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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	1838	3264–3189–1	50.6	15	132	89
The Rock	52	76–98	43.7	0	3
Golgari Citadel	8	13–16	44.8
Grenzo	1	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	6	9–14	39.1
Selesnya Midrange	2	3–7	30.0
Jund	222	363–389–1	48.3	0	6	6
Blink	264	612–412	59.8	10	46	18
Wave Blink	262	609–408	59.9	10	46	18
Esper Wave	2	7–2	77.8	0	1	1
Azorius Wave	135	341–224	60.4	9	42	3
Orzhov Wave	11	14–9	60.9
Abzan Wave	66	142–99	58.9	1	3	8
Bant Wave	39	95–52	64.6			6
Anti-Persecution	1	0–5	0.0
Graveyard Value	132	229–208	52.4	1	7	8
Séance	7	4–10	28.6
Varolz Dreadnought	97	191–143	57.2	1	7	8
Enchantments Matter	3	1–5	16.7
Allies	26	50–53	48.5	0	4	1
Orzhov Allies	2	3–4	42.9
Mardu Allies	1	2–3	40.0
Boros Allies	1	3–2	60.0	0	1
Mono White Allies	1	3–2	60.0
Esper Allies	7	10–14	41.7	0	2
BRGW Allies	2	2–4	33.3
Treefolk	12	7–17	29.2
Fake-Rack	54	94–120	43.9	1	5	1
Mardu Midrange	23	46–33	58.2	0	1	2
White Jund	1	1–2	33.3
Vampires	21	14–50	21.9	0	1
Mono Black Vampires	10	8–23	25.8	0	1
Rakdos Vampires	4	4–9	30.8
Orzhov Vampires	7	2–18	10.0
Legends Midrange	4	2–8	20.0
Boros Legends Midrange	1	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Legends	2	2–4	33.3
Elementals	1	1–4	20.0
Rakdos Midrange	53	101–98	50.8	1	13	1
Naya Midrange	5	5–8	38.5
Card Advantage White	1	0–1	0.0
Big Red	23	40–38	51.3	0	1	1
Mono Black Midrange	363	681–587	53.7	0	19	18
Mono Black Devotion	276	481–439	52.3	0	16	10
Dimir Midrange	89	128–164	43.8	0	5	2
Angel Tribal	6	4–12	25.0
Toughness Matters	2	1–4	20.0
Lifegain Midrange	29	32–68	32.0	0	1
Sultai Midrange	33	58–49	54.2			2
Orzhov Midrange	47	77–79	49.4	0	4	3
Owling Mine	6	4–20	16.7
Jeskai Midrange	3	0–7	0.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	13	13–23	36.1
Zur the Enchanter	1	0–3	0.0
Ordealbreak	6	7–12	36.8	0	2
Enigmatic Incarnation	6	7–12	36.8	0	2
Fires of Invention	35	36–67	35.0			1
Clerics	9	13–15	46.4
Simic Snow	183	441–279	61.3	2	13	23
Artifact Midrange	22	32–48	40.0			1
Coinflip Tribal	3	0–3	0.0
Death Cloud	9	15–18	45.5

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	770–709	52.1
Mono Black Aggro	26–28	48.1
Heroic	58–48	54.7
Mono White Heroic	41–39	51.3
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	6–3	66.7
Boros Heroic	6–4	60.0
Selesnya Heroic	5–2	71.4
Red Deck Wins	106–102	51.0
Mono Red Devotion	1–3	25.0
Prisoner	2–1	66.7
Goblins	24–22	52.2
Tokens	35–48	42.2
Selesnya Tokens	9–10	47.4
Mono White Tokens	20–33	37.7
Mono Green Stompy	29–13	69.0
White Weenie	55–51	51.9
Quest for the Holy Relic	4–1	80.0
Elves	38–21	64.4
Werewolves	1–1	50.0
Minotaurs	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	6–3	66.7
Selesnya Counters	2–0	100.0
Rogues	6–2	75.0
Zombies	44–70	38.6
Gruul Aggro	35–30	53.8
Gruul Landfall	1–1	50.0
Merfolk	9–5	64.3
Mono Red Swarm	3–3	50.0
Artifact Aggro	112–102	52.3
Affinity	7–3	70.0
Salvage Titan	16–14	53.3
Tempered Steel	67–70	48.9
Mono Blue Architect	16–15	51.6
Mono Blue Aggro	2–1	66.7
Illusions	1–1	50.0
Madness	99–99	50.0
Gruul Madness	11–5	68.8
Rakdos Madness	78–86	47.6
Jund Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	19–21	47.5
Hexproof	12–17	41.4
Equipment Aggro	7–2	77.8
Slivers	5–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	9–3	75.0
