infect	35–29	54.7
Simic Infect	24–22	52.2
Blazing Shoal Infect	8–3	72.7
Trickbind Dreadnought	14–20	41.2
Hushnought	5–7	41.7
Liquimetal Fishing	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	2–1	66.7
Dirty Kitty	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Control	36–35	50.7
Blue Madness	4–1	80.0
Ninjas	5–6	45.5
Mono Blue Tempo	11–12	47.8
Mono Blue Faeries	2–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	4–6	40.0
Dimir Tempo	4–0	100.0
Sultai Tempo	1–0	100.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	2–4	33.3
Combo-Control	65–103	38.7
Curses	5–10	33.3
Battle of Wits	7–2	77.8
Mindcrank	4–10	28.6
Plasma Swans	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	47–78	37.6
Wildfire	3–4	42.9
Borderpost Wildfire	2–2	50.0
Jokulhaups Control	44–74	37.3
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	14–23	37.8
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	1–8	11.1
Temur Jokulhaups Control	12–19	38.7
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	2–0	100.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	13–18	41.9
Midrange	111–111	50.0
The Rock	1–4	20.0
Grenzo	1–2	33.3
Abzan Midrange	6–2	75.0
Selesnya Midrange	3–1	75.0
Jund	2–0	100.0
Blink	4–7	36.4
Anti-Persecution	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	1–1	50.0
Enchantments Matter	6–8	42.9
Allies	1–7	12.5
Orzhov Allies	0–3	0.0
Azorius Allies	1–3	25.0
Fake-Rack	7–1	87.5
Mardu Midrange	2–5	28.6
Vampires	0–2	0.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	8–7	53.3
Naya Midrange	4–1	80.0
Big Red	4–1	80.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Devotion	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	2–4	33.3
Angel Tribal	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	11–9	55.0
Martyr's Grace	8–8	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	20–16	55.6
Owling Mine	2–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	1–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–0	100.0
Mythic Colossification	1–0	100.0
Party	1–2	33.3
Hero of Precinct One	4–8	33.3
Mardu Hero	2–4	33.3
Five Color Hero	1–0	100.0
Naya Hero	0–1	0.0
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	3–10	23.1
Coinflip Tribal	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	3–1	75.0
Ramp	20–19	51.3
Cloudpost Ramp	7–10	41.2
Golgari Post	2–0	100.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	4–10	28.6
Domain	1–0	100.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	3–0	100.0
Defenders	2–0	100.0