Mass Land Destruction

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo-Control	582	1076–943	53.3	7	49	33
Mass Land Destruction	286	589–489	54.6	5	27	13
Wildfire	23	37–53	41.1			1
Borderpost Wildfire	21	36–48	42.9			1
Jokulhaups Control	263	552–436	55.9	5	27	12
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	146	313–239	56.7	4	23	7
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	16	26–10	72.2			1
Temur Jokulhaups Control	49	92–80	53.5	0	2	2
Jund Jokulhaups Control	11	26–25	51.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	39	90–77	53.9	1	2	2
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	2	5–5	50.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	107–97	52.5
Mono Black Aggro	2–1	66.7
Heroic	3–6	33.3
Mono White Heroic	1–3	25.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–2	33.3
Boros Heroic	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	14–32	30.4
Mono Red Devotion	0–1	0.0
Goblins	8–3	72.7
Tokens	6–4	60.0
Selesnya Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono White Tokens	4–2	66.7
Mono Green Stompy	4–4	50.0
White Weenie	3–3	50.0
Odric Keywords	2–0	100.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–1	50.0
Soldiers	0–1	0.0
Elves	7–6	53.8
Werewolves	2–0	100.0
Warriors	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	0–2	0.0
Rogues	2–0	100.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	4–2	66.7
Gruul Landfall	1–1	50.0
Merfolk	2–3	40.0
Mono Red Swarm	0–2	0.0
8 Whack	0–2	0.0
Artifact Aggro	19–15	55.9
Affinity	11–7	61.1
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	4–3	57.1
Mono Blue Architect	3–5	37.5
Madness	1–1	50.0
Gruul Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	3–2	60.0
Hexproof	1–1	50.0
Hateful Auras	2–1	66.7
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
Knights	4–4	50.0
AggroSlide	6–5	54.5
Cats	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Cats	2–2	50.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	2–0	100.0
Bant Humans	1–0	100.0
Shamans	6–0	100.0
Combo	97–86	53.0
Storm	13–8	61.9
Dimir Tendrils	2–0	100.0
Dragonstorm	5–5	50.0
High Tide	0–1	0.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	3–1	75.0
Swath Storm	1–0	100.0
Song Storm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	4–1	80.0
Traditional Reanimator	4–1	80.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	4–2	66.7
Warp World	1–1	50.0
Hypergenesis	9–2	81.8
New Perspectives	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	0–2	0.0
Myr Incubator	1–0	100.0
Umbral Mantle	4–3	57.1
"Twin"	2–1	66.7
Naya "Twin"	2–1	66.7
Metalwork Colossus	2–1	66.7
Upheaval Colossus	1–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	4–2	66.7
Taking Turns	3–11	21.4
Izzet Ascension	7–9	43.8
Ominous Good	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	13–15	46.4
Oops All Spells	13–15	46.4
Dredge	2–0	100.0
Dice Factory	1–2	33.3
Enduring Ideal	5–1	83.3
Ad Nauseam	2–5	28.6
Ad Swanseam	2–1	66.7
Tibalt's Trickery	3–2	60.0
Restore Balance	9–13	40.9
Gyruda	2–4	33.3
Control	100–64	61.0
Mono Black Control	4–1	80.0
Esper Control	9–6	60.0
Mono Blue Control	1–1	50.0
Dimir Control	3–4	42.9
Azorius Control	28–26	51.9
Cawblade	8–9	47.1
Turbo Fog	3–0	100.0
Izzet Control	5–2	71.4
Mill	3–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	10–5	66.7
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	6–3	66.7
Izzet Cloudpost Control	3–2	60.0
Grixis Control	2–1	66.7
Cruel Control	2–1	66.7
Stax	4–5	44.4
Ponza	5–2	71.4
Mono White Control	7–0	100.0
Cycling Control	3–3	50.0
Astral Slide	3–3	50.0
Five Color Control	1–1	50.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	0–1	0.0
Shrines	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	4–6