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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	882	1608–1627	49.7	10	93	35
Temur Ascendancy	4	4–8	33.3
The Rock	39	90–63	58.8	0	2	1
Grenzo	3	3–6	33.3
Abzan Midrange	142	274–252	52.1	0	6	7
Jund	6	8–8	50.0	0	1	1
Blink	139	355–210	62.8	7	35	11
Wave Blink	87	235–131	64.2	7	27	5
Esper Wave	1	0–1	0.0
Azorius Wave	68	189–95	66.5	7	21	5
Orzhov Wave	10	33–15	68.8	0	5
Abzan Wave	7	12–17	41.4	0	1
Bant Wave	1	1–3	25.0
Acid Trip	2	1–6	14.3
Cloudpost Wave Blink	46	115–64	64.2	0	8	6
Anti-Persecution	2	5–5	50.0	0	1
Graveyard Value	40	60–75	44.4	0	1
Séance	4	9–5	64.3
Varolz Dreadnought	12	29–19	60.4	0	1
Enchantments Matter	8	13–17	43.3
Allies	87	217–143	60.3	2	28	5
Orzhov Allies	3	6–7	46.2	0	2
Mardu Allies	26	59–48	55.1	0	7	1
Boros Allies	6	13–13	50.0	0	1
Mono White Allies	40	117–54	68.4	2	13	4
Treefolk	25	31–50	38.3	0	7
-1/-1 Counters	4	4–10	28.6
Fake-Rack	4	8–8	50.0
Mardu Midrange	17	32–35	47.8	1	2	1
Vampires	34	71–66	51.8	0	1	1
Mono Black Vampires	6	7–13	35.0	0	1
Rakdos Vampires	4	5–5	50.0
Orzhov Vampires	21	53–42	55.8			1
Legends Midrange	10	25–18	58.1			2
Boros Legends Midrange	2	4–4	50.0
Elementals	3	3–6	33.3
Rakdos Midrange	11	26–21	55.3			1
Naya Midrange	4	2–8	20.0
Big Red	5	6–9	40.0	0	1
Mono Black Midrange	27	39–52	42.9	0	3
Dimir Midrange	5	0–7	0.0
Temur Energy	18	32–27	54.2			1
Angel Tribal	4	6–10	37.5	0	3
Toughness Matters	14	15–29	34.1
Lifegain Midrange	20	27–58	31.8
Sultai Midrange	36	49–88	35.8	0	1
Sultai Energy	26	38–63	37.6	0	1
Orzhov Midrange	18	23–36	39.0	0	1
Prophet Glare	2	7–3	70.0
Zur the Enchanter	10	9–22	29.0
Ordealbreak	1	0–1	0.0
Mythic Colossification	1	1–2	33.3
Neoform	11	5–20	20.0
Sultai Neoform	1	1–3	25.0
Simic Neoform	1	1–2	33.3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	453–434	51.1
Mono Black Aggro	25–15	62.5
Heroic	82–112	42.3
Mono White Heroic	60–88	40.5
Azorius Heroic	3–2	60.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	19–22	46.3
Red Deck Wins	96–82	53.9
Mono Red Devotion	1–1	50.0
Proliferate Red	2–0	100.0
Goblins	15–10	60.0
Tokens	8–12	40.0
Selesnya Tokens	0–3	0.0
Mono White Tokens	2–2	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	16–13	55.2
White Weenie	32–18	64.0
Odric Keywords	2–3	40.0
Soldiers	3–0	100.0
Kithkin	2–1	66.7
Chroma White	2–1	66.7
Elves	26–48	35.1
Werewolves	6–2	75.0
Warriors	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	9–6	60.0
Rogues	27–31	46.6
Zombies	8–11	42.1
Gruul Aggro	4–1	80.0
Merfolk	10–5	66.7
Mono Red Swarm	12–8	60.0
Artifact Aggro	19–17	52.8
Affinity	14–13	51.9
Boros Vehicles	2–2	50.0
Salvage Titan	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Aggro	9–7	56.3
Illusions	5–4	55.6
Madness	1–2	33.3
Golgari Madness	1–1	50.0
Voltron	11–1	91.7
Hexproof	2–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	4–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	2–1	66.7
Boros Aggro	5–6	45.5
Humans	10–13	43.5
Selesnya Humans	10–13	43.5
Combo	274–328	45.5
Storm	42–44	48.8
Simic Storm	18–20	47.4
Stormpost	22–24	47.8
Mono Blue Post Desire	22–24	47.8
Reanimator	19–14	57.6
8 Goyf	0–3	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	19–11	63.3
Dimir Reanimator	5–3	62.5
Mono Black Reanimator	5–2	71.4
Oriss Genesis	2–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	6–18	25.0
Mono Green Stormless Storm	2–0	100.0
Dubious Challenge	3–4	42.9
Warp World	2–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	16–28	36.4
New Perspectives	10–6	62.5
Runeflare	3–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	22–23	48.9
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	16–20	44.4
Umbral Mantle	0–1	0.0
"Twin"	8–6	57.1
Naya "Twin"	4–5	44.4
Combo Post	15–18	45.5
