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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	1075	1610–2000	44.6	5	47	30
The Rock	66	93–115	44.7	0	2	2
Golgari Citadel	1	0–1	0.0
Grenzo	3	0–3	0.0
Abzan Midrange	2	3–5	37.5
Selesnya Midrange	3	2–5	28.6
Jund	31	53–65	44.9	0	1
Blink	3	1–5	16.7
Acid Trip	1	0–2	0.0
Anti-Persecution	14	2–21	8.7
Graveyard Value	45	69–76	47.6			3
Séance	3	2–5	28.6
Varolz Dreadnought	27	57–44	56.4			3
Enchantments Matter	8	13–11	54.2
Allies	32	57–57	50.0	0	1	1
Mardu Allies	2	3–4	42.9
Esper Allies	2	4–5	44.4
Treefolk	5	8–8	50.0
Fake-Rack	65	94–115	45.0
Mardu Midrange	1	1–1	50.0
Vampires	16	22–27	44.9	0	1
Mono Black Vampires	1	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Vampires	12	15–20	42.9
Orzhov Vampires	1	0–1	0.0
Legends	2	1–5	16.7
Mardu Legends	1	0–2	0.0
Elementals	1	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	101	185–180	50.7	0	2	4
Big Red	10	16–24	40.0
Mono Black Midrange	85	85–146	36.8			1
Mono Black Devotion	34	30–52	36.6
Dimir Midrange	19	13–40	24.5	0	1
Angel Tribal	5	9–10	47.4	0	3
Toughness Matters	17	12–38	24.0
Lifegain Midrange	15	7–30	18.9
Mutate	1	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	20	23–45	33.8	0	1
Orzhov Midrange	31	52–64	44.8			1
Owling Mine	19	23–39	37.1	0	2
Jeskai Midrange	7	10–11	47.6
Zur the Enchanter	5	2–12	14.3
Ordealbreak	29	44–74	37.3
Enigmatic Incarnation	29	44–74	37.3
Mythic Colossification	1	4–1	80.0
Party	2	3–4	42.9
Fires of Invention	43	62–98	38.8			1
Hero of Precinct One	152	261–256	50.5	1	10	7
Mardu Hero	8	6–11	35.3
Five Color Hero	84	153–143	51.7	1	6	6
Gruul Obosh	2	4–4	50.0	0	1
Simic Snow	132	277–237	53.9	3	20	10
Artifact Midrange	8	7–18	28.0
Coinflip Tribal	12	4–30	11.8

