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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	2899	5013–5185	49.2	7	131	143
Temur Ascendancy	14	21–20	51.2			1
The Rock	82	156–152	50.6			7
Grenzo	19	46–35	56.8	0	1
Abzan Midrange	38	60–81	42.6
Selesnya Midrange	22	25–40	38.5
Selesnya Value Town	12	19–17	52.8
Jund	41	54–94	36.5	0	1	1
Blink	33	41–71	36.6
Acid Trip	6	2–11	15.4
Anti-Persecution	20	37–38	49.3	0	2	1
Graveyard Value	141	270–218	55.3			10
Séance	69	174–95	64.7			8
Varolz Dreadnought	21	38–34	52.8			1
Enchantments Matter	7	3–20	13.0
Allies	41	35–85	29.2			1
Orzhov Allies	8	1–13	7.1
Boros Allies	1	0–2	0.0
Esper Allies	4	6–6	50.0
BRGW Allies	6	9–9	50.0			1
Azorius Allies	2	0–8	0.0
Treefolk	16	16–32	33.3	0	1
-1/-1 Counters	5	5–14	26.3
Fake-Rack	154	282–260	52.0	0	8	8
Mardu Midrange	317	689–538	56.2	0	19	25
Yisan-Prophet	8	5–13	27.8	0	1
Vampires	50	47–108	30.3			2
Mono Black Vampires	33	30–82	26.8			1
Rakdos Vampires	9	5–12	29.4			1
Orzhov Vampires	4	4–6	40.0
Legends Midrange	20	10–31	24.4
Mardu Legends	1	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Legends	1	1–4	20.0
Elementals	11	5–33	13.2
Rakdos Midrange	274	569–447	56.0	3	25	14
Naya Midrange	21	11–40	21.6	0	1
Card Advantage White	3	5–7	41.7
Big Red	82	162–153	51.4	0	3	5
Mono Black Midrange	393	740–642	53.5	2	20	24
Mono Black Devotion	141	243–257	48.6	0	7	6
Heart of Darkness	133	318–183	63.5	2	12	14
Dimir Midrange	105	202–180	52.9	0	1	9
Temur Energy	1	1–2	33.3
Angel Tribal	27	49–48	50.5	0	13
Toughness Matters	39	25–50	33.3
Lifegain Midrange	58	73–105	41.0			3
Adventures	7	8–19	29.6
Mutate	6	5–15	25.0
Sultai Midrange	71	166–126	56.8	1	5	4
Orzhov Midrange	268	582–425	57.8	1	15	18
Owling Mine	36	22–79	21.8
Jeskai Midrange	9	18–19	48.6
Prophet Glare	30	56–59	48.7	0	2	3
Heartless Summoning Stompy	23	23–51	31.1
Ordealbreak	25	25–52	32.5	0	1
Enigmatic Incarnation	10	7–18	28.0
Neoform	94	118–179	39.7	0	1	3
Temur Neoform	15	6–27	18.2	0	1
Sultai Neoform	33	55–63	46.6			3
Simic Neoform	25	31–42	42.5
Party	54	72–106	40.4			1
Clerics	33	62–64	49.2			2
Death Cloud	34	33–63	34.4	0	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	1164–1493	43.8
Mono Black Aggro	27–11	71.1
Heroic	113–169	40.1
Mono White Heroic	88–145	37.8
Azorius Heroic	1–1	50.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	20–20	50.0
Boros Heroic	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	132–209	38.7
Mono Red Devotion	8–8	50.0
Proliferate Red	2–1	66.7
Goblins	33–19	63.5
Tokens	22–27	44.9
Selesnya Tokens	12–10	54.5
Mono White Tokens	3–9	25.0
Mono Green Stompy	55–72	43.3
White Weenie	75–57	56.8
Soldiers	5–5	50.0
Kithkin	5–1	83.3
Elves	90–100	47.4
Werewolves	0–4	0.0
Warriors	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Little Kid	36–39	48.0
Selesnya Counters	15–16	48.4
Rogues	11–24	31.4
Zombies	18–20	47.4
Gruul Aggro	15–16	48.4
Gruul Landfall	1–1	50.0
Merfolk	69–127	35.2
Mono Red Swarm	21–21	50.0
Artifact Aggro	254–357	41.6
Affinity	209–280	42.7
Boros Vehicles	2–3	40.0
Salvage Titan	6–3	66.7
Tempered Steel	21–35	37.5
Mono Blue Architect	16–36	30.8
Mono Blue Aggro	2–4	33.3
Illusions	1–0	100.0
Madness	19–26	42.2
Golgari Madness	9–17	34.6
Rakdos Madness	8–6	57.1
Voltron	39–22	63.9
Hexproof	25–15	62.5
Equipment Aggro	11–4	73.3
Hateful Auras	3–3	50.0
Slivers	2–1	66.7
Naya Zoo	1–4	20.0