Knights	4–6	40.0
AggroSlide	21–11	65.6
Cats	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	6–2	75.0
Boros Aggro	5–13	27.8
Combo	680–705	49.1
Storm	177–200	46.9
Dimir Tendrils	74–104	41.6
Dragonstorm	37–42	46.8
Simic Storm	13–19	40.6
Citadel Storm	13–5	72.2
Grixis Tendrils	0–3	0.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	11–4	73.3
Izzet Storm	22–21	51.2
Swath Storm	1–0	100.0
Song Storm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	192–204	48.5
Worldgorger Dragon	15–4	78.9
Double Dragon	3–0	100.0
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	0–3	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	175–196	47.2
Rakdos Reanimator	119–124	49.0
Mono Black Reanimator	50–64	43.9
Grixis Reanimator	3–6	33.3
Oriss Genesis	6–11	35.3
Dubious Challenge	2–0	100.0
Warp World	4–2	66.7
Maniac Combo	4–3	57.1
Hypergenesis	6–3	66.7
Runeflare	3–3	50.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	30–78	27.8
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	30–78	27.8
"Twin"	1–0	100.0
Naya "Twin"	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	14–18	43.8
Anvil Colossus	4–2	66.7
Upheaval Colossus	10–16	38.5
Eggs	5–5	50.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	3–1	75.0
Taking Turns	21–22	48.8
Quest for Ula's Temple	2–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	14–6	70.0
Ominous Good	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Combo	2–2	50.0
Soulflayer	5–1	83.3
Breakfast	25–34	42.4
Oops All Spells	25–34	42.4
Oops All Lands	4–2	66.7
Dredge	42–30	58.3
Polymorph	2–1	66.7
Dice Factory	2–2	50.0
Storm Herald	1–3	25.0
Enduring Ideal	8–6	57.1
Chain of Acid	31–36	46.3
GreenTwin	13–16	44.8
Tibalt's Trickery	19–4	82.6
Intruder Alarm	2–2	50.0
Calibrated Blast	4–2	66.7
Restore Balance	7–1	87.5
Control	455–411–1	52.5
Mono Black Control	8–7	53.3
Esper Control	46–37	55.4
Demonic Rising	7–7	50.0
Mono Blue Control	6–2	75.0
Dimir Control	51–51	50.0
Azorius Control	61–76	44.5
Cawblade	4–5	44.4
Turbo Fog	12–8	60.0
Izzet Control	12–15	44.4
Mill	4–9	30.8
Boros Control	4–2	66.7
Cloudpost Control	43–58	42.6
Azorius Cloudpost Control	3–2	60.0
Blackpost	12–8	60.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	28–48	36.8
Grixis Control	14–17	45.2
Cruel Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	10–14	41.7
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	15–7	68.2
Dragon Control	18–10	64.3
Izzet Dragons	10–6	62.5
Ponza	10–10	50.0
Mono White Control	16–8	66.7
Life is Ez	12–3	80.0
Cycling Control	3–6	33.3
Astral Slide	3–6	33.3
Five Color Control	8–4	66.7
Five Color Collected Conjuring	2–1	66.7
Shrines	1–1	50.0
Sultai Control	11–1	91.7
Guildgate Control	7–10	41.2
Bant Control	4–2	66.7
Pox	21–9	70.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	3–2	60.0
Seasons Past Control	35–30	53.8
Orzhov Control	1–2	33.3
Prison	18–6	75.0
Enchantress	9–4	69.2
Aggro-Combo	234–250	48.3
Aristocrats	47–64	42.3
Mono Black Aristocrats	3–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	11–17	39.3
Golgari Aristocrats	2–3	40.0
Abzan Aristocrats	5–1	83.3
Food	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	2–9	18.2
Boros Bombardment	8–19	29.6
Burn	26–18	59.1
Infect	97–97	50.0
Simic Infect	59–76	43.7
Blazing Shoal Infect	26–16	61.9
Golgari Infect	4–0	100.0
