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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Control	231	406–499	44.9	3	60
Mono Black Control	8	11–19	36.7	0	1
Esper Control	21	44–39	53.0	1	6
Demonic Rising	1	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Control	1	1–3	25.0
Dimir Control	16	43–35	55.1	0	9
Azorius Control	17	23–36	39.0	0	2
Turbo Fog	9	16–18	47.1	0	2
Mardu Control	5	13–13	50.0	0	2
Mill	3	2–6	25.0	0	1
Cloudpost Control	7	7–14	33.3	0	1
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2	2–4	33.3	0	1
Izzet Cloudpost Control	2	2–4	33.3
Grixis Control	33	62–65	48.8	0	10
Cruel Control	11	11–19	36.7
Stax	12	21–29	42.0	0	2
Chandra Nalaar	6	7–12	36.8	0	2
Jeskai Control	15	20–34	37.0	0	4
Jeskai Approach	2	3–4	42.9	0	1
Ponza	23	49–52	48.5	0	6
Cycling Control	6	9–12	42.9
Astral Slide	2	4–4	50.0
Five Color Control	8	16–19	45.7	1	5
Sultai Control	28	40–63	38.8	0	3
Guildgate Control	3	6–7	46.2	0	2
Bant Control	3	8–6	57.1	1	1
Temur Reclamation	3	2–9	18.2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	150–204	42.4
Heroic	9–18	33.3
Mono White Heroic	7–16	30.4
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–2	50.0
Red Deck Wins	35–34	50.7
Mono Red Devotion	2–3	40.0
Goblins	2–1	66.7
Tokens	5–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	4–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	4–3	57.1
White Weenie	7–12	36.8
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–1	0.0
Soldiers	3–1	75.0
Elves	13–7	65.0
Selesnya Little Kid	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Counters	2–1	66.7
Rogues	1–1	50.0
Zombies	20–40	33.3
Gruul Aggro	1–4	20.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	4–3	57.1
Affinity	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	3–3	50.0
Madness	1–1	50.0
Gruul Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	6–1	85.7
Hexproof	2–1	66.7
Hateful Auras	2–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	2–0	100.0
Knights	11–10	52.4
AggroSlide	20–63	24.1
Cats	4–2	66.7
Mono White Cats	4–2	66.7
Boros Aggro	2–1	66.7
Combo	53–69	43.4
Storm	14–30	31.8
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	0–1	0.0
High Tide	13–29	31.0
Reanimator	5–6	45.5
Worldgorger Dragon	4–5	44.4
Double Dragon	3–5	37.5
Traditional Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Dimir Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Dubious Challenge	2–3	40.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–3	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–3	0.0
"Twin"	7–4	63.6
Jeskai "Twin"	2–0	100.0
Naya "Twin"	3–3	50.0
Metalwork Colossus	2–1	66.7
Seismic Swans	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	5–3	62.5
Ominous Good	5–4	55.6
Jokulhaups Combo	3–3	50.0
Soulflayer	1–4	20.0
Breakfast	7–6	53.8
Hermit Gond	4–2	66.7
Hermit Dredge	1–3	25.0
Neoform Hermit	2–1	66.7
Protean Hulk Combo	0–1	0.0
Control	46–46	50.0
Mono Black Control	3–1	75.0
Esper Control	1–3	25.0
Dimir Control	0–8	0.0
Azorius Control	4–2	66.7
Turbo Fog	3–2	60.0
Mardu Control	2–2	50.0
Mill	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	5–0	100.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Grixis Control	7–5	58.3
Cruel Control	3–1	75.0
Stax	2–0	100.0
Chandra Nalaar	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	5–1	83.3
Ponza	4–9	30.8
Cycling Control	3–1	75.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	0–3	0.0
Sultai Control	5–6	45.5
Bant Control	0–2	0.0
Aggro-Combo	14–20	41.2
Aristocrats	3–5	37.5
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	2–4	33.3
Burn	5–14	26.3
Hermit Humans	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	5–1	83.3
Mono Blue Dreadnought	5–1	83.3
Aggro-Control	32–54	37.2
Izzet Tempo	4–7	36.4
Blue Madness	2–4	33.3
Simic Madness	2–4	33.3
Ninjas	3–2	60.0
Mono Blue Tempo	18–22	45.0
Izzet Spells	5–18	21.7
Combo-Control	22–28	44.0
Cruel Combo-Control	0–2	0.0
Battle of Wits	3–2	60.0
Shared Fate	0–1	0.0
Pickles	0–3	0.0
Zur's Weirding	4–2	66.7
Solar Flare	5–5	50.0
Plasma Swans	5–5	50.0
Liliana's Contract	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	4–8	33.3
Wildfire	4–8	33.3
Thryx-Wildfire	3–2	60.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–6	14.3
Midrange	72–57	55.8
Temur Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
The Rock	0–1	0.0
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Jund	10–6	62.5
Blink	8–8	50.0
Wave Blink	6–7	46.2
Azorius Wave	4–6	40.0
Orzhov Wave	1–1	50.0
Bant Wave	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	2–0	100.0
Varolz Dreadnought	2–0	100.0
Allies	1–1	50.0
Esper Allies	1–1	50.0
Fake-Rack	2–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Midrange	5–3	62.5
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	9–6	60.0
Mono Black Midrange	13–11	54.2
Mono Black Devotion	10–9	52.6
Dimir Midrange	8–12	40.0
Angel Tribal	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	3–1	75.0
Sultai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Owling Mine	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Midrange	2–1	66.7
Neoform	1–0	100.0
Sultai Neoform	1–0	100.0
Ramp	17–21	44.7
Villainous Wealth	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	11–16	40.7
Golgari Post	1–2	33.3
Greenpost	5–12	29.4
Simic Post	4–0	100.0
Domain	1–1	50.0
Eureka!	2–2	50.0