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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	1647	2552–2919	46.6	10	100	59
The Rock	19	11–35	23.9
Abzan Midrange	41	75–54	58.1	0	1	2
Selesnya Midrange	24	24–41	36.9
Selesnya Value Town	2	3–3	50.0
Jund	198	295–375	44.0	0	13	3
Blink	131	210–224	48.4	0	1	11
Graveyard Value	26	29–56	34.1			1
Séance	8	13–14	48.1			1
Varolz Dreadnought	6	4–14	22.2
Enchantments Matter	26	48–43	52.7	0	3	1
Allies	31	43–52	45.3
Orzhov Allies	2	1–3	25.0
Mardu Allies	7	10–13	43.5
Boros Allies	3	6–6	50.0
Mono White Allies	5	8–11	42.1
Treefolk	3	2–6	25.0
Fake-Rack	45	59–100	37.1
Mardu Midrange	29	50–48	51.0	0	2	3
Vampires	75	134–103	56.5	0	4	5
Mono Black Vampires	42	96–61	61.1	0	2	5
Rakdos Vampires	10	12–12	50.0
Orzhov Vampires	1	0–3	0.0
Legends	4	4–5	44.4
Orzhov Legends	1	3–0	100.0
Elementals	2	4–2	66.7
Rakdos Midrange	71	98–118	45.4	0	3	1
Naya Midrange	17	16–38	29.6	0	3
Big Red	10	9–22	29.0
Mono Black Midrange	332	630–587	51.8	6	44	21
Mono Black Devotion	52	88–95	48.1	0	5	3
Hellion Whip	1	0–2	0.0
Dimir Midrange	28	43–47	47.8	0	1	1
Angel Tribal	2	1–5	16.7
Lifegain Midrange	91	195–137	58.7	1	8	6
Martyr's Grace	89	194–133	59.3	1	8	6
Adventures	7	16–9	64.0	0	1
Mutate	2	1–1	50.0
Sultai Midrange	12	17–21	44.7
Orzhov Midrange	59	82–113	42.1	0	1
Owling Mine	4	2–14	12.5
Jeskai Midrange	1	0–2	0.0
Prophet Glare	1	2–1	66.7
Heartless Summoning Stompy	17	18–26	40.9
Ordealbreak	1	1–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1	1–0	100.0
Party	7	6–13	31.6
Fires of Invention	1	0–1	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	132	207–254	44.9	3	12	2
Mardu Hero	20	30–37	44.8	0	1
Esper Hero	7	4–6	40.0
Naya Hero	72	127–143	47.0	3	11	2
Clerics	1	1–4	20.0
Simic Snow	6	2–9	18.2
Artifact Midrange	46	55–84	39.6	0	1	1
Coinflip Tribal	6	3–15	16.7
Death Cloud	29	45–52	46.4	0	1	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	520–667	43.8
Mono Black Aggro	19–16	54.3
Heroic	14–12	53.8
Mono White Heroic	2–0	100.0
Azorius Heroic	2–1	66.7
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	7–9	43.8
Boros Heroic	2–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	104–120	46.4
Goblins	4–3	57.1
Tokens	22–20	52.4
Selesnya Tokens	12–6	66.7
Mono White Tokens	2–11	15.4
Mono Green Stompy	4–1	80.0
White Weenie	38–32	54.3
Quest for the Holy Relic	3–8	27.3
Soldiers	0–1	0.0
Chroma White	3–1	75.0
Elves	31–48	39.2
Minotaurs	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	7–11	38.9
Rogues	4–1	80.0
Zombies	12–15	44.4
Gruul Aggro	6–5	54.5
Merfolk	49–73	40.2
Mono Red Swarm	1–2	33.3
Artifact Aggro	106–174	37.9
Affinity	35–68	34.0
Salvage Titan	7–3	70.0
Tempered Steel	58–100	36.7
Mono Blue Architect	6–3	66.7
Madness	5–11	31.3
Golgari Madness	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Madness	3–10	23.1
Voltron	20–38	34.5
Equipment Aggro	5–9	35.7
Hateful Auras	15–29	34.1
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Slivers	3–1	75.0
Naya Zoo	2–0	100.0
Knights	4–11	26.7
AggroSlide	50–69	42.0
Cats	3–2	60.0
Selesnya Cats	3–2	60.0
Rakdos Aggro	2–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	6–2	75.0
Humans	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Humans	1–0	100.0
Combo	473–542	46.6
Storm	159–189	45.7
Dimir Tendrils	6–4	60.0
Dragonstorm	14–11	56.0
Hazoret Storm	2–0	100.0
Simic Storm	7–11	38.9
Grixis Tendrils	12–3	80.0
Stormpost	1–3	25.0
Mono Blue Post Desire	1–3	25.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	112–156	41.8
Swath Storm	0–1	0.0
Song Storm	1–1	50.0
Reanimator	29–29	50.0
Worldgorger Dragon	19–24	44.2
Double Dragon	9–7	56.3
Traditional Reanimator	10–5	66.7
Rakdos Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	2–1	66.7
Oriss Genesis	2–0	100.0
Biovisionary	2–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	33–69	32.4
Mono Green Stormless Storm	3–0	100.0
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Warp World	24–29	45.3
Maniac Combo	5–1	83.3
Hypergenesis	23–26	46.9
Jeskai Ascendancy	30–37	44.8
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	5–2	71.4
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	25–35	41.7
Myr Incubator	2–5	28.6
Eggs	4–7	36.4
Heartless Summoning Combo	3–1	75.0
Taking Turns	18–12	60.0
Izzet Ascension	4–5	44.4
Ominous Good	2–1	66.7
Jokulhaups Combo	9–10	47.4
Soulflayer	32–12	72.7
Reanim8 Rack	20–7	74.1
Breakfast	7–21	25.0
Oops All Spells	7–21	25.0
Oops All Lands	4–0	100.0
Dredge	3–0	100.0
