Grixis Control

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	2038	3122–3584	46.6	3	60	59
Grixis Control	170	280–316	47.0	0	10	2
Cruel Control	76	117–140	45.5			2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	70–77	47.6
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Heroic	1–9	10.0
Mono White Heroic	0–8	0.0
Azorius Heroic	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	10–10	50.0
Mono Red Devotion	1–0	100.0
Goblins	4–1	80.0
Tokens	4–1	80.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	3–1	75.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–2	0.0
White Weenie	6–11	35.3
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–1	0.0
Soldiers	2–1	66.7
Elves	5–4	55.6
Selesnya Little Kid	4–1	80.0
Selesnya Counters	4–1	80.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	12–11	52.2
Gruul Aggro	1–1	50.0
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	3–2	60.0
Tempered Steel	3–1	75.0
Madness	3–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Knights	7–9	43.8
AggroSlide	5–11	31.3
Cats	1–2	33.3
Mono White Cats	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Combo	60–64	48.4
Storm	19–23	45.2
Dragonstorm	2–1	66.7
Citadel Storm	1–1	50.0
High Tide	16–21	43.2
Reanimator	7–7	50.0
Worldgorger Dragon	5–7	41.7
Double Dragon	3–5	37.5
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Dubious Challenge	0–2	0.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
"Twin"	3–3	50.0
Jeskai "Twin"	0–1	0.0
Naya "Twin"	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	4–0	100.0
Eggs	1–2	33.3
Taking Turns	5–5	50.0
Izzet Ascension	0–1	0.0
Ominous Good	2–6	25.0
Jokulhaups Combo	1–3	25.0
Soulflayer	1–3	25.0
Breakfast	8–4	66.7
Hermit Gond	4–1	80.0
Hermit Dredge	1–2	33.3
Neoform Hermit	2–1	66.7
Oops All Lands	1–1	50.0
Polymorph	2–0	100.0
Stuffy Doll	0–2	0.0
Control	36–42	46.2
Mono Black Control	0–1	0.0
Esper Control	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Control	1–2	33.3
Dimir Control	0–2	0.0
Azorius Control	1–7	12.5
Turbo Fog	0–1	0.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	5–5	50.0
Cruel Control	2–3	40.0
Stax	6–5	54.5
Chandra Nalaar	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	2–2	50.0
Ponza	5–6	45.5
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	1–3	25.0
Five Color Control	1–1	50.0
Shrines	1–1	50.0
Sultai Control	5–2	71.4
Guildgate Control	1–2	33.3
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Temur Reclamation	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	9–11	45.0
Aristocrats	0–3	0.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	4–7	36.4
Infect	2–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	2–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–1	66.7
Izzet Dreadnought	2–1	66.7
Hushnought	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	21–22	48.8
Simic Flash	1–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	4–5	44.4
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	3–2	60.0
Simic Madness	3–2	60.0
Ninjas	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Tempo	8–10	44.4
Izzet Spells	3–1	75.0
Dimir Tempo	0–2	0.0
Combo-Control	16–23	41.0
Curses	0–1	0.0
Burning Vengeance	0–1	0.0
Cruel Combo-Control	1–1	50.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Pickles	0–1	0.0
Zur's Weirding	1–1	50.0
Solar Flare	1–1	50.0
Plasma Swans	3–2	60.0
Liliana's Contract	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	8–13	38.1
Wildfire	8–13	38.1
Thryx-Wildfire	6–8	42.9
Borderpost Wildfire	0–5	0.0
Midrange	56–55	50.5
Temur Ascendancy	0–4	0.0
Grenzo	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Value Town	0–1	0.0
Jund	9–5	64.3
Blink	7–5	58.3
Wave Blink	6–4	60.0
Azorius Wave	5–2	71.4
Orzhov Wave	0–2	0.0
Bant Wave	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	3–2	60.0
Varolz Dreadnought	0–2	0.0
Treefolk	0–2	0.0
Fake-Rack	1–1	50.0
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Vampires	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	6–7	46.2
Big Red	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Midrange	10–5	66.7
Mono Black Devotion	7–2	77.8
Dimir Midrange	2–7	22.2
Lifegain Midrange	2–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	2–1	66.7
Sultai Emerge	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Owling Mine	1–3	25.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	2–2	50.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	2–2	50.0
Neoform	1–0	100.0
Coinflip Tribal	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	0–1	0.0
Ramp	12–22	35.3
Cloudpost Ramp	9–17	34.6
Locus Awakening	1–0	100.0
Golgari Post	1–0	100.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	1–1	50.0
Greenpost	5–14	26.3
Simic Post	1–2	33.3
Domain	1–2	33.3
Eureka!	1–3	25.0