Turbo Myth	0–1	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	11–10	52.4
Mono Blue Dreadnought	10–10	50.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	5–1	83.3
Hushnought	10–5	66.7
Liquimetal Fishing	5–9	35.7
Combo Goblins	25–39	39.1
Goblin Persist	12–12	50.0
Dirty Kitty	13–27	32.5
Aggro-Control	238–210	53.1
Simic Flash	15–16	48.4
Izzet Tempo	61–50	55.0
Azorius Skies	8–11	42.1
Blue Madness	5–4	55.6
Simic Madness	2–3	40.0
Grixis Madness	2–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	9–10	47.4
Wizards	4–1	80.0
Ninjas	25–7	78.1
Mono Blue Tempo	42–48	46.7
Mono Blue Faeries	0–3	0.0
Dimir Tempo	54–53	50.5
Dimir Faeries	6–5	54.5
Sultai Tempo	1–1	50.0
Azorius Tempo	2–0	100.0
Combo-Control	125–153	45.0
Curses	17–14	54.8
Burning Vengeance	2–0	100.0
Cruel Combo-Control	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	8–2	80.0
Swarm Intelligence	1–0	100.0
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	2–2	50.0
Zur's Weirding	21–14	60.0
Solar Flare	7–4	63.6
Plasma Swans	3–3	50.0
Liliana's Contract	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	57–113	33.5
Wildfire	9–21	30.0
Thryx-Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Borderpost Wildfire	0–6	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	48–92	34.3
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	2–10	16.7
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	38–63	37.6
Jund Jokulhaups Control	8–19	29.6
Resurgent Belief	1–1	50.0
Midrange	678–678	50.0
The Rock	23–8	74.2
Golgari Citadel	2–1	66.7
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Jund	89–77	53.6
Blink	69–142	32.7
Wave Blink	69–141	32.9
Esper Wave	0–1	0.0
Azorius Wave	40–75	34.8
Orzhov Wave	1–3	25.0
Abzan Wave	16–33	32.7
Bant Wave	8–23	25.8
Graveyard Value	36–37	49.3
Séance	2–0	100.0
Varolz Dreadnought	26–30	46.4
Enchantments Matter	2–0	100.0
Allies	10–10	50.0
Orzhov Allies	2–2	50.0
Boros Allies	1–0	100.0
Mono White Allies	0–1	0.0
Esper Allies	1–2	33.3
BRGW Allies	2–0	100.0
Treefolk	4–1	80.0
Fake-Rack	30–11	73.2
Mardu Midrange	4–6	40.0
White Jund	0–1	0.0
Vampires	15–2	88.2
Mono Black Vampires	9–1	90.0
Rakdos Vampires	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Vampires	6–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	3–0	100.0
Boros Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	2–0	100.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	26–26	50.0
Naya Midrange	2–1	66.7
Card Advantage White	1–0	100.0
Big Red	7–5	58.3
Mono Black Midrange	126–132	48.8
Mono Black Devotion	92–96	48.9
Dimir Midrange	39–31	55.7
Angel Tribal	2–1	66.7
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	10–8	55.6
Sultai Midrange	16–13	55.2
Orzhov Midrange	15–14	51.7
Owling Mine	3–1	75.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	7–3	70.0
Ordealbreak	5–3	62.5
Enigmatic Incarnation	5–3	62.5
Fires of Invention	23–8	74.2
Clerics	2–4	33.3
Simic Snow	49–105	31.8
Artifact Midrange	13–10	56.5
Coinflip Tribal	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	5–3	62.5
Ramp	84–73	53.5
Cloudpost Ramp	43–39	52.4
Eldrazipost	4–0	100.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	31–33	48.4
Defenders	2–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	20–14	58.8
Jund Carth	4–8	33.3
Applejacks	7–4	63.6