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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	839	1179–1481	44.3	7	55	18
Mono Black Control	1	0–4	0.0
Esper Control	50	59–77	43.4	0	3	2
Demonic Rising	14	24–18	57.1	0	1	1
Mono Blue Control	8	6–10	37.5
Dimir Control	74	101–124	44.9	0	7	1
Azorius Control	216	416–337	55.2	4	13	9
Cawblade	69	145–93	60.9	2	3	4
Turbo Fog	34	41–66	38.3	0	6
Izzet Control	28	31–51	37.8
Mardu Control	12	7–20	25.9	0	1
Mill	26	17–63	21.3
Boros Control	13	13–18	41.9
Cloudpost Control	64	91–143	38.9	0	2	2
Azorius Cloudpost Control	5	2–17	10.5
Blackpost	16	23–36	39.0			1
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	31	49–63	43.8	0	1	1
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	1	3–2	60.0
Grixis Control	37	46–77	37.4	0	4
Cruel Control	5	6–13	31.6	0	2
Stax	2	0–6	0.0
Chandra Nalaar	5	9–10	47.4	0	1
Jeskai Control	9	9–13	40.9	0	1
Dragon Control	7	11–17	39.3	1	1
Izzet Dragons	7	11–17	39.3	1	1
Ponza	66	98–120	45.0			1
Mono White Control	37	32–53	37.6	0	1	2
Life is Ez	23	18–34	34.6	0	1	1
Cycling Control	34	50–62	44.6	2	11
Astral Slide	31	47–58	44.8	2	11
Five Color Control	6	2–14	12.5
Shrines	4	0–10	0.0
Sultai Control	5	2–11	15.4
Sultai Ultimatum	2	1–4	20.0
Guildgate Control	4	2–7	22.2
Bant Control	7	11–11	50.0
Pox	1	0–1	0.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	2	4–5	44.4	0	2
Seasons Past Control	45	66–81	44.9	0	1
Orzhov Control	5	8–8	50.0
Prison	11	14–23	37.8
Enchantress	10	14–22	38.9

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	252–372	40.4
Mono Black Aggro	6–17	26.1
Heroic	33–30	52.4
Mono White Heroic	20–9	69.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	8–18	30.8
Boros Heroic	5–3	62.5
Red Deck Wins	26–82	24.1
Proliferate Red	1–1	50.0
Goblins	15–13	53.6
Tokens	6–11	35.3
Selesnya Tokens	2–8	20.0
Mono White Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	34–44	43.6
White Weenie	14–21	40.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	3–4	42.9
Soldiers	0–4	0.0
Elves	12–7	63.2
Selesnya Little Kid	1–1	50.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	7–3	70.0
Gruul Landfall	5–1	83.3
Merfolk	4–3	57.1
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	35–66	34.7
Affinity	24–43	35.8
Salvage Titan	0–1	0.0
Tempered Steel	4–9	30.8
Mono Blue Architect	4–13	23.5
Mono Blue Aggro	0–1	0.0
Madness	8–8	50.0
Gruul Madness	0–1	0.0
Golgari Madness	2–3	40.0
Rakdos Madness	4–2	66.7
Jund Madness	2–2	50.0
Voltron	17–15	53.1
Hexproof	14–10	58.3
Equipment Aggro	1–1	50.0
Hateful Auras	2–4	33.3
Slivers	2–1	66.7
Naya Zoo	1–1	50.0
Knights	18–14	56.3
AggroSlide	2–23	8.0
Cats	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Cats	2–2	50.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–1	0.0
Boros Aggro	3–2	60.0
Humans	0–3	0.0
Selesnya Humans	0–3	0.0
Shamans	3–3	50.0
Combo	147–182	44.7
Storm	13–16	44.8
Hazoret Storm	2–2	50.0
Simic Storm	1–0	100.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–1	50.0
Stormpost	1–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	3–10	23.1
Song Storm	2–3	40.0
Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Oriss Genesis	0–2	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	6–9	40.0
Dubious Challenge	6–1	85.7
Warp World	11–3	78.6
Maniac Combo	2–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	0–2	0.0
Runeflare	1–1	50.0
Splendid Reclamation Combo	1–0	100.0
"Twin"	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	3–0	100.0
Anvil Colossus	3–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	0–1	0.0
Eggs	4–5	44.4
Taking Turns	3–1	75.0
Izzet Ascension	19–27	41.3
Ominous Good	2–2	50.0
Jokulhaups Combo	1–1	50.0
Soulflayer	9–17	34.6
Breakfast	30–58	34.1
Oops All Spells	30–58	34.1
Oops All Lands	1–1	50.0
Dredge	7–11	38.9
Polymorph	3–5	37.5
Dice Factory	2–1	66.7
Storm Herald	2–1	66.7
Enduring Ideal	4–5	44.4
GreenTwin	3–1	75.0
Calibrated Blast	4–8	33.3
Restore Balance	3–0	100.0
Control	165–165	50.0
Esper Control	12–8	60.0
Demonic Rising	1–3	25.0
Mono Blue Control	1–1	50.0
Dimir Control	12–22	35.3