Polymorph	10–9	52.6
Dice Factory	1–1	50.0
Storm Herald	6–6	50.0
Enduring Ideal	3–6	33.3
Ad Nauseam	4–3	57.1
Ad Swanseam	1–3	25.0
Intruder Alarm	10–18	35.7
Calibrated Blast	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	21–37	36.2
Control	321–327	49.5
Mono Black Control	3–2	60.0
Esper Control	12–28	30.0
Demonic Rising	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Control	13–29	31.0
Dimir Control	23–25	47.9
Azorius Control	44–77	36.4
Cawblade	0–5	0.0
Turbo Fog	9–12	42.9
Izzet Control	5–1	83.3
Mill	15–7	68.2
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	2–2	50.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Blackpost	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	17–13	56.7
Cruel Control	4–1	80.0
Stax	36–37	49.3
Jeskai Control	7–1	87.5
Jeskai Approach	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	2–1	66.7
Grixis Dragons	2–1	66.7
Ponza	73–54	57.5
Mono White Control	11–9	55.0
Cycling Control	2–4	33.3
Astral Slide	2–4	33.3
Five Color Control	2–4	33.3
Five Color Collected Conjuring	2–3	40.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	19–14	57.6
Sigil Control	8–2	80.0
Sigil Prison	8–2	80.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	8–3	72.7
Aggro-Combo	188–254	42.5
Aristocrats	20–27	42.6
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–3	25.0
Golgari Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Abzan Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Mardu Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Food	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	9–13	40.9
Abiding Bombardment	3–9	25.0
Burn	27–20	57.4
Infect	13–5	72.2
Trickbind Dreadnought	102–179	36.3
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Hushnought	8–10	44.4
Liquimetal Fishing	11–5	68.8
Combo Goblins	5–7	41.7
Goblin Persist	5–7	41.7
Aggro-Control	156–203	43.5
Izzet Tempo	23–33	41.1
Blue Madness	20–21	48.8
Simic Madness	16–19	45.7
Temur Madness	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	42–37	53.2
Mono Blue Tempo	11–4	73.3
Mono Blue Faeries	2–1	66.7
Izzet Spells	41–96	29.9
Dimir Tempo	6–3	66.7
Ensoul Aggro-Control	1–6	14.3
Combo-Control	124–155	44.4
Curses	19–27	41.3
Battle of Wits	17–8	68.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	2–1	66.7
Hive Mind	10–4	71.4
Zur's Weirding	0–1	0.0
Solar Flare	6–7	46.2
Plasma Swans	2–3	40.0
Liliana's Contract	2–2	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	64–101	38.8
Wildfire	2–2	50.0
Jokulhaups Control	62–99	38.5
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	13–19	40.6
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	8–11	42.1
Temur Jokulhaups Control	12–29	29.3
Jund Jokulhaups Control	13–16	44.8
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	11–18	37.9
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	2–6	25.0
Midrange	701–701	50.0
The Rock	7–2	77.8
Abzan Midrange	8–23	25.8
Selesnya Midrange	12–7	63.2
Selesnya Value Town	1–0	100.0
Jund	98–98	50.0
Blink	57–64	47.1
Graveyard Value	9–16	36.0
Séance	2–8	20.0
Varolz Dreadnought	3–2	60.0
Enchantments Matter	13–13	50.0
Allies	11–12	47.8
Orzhov Allies	0–1	0.0
Mardu Allies	4–2	66.7
Boros Allies	0–1	0.0
Mono White Allies	2–4	33.3
Fake-Rack	25–9	73.5
Mardu Midrange	13–17	43.3
Vampires	18–34	34.6
Mono Black Vampires	12–23	34.3
Rakdos Vampires	2–3	40.0
Orzhov Vampires	2–0	100.0
Legends	1–1	50.0
Elementals	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	26–27	49.1
Naya Midrange	9–4	69.2
Big Red	4–1	80.0
Mono Black Midrange	147–149	49.7
Mono Black Devotion	30–18	62.5
Hellion Whip	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	7–9	43.8
Angel Tribal	1–1	50.0
Lifegain Midrange	30–47	39.0
Martyr's Grace	29–46	38.7
Adventures	3–3	50.0
Sultai Midrange	9–8	52.9
Orzhov Midrange	28–16	63.6
Owling Mine	2–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	8–6	57.1
Party	3–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	62–70	47.0
Mardu Hero	12–11	52.2
Esper Hero	1–0	100.0
Naya Hero	34–39	46.6
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Simic Snow	2–1	66.7
Artifact Midrange	18–16	52.9
Coinflip Tribal	4–0	100.0
Death Cloud	20–14	58.8
Ramp	69–70	49.6
Villainous Wealth	2–1	66.7
Rofellos Ramp	2–1	66.7
Wild Pair	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Ramp	42–41	50.6
Greenpost	40–41	49.4
Summer Bloom Ramp	2–0	100.0
Historic Bloom	2–0	100.0
Defenders	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	3–9	25.0