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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	2522	4912–4147	54.2	35	237	150
Mono Black Aggro	75	151–130	53.7	0	5	5
Heroic	46	78–105	42.6	0	3
Mono White Heroic	21	44–55	44.4	0	3
Azorius Heroic	3	4–6	40.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	20	30–42	41.7
Boros Heroic	1
Red Deck Wins	580	1300–912	58.8	17	85	40
Mono Red Devotion	22	53–31	63.1			3
Prisoner	1	1–4	20.0
Goblins	210	488–322	60.2	5	21	23
Tokens	132	241–254	48.7	0	4	5
Selesnya Tokens	42	57–87	39.6	0	2	2
Mono White Tokens	66	156–109	58.9	0	2	3
Mono Green Stompy	20	29–35	45.3	0	1
White Weenie	148	219–253	46.4	1	8	7
Odric Keywords	1	0–2	0.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	74	109–123	47.0	1	5	3
Soldiers	16	16–28	36.4
Kithkin	15	27–21	56.3			3
Chroma White	1	0–1	0.0
Elves	189	353–335	51.3	0	9	5
Werewolves	6	5–7	41.7
Minotaurs	4	7–10	41.2
Warriors	1	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Little Kid	20	20–35	36.4
Selesnya Counters	1	2–3	40.0
Rogues	3	2–5	28.6
Zombies	232	511–372	57.9	1	21	18
Gruul Aggro	38	46–77	37.4	0	1	1
Merfolk	55	79–99	44.4	0	1	5
Mono Red Swarm	12	20–13	60.6	1	1
Artifact Aggro	136	158–241	39.6	0	5	1
Affinity	35	19–67	22.1
Salvage Titan	13	10–26	27.8			1
Tempered Steel	86	126–146	46.3	0	5
Madness	10	7–12	36.8
Golgari Madness	1
Rakdos Madness	5	4–8	33.3
Jund Madness	3	2–3	40.0
Voltron	22	32–47	40.5	0	2	1
Hexproof	8	5–23	17.9
Equipment Aggro	1	1–2	33.3
Hateful Auras	11	23–18	56.1	0	2	1
Slivers	10	3–17	15.0
Naya Zoo	5	3–7	30.0
Knights	90	178–140	56.0	1	6	6
AggroSlide	390	853–559	60.4	9	63	31
Cats	30	51–61	45.5			1
Mono White Cats	10	11–18	37.9
Selesnya Cats	6	15–14	51.7
Rakdos Aggro	6	8–18	30.8
Rakdos Hellbent	3	4–11	26.7
Boros Aggro	9	11–13	45.8	0	1	1
Humans	9	11–9	55.0
Selesnya Humans	4	1–6	14.3
Shamans	3	4–6	40.0
Brushwaggs	1	0–2	0.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	1443–1443	50.0
Mono Black Aggro	51–43	54.3
Heroic	30–19	61.2
Mono White Heroic	13–10	56.5
Azorius Heroic	1–1	50.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	16–8	66.7
Red Deck Wins	334–410	44.9
Mono Red Devotion	8–16	33.3
Prisoner	0–1	0.0
Goblins	107–151	41.5
Tokens	80–69	53.7
Selesnya Tokens	26–19	57.8
Mono White Tokens	34–44	43.6
Mono Green Stompy	8–8	50.0
White Weenie	74–57	56.5
Quest for the Holy Relic	38–30	55.9
Soldiers	8–5	61.5
Kithkin	8–2	80.0
Elves	106–98	52.0
Werewolves	3–0	100.0
Minotaurs	5–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	15–5	75.0
Selesnya Counters	2–0	100.0
Rogues	3–1	75.0
Zombies	131–140	48.3
Gruul Aggro	26–14	65.0
Merfolk	40–27	59.7
Mono Red Swarm	5–8	38.5
Artifact Aggro	76–30	71.7
Affinity	19–2	90.5
Salvage Titan	11–3	78.6
Tempered Steel	46–25	64.8
Madness	4–2	66.7
Rakdos Madness	4–1	80.0
Jund Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	12–11	52.2
Hexproof	5–1	83.3
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	5–8	38.5
Slivers	6–2	75.0
Naya Zoo	0–1	0.0
Knights	48–64	42.9
AggroSlide	232–258	47.3
