Cycling Control

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	2564	3976–4758	45.5	6	78	89
Cycling Control	119	183–227	44.6	2	9	3
Astral Slide	115	178–218	44.9	2	9	3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	58–52	52.7
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Heroic	12–4	75.0
Mono White Heroic	10–3	76.9
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–1	66.7
Red Deck Wins	9–8	52.9
Proliferate Red	1–0	100.0
Goblins	2–0	100.0
Tokens	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Tokens	0–2	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	4–1	80.0
White Weenie	3–1	75.0
Elves	2–3	40.0
Warriors	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–1	50.0
Rogues	0–2	0.0
Zombies	2–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	0–2	0.0
Merfolk	2–3	40.0
Mono Red Swarm	4–1	80.0
Artifact Aggro	8–9	47.1
Affinity	6–7	46.2
Tempered Steel	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Madness	3–3	50.0
Golgari Madness	3–3	50.0
Voltron	1–1	50.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	0–5	0.0
Cats	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Cats	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Aggro	0–2	0.0
Combo	41–51	44.6
Storm	7–12	36.8
Dimir Tendrils	2–10	16.7
Dragonstorm	0–1	0.0
Grixis Tendrils	3–0	100.0
Stormpost	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	10–15	40.0
Worldgorger Dragon	5–9	35.7
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	4–5	44.4
Rakdos Reanimator	1–2	33.3
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–3	25.0
Oriss Genesis	0–2	0.0
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Zubera Tribal	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Myr Incubator	0–2	0.0
Seismic Swans	0–1	0.0
Eggs	2–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	1–7	12.5
Izzet Ascension	3–1	75.0
Ominous Good	3–1	75.0
Jokulhaups Combo	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	2–0	100.0
Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Oops All Spells	1–0	100.0
Dredge	5–5	50.0
Protean Hulk Combo	1–2	33.3
Control	22–34	39.3
Mono Black Control	1–1	50.0
Esper Control	1–2	33.3
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	1–4	20.0
Azorius Control	3–3	50.0
Cawblade	0–1	0.0
Mill	4–6	40.0
Boros Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	1–3	25.0
Cruel Control	1–2	33.3
Ponza	0–4	0.0
Mono White Control	3–1	75.0
Life is Ez	1–1	50.0
Cycling Control	2–2	50.0
Astral Slide	2–2	50.0
Five Color Control	2–1	66.7
Five Color Collected Conjuring	2–1	66.7
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	2–2	50.0
Prison	0–1	0.0
Enchantress	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	7–7	50.0
Aristocrats	3–2	60.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Golgari Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Food	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Burn	2–3	40.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	1–2	33.3
Goblin Persist	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Control	12–21	36.4
Izzet Tempo	3–7	30.0
Azorius Skies	1–1	50.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Temur Madness	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–1	50.0
Ninjas	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	4–10	28.6
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	4–6	40.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	0–1	0.0
Zur's Weirding	2–5	28.6
Mass Land Destruction	1–0	100.0
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Thryx-Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Midrange	32–44	42.1
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Value Town	0–1	0.0
Jund	1–1	50.0
Blink	0–1	0.0
Anti-Persecution	2–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	0–2	0.0
Séance	0–1	0.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	0–4	0.0
Mardu Midrange	2–8	20.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	5–4	55.6
Big Red	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Midrange	2–9	18.2
Mono Black Devotion	1–1	50.0
Heart of Darkness	0–7	0.0
Dimir Midrange	0–2	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mutate	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	6–4	60.0
Owling Mine	1–1	50.0
Prophet Glare	0–1	0.0
Ordealbreak	0–2	0.0
Neoform	0–2	0.0
Simic Neoform	0–2	0.0
Party	1–0	100.0
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Ramp	7–12	36.8
Cloudpost Ramp	7–11	38.9
Greenpost	5–9	35.7