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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	2564	3976–4758	45.5	6	78	89
Mono Black Control	46	57–80	41.6
Esper Control	118	210–190	52.5	0	4	5
Demonic Rising	90	94–126	42.7	0	4	1
Mono Blue Control	27	33–55	37.5	0	1	1
Dimir Control	135	257–227	53.1	1	11	5
Azorius Control	435	725–760	48.8	2	17	18
Cawblade	27	61–44	58.1	0	2	1
Turbo Fog	49	47–114	29.2
Izzet Control	13	13–28	31.7
Mardu Control	59	112–103	52.1			2
Mill	176	325–361	47.4	1	4	9
Boros Control	12	8–25	24.2
Cloudpost Control	99	152–199	43.3	0	2	6
Azorius Cloudpost Control	33	64–62	50.8	0	1	3
Blackpost	37	48–82	36.9			1
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	17	14–34	29.2	0	1
Dimir Cloudpost Control	7	16–8	66.7			2
Izzet Cloudpost Control	1	0–3	0.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	1	3–2	60.0
Grixis Control	101	154–187	45.2	0	1	5
Cruel Control	57	90–108	45.5	0	1	4
Chandra Nalaar	16	19–30	38.8			1
Jeskai Control	16	11–35	23.9	0	1
Dragon Control	11	6–20	23.1
Izzet Dragons	2	0–3	0.0
Esper Dragons	1	0–2	0.0
Dimir Dragons	4	2–6	25.0
Ponza	293	440–537	45.0	0	3	9
Mono White Control	134	233–206	53.1	0	3	8
Life is Ez	65	99–89	52.7			7
Dynavolt Tower	1	1–2	33.3
Cycling Control	119	183–227	44.6	2	9	3
Astral Slide	115	178–218	44.9	2	9	3
Five Color Control	141	137–345	28.4	0	1	1
Five Color Collected Conjuring	75	67–195	25.6
Shrines	63	68–142	32.4	0	1	1
Sultai Control	22	20–37	35.1	0	2
Guildgate Control	10	7–21	25.0	0	1
Bant Control	24	19–42	31.1
Pox	319	567–588	49.1	0	4	14
Enchantments Control	9	6–17	26.1
Four Color Counter Ghazi	22	41–51	44.6	0	7
Orzhov Control	2	1–3	25.0
Prison	27	34–63	35.1	0	3
Enchantress	27	34–63	35.1	0	3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	950–1247	43.2
Mono Black Aggro	15–17	46.9
Heroic	125–107	53.9
Mono White Heroic	80–78	50.6
Azorius Heroic	5–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	34–27	55.7
Boros Heroic	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Heroic	2–1	66.7
Red Deck Wins	120–199	37.6
Mono Red Devotion	4–8	33.3
Proliferate Red	1–0	100.0
Goblins	26–21	55.3
Tokens	27–27	50.0
Selesnya Tokens	14–8	63.6
Mono White Tokens	12–10	54.5
Mono Green Stompy	37–48	43.5
White Weenie	52–53	49.5
Odric Keywords	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	3–3	50.0
Kithkin	4–2	66.7
Elves	66–81	44.9
Warriors	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	29–25	53.7
Selesnya Counters	15–10	60.0
Rogues	18–13	58.1
Zombies	15–13	53.6
Gruul Aggro	13–10	56.5
Gruul Landfall	1–1	50.0
Merfolk	52–97	34.9
Mono Red Swarm	16–18	47.1
Artifact Aggro	186–320	36.8
Affinity	135–258	34.4
Boros Vehicles	3–0	100.0
Salvage Titan	10–2	83.3
Tempered Steel	24–33	42.1
Mono Blue Architect	14–26	35.0
Mono Blue Aggro	3–1	75.0
Illusions	1–0	100.0
Madness	16–15	51.6
Golgari Madness	13–11	54.2
Rakdos Madness	2–3	40.0
Voltron	47–22	68.1
Hexproof	36–14	72.0
Equipment Aggro	7–5	58.3
Hateful Auras	4–3	57.1
Slivers	2–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	5–3	62.5
Knights	2–8	20.0
AggroSlide	21–63	25.0
Cats	16–46	25.8