Cats	16–12	57.1
Mono White Cats	5–5	50.0
Selesnya Cats	2–4	33.3
Rakdos Aggro	4–0	100.0
Rakdos Hellbent	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	7–1	87.5
Humans	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Shamans	1–0	100.0
Brushwaggs	1–0	100.0
Combo	1111–852	56.6
Storm	306–175	63.6
Sultai Tendrils	8–4	66.7
Dimir Tendrils	199–130	60.5
Hazoret Storm	1–0	100.0
Simic Storm	35–18	66.0
Citadel Storm	34–19	64.2
Grixis Tendrils	6–2	75.0
Stormpost	2–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	3–0	100.0
Swath Storm	3–0	100.0
Reanimator	378–395	48.9
Recurring Nightmare	148–195	43.1
Dragon Nightmare	125–177	41.4
Worldgorger Dragon	2–0	100.0
Grozoth	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	228–199	53.4
Rakdos Reanimator	80–74	51.9
Dimir Reanimator	26–9	74.3
Mono Black Reanimator	112–113	49.8
Oriss Genesis	1–0	100.0
Biovisionary	2–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	13–18	41.9
Dubious Challenge	7–3	70.0
Warp World	3–0	100.0
Zubera Tribal	3–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	37–47	44.0
New Perspectives	1–1	50.0
Runeflare	8–4	66.7
Myr Incubator	8–6	57.1
"Twin"	19–11	63.3
Jeskai "Twin"	1–1	50.0
Naya "Twin"	3–5	37.5
Combo Post	3–2	60.0
Metalwork Colossus	55–34	61.8
Upheaval Colossus	17–4	81.0
Seismic Swans	8–2	80.0
Eggs	15–7	68.2
Turntimber Ranger	4–2	66.7
Blazing Shoal Combo	12–8	60.0
Taking Turns	16–8	66.7
Quest for Ula's Temple	4–1	80.0
Izzet Ascension	46–43	51.7
Ominous Good	33–16	67.3
Jokulhaups Combo	44–22	66.7
Soulflayer	16–7	69.6
Breakfast	3–1	75.0
Oops All Spells	3–1	75.0
Oops All Lands	11–6	64.7
Polymorph	14–10	58.3
Enduring Ideal	8–9	47.1
Control	701–543	56.4
Mono Black Control	18–10	64.3
Esper Control	17–11	60.7
Demonic Rising	29–17	63.0
Mono Blue Control	6–2	75.0
Dimir Control	66–50	56.9
Azorius Control	142–125	53.2
Adam's Ale	2–0	100.0
Turbo Fog	20–34	37.0
Izzet Control	11–12	47.8
Mardu Control	4–4	50.0
Mill	24–2	92.3
Boros Control	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Control	57–56	50.4
Azorius Cloudpost Control	27–33	45.0
Blackpost	9–6	60.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	14–10	58.3
Dimir Cloudpost Control	3–2	60.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	1–3	25.0
Grixis Control	51–31	62.2
Cruel Control	39–22	63.9
Stax	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	3–3	50.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Ponza	106–88	54.6
Mono White Control	24–35	40.7
Life is Ez	4–4	50.0
Cycling Control	27–9	75.0
Astral Slide	26–7	78.8
Sultai Control	11–2	84.6
Guildgate Control	23–17	57.5
Bant Control	12–9	57.1
Temur Reclamation	4–16	20.0
Orzhov Control	30–6	83.3
Aggro-Combo	121–115	51.3
Aristocrats	61–79	43.6
Mono Black Aristocrats	33–53	38.4
Orzhov Aristocrats	10–6	62.5
Abzan Aristocrats	6–3	66.7
Food	5–3	62.5
Rakdos Aristocrats	6–13	31.6
Burn	25–9	73.5
Infect	2–2	50.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–2	0.0
Turbo Myth	2–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	20–20	50.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	14–19	42.4
Combo Goblins	7–5	58.3
Goblin Persist	7–5	58.3
Aggro-Control	205–138	59.8
Simic Flash	19–7	73.1
Izzet Tempo	27–17	61.4
Azorius Skies	3–4	42.9
Blue Madness	8–7	53.3
Simic Madness	8–6	57.1
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	31–18	63.3
Mono Blue Tempo	22–11	66.7
Izzet Spells	53–56	48.6
Dimir Tempo	15–6	71.4
Azorius Tempo	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	206–171	54.6
Curses	2–1	66.7
Cruel Combo-Control	7–10	41.2
Battle of Wits	21–13	61.8
Shared Fate	4–2	66.7
Swarm Intelligence	4–4	50.0
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Yosei Vat	7–5	58.3
Lich's Mastery	4–0	100.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	5–2	71.4
Hive Mind	43–46	48.3
Zur's Weirding	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	12–7	63.2
Liliana's Contract	6–2	75.0
Mass Land Destruction	71–69	50.7
Wildfire	71–69	50.7
Thryx-Wildfire	50–55	47.6
Borderpost Wildfire	8–5	61.5
Midrange	823–668	55.2
Temur Ascendancy	5–4	55.6
The Rock	11–12	47.8
Golgari Citadel	3–1	75.0
Grenzo	7–5	58.3
Abzan Midrange	5–2	71.4
Selesnya Midrange	29–23	55.8
Selesnya Value Town	19–15	55.9
Jund	34–17	66.7
Blink	45–71	38.8
Wave Blink	45–71	38.8
Esper Wave	20–33	37.7
Azorius Wave	8–25	24.2
Orzhov Wave	16–12	57.1
Graveyard Value	75–86	46.6
Séance	21–32	39.6
Varolz Dreadnought	23–41	35.9
Enchantments Matter	13–6	68.4
Allies	3–1	75.0
Boros Allies	0–1	0.0
Mono White Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	10–11	47.6
-1/-1 Counters	5–3	62.5
Fake-Rack	31–10	75.6
Mardu Midrange	14–12	53.8
Leave // Chance Midrange	2–3	40.0
Vampires	27–18	60.0
Mono Black Vampires	26–18	59.1
Legends Midrange	23–18	56.1
Boros Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Legends	0–1	0.0
Elementals	5–3	62.5
Rakdos Midrange	63–66	48.8
Naya Midrange	4–4	50.0
Card Advantage White	2–2	50.0
Big Red	13–32	28.9
Mono Black Midrange	106–104	50.5
Mono Black Devotion	55–65	45.8
Davriel Braids	29–15	65.9
Dimir Midrange	20–24	45.5
Dimir Vat	2–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	31–16	66.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–1	66.7
Mutate	36–21	63.2
Sultai Midrange	11–4	73.3
Orzhov Midrange	26–11	70.3
Owling Mine	2–3	40.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	9–6	60.0
Zur the Enchanter	10–12	45.5
Ordealbreak	1–2	33.3
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–2	33.3
Mythic Colossification	6–8	42.9
Neoform	3–9	25.0
Temur Neoform	3–9	25.0
Coinflip Tribal	8–0	100.0
Death Cloud	58–25	69.9
Ramp	302–217	58.2
Rofellos Ramp	61–73	45.5
Wild Pair	10–11	47.6
Cloudpost Ramp	161–92	63.6
Eldrazipost	8–2	80.0
Locus Awakening	4–1	80.0
Golgari Post	7–7	50.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	31–37	45.6
Greenpost	41–17	70.7
Gruul Post	2–2	50.0
Simic Post	25–9	73.5
Domain	5–2	71.4
Reclamation at Wake	22–26	45.8
Sarkhan's Unsealing Ramp	12–9	57.1
Applejacks	3–0	100.0