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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	1495	2232–2692	45.3	5	70	50
Mono Black Control	27	41–55	42.7			1
Esper Control	159	311–251	55.3	1	10	8
Demonic Rising	7	4–14	22.2
Mono Blue Control	11	11–22	33.3	0	1
Dimir Control	29	17–42	28.8
Azorius Control	314	554–557	49.9	3	27	12
Cawblade	135	287–228	55.7	3	21	9
Turbo Fog	27	33–57	36.7
Izzet Control	14	18–26	40.9	0	1
Mardu Control	22	29–39	42.6	0	2	1
Mill	37	41–89	31.5
Boros Control	22	37–35	51.4			1
Cloudpost Control	135	225–244	48.0	0	2	7
Azorius Cloudpost Control	59	96–105	47.8			3
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	68	120–122	49.6	0	2	4
Dimir Cloudpost Control	1	2–1	66.7
Grixis Control	98	143–182	44.0	0	5	3
Cruel Control	68	88–124	41.5	0	3	2
Stax	135	159–251	38.8	0	2	2
Pollute the Planet	5	7–8	46.7
Birthday Stax	5	2–5	28.6
Chandra Nalaar	12	15–21	41.7	0	2
Jeskai Control	20	21–38	35.6	0	1
Dragon Control	22	26–45	36.6	0	3	1
Izzet Dragons	9	15–18	45.5			1
Grixis Dragons	1	0–1	0.0
Ponza	68	94–111	45.9
Mono White Control	125	198–187	51.4	1	1	10
Life is Ez	96	155–125	55.4	1	1	9
Dynavolt Tower	13	14–19	42.4
Cycling Control	56	57–107	34.8	0	8
Astral Slide	53	56–98	36.4	0	8
Five Color Control	24	30–50	37.5
Shrines	6	4–14	22.2
Sultai Control	48	68–99	40.7			3
Sultai Ultimatum	37	52–75	40.9			3
Guildgate Control	1	1–4	20.0
Bant Control	10	13–19	40.6
Pox	15	15–32	31.9
Four Color Counter Ghazi	24	37–51	42.0	0	5	1
Orzhov Control	1	0–2	0.0
Prison	9	9–25	26.5
Enchantress	9	9–25	26.5

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	517–653	44.2
Mono Black Aggro	3–3	50.0
Heroic	100–81	55.2
Mono White Heroic	94–73	56.3
Azorius Heroic	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	3–6	33.3
Boros Heroic	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	28–57	32.9
Goblins	10–13	43.5
Tokens	4–3	57.1
Selesnya Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono White Tokens	4–2	66.7
Mono Green Stompy	5–7	41.7
White Weenie	26–30	46.4
Quest for the Holy Relic	17–17	50.0
Soldiers	1–4	20.0
Kithkin	1–0	100.0
Elves	67–90	42.7
Werewolves	4–2	66.7
Minotaurs	1–0	100.0
Warriors	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Little Kid	8–2	80.0
Rogues	7–8	46.7
Zombies	14–17	45.2
Gruul Aggro	12–18	40.0
Gruul Landfall	2–0	100.0
Merfolk	9–16	36.0
Artifact Aggro	116–188	38.2
Affinity	102–173	37.1
Hush-finity	3–8	27.3
Salvage Titan	2–1	66.7
Tempered Steel	5–7	41.7
Mono Blue Architect	7–7	50.0
Mono Blue Aggro	3–5	37.5
Madness	9–4	69.2
Gruul Madness	4–3	57.1
Golgari Madness	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Madness	3–0	100.0
Jund Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	7–3	70.0
Hexproof	7–2	77.8
Hateful Auras	0–1	0.0
Slivers	5–1	83.3
Naya Zoo	4–3	57.1
Knights	3–6	33.3
AggroSlide	40–76	34.5
Cats	2–3	40.0
Selesnya Cats	2–3	40.0
Rakdos Aggro	12–12	50.0
Boros Aggro	1–1	50.0
Combo	389–428	47.6
Storm	57–23	71.3
Dimir Tendrils	7–1	87.5
Hazoret Storm	9–4	69.2
Simic Storm	2–2	50.0
Citadel Storm	9–1	90.0
Stormpost	1–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	13–6	68.4
Izzet Storm	3–3	50.0
Swath Storm	1–0	100.0
Song Storm	3–0	100.0
Reanimator	39–55	41.5
Worldgorger Dragon	24–46	34.3
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	9–4	69.2
Traditional Reanimator	6–5	54.5
Dimir Reanimator	4–2	66.7
Mono Black Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Oriss Genesis	1–0	100.0
Biovisionary	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	19–40	32.2
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Warp World	2–0	100.0
Zubera Tribal	4–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	8–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	30–29	50.8
New Perspectives	1–2	33.3
Runeflare	3–2	60.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	25–67	27.2
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	21–61	25.6
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	4–6	40.0
"Twin"	1–0	100.0
Naya "Twin"	1–0	100.0
Combo Post	3–4	42.9
Metalwork Colossus	1–1	50.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Eggs	51–73	41.1
Heartless Summoning Combo	2–10	16.7
Blazing Shoal Combo	5–2	71.4
Taking Turns	2–9	18.2
Quest for Ula's Temple	4–1	80.0
Izzet Ascension	9–10	47.4
Ominous Good	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Combo	4–1	80.0
Soulflayer	9–7	56.3
Oops All Lands	4–3	57.1
Dredge	4–4	50.0
Polymorph	3–2	60.0
Dice Factory	24–20	54.5
Storm Herald	13–6	68.4
Enduring Ideal	17–14	54.8
Ad Nauseam	25–29	46.3
Ad Swanseam	4–6	40.0
Control	307–307	50.0
Mono Black Control	7–4	63.6