Most Common Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	351–449	43.9
Mono Black Aggro	16–9	64.0
Heroic	55–64	46.2
Mono White Heroic	13–17	43.3
Azorius Heroic	2–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	40–47	46.0
Red Deck Wins	52–69	43.0
Goblins	12–10	54.5
Tokens	15–12	55.6
Selesnya Tokens	3–1	75.0
Mono White Tokens	11–11	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	4–3	57.1
White Weenie	12–41	22.6
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–5	16.7
Kithkin	1–1	50.0
Elves	27–79	25.5
Selesnya Little Kid	5–3	62.5
Rogues	2–0	100.0
Zombies	10–7	58.8
Gruul Aggro	2–1	66.7
Merfolk	10–7	58.8
Mono Red Swarm	2–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	40–60	40.0
Affinity	14–16	46.7
Salvage Titan	6–3	66.7
Tempered Steel	16–28	36.4
Mono Blue Architect	4–10	28.6
Mono Blue Aggro	4–0	100.0
Illusions	4–0	100.0
Madness	13–9	59.1
Rakdos Madness	11–8	57.9
Voltron	2–4	33.3
Hexproof	0–4	0.0
Equipment Aggro	2–0	100.0
Wizards	2–0	100.0
Slivers	3–4	42.9
Naya Zoo	3–1	75.0
Knights	5–12	29.4
AggroSlide	4–5	44.4
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	15–10	60.0
Humans	31–38	44.9
Selesnya Humans	2–1	66.7
Bant Humans	10–13	43.5
Jeskai Humans	13–17	43.3
Combo	334–474	41.3
Storm	175–268	39.5
Sultai Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Dragonstorm	5–5	50.0
Hazoret Storm	3–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	5–1	83.3
High Tide	101–147	40.7
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	4–2	66.7
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Song Storm	1–0	100.0
Channel Storm	50–112	30.9
Reanimator	67–102	39.6
Recurring Nightmare	46–85	35.1
Dragon Nightmare	29–55	34.5
Four Color Powerful Magic	1–0	100.0
Worldgorger Dragon	8–10	44.4
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	12–7	63.2
Dimir Reanimator	7–4	63.6
Mono Black Reanimator	5–3	62.5
Oriss Genesis	1–4	20.0
Dubious Challenge	0–1	0.0
Warp World	19–29	39.6
Zubera Tribal	1–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	2–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	5–5	50.0
New Perspectives	1–1	50.0
Runeflare	1–3	25.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–7	12.5
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–5	0.0
Combo Post	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	3–4	42.9
Upheaval Colossus	1–3	25.0
Seismic Swans	0–1	0.0
Eggs	2–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–2	33.3
Taking Turns	0–1	0.0
Ominous Good	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	6–5	54.5
Reanim8 Rack	2–1	66.7
Breakfast	19–14	57.6
Hermit Gond	1–3	25.0
Oops All Spells	1–4	20.0
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Polymorph	1–1	50.0
Protean Hulk Combo	2–0	100.0
Dice Factory	1–3	25.0
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	3–6	33.3
Ad Nauseam	1–0	100.0
GreenTwin	2–2	50.0
Intruder Alarm	2–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	1–1	50.0
Control	283–357	44.2
Mono Black Control	22–15	59.5
Esper Control	37–70	34.6
Mono Blue Control	15–29	34.1
Dimir Control	17–17	50.0
Azorius Control	39–93	29.5
Cawblade	1–2	33.3
Turbo Fog	5–5	50.0
Izzet Control	9–8	52.9
Mill	4–3	57.1
Boros Control	2–7	22.2
Cloudpost Control	20–16	55.6
Blackpost	4–4	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	16–12	57.1
Grixis Control	4–2	66.7
Cruel Control	2–2	50.0
Stax	14–18	43.8
Jeskai Control	7–8	46.7
Dragon Control	5–6	45.5
Izzet Dragons	5–6	45.5
Ponza	14–15	48.3
Mono White Control	9–14	39.1
Life is Ez	5–13	27.8
Cycling Control	5–0	100.0
Astral Slide	2–0	100.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	19–16	54.3
Pox	15–6	71.4
Sigil Control	8–2	80.0
Sigil Prison	7–2	77.8
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–1	0.0
Seasons Past Control	7–5	58.3
Aggro-Combo	105–104	50.2
Aristocrats	36–32	52.9
Mono Black Aristocrats	4–4	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	10–14	41.7
Golgari Aristocrats	3–0	100.0
Abzan Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Food	7–2	77.8
Rakdos Aristocrats	2–5	28.6
Burn	23–26	46.9
Infect	15–8	65.2
Hermit Humans	1–3	25.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	9–12	42.9
Izzet Blitzkrieg	10–6	62.5
Liquimetal Fishing	0–1	0.0
Combo Goblins	9–15	37.5
Goblin Persist	0–4	0.0
Dirty Kitty	9–11	45.0
Aggro-Control	144–204	41.4
Izzet Tempo	32–41	43.8
Azorius Skies	3–3	50.0
Blue Madness	5–7	41.7
Simic Madness	5–7	41.7
Lich Aggro-Control	4–2	66.7
Ninjas	8–10	44.4
Mono Blue Tempo	37–62	37.4
Izzet Spells	20–37	35.1
Dimir Tempo	17–17	50.0
Sultai Tempo	2–1	66.7
Ensoul Aggro-Control	5–9	35.7
Combo-Control	34–47	42.0
Curses	1–1	50.0
Burning Vengeance	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	2–1	66.7
Pickles	2–2	50.0
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Lich's Mastery	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	2–1	66.7
Zur's Weirding	4–5	44.4
Solar Flare	6–2	75.0
Mass Land Destruction	11–33	25.0
Wildfire	1–7	12.5
Borderpost Wildfire	1–6	14.3
Jokulhaups Control	10–26	27.8
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	7–16	30.4
Jund Jokulhaups Control	1–2	33.3
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–6	14.3
Midrange	297–297	50.0
The Rock	18–12	60.0
Abzan Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jund	6–12	33.3
Blink	1–0	100.0
Anti-Persecution	2–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	10–12	45.5
Varolz Dreadnought	7–11	38.9
Enchantments Matter	2–3	40.0
Allies	13–10	56.5
Esper Allies	2–0	100.0
Treefolk	4–4	50.0
Fake-Rack	22–15	59.5
Vampires	6–3	66.7
Rakdos Vampires	5–2	71.4
Rakdos Midrange	33–37	47.1
Big Red	4–4	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	28–15	65.1
Mono Black Devotion	11–6	64.7
Dimir Midrange	2–0	100.0
Angel Tribal	0–3	0.0
Toughness Matters	6–3	66.7
Lifegain Midrange	5–2	71.4
Sultai Midrange	6–2	75.0
Orzhov Midrange	8–14	36.4
Owling Mine	9–4	69.2
Jeskai Midrange	3–2	60.0
Zur the Enchanter	3–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	7–7	50.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	7–7	50.0
Party	1–2	33.3
Fires of Invention	13–8	61.9
Hero of Precinct One	34–54	38.6
Mardu Hero	0–1	0.0
Five Color Hero	18–32	36.0
Gruul Obosh	0–1	0.0
Simic Snow	28–46	37.8
Artifact Midrange	0–1	0.0
Coinflip Tribal	2–1	66.7
Ramp	35–35	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	26–27	49.1
Golgari Post	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	19–21	47.5
Carth Superfriends	0–2	0.0

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Midrange

Archetype Tree

Most Common Cards

Matchups

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