Mono White Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	16–45	26.2
Rakdos Aggro	13–24	35.1
Boros Aggro	1–2	33.3
Combo	830–940	46.9
Storm	179–208	46.3
Dimir Tendrils	125–172	42.1
Dragonstorm	4–3	57.1
Hazoret Storm	1–2	33.3
Grixis Tendrils	15–11	57.7
Stormpost	4–5	44.4
Izzet Storm	1–2	33.3
Reanimator	175–209	45.6
Worldgorger Dragon	53–113	31.9
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	3–5	37.5
Traditional Reanimator	118–90	56.7
Rakdos Reanimator	14–15	48.3
Dimir Reanimator	7–3	70.0
Mono Black Reanimator	93–72	56.4
Oriss Genesis	19–28	40.4
Biovisionary	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–1	66.7
Dubious Challenge	4–1	80.0
Warp World	12–5	70.6
Zubera Tribal	3–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	10–5	66.7
Hypergenesis	10–6	62.5
Runeflare	13–9	59.1
Jeskai Ascendancy	41–50	45.1
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	34–32	51.5
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	6–16	27.3
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Myr Incubator	10–21	32.3
Combo Post	2–4	33.3
Seismic Swans	11–6	64.7
Eggs	20–3	87.0
Turntimber Ranger	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	7–10	41.2
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	2–2	50.0
Taking Turns	22–46	32.4
Izzet Ascension	40–39	50.6
Ominous Good	14–16	46.7
Jokulhaups Combo	12–16	42.9
Soulflayer	8–13	38.1
Breakfast	28–17	62.2
Oops All Spells	28–17	62.2
Oops All Lands	3–1	75.0
Dredge	97–169	36.5
Polymorph	2–3	40.0
Protean Hulk Combo	16–13	55.2
Dice Factory	7–5	58.3
Possibility Storm	8–8	50.0
Control	639–639	50.0
Mono Black Control	8–17	32.0
Esper Control	27–30	47.4
Demonic Rising	17–7	70.8
Mono Blue Control	4–6	40.0
Dimir Control	30–33	47.6
Azorius Control	104–93	52.8
Cawblade	3–10	23.1
Turbo Fog	17–9	65.4
Izzet Control	4–1	80.0
Mardu Control	10–20	33.3
Mill	38–85	30.9
Boros Control	7–2	77.8
Cloudpost Control	20–32	38.5
Azorius Cloudpost Control	2–13	13.3
Blackpost	11–11	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	5–3	62.5
Dimir Cloudpost Control	1–3	25.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	29–30	49.2
Cruel Control	21–21	50.0
Chandra Nalaar	5–2	71.4
Jeskai Control	4–1	80.0
Dragon Control	3–1	75.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Ponza	80–70	53.3
Mono White Control	27–36	42.9
Life is Ez	16–17	48.5
Dynavolt Tower	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	34–22	60.7
Astral Slide	30–21	58.8
Five Color Control	56–21	72.7
Five Color Collected Conjuring	31–7	81.6
Shrines	24–14	63.2
Sultai Control	7–3	70.0
Guildgate Control	5–2	71.4
Bant Control	6–3	66.7
Pox	64–83	43.5
Enchantments Control	2–2	50.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	6–7	46.2
Prison	10–4	71.4
Enchantress	10–4	71.4
Aggro-Combo	230–279	45.2
Aristocrats	86–140	38.1
Mono Black Aristocrats	3–21	12.5
Orzhov Aristocrats	19–35	35.2
Golgari Aristocrats	10–17	37.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Mardu Aristocrats	3–4	42.9
Food	12–17	41.4
Rakdos Aristocrats	35–44	44.3
Burn	40–28	58.8
Infect	47–35	57.3
Simic Infect	27–22	55.1
Golgari Infect	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Infect	1–0	100.0