Esper Control	23–35	39.7
Demonic Rising	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	1–3	25.0
Dimir Control	9–2	81.8
Azorius Control	64–60	51.6
Cawblade	27–30	47.4
Turbo Fog	6–7	46.2
Izzet Control	4–3	57.1
Mardu Control	3–7	30.0
Mill	8–11	42.1
Boros Control	6–8	42.9
Cloudpost Control	37–40	48.1
Azorius Cloudpost Control	14–13	51.9
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	22–26	45.8
Grixis Control	25–19	56.8
Cruel Control	17–8	68.0
Stax	28–27	50.9
Pollute the Planet	0–1	0.0
Birthday Stax	2–1	66.7
Chandra Nalaar	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	3–2	60.0
Dragon Control	10–4	71.4
Izzet Dragons	4–3	57.1
Grixis Dragons	1–0	100.0
Ponza	14–18	43.8
Mono White Control	18–24	42.9
Life is Ez	7–18	28.0
Dynavolt Tower	2–1	66.7
Cycling Control	6–3	66.7
Astral Slide	6–3	66.7
Five Color Control	3–3	50.0
Shrines	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	7–11	38.9
Sultai Ultimatum	4–8	33.3
Guildgate Control	1–1	50.0
Bant Control	3–3	50.0
Pox	5–3	62.5
Four Color Counter Ghazi	6–4	60.0
Prison	1–2	33.3
Enchantress	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Combo	213–293	42.1
Aristocrats	17–20	45.9
Mono Black Aristocrats	3–4	42.9
Orzhov Aristocrats	5–10	33.3
Golgari Aristocrats	5–2	71.4
Abzan Aristocrats	4–4	50.0
Burn	32–49	39.5
Infect	26–26	50.0
Simic Infect	2–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	20–22	47.6
Trickbind Dreadnought	8–16	33.3
Izzet Dreadnought	1–3	25.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	6–12	33.3
Izzet Blitzkrieg	27–59	31.4
Hushnought	35–30	53.8
Liquimetal Fishing	21–24	46.7
Combo Goblins	47–68	40.9
Goblin Persist	47–67	41.2
Aggro-Control	162–205	44.1
Izzet Tempo	65–84	43.6
Azorius Skies	7–4	63.6
Blue Madness	8–13	38.1
Simic Madness	7–12	36.8
Temur Madness	1–1	50.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Wizards	9–10	47.4
Ninjas	4–5	44.4
Mono Blue Tempo	35–49	41.7
Mono Blue Faeries	7–10	41.2
Izzet Spells	3–8	27.3
Dimir Tempo	18–15	54.5
Dimir Faeries	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	161–223	41.9
Curses	4–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	2–3	40.0
Shared Fate	3–0	100.0
Pickles	0–1	0.0
Mindcrank	34–65	34.3
Dragoncrank	1–2	33.3
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Lich's Mastery	12–11	52.2
Hive Mind	13–12	52.0
Zur's Weirding	1–2	33.3
Solar Flare	6–5	54.5
Plasma Swans	32–45	41.6
Liliana's Contract	1–1	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	50–74	40.3
Wildfire	50–74	40.3
Thryx-Wildfire	10–6	62.5
Borderpost Wildfire	39–68	36.4
Midrange	400–403	49.8
Temur Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
The Rock	15–11	57.7
Golgari Citadel	4–2	66.7
Grenzo	5–5	50.0
Abzan Midrange	15–9	62.5
Selesnya Midrange	5–3	62.5
Selesnya Value Town	4–3	57.1
Jund	7–5	58.3
Blink	68–86	44.2
Graveyard Value	13–27	32.5
Séance	4–12	25.0
Varolz Dreadnought	8–15	34.8
Enchantments Matter	4–2	66.7
Constellation	0–1	0.0
Allies	20–19	51.3
Orzhov Allies	1–2	33.3
Mardu Allies	1–1	50.0
Boros Allies	4–4	50.0
Esper Allies	11–10	52.4
BRGW Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	2–1	66.7
Fake-Rack	2–1	66.7
Mardu Midrange	4–2	66.7
Vampires	16–11	59.3
Mono Black Vampires	10–8	55.6
Rakdos Vampires	6–3	66.7
Legends Midrange	14–17	45.2
Boros Legends Midrange	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Legends	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Legends	12–13	48.0
Elementals	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	36–53	40.4
Naya Midrange	2–0	100.0
Big Red	8–9	47.1
Mono Black Midrange	27–26	50.9
Mono Black Devotion	22–25	46.8
Dimir Midrange	25–15	62.5
Angel Tribal	2–1	66.7
Toughness Matters	2–1	66.7
Lifegain Midrange	11–10	52.4
Adventures	1–1	50.0
Sultai Midrange	10–8	55.6
Sultai Emerge	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	6–7	46.2
Jeskai Midrange	6–12	33.3
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	5–3	62.5
Enigmatic Incarnation	5–2	71.4
Mythic Colossification	1–1	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	20–19	51.3
Abzan Hero	3–4	42.9
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Esper Hero	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Hero	7–1	87.5
Five Color Hero	2–4	33.3
Clerics	2–6	25.0
Simic Snow	0–1	0.0
Coinflip Tribal	2–0	100.0
Ramp	83–180	31.6
Villainous Wealth	9–5	64.3
Rofellos Ramp	17–39	30.4
Cloudpost Ramp	42–132	24.1
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	1–10	9.1
Greenpost	31–110	22.0
Simic Post	5–9	35.7
Domain	4–0	100.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	0–1	0.0
Defenders	2–0	100.0
Applejacks	1–1	50.0