Guildgate Control

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	1596	2681–2832	48.6	5	75	89
Guildgate Control	70	87–151	36.6			1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	10–40	20.0
Heroic	0–5	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–5	0.0
Red Deck Wins	0–5	0.0
Goblins	1–1	50.0
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	1–6	14.3
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–2	0.0
Elves	5–3	62.5
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	0–2	0.0
Artifact Aggro	0–6	0.0
Affinity	0–2	0.0
Salvage Titan	0–1	0.0
Tempered Steel	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Architect	0–1	0.0
Slivers	0–1	0.0
Knights	0–2	0.0
AggroSlide	0–3	0.0
Boros Aggro	0–2	0.0
Humans	0–3	0.0
Bant Humans	0–3	0.0
Combo	15–33	31.3
Storm	11–21	34.4
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	0–1	0.0
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	6–11	35.3
Channel Storm	3–8	27.3
Reanimator	0–4	0.0
Recurring Nightmare	0–4	0.0
Dragon Nightmare	0–3	0.0
Warp World	3–1	75.0
Maniac Combo	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Hermit Gond	0–1	0.0
Protean Hulk Combo	0–1	0.0
GreenTwin	0–1	0.0
Restore Balance	1–2	33.3
Control	27–20	57.4
Mono Black Control	0–2	0.0
Esper Control	9–1	90.0
Demonic Rising	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	3–5	37.5
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Blackpost	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	0–1	0.0
Ponza	1–3	25.0
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Shrines	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	2–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	1–1	50.0
Pox	2–4	33.3
Orzhov Control	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	6–14	30.0
Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	1–4	20.0
Infect	1–2	33.3
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–2	33.3
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–2	0.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Combo Goblins	2–4	33.3
Goblin Persist	1–2	33.3
Dirty Kitty	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Control	6–12	33.3
Izzet Tempo	2–1	66.7
Blue Madness	0–1	0.0
Simic Madness	0–1	0.0
Lich Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
Ninjas	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–6	0.0
Mono Blue Faeries	0–2	0.0
Izzet Spells	1–1	50.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	0–2	0.0
Azorius Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	2–4	33.3
Pickles	0–2	0.0
Zur's Weirding	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	0–2	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
Resurgent Belief	1–0	100.0
Midrange	21–26	44.7
Jund	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	1–1	50.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Fake-Rack	1–1	50.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–2	0.0
Big Red	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Midrange	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Devotion	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–0	100.0
Martyr's Grace	2–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–3	40.0
Fires of Invention	1–2	33.3
Hero of Precinct One	3–6	33.3
Five Color Hero	2–3	40.0
Gruul Obosh	1–0	100.0
Simic Snow	1–7	12.5
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Ramp	0–2	0.0
Carth Superfriends	0–1	0.0