Aggro-Control

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Aggro-Control	161	310–338	47.8	6	55
Izzet Tempo	67	140–142	49.6	2	24
Azorius Skies	6	8–13	38.1	1	1
Lich Aggro-Control	1	2–2	50.0
Wizards	2	1–5	16.7
Ninjas	1	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Tempo	37	67–76	46.9	1	13
Mono Blue Faeries	2	3–6	33.3
Izzet Spells	29	64–61	51.2	2	12
Dimir Tempo	15	23–30	43.4	0	5
Azorius Tempo	1	1–4	20.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	99–126	44.0
Heroic	10–13	43.5
Mono White Heroic	10–13	43.5
Red Deck Wins	18–33	35.3
Goblins	3–0	100.0
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	4–4	50.0
White Weenie	1–1	50.0
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Elves	2–4	33.3
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	3–3	50.0
Rogues	3–1	75.0
Zombies	1–1	50.0
Merfolk	11–7	61.1
Artifact Aggro	26–34	43.3
Affinity	20–33	37.7
Tempered Steel	6–1	85.7
Madness	1–3	25.0
Golgari Madness	1–3	25.0
Voltron	5–4	55.6
Hexproof	5–4	55.6
Knights	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	4–14	22.2
Cats	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	2–0	100.0
Combo	45–53	45.9
Storm	9–15	37.5
Dimir Tendrils	9–15	37.5
Reanimator	15–16	48.4
Worldgorger Dragon	7–9	43.8
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	7–7	50.0
Mono Black Reanimator	7–7	50.0
Oriss Genesis	2–1	66.7
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	5–3	62.5
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	3–2	60.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	1–1	50.0
Izzet Ascension	1–2	33.3
Jokulhaups Combo	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Oops All Spells	0–1	0.0
Dredge	8–13	38.1
Protean Hulk Combo	2–0	100.0
Control	41–28	59.4
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	4–4	50.0
Demonic Rising	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Control	2–1	66.7
Dimir Control	2–3	40.0
Azorius Control	8–6	57.1
Turbo Fog	2–0	100.0
Izzet Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	5–1	83.3
Grixis Control	3–1	75.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–1	50.0
Dragon Control	2–0	100.0
Ponza	3–1	75.0
Mono White Control	1–2	33.3
Cycling Control	3–3	50.0
Astral Slide	3–3	50.0
Pox	3–1	75.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Combo	13–15	46.4
Aristocrats	5–5	50.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Food	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–4	20.0
Burn	4–3	57.1
Infect	3–2	60.0
Simic Infect	2–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–5	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–5	0.0
Combo Goblins	1–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	33–33	50.0
Izzet Tempo	15–13	53.6
Azorius Skies	2–2	50.0
Wizards	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	9–7	56.3
Izzet Spells	3–8	27.3
Dimir Tempo	3–2	60.0
Combo-Control	15–11	57.7
Curses	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Pickles	0–1	0.0
Mindcrank	0–6	0.0
Dragoncrank	0–3	0.0
Zur's Weirding	11–3	78.6
Mass Land Destruction	1–1	50.0
Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Thryx-Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Midrange	47–57	45.2
Jund	1–1	50.0
Allies	2–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	6–1	85.7
Mardu Midrange	6–7	46.2
Vampires	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	6–17	26.1
Naya Midrange	2–0	100.0
Big Red	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Midrange	10–6	62.5
Mono Black Devotion	5–1	83.3
Heart of Darkness	5–5	50.0
Dimir Midrange	1–3	25.0
Angel Tribal	3–6	33.3
Lifegain Midrange	2–2	50.0
Sultai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	3–8	27.3
Neoform	1–1	50.0
Ramp	17–15	53.1
Cloudpost Ramp	11–15	42.3
Greenpost	10–15	40.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	2–0	100.0
Historic Bloom	1–0	100.0