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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	3371	5679–6064	48.4	19	140	180
Storm	742	1304–1282	50.4	5	28	48
Sultai Tendrils	1	0–4	0.0
Dimir Tendrils	553	1062–863	55.2	5	26	44
Dragonstorm	12	12–31	27.9
Hazoret Storm	12	13–26	33.3
Simic Storm	1	0–1	0.0
Grixis Tendrils	47	71–105	40.3	0	1	1
Stormpost	22	49–31	61.3			2
Izzet Storm	12	10–24	29.4	0	1
Swath Storm	3	0–5	0.0
Reanimator	692	1471–1143	56.3	10	62	48
Worldgorger Dragon	305	734–421	63.5	8	34	35
Double Dragon	4	5–10	33.3
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	15	39–21	65.0			1
Traditional Reanimator	366	693–692	50.0	2	28	12
Rakdos Reanimator	49	102–98	51.0			2
Dimir Reanimator	22	29–51	36.3	1	2
Mono Black Reanimator	282	557–519	51.8	1	26	10
Oriss Genesis	84	163–134	54.9	0	1	9
Biovisionary	3	0–12	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	7	7–13	35.0	0	1
Dubious Challenge	20	4–23	14.8
Warp World	24	34–49	41.0	0	1	1
Zubera Tribal	3	0–5	0.0
Maniac Combo	29	38–53	41.8
Hypergenesis	50	54–97	35.8			1
Runeflare	43	26–103	20.2
Jeskai Ascendancy	184	305–305	50.0	1	6	10
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	121	203–210	49.2	0	2	5
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	44	78–72	52.0	1	4	4
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	16	19–17	52.8			1
Myr Incubator	43	104–76	57.8	0	3	3
"Twin"	1	1–1	50.0
Jeskai "Twin"	1	1–1	50.0
Combo Post	9	11–19	36.7
Seismic Swans	22	38–42	47.5	1	1
Eggs	45	18–106	14.5
Turntimber Ranger	3	4–5	44.4
Heartless Summoning Combo	40	43–84	33.9
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	9	15–22	40.5
Retraction Helix Combo	3	1–6	14.3
Taking Turns	146	224–262	46.1	0	4	9
Quest for Ula's Temple	2	3–4	42.9
Izzet Ascension	163	265–316	45.6	0	3	7
Ominous Good	41	49–100	32.9			2
Jokulhaups Combo	66	85–130	39.5	0	1	2
Soulflayer	35	60–66	47.6	0	1
Breakfast	89	128–175	42.2	0	2	2
Oops All Spells	88	128–174	42.4	0	2	2
Oops All Lands	18	13–41	24.1
Dredge	462	930–791	54.0	2	23	36
Polymorph	20	9–40	18.4
Protean Hulk Combo	58	74–116	38.9	0	3	1
Dice Factory	36	26–65	28.6			1
Possibility Storm	25	41–49	45.6

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	1380–1578	46.7
Mono Black Aggro	20–28	41.7
Heroic	137–192	41.6
Mono White Heroic	104–140	42.6
Azorius Heroic	2–1	66.7
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	25–46	35.2
Boros Heroic	1–3	25.0
Selesnya Heroic	2–1	66.7
Red Deck Wins	200–225	47.1
Mono Red Devotion	11–10	52.4
Proliferate Red	2–5	28.6
Goblins	32–26	55.2
Tokens	31–30	50.8
Selesnya Tokens	15–12	55.6
Mono White Tokens	13–10	56.5
Mono Green Stompy	54–71	43.2
White Weenie	72–84	46.2
Odric Keywords	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	8–7	53.3
Kithkin	5–6	45.5
Elves	115–96	54.5
Werewolves	4–4	50.0
Warriors	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	33–29	53.2
Selesnya Counters	12–10	54.5
Rogues	27–25	51.9
Zombies	17–20	45.9
Gruul Aggro	13–9	59.1
Gruul Landfall	2–1	66.7
Merfolk	97–106	47.8
Mono Red Swarm	20–16	55.6
Artifact Aggro	270–399	40.4
Affinity	219–324	40.3
Boros Vehicles	2–2	50.0
Salvage Titan	5–4	55.6
Tempered Steel	26–36	41.9
Mono Blue Architect	18–33	35.3
Mono Blue Aggro	4–2	66.7
Illusions	1–1	50.0
Madness	19–14	57.6
Golgari Madness	11–7	61.1
Rakdos Madness	7–2	77.8
Voltron	48–29	62.3
