Dimir Control

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	2564	3976–4758	45.5	6	78	89
Dimir Control	135	257–227	53.1	1	11	5

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	71–62	53.4
Heroic	15–6	71.4
Mono White Heroic	10–4	71.4
Azorius Heroic	2–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	3–2	60.0
Red Deck Wins	5–13	27.8
Mono Red Devotion	1–0	100.0
Goblins	2–1	66.7
Tokens	4–0	100.0
Selesnya Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	3–2	60.0
White Weenie	2–3	40.0
Elves	4–2	66.7
Selesnya Little Kid	4–1	80.0
Selesnya Counters	0–1	0.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	2–2	50.0
Gruul Aggro	1–2	33.3
Merfolk	2–8	20.0
Artifact Aggro	15–17	46.9
Affinity	14–16	46.7
Tempered Steel	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Architect	0–1	0.0
Madness	0–1	0.0
Golgari Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	3–1	75.0
Hexproof	2–1	66.7
Hateful Auras	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	2–2	50.0
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	3–1	75.0
Combo	52–37	58.4
Storm	9–9	50.0
Dimir Tendrils	9–7	56.3
Grixis Tendrils	0–2	0.0
Reanimator	9–7	56.3
Worldgorger Dragon	3–5	37.5
Traditional Reanimator	6–2	75.0
Mono Black Reanimator	6–2	75.0
Oriss Genesis	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	4–1	80.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	4–0	100.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Myr Incubator	1–0	100.0
Combo Post	0–1	0.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	0–3	0.0
Izzet Ascension	5–3	62.5
Ominous Good	1–1	50.0
Jokulhaups Combo	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	2–3	40.0
Oops All Spells	2–3	40.0
Dredge	10–5	66.7
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Protean Hulk Combo	2–0	100.0
Dice Factory	1–1	50.0
Possibility Storm	0–1	0.0
Control	33–30	52.4
Mono Black Control	0–1	0.0
Esper Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	4–4	50.0
Azorius Control	8–9	47.1
Cawblade	1–1	50.0
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	3–2	60.0
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–1	50.0
Cruel Control	1–1	50.0
Chandra Nalaar	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Ponza	2–1	66.7
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	4–1	80.0
Astral Slide	1–1	50.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	3–4	42.9
Aggro-Combo	12–18	40.0
Aristocrats	5–12	29.4
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–5	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Golgari Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Food	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	3–3	50.0
Burn	2–2	50.0
Infect	3–1	75.0
Simic Infect	3–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–2	33.3
Chancellor of the Forge Combo	0–1	0.0
Combo Goblins	1–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	18–17	51.4
Izzet Tempo	11–5	68.8
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Blue Madness	0–1	0.0
Temur Madness	0–1	0.0
Lich Aggro-Control	3–0	100.0
Wizards	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Tempo	0–5	0.0
Mono Blue Faeries	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	0–2	0.0
Dimir Tempo	2–1	66.7
Azorius Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	8–8	50.0
Battle of Wits	1–3	25.0
Shared Fate	0–1	0.0
Mindcrank	1–0	100.0
Dragoncrank	1–0	100.0
Yosei Vat	0–1	0.0
Zur's Weirding	2–2	50.0
Solar Flare	2–1	66.7
Mass Land Destruction	2–0	100.0
Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Midrange	52–40	56.5
Temur Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
The Rock	1–4	20.0
Abzan Midrange	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Midrange	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Value Town	0–1	0.0
Blink	2–0	100.0
Acid Trip	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	2–2	50.0
Séance	1–2	33.3
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Allies	2–0	100.0
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
BRGW Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	2–1	66.7
Mardu Midrange	7–2	77.8
Rakdos Midrange	1–4	20.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	4–2	66.7
Mono Black Midrange	8–5	61.5
Mono Black Devotion	1–0	100.0
Heart of Darkness	4–2	66.7
Dimir Midrange	1–2	33.3
Lifegain Midrange	1–1	50.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	4–2	66.7
Owling Mine	1–1	50.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	1–1	50.0
Neoform	3–3	50.0
Temur Neoform	1–0	100.0
Sultai Neoform	2–1	66.7
Simic Neoform	0–2	0.0
Party	1–0	100.0
Clerics	0–3	0.0
Death Cloud	0–1	0.0
Ramp	11–15	42.3
Cloudpost Ramp	7–11	38.9
Greenpost	7–8	46.7
Gruul Post	0–1	0.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	2–3	40.0
Historic Bloom	1–0	100.0
Applejacks	1–0	100.0