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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo-Control	415	673–644	51.1	1	14	21
Curses	53	72–80	47.4	0	2	1
Burning Vengeance	6	4–9	30.8
Cruel Combo-Control	1	1–2	33.3
Battle of Wits	7	8–17	32.0
Swarm Intelligence	1	0–1	0.0
Hedron Alignment	1	0–5	0.0
Hive Mind	5	7–10	41.2
Zur's Weirding	37	49–78	38.6	0	3	1
Solar Flare	12	25–20	55.6			2
Plasma Swans	9	6–12	33.3	0	1
Liliana's Contract	2	1–3	25.0
Mass Land Destruction	270	495–390	55.9	1	8	17
Wildfire	40	81–68	54.4	0	1	1
Thryx-Wildfire	1	1–3	25.0
Borderpost Wildfire	9	14–12	53.8
Jokulhaups Control	230	414–322	56.3	1	7	16
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	20	31–29	51.7			1
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	170	307–225	57.7	1	6	13
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1	0–1	0.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	39	76–67	53.1	0	1	2
Resurgent Belief	3	2–6	25.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	144–170	45.9
Mono Black Aggro	3–7	30.0
Heroic	6–17	26.1
Mono White Heroic	4–14	22.2
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Boros Heroic	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	19–25	43.2
Mono Red Devotion	2–1	66.7
Goblins	10–3	76.9
Tokens	7–4	63.6
Selesnya Tokens	3–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	4–4	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	5–3	62.5
White Weenie	4–4	50.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–1	50.0
Elves	7–3	70.0
Selesnya Little Kid	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Counters	0–1	0.0
Rogues	1–1	50.0
Zombies	7–10	41.2
Gruul Aggro	7–9	43.8
Gruul Landfall	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	3–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	21–34	38.2
Affinity	1–1	50.0
Salvage Titan	5–8	38.5
Tempered Steel	11–21	34.4
Mono Blue Architect	3–4	42.9
Madness	18–31	36.7
Gruul Madness	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Madness	14–25	35.9
Jund Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	6–4	60.0
Hexproof	4–2	66.7
Equipment Aggro	1–1	50.0
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
Knights	2–2	50.0
AggroSlide	5–7	41.7
Cats	3–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	3–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	6–3	66.7
Combo	149–128	53.8
Storm	38–35	52.1
Dimir Tendrils	16–23	41.0
Dragonstorm	3–3	50.0
Simic Storm	2–3	40.0
Citadel Storm	4–1	80.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	5–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	7–5	58.3
Reanimator	37–36	50.7
Worldgorger Dragon	3–1	75.0
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	32–35	47.8
Rakdos Reanimator	21–25	45.7
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	8–9	47.1
Grixis Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Oriss Genesis	2–1	66.7
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Ascendancy	6–14	30.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	6–14	30.0
"Twin"	2–0	100.0
Naya "Twin"	2–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–1	0.0
Upheaval Colossus	0–1	0.0
Eggs	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	8–4	66.7
Izzet Ascension	5–2	71.4
Jokulhaups Combo	2–0	100.0
Breakfast	8–16	33.3
Oops All Spells	8–16	33.3
Dredge	9–2	81.8
Polymorph	1–1	50.0
Storm Herald	3–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	1–2	33.3
Chain of Acid	7–5	58.3
GreenTwin	2–3	40.0
Tibalt's Trickery	4–2	66.7
Calibrated Blast	2–1	66.7
Control	117–76	60.6
Mono Black Control	5–0	100.0
Esper Control	11–8	57.9
Demonic Rising	1–3	25.0
Dimir Control	13–8	61.9
Azorius Control	20–10	66.7
Cawblade	2–1	66.7
Turbo Fog	2–1	66.7
Izzet Control	3–2	60.0
Mill	0–2	0.0
Cloudpost Control	16–3	84.2
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Blackpost	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	11–2	84.6
Izzet Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	7–5	58.3
Stax	4–6	40.0
Jeskai Control	0–2	0.0
Ponza	3–4	42.9
Mono White Control	10–5	66.7
Life is Ez	6–3	66.7
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	2–0	100.0
Bant Control	2–2	50.0
Pox	5–2	71.4
Enchantments Control	0–1	0.0
Seasons Past Control	7–11	38.9
Orzhov Control	1–1	50.0
Prison	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	34–49	41.0
Aristocrats	12–13	48.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Boros Bombardment	3–6	33.3
Burn	2–3	40.0
Infect	8–19	29.6
Simic Infect	5–17	22.7
Blazing Shoal Infect	2–1	66.7
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–4	33.3
Mono Blue Dreadnought	2–4	33.3
Hushnought	1–3	25.0
Liquimetal Fishing	2–1	66.7
Combo Goblins	6–6	50.0
Goblin Persist	2–3	40.0
Dirty Kitty	4–2	66.7
Aggro-Control	32–70	31.4
Simic Flash	2–5	28.6
Izzet Tempo	4–18	18.2
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Blue Madness	0–1	0.0
Simic Madness	0–1	0.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–6	14.3
Wizards	0–1	0.0
Ninjas	7–2	77.8
Mono Blue Tempo	4–18	18.2
Izzet Spells	2–1	66.7
Dimir Tempo	9–11	45.0
Combo-Control	21–21	50.0
Curses	2–7	22.2
Zur's Weirding	1–3	25.0
Mass Land Destruction	16–11	59.3
Wildfire	5–1	83.3
Borderpost Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	11–10	52.4
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	6–6	50.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	3–3	50.0
Resurgent Belief	1–0	100.0
Midrange	153–125	55.0
The Rock	5–2	71.4
Jund	19–17	52.8
Blink	27–17	61.4
Wave Blink	27–17	61.4
Esper Wave	0–1	0.0
Azorius Wave	13–9	59.1
Abzan Wave	7–4	63.6
Bant Wave	5–3	62.5
Anti-Persecution	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	9–9	50.0
Séance	3–0	100.0
Varolz Dreadnought	3–7	30.0
Allies	5–2	71.4
Orzhov Allies	2–0	100.0
Treefolk	1–1	50.0
Fake-Rack	9–2	81.8
Mardu Midrange	4–5	44.4
Vampires	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	7–4	63.6
Big Red	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Midrange	27–28	49.1
Mono Black Devotion	22–17	56.4
Dimir Midrange	7–4	63.6
Lifegain Midrange	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	3–7	30.0
Owling Mine	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	0–2	0.0
Clerics	0–1	0.0
Simic Snow	13–14	48.1
Artifact Midrange	2–3	40.0
Death Cloud	1–1	50.0
Ramp	23–5	82.1
Cloudpost Ramp	16–2	88.9
Greenpost	13–2	86.7
Simic Post	2–0	100.0
Defenders	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	3–2	60.0
Jund Carth	2–2	50.0
Applejacks	1–1	50.0