Cruel Control

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Congratulations to chickeninthebrain, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 32)

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	809	1280–1434	47.2	8	67	24
Grixis Control	111	210–195	51.9	3	15	4
Cruel Control	82	149–146	50.5	3	15	2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	42–50	45.7
Heroic	5–2	71.4
Mono White Heroic	1–1	50.0
Azorius Heroic	2–1	66.7
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	9–15	37.5
Proliferate Red	1–0	100.0
Goblins	0–2	0.0
Tokens	4–3	57.1
Selesnya Tokens	2–2	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–2	0.0
White Weenie	10–14	41.7
Odric Keywords	0–1	0.0
Elves	1–4	20.0
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–1	50.0
Gruul Aggro	5–2	71.4
Mono Red Swarm	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Architect	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Illusions	1–0	100.0
Voltron	0–3	0.0
Hexproof	0–3	0.0
Humans	2–0	100.0
Gruul Humans	2–0	100.0
Combo	17–17	50.0
Storm	7–9	43.8
Dragonstorm	2–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	4–5	44.4
Grixis Tendrils	0–2	0.0
Reanimator	5–4	55.6
Grozoth	2–1	66.7
Traditional Reanimator	3–3	50.0
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Myr Incubator	0–1	0.0
"Twin"	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	0–1	0.0
Control	19–20	48.7
Esper Control	2–1	66.7
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	1–2	33.3
Dimir Control	0–3	0.0
Azorius Control	0–1	0.0
Turbo Fog	1–1	50.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Control	0–2	0.0
Grixis Control	2–1	66.7
Cruel Control	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Control	7–6	53.8
Galleon Control	1–0	100.0
Ponza	0–1	0.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Control	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	4–1	80.0
Burn	1–1	50.0
Infect	3–0	100.0
Golgari Infect	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	9–7	56.3
Simic Flash	1–1	50.0
Simic Vat	0–1	0.0
Izzet Tempo	2–1	66.7
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	4–2	66.7
Simic Madness	2–1	66.7
Temur Madness	1–1	50.0
Grixis Madness	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	0–2	0.0
Combo-Control	11–16	40.7
Cruel Combo-Control	6–13	31.6
Displace Loop	3–2	60.0
Peregrine Drake	3–2	60.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–1	66.7
Wildfire	2–1	66.7
Midrange	43–32	57.3
Temur Ascendancy	2–2	50.0
The Rock	1–1	50.0
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	0–5	0.0
Blink	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	1–2	33.3
Allies	2–1	66.7
BRGW Allies	2–1	66.7
Treefolk	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	0–1	0.0
Vampires	5–2	71.4
Mono Black Vampires	5–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–0	100.0
Naya Midrange	2–1	66.7
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	4–4	50.0
Verdant Succession	0–2	0.0
Hellion Whip	1–3	25.0
Dimir Midrange	11–3	78.6
Dimir Vat	2–1	66.7
Temur Energy	0–1	0.0
Angel Tribal	2–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	2–1	66.7
Sultai Emerge	2–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Coinflip Tribal	1–0	100.0
Ramp	4–3	57.1
Selvala Tokens	1–0	100.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	0–1	0.0