Knights	4–16	20.0
AggroSlide	56–85	39.7
Cats	25–27	48.1
Mono White Cats	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Cats	25–25	50.0
Rakdos Aggro	28–18	60.9
Boros Aggro	0–3	0.0
Humans	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Combo	1013–953	51.5
Storm	231–202	53.3
Sultai Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tendrils	154–150	50.7
Dragonstorm	6–2	75.0
Hazoret Storm	6–3	66.7
Grixis Tendrils	14–11	56.0
Stormpost	6–12	33.3
Izzet Storm	3–2	60.0
Reanimator	221–278	44.3
Worldgorger Dragon	90–148	37.8
Double Dragon	3–3	50.0
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	3–7	30.0
Traditional Reanimator	127–123	50.8
Rakdos Reanimator	15–16	48.4
Dimir Reanimator	5–7	41.7
Mono Black Reanimator	103–99	51.0
Oriss Genesis	5–28	15.2
Biovisionary	5–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–2	50.0
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Warp World	9–10	47.4
Maniac Combo	12–7	63.2
Hypergenesis	14–8	63.6
Runeflare	18–7	72.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	36–29	55.4
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	24–15	61.5
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	6–11	35.3
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	4–2	66.7
Myr Incubator	4–9	30.8
"Twin"	1–1	50.0
Jeskai "Twin"	1–1	50.0
Combo Post	2–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	3–8	27.3
Eggs	15–1	93.8
Heartless Summoning Combo	17–7	70.8
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	6–4	60.0
Retraction Helix Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	41–46	47.1
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	61–48	56.0
Ominous Good	16–5	76.2
Jokulhaups Combo	27–16	62.8
Soulflayer	13–17	43.3
Breakfast	33–23	58.9
Oops All Spells	32–23	58.2
Oops All Lands	6–1	85.7
Dredge	103–144	41.7
Polymorph	7–0	100.0
Protean Hulk Combo	25–19	56.8
Dice Factory	11–6	64.7
Possibility Storm	9–5	64.3
Control	791–680	53.8
Mono Black Control	20–10	66.7
Esper Control	29–30	49.2
Demonic Rising	15–19	44.1
Mono Blue Control	8–5	61.5
Dimir Control	40–52	43.5
Azorius Control	129–118	52.2
Cawblade	15–8	65.2
Turbo Fog	20–8	71.4
Izzet Control	4–3	57.1
Mardu Control	7–14	33.3
Mill	58–47	55.2
Boros Control	1–2	33.3
Cloudpost Control	35–25	58.3
Azorius Cloudpost Control	9–8	52.9
Blackpost	13–11	54.2
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	9–0	100.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	3–6	33.3
Grixis Control	38–36	51.4
Cruel Control	24–21	53.3
Chandra Nalaar	7–3	70.0
Jeskai Control	11–0	100.0
Dragon Control	4–2	66.7
Esper Dragons	1–0	100.0
Dimir Dragons	1–1	50.0
Ponza	89–84	51.4
Mono White Control	44–42	51.2
Life is Ez	17–18	48.6
Dynavolt Tower	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	44–32	57.9
Astral Slide	43–31	58.1
Five Color Control	39–22	63.9
Five Color Collected Conjuring	17–9	65.4
Shrines	19–13	59.4
Sultai Control	12–3	80.0
Guildgate Control	3–0	100.0
Bant Control	6–4	60.0
Pox	96–91	51.3
Enchantments Control	5–1	83.3
Four Color Counter Ghazi	10–8	55.6
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Prison	7–9	43.8
Enchantress	7–9	43.8
Aggro-Combo	322–293	52.4
Aristocrats	120–152	44.1
Mono Black Aristocrats	13–20	39.4
Orzhov Aristocrats	25–46	35.2
Golgari Aristocrats	10–12	45.5
Mardu Aristocrats	10–4	71.4
Food	12–17	41.4
Rakdos Aristocrats	46–49	48.4
