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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro-Control	687	1305–1107	54.1	8	66	41
Simic Flash	3	4–3	57.1
Izzet Tempo	204	427–316	57.5	2	17	15
Azorius Skies	46	96–64	60.0	1	4	3
Blue Madness	43	67–83	44.7	0	2	2
Simic Madness	38	56–73	43.4			2
Temur Madness	5	11–10	52.4	0	2
Mono Blue Tempo	177	321–272	54.1	4	29	8
Izzet Spells	107	191–214	47.2	1	9	3
Dimir Tempo	52	123–69	64.1			8
Azorius Tempo	3	0–4	0.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	262–218	54.6
Mono Black Aggro	3–4	42.9
Heroic	7–3	70.0
Mono White Heroic	1–0	100.0
Azorius Heroic	5–3	62.5
Red Deck Wins	51–63	44.7
Goblins	7–2	77.8
Tokens	21–20	51.2
Selesnya Tokens	5–1	83.3
Mono White Tokens	15–18	45.5
Mono Green Stompy	22–51	30.1
White Weenie	22–11	66.7
Soldiers	7–4	63.6
Warriors	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	3–2	60.0
Selesnya Counters	2–2	50.0
Gruul Aggro	6–7	46.2
Merfolk	3–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	33–16	67.3
Artifact Aggro	7–5	58.3
Affinity	7–5	58.3
Devoid Aggro	1–0	100.0
Madness	0–1	0.0
Gruul Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	37–11	77.1
Hexproof	9–3	75.0
Boros Auras	4–1	80.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	4–4	50.0
Knights	22–15	59.5
Cats	4–0	100.0
Mono White Cats	3–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	3–0	100.0
Combo	91–38	70.5
Storm	23–7	76.7
Simic Storm	22–7	75.9
Reclamation Storm	21–7	75.0
Reanimator	47–23	67.1
Traditional Reanimator	47–23	67.1
Mono Black Reanimator	40–18	69.0
Grixis Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Oriss Genesis	2–1	66.7
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	14–7	66.7
Retraction Helix Combo	4–0	100.0
Control	321–373	46.3
Esper Control	4–1	80.0
Dimir Control	49–52	48.5
Azorius Control	7–4	63.6
Turbo Fog	7–1	87.5
Izzet Control	10–37	21.3
Mill	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	10–17	37.0
Stax	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Control	5–3	62.5
Ponza	2–3	40.0
Cycling Control	40–26	60.6
Astral Slide	40–25	61.5
Sultai Control	11–10	52.4
Guildgate Control	132–171	43.6
Bant Control	7–1	87.5
Temur Reclamation	24–44	35.3
Orzhov Control	3–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	111–67	62.4
Aristocrats	89–63	58.6
Orzhov Aristocrats	4–1	80.0
Mardu Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Food	72–59	55.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	7–1	87.5
Burn	10–2	83.3
Infect	12–1	92.3
Aggro-Control	165–165	50.0
Simic Flash	0–1	0.0
Izzet Tempo	55–69	44.4
Azorius Skies	11–6	64.7
Blue Madness	6–10	37.5
Simic Madness	6–10	37.5
Mono Blue Tempo	40–22	64.5
Izzet Spells	32–24	57.1
Dimir Tempo	12–22	35.3
Combo-Control	7–3	70.0
Burning Vengeance	2–2	50.0
Midrange	328–220	59.9
The Rock	9–2	81.8
Jund	5–1	83.3
Blink	2–2	50.0
Graveyard Value	19–10	65.5
Allies	0–1	0.0
Boros Allies	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	8–1	88.9
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	3–1	75.0
Mono Black Vampires	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–1	50.0
Elementals	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Midrange	10–8	55.6
Mono Black Midrange	127–117	52.0
Mono Black Devotion	120–113	51.5
Dimir Midrange	28–28	50.0
Toughness Matters	32–8	80.0
Lifegain Midrange	29–19	60.4
Adventures	11–4	73.3
Sultai Midrange	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–0	100.0
Neoform	4–10	28.6
Temur Neoform	1–3	25.0
Sultai Neoform	0–2	0.0
Simic Neoform	1–1	50.0
UBRG Neoform	2–1	66.7
Ramp	20–23	46.5
Applejacks	7–15	31.8