Metalwork Colossus	43–76	36.1
Upheaval Colossus	25–70	26.3
Eggs	19–31	38.0
Saffi Combo	11–18	37.9
Taking Turns	2–1	66.7
Breakfast	15–29	34.1
Hermit Gond	9–16	36.0
Hermit Dredge	4–8	33.3
Neoform Hermit	2–5	28.6
Oops All Lands	0–1	0.0
Polymorph	6–2	75.0
Control	283–285	49.8
Mono Black Control	7–5	58.3
Esper Control	27–39	40.9
Demonic Rising	28–44	38.9
Mono Blue Control	5–1	83.3
Dimir Control	5–10	33.3
Azorius Control	24–40	37.5
Turbo Fog	13–7	65.0
Izzet Control	9–4	69.2
Mardu Control	1–3	25.0
Mill	6–0	100.0
Boros Control	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Control	24–19	55.8
Azorius Cloudpost Control	2–3	40.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	14–14	50.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	4–1	80.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	6–4	60.0
Cruel Control	6–4	60.0
Stagnant Control	4–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	10–17	37.0
Dragon Control	8–3	72.7
Galleon Control	2–1	66.7
Ponza	30–33	47.6
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Dynavolt Tower	14–10	58.3
Cycling Control	13–5	72.2
Astral Slide	10–5	66.7
Five Color Control	5–2	71.4
Sultai Control	2–2	50.0
Guildgate Control	6–6	50.0
Pox	22–19	53.7
Aggro-Combo	48–53	47.5
Aristocrats	14–13	51.9
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	7–8	46.7
Golgari Aristocrats	5–2	71.4
Abzan Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Burn	1–0	100.0
Infect	14–12	53.8
Pummeler	4–6	40.0
Hermit Humans	2–2	50.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	10–16	38.5
Izzet Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Control	29–14	67.4
Izzet Tempo	7–3	70.0
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	0–1	0.0
Temur Madness	0–1	0.0
Lich Aggro-Control	3–2	60.0
Wizards	2–0	100.0
Tetsukotog	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–3	40.0
Mono Blue Faeries	2–3	40.0
Dimir Tempo	2–1	66.7
Dimir Faeries	2–1	66.7
Combo-Control	66–42	61.1
Burning Vengeance	1–1	50.0
Battle of Wits	20–3	87.0
Pickles	3–7	30.0
Displace Loop	9–7	56.3
Familiars	3–2	60.0
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	29–24	54.7
Wildfire	29–24	54.7
Borderpost Wildfire	2–2	50.0
Midrange	372–372	50.0
Temur Ascendancy	2–0	100.0
The Rock	6–23	20.7
Grenzo	1–1	50.0
Abzan Midrange	72–52	58.1
Jund	2–1	66.7
Blink	46–90	33.8
Wave Blink	33–60	35.5
Azorius Wave	21–46	31.3
Orzhov Wave	6–11	35.3
Abzan Wave	5–3	62.5
Bant Wave	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	10–30	25.0
Anti-Persecution	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	16–14	53.3
Séance	2–3	40.0
Varolz Dreadnought	3–5	37.5
Enchantments Matter	2–3	40.0
Allies	34–40	45.9
Orzhov Allies	2–0	100.0
Mardu Allies	16–19	45.7
Boros Allies	2–0	100.0
Mono White Allies	9–19	32.1
Treefolk	8–14	36.4
-1/-1 Counters	1–2	33.3
Fake-Rack	3–2	60.0
Mardu Midrange	8–10	44.4
Vampires	17–19	47.2
Mono Black Vampires	3–2	60.0
Rakdos Vampires	0–3	0.0
Orzhov Vampires	12–11	52.2
Legends Midrange	7–10	41.2
Boros Legends Midrange	2–1	66.7
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	10–2	83.3
Naya Midrange	2–1	66.7
Big Red	4–1	80.0
Mono Black Midrange	13–9	59.1
Dimir Midrange	3–0	100.0
Temur Energy	5–7	41.7
Angel Tribal	2–1	66.7
Toughness Matters	6–1	85.7
Lifegain Midrange	7–7	50.0
Sultai Midrange	17–12	58.6
Sultai Energy	13–8	61.9
Orzhov Midrange	11–7	61.1
Prophet Glare	1–4	20.0
Zur the Enchanter	5–0	100.0
Neoform	6–3	66.7
Sultai Neoform	0–1	0.0
Simic Neoform	0–1	0.0
Ramp	82–99	45.3
Rofellos Ramp	22–31	41.5
Wild Pair	4–1	80.0
Cloudpost Ramp	50–61	45.0
Eldrazipost	0–1	0.0
Locus Awakening	3–1	75.0
Golgari Post	31–50	38.3
Gruul Post	3–0	100.0
Simic Post	2–2	50.0
Defenders	3–6	33.3
Unclassified	1–0	100.0