Burn	55–36	60.4
Infect	54–39	58.1
Simic Infect	32–29	52.5
Golgari Infect	3–0	100.0
Mono Black Infect	3–2	60.0
Pummeler	3–3	50.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	20–12	62.5
Izzet Dreadnought	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	15–10	60.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	16–14	53.3
Chancellor of the Forge Combo	10–6	62.5
Hushnought	4–1	80.0
Combo Goblins	33–29	53.2
Goblin Persist	17–24	41.5
Dirty Kitty	16–5	76.2
Aggro-Control	339–368	47.9
Izzet Tempo	124–156	44.3
Azorius Skies	18–11	62.1
Blue Madness	16–8	66.7
Simic Madness	3–4	42.9
Temur Madness	3–4	42.9
Lich Aggro-Control	10–12	45.5
Wizards	7–4	63.6
Ninjas	13–2	86.7
Mono Blue Tempo	84–111	43.1
Mono Blue Faeries	3–4	42.9
Izzet Spells	22–22	50.0
Dimir Tempo	30–32	48.4
Azorius Tempo	5–5	50.0
Combo-Control	216–243	47.1
Curses	5–5	50.0
Burning Vengeance	5–0	100.0
Cruel Combo-Control	0–1	0.0
Battle of Wits	22–21	51.2
Shared Fate	4–6	40.0
Pickles	1–1	50.0
Mindcrank	42–48	46.7
Dragoncrank	15–16	48.4
Displace Loop	3–3	50.0
Hedron Alignment	1–1	50.0
Yosei Vat	6–4	60.0
Lich's Mastery	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	8–1	88.9
Zur's Weirding	73–117	38.4
Solar Flare	15–17	46.9
Liliana's Contract	2–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	23–17	57.5
Wildfire	23–17	57.5
Thryx-Wildfire	8–7	53.3
Borderpost Wildfire	4–4	50.0
Midrange	888–888	50.0
Temur Ascendancy	3–9	25.0
The Rock	24–33	42.1
Grenzo	2–6	25.0
Abzan Midrange	6–10	37.5
Selesnya Midrange	6–3	66.7
Selesnya Value Town	3–3	50.0
Jund	19–10	65.5
Blink	7–6	53.8
Acid Trip	1–0	100.0
Anti-Persecution	9–8	52.9
Graveyard Value	37–61	37.8
Séance	19–46	29.2
Varolz Dreadnought	4–6	40.0
Enchantments Matter	4–0	100.0
Allies	16–7	69.6
Orzhov Allies	3–0	100.0
Esper Allies	0–1	0.0
BRGW Allies	1–2	33.3
Azorius Allies	2–0	100.0
Treefolk	9–3	75.0
-1/-1 Counters	3–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	50–44	53.2
Mardu Midrange	99–126	44.0
Yisan-Prophet	2–0	100.0
Vampires	17–7	70.8
Mono Black Vampires	16–4	80.0
Rakdos Vampires	0–2	0.0
Legends Midrange	8–3	72.7
Mardu Legends	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	1–0	100.0
Elementals	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	74–111	40.0
Naya Midrange	11–3	78.6
Card Advantage White	1–1	50.0
Big Red	26–24	52.0
Mono Black Midrange	115–133	46.4
Mono Black Devotion	44–41	51.8
Heart of Darkness	37–68	35.2
Dimir Midrange	29–48	37.7
Temur Energy	0–1	0.0
Angel Tribal	12–9	57.1
Toughness Matters	6–3	66.7
Lifegain Midrange	20–14	58.8
Adventures	2–0	100.0
Mutate	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	23–24	48.9
Orzhov Midrange	85–85	50.0
Owling Mine	11–3	78.6
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Prophet Glare	11–15	42.3
Heartless Summoning Stompy	8–2	80.0
Ordealbreak	10–4	71.4
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–2	33.3
Neoform	27–14	65.9
Temur Neoform	5–1	83.3
Sultai Neoform	11–4	73.3
Simic Neoform	8–3	72.7
Party	22–14	61.1
Clerics	12–11	52.2
Death Cloud	14–8	63.6
Ramp	280–267	51.2
Villainous Wealth	3–1	75.0
Cloudpost Ramp	197–204	49.1
Locus Awakening	1–0	100.0
Golgari Post	4–0	100.0
Greenpost	143–176	44.8
Gruul Post	10–9	52.6
Simic Post	14–2	87.5
Summer Bloom Ramp	42–31	57.5
Historic Bloom	22–19	53.7
Defenders	2–1	66.7
Applejacks	1–3	25.0