Azorius Control	32–50	39.0
Cawblade	9–22	29.0
Turbo Fog	7–2	77.8
Izzet Control	6–6	50.0
Mardu Control	4–1	80.0
Mill	10–7	58.8
Boros Control	3–1	75.0
Cloudpost Control	16–16	50.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Blackpost	5–2	71.4
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	9–10	47.4
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	6–6	50.0
Cruel Control	2–0	100.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	2–1	66.7
Dragon Control	2–3	40.0
Izzet Dragons	2–3	40.0
Ponza	10–19	34.5
Mono White Control	7–2	77.8
Life is Ez	6–1	85.7
Cycling Control	6–3	66.7
Astral Slide	6–2	75.0
Sultai Control	0–1	0.0
Guildgate Control	2–0	100.0
Bant Control	2–0	100.0
Pox	1–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–2	33.3
Seasons Past Control	11–6	64.7
Orzhov Control	0–1	0.0
Prison	7–2	77.8
Enchantress	6–2	75.0
Aggro-Combo	174–210	45.3
Aristocrats	41–45	47.7
Mono Black Aristocrats	9–11	45.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	8–15	34.8
Golgari Aristocrats	4–0	100.0
Food	19–17	52.8
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Boros Bombardment	1–0	100.0
Burn	11–11	50.0
Infect	29–38	43.3
Simic Infect	22–26	45.8
Blazing Shoal Infect	6–12	33.3
Trickbind Dreadnought	4–8	33.3
Izzet Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	4–7	36.4
Izzet Blitzkrieg	9–8	52.9
Hushnought	39–54	41.9
Liquimetal Fishing	16–10	61.5
Combo Goblins	24–33	42.1
Goblin Persist	23–33	41.1
Aggro-Control	91–86	51.4
Simic Flash	0–1	0.0
Izzet Tempo	23–25	47.9
Azorius Skies	3–5	37.5
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Grixis Madness	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Wizards	2–3	40.0
Ninjas	4–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	7–9	43.8
Izzet Spells	0–1	0.0
Dimir Tempo	24–18	57.1
Ensoul Aggro-Control	16–19	45.7
Azorius Tempo	2–1	66.7
Combo-Control	111–207	34.9
Curses	2–0	100.0
Burning Vengeance	1–1	50.0
Battle of Wits	1–1	50.0
Pickles	3–6	33.3
Mindcrank	16–55	22.5
Yosei Vat	1–1	50.0
Lich's Mastery	0–6	0.0
Hive Mind	8–6	57.1
Zur's Weirding	2–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	3–4	42.9
Mass Land Destruction	73–127	36.5
Wildfire	12–13	48.0
Jokulhaups Control	61–114	34.9
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	40–81	33.1
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	2–5	28.6
Temur Jokulhaups Control	4–6	40.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	2–9	18.2
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	5–9	35.7
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	4–4	50.0
Resurgent Belief	1–0	100.0
Midrange	176–166	51.5
The Rock	4–4	50.0
Golgari Citadel	3–2	60.0
Abzan Midrange	5–1	83.3
Jund	0–1	0.0
Blink	27–34	44.3
Anti-Persecution	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	13–11	54.2
Séance	3–4	42.9
Varolz Dreadnought	8–6	57.1
Enchantments Matter	4–1	80.0
Allies	8–0	100.0
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
Boros Allies	4–0	100.0
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	3–1	75.0
Vampires	5–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	4–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	11–6	64.7
Big Red	3–2	60.0
Mono Black Midrange	8–2	80.0
Mono Black Devotion	7–2	77.8
Dimir Midrange	15–9	62.5
Angel Tribal	0–1	0.0
Toughness Matters	2–1	66.7
Lifegain Midrange	6–8	42.9
Martyr's Grace	4–6	40.0
Sultai Midrange	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	7–14	33.3
Jeskai Midrange	1–4	20.0
Ordealbreak	0–2	0.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	0–2	0.0
Mythic Colossification	0–2	0.0
Fires of Invention	6–12	33.3
Hero of Precinct One	19–31	38.0
Mardu Hero	2–2	50.0
Esper Hero	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Hero	15–26	36.6
Boros Hero	1–3	25.0
Coinflip Tribal	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Ramp	63–93	40.4
Villainous Wealth	1–0	100.0
Rofellos Ramp	22–30	42.3
Cloudpost Ramp	28–56	33.3
Greenpost	9–13	40.9
Gruul Post	16–37	30.2
Simic Post	3–6	33.3
Carth Superfriends	2–1	66.7
Applejacks	3–3	50.0