Pummeler	2–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	14–15	48.3
Izzet Dreadnought	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	5–13	27.8
Izzet Blitzkrieg	12–11	52.2
Chancellor of the Forge Combo	9–11	45.0
Hushnought	2–1	66.7
Combo Goblins	17–38	30.9
Goblin Persist	14–36	28.0
Dirty Kitty	3–2	60.0
Aggro-Control	281–414	40.4
Izzet Tempo	108–148	42.2
Azorius Skies	17–13	56.7
Blue Madness	13–7	65.0
Simic Madness	3–2	60.0
Temur Madness	10–4	71.4
Lich Aggro-Control	12–15	44.4
Wizards	7–15	31.8
Ninjas	6–11	35.3
Mono Blue Tempo	52–135	27.8
Mono Blue Faeries	0–4	0.0
Izzet Spells	26–26	50.0
Dimir Tempo	24–30	44.4
Azorius Tempo	5–3	62.5
Combo-Control	160–200	44.4
Curses	8–5	61.5
Burning Vengeance	0–2	0.0
Cruel Combo-Control	4–1	80.0
Battle of Wits	19–28	40.4
Shared Fate	2–3	40.0
Mindcrank	30–55	35.3
Dragoncrank	8–22	26.7
Displace Loop	1–1	50.0
Hedron Alignment	2–0	100.0
Yosei Vat	2–2	50.0
Lich's Mastery	3–1	75.0
Zur's Weirding	48–81	37.2
Solar Flare	10–13	43.5
Liliana's Contract	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	29–5	85.3
Wildfire	28–5	84.8
Thryx-Wildfire	7–2	77.8
Borderpost Wildfire	7–1	87.5
Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Midrange	680–791	46.2
Temur Ascendancy	2–2	50.0
The Rock	9–22	29.0
Grenzo	4–8	33.3
Abzan Midrange	14–14	50.0
Selesnya Midrange	5–6	45.5
Selesnya Value Town	2–4	33.3
Jund	14–11	56.0
Blink	10–7	58.8
Acid Trip	1–0	100.0
Anti-Persecution	6–5	54.5
Graveyard Value	26–43	37.7
Séance	7–25	21.9
Varolz Dreadnought	6–4	60.0
Enchantments Matter	2–1	66.7
Allies	7–8	46.7
Orzhov Allies	0–1	0.0
Boros Allies	1–0	100.0
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
BRGW Allies	1–1	50.0
Azorius Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	4–2	66.7
-1/-1 Counters	2–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	28–48	36.8
Mardu Midrange	76–103	42.5
Yisan-Prophet	2–1	66.7
Vampires	6–8	42.9
Mono Black Vampires	2–2	50.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Vampires	2–3	40.0
Legends Midrange	4–1	80.0
Elementals	6–1	85.7
Rakdos Midrange	55–77	41.7
Naya Midrange	6–2	75.0
Card Advantage White	0–1	0.0
Big Red	18–30	37.5
Mono Black Midrange	83–126	39.7
Mono Black Devotion	34–43	44.2
Heart of Darkness	13–50	20.6
Dimir Midrange	30–33	47.6
Angel Tribal	4–2	66.7
Toughness Matters	8–3	72.7
Lifegain Midrange	12–7	63.2
Adventures	0–2	0.0
Mutate	4–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	17–22	43.6
Orzhov Midrange	60–99	37.7
Owling Mine	14–4	77.8
Jeskai Midrange	4–5	44.4
Prophet Glare	10–5	66.7
Heartless Summoning Stompy	6–6	50.0
Ordealbreak	7–6	53.8
Enigmatic Incarnation	2–1	66.7
Neoform	31–22	58.5
Temur Neoform	4–0	100.0
Sultai Neoform	13–9	59.1
Simic Neoform	7–11	38.9
Party	15–8	65.2
Clerics	11–8	57.9
Death Cloud	6–6	50.0
Ramp	206–248	45.4
Rofellos Ramp	1–0	100.0
Wild Pair	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	145–201	41.9
Golgari Post	2–0	100.0
Greenpost	117–172	40.5
Gruul Post	8–8	50.0
Simic Post	3–4	42.9
Summer Bloom Ramp	32–29	52.5
Historic Bloom	19–14	57.6
Defenders	3–1	75.0
Applejacks	2–0	100.0