Hexproof	36–18	66.7
Equipment Aggro	9–8	52.9
Hateful Auras	3–3	50.0
Naya Zoo	9–3	75.0
Knights	12–12	50.0
AggroSlide	70–86	44.9
Cats	32–40	44.4
Mono White Cats	0–4	0.0
Selesnya Cats	32–36	47.1
Rakdos Aggro	21–20	51.2
Boros Aggro	3–3	50.0
Humans	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Humans	0–1	0.0
Combo	1221–1221	50.0
Storm	249–279	47.2
Dimir Tendrils	165–224	42.4
Dragonstorm	6–2	75.0
Hazoret Storm	5–3	62.5
Grixis Tendrils	21–19	52.5
Stormpost	6–11	35.3
Izzet Storm	5–3	62.5
Swath Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	194–315	38.1
Worldgorger Dragon	89–130	40.6
Double Dragon	3–0	100.0
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	6–7	46.2
Traditional Reanimator	96–176	35.3
Rakdos Reanimator	11–24	31.4
Dimir Reanimator	12–5	70.6
Mono Black Reanimator	69–144	32.4
Oriss Genesis	40–36	52.6
Biovisionary	2–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–1	66.7
Dubious Challenge	5–1	83.3
Warp World	8–9	47.1
Zubera Tribal	1–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	8–8	50.0
Hypergenesis	20–11	64.5
Runeflare	15–6	71.4
Jeskai Ascendancy	60–80	42.9
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	46–54	46.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	10–17	37.0
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	3–6	33.3
Myr Incubator	20–34	37.0
Combo Post	6–3	66.7
Seismic Swans	11–10	52.4
Eggs	21–11	65.6
Turntimber Ranger	0–2	0.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	21–9	70.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	1–4	20.0
Retraction Helix Combo	3–1	75.0
Taking Turns	62–42	59.6
Quest for Ula's Temple	0–1	0.0
Izzet Ascension	67–49	57.8
Ominous Good	23–11	67.6
Jokulhaups Combo	22–18	55.0
Soulflayer	14–8	63.6
Breakfast	32–33	49.2
Oops All Spells	32–33	49.2
Oops All Lands	12–3	80.0
Dredge	188–173	52.1
Polymorph	9–3	75.0
Protean Hulk Combo	27–10	73.0
Dice Factory	15–4	78.9
Possibility Storm	5–17	22.7
Control	940–830	53.1
Mono Black Control	20–10	66.7
Esper Control	34–45	43.0
Demonic Rising	29–16	64.4
Mono Blue Control	5–8	38.5
Dimir Control	37–52	41.6
Azorius Control	150–151	49.8
Cawblade	7–10	41.2
Turbo Fog	27–13	67.5
Izzet Control	6–3	66.7
Mardu Control	34–27	55.7
Mill	75–58	56.4
Boros Control	8–1	88.9
Cloudpost Control	42–34	55.3
Azorius Cloudpost Control	22–16	57.9
Blackpost	16–7	69.6
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–5	28.6
Dimir Cloudpost Control	1–3	25.0
Grixis Control	24–30	44.4
Cruel Control	13–14	48.1
Chandra Nalaar	7–2	77.8
Jeskai Control	4–4	50.0
Dragon Control	1–1	50.0
Dimir Dragons	0–1	0.0
Ponza	103–93	52.6
Mono White Control	48–37	56.5
Life is Ez	17–11	60.7
Cycling Control	51–41	55.4
Astral Slide	50–39	56.2
Five Color Control	67–25	72.8
Five Color Collected Conjuring	38–12	76.0
Shrines	27–13	67.5
Sultai Control	4–6	40.0
Guildgate Control	2–3	40.0
Bant Control	3–2	60.0
Pox	113–142	44.3
Enchantments Control	2–1	66.7
Four Color Counter Ghazi	9–5	64.3
Orzhov Control	0–1	0.0
Prison	21–8	72.4
Enchantress	21–8	72.4
Aggro-Combo	323–338	48.9
Aristocrats	146–154	48.7
Mono Black Aristocrats	17–11	60.7
Orzhov Aristocrats	26–52	33.3
Golgari Aristocrats	12–11	52.2
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Mardu Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Food	28–17	62.2
Rakdos Aristocrats	51–55	48.1
Burn	57–61	48.3
Infect	39–42	48.1
Simic Infect	24–24	50.0
Golgari Infect	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Infect	2–1	66.7
Pummeler	3–2	60.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	15–19	44.1
Izzet Dreadnought	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	7–15	31.8
Izzet Blitzkrieg	11–19	36.7
Chancellor of the Forge Combo	16–7	69.6
Hushnought	4–3	57.1
Combo Goblins	28–26	51.9
Goblin Persist	20–21	48.8
Dirty Kitty	8–5	61.5
Aggro-Control	363–499	42.1
Izzet Tempo	136–183	42.6
Azorius Skies	18–22	45.0
Blue Madness	14–6	70.0
Simic Madness	2–3	40.0
Temur Madness	3–2	60.0
Lich Aggro-Control	13–24	35.1
Wizards	13–7	65.0
Ninjas	11–11	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	56–148	27.5
Mono Blue Faeries	2–6	25.0
Izzet Spells	34–45	43.0
Dimir Tempo	42–34	55.3
Azorius Tempo	3–4	42.9
Combo-Control	183–294	38.4
Curses	7–7	50.0
Burning Vengeance	1–1	50.0
Cruel Combo-Control	2–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	29–26	52.7
Shared Fate	5–9	35.7
Pickles	1–1	50.0
Mindcrank	41–80	33.9
Dragoncrank	11–32	25.6
Displace Loop	1–2	33.3
Hedron Alignment	1–1	50.0
Yosei Vat	3–8	27.3
Hive Mind	5–4	55.6
Zur's Weirding	43–101	29.9
Solar Flare	19–28	40.4
Liliana's Contract	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	19–25	43.2
Wildfire	18–25	41.9
Thryx-Wildfire	4–11	26.7
Borderpost Wildfire	4–5	44.4
Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Midrange	953–1013	48.5
Temur Ascendancy	7–3	70.0
The Rock	40–33	54.8
Grenzo	10–2	83.3
Abzan Midrange	22–13	62.9
Selesnya Midrange	10–5	66.7
Selesnya Value Town	4–4	50.0
Jund	17–12	58.6
Blink	9–9	50.0
Acid Trip	1–2	33.3
Anti-Persecution	5–10	33.3
Graveyard Value	48–43	52.7
Séance	28–27	50.9
Varolz Dreadnought	4–5	44.4
Enchantments Matter	2–0	100.0
Allies	20–6	76.9
Orzhov Allies	4–0	100.0
Esper Allies	2–2	50.0
BRGW Allies	2–2	50.0
Azorius Allies	3–0	100.0
Treefolk	5–4	55.6
-1/-1 Counters	2–1	66.7
Fake-Rack	45–66	40.5
Mardu Midrange	78–147	34.7
Yisan-Prophet	5–2	71.4
Vampires	33–12	73.3
Mono Black Vampires	24–9	72.7
Rakdos Vampires	4–1	80.0
Orzhov Vampires	4–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	6–3	66.7
Mardu Legends	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	1–0	100.0
Elementals	9–2	81.8
Rakdos Midrange	92–106	46.5
Naya Midrange	9–3	75.0
Card Advantage White	1–1	50.0
Big Red	34–26	56.7
Mono Black Midrange	95–145	39.6
Mono Black Devotion	37–48	43.5
Heart of Darkness	22–58	27.5
Dimir Midrange	29–37	43.9
Angel Tribal	6–3	66.7
Toughness Matters	8–9	47.1
Lifegain Midrange	23–10	69.7
Adventures	5–3	62.5
Mutate	5–1	83.3
Sultai Midrange	21–37	36.2
Orzhov Midrange	65–139	31.9
Owling Mine	15–8	65.2
Jeskai Midrange	4–5	44.4
Prophet Glare	15–13	53.6
Heartless Summoning Stompy	14–4	77.8
Ordealbreak	14–3	82.4
Enigmatic Incarnation	7–1	87.5
Neoform	29–24	54.7
Temur Neoform	3–2	60.0
Sultai Neoform	13–10	56.5
Simic Neoform	5–5	50.0
Party	14–13	51.9
Clerics	10–18	35.7
Death Cloud	11–4	73.3
Ramp	316–291	52.1
Villainous Wealth	4–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	214–231	48.1
Locus Awakening	2–0	100.0
Golgari Post	2–0	100.0
Greenpost	154–199	43.6
Gruul Post	11–8	57.9
Simic Post	9–1	90.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	40–35	53.3
Historic Bloom	19–15	55.9
Defenders	4–2	66.7
Applejacks	1–1	50.0