Mass Land Destruction

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo-Control	362	634–634	50.0	3	22	18
Mass Land Destruction	124	244–216	53.0	1	4	7
Wildfire	124	244–216	53.0	1	4	7
Thryx-Wildfire	89	196–160	55.1	1	4	7
Borderpost Wildfire	9	16–16	50.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	69–71	49.3
Mono Black Aggro	2–1	66.7
Heroic	2–2	50.0
Mono White Heroic	2–2	50.0
Red Deck Wins	13–20	39.4
Mono Red Devotion	2–1	66.7
Goblins	8–3	72.7
Tokens	4–1	80.0
Mono White Tokens	2–1	66.7
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	6–3	66.7
Quest for the Holy Relic	4–3	57.1
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Kithkin	1–0	100.0
Elves	17–3	85.0
Werewolves	0–1	0.0
Zombies	7–9	43.8
Gruul Aggro	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	2–4	33.3
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	2–3	40.0
Salvage Titan	1–2	33.3
Tempered Steel	1–1	50.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	1–1	50.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	0–1	0.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	3–14	17.6
Cats	0–1	0.0
Combo	44–38	53.7
Storm	11–6	64.7
Sultai Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tendrils	7–5	58.3
Simic Storm	1–1	50.0
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	7–12	36.8
Recurring Nightmare	2–6	25.0
Dragon Nightmare	2–5	28.6
Traditional Reanimator	5–6	45.5
Rakdos Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Reanimator	2–5	28.6
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–0	100.0
Dubious Challenge	1–1	50.0
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	2–2	50.0
Runeflare	2–0	100.0
Myr Incubator	2–0	100.0
"Twin"	1–0	100.0
Jeskai "Twin"	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–3	25.0
Upheaval Colossus	0–2	0.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	1–1	50.0
Izzet Ascension	5–4	55.6
Ominous Good	2–1	66.7
Jokulhaups Combo	1–3	25.0
Soulflayer	1–1	50.0
Oops All Lands	1–2	33.3
Enduring Ideal	0–1	0.0
Control	42–41	50.6
Mono Black Control	2–1	66.7
Esper Control	0–3	0.0
Demonic Rising	1–3	25.0
Dimir Control	2–5	28.6
Azorius Control	8–12	40.0
Turbo Fog	2–1	66.7
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	3–1	75.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–4	20.0
Cruel Control	1–4	20.0
Ponza	9–4	69.2
Mono White Control	0–2	0.0
Life is Ez	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	3–0	100.0
Astral Slide	2–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	3–1	75.0
Bant Control	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Control	3–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	3–5	37.5
Aristocrats	2–3	40.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Abzan Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Food	1–0	100.0
Burn	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	10–10	50.0
Simic Flash	1–1	50.0
Izzet Tempo	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	0–3	0.0
Simic Madness	0–3	0.0
Ninjas	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	2–3	40.0
Dimir Tempo	2–2	50.0
Combo-Control	6–10	37.5
Battle of Wits	0–1	0.0
Yosei Vat	0–1	0.0
Lich's Mastery	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	1–2	33.3
Plasma Swans	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	4–4	50.0
Wildfire	4–4	50.0
Thryx-Wildfire	3–4	42.9
Midrange	53–28	65.4
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Value Town	1–1	50.0
Jund	1–2	33.3
Blink	6–2	75.0
Wave Blink	6–2	75.0
Esper Wave	1–2	33.3
Azorius Wave	3–0	100.0
Orzhov Wave	2–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	3–1	75.0
Séance	0–1	0.0
Enchantments Matter	2–0	100.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	2–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	4–2	66.7
Mono Black Vampires	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–2	50.0
Big Red	3–2	60.0
Mono Black Midrange	5–3	62.5
Mono Black Devotion	4–1	80.0
Davriel Braids	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	2–3	40.0
Dimir Vat	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	2–0	100.0
Mutate	4–4	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	3–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Coinflip Tribal	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	1–1	50.0
Ramp	17–13	56.7
Rofellos Ramp	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Ramp	11–5	68.8
Locus Awakening	1–0	100.0
Golgari Post	4–0	100.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	1–1	50.0
Greenpost	3–1	75.0
Gruul Post	0–1	0.0
Simic Post	0–1	0.0
Reclamation at Wake	1–3	25.0
Sarkhan's Unsealing Ramp	0–3	0.0
Applejacks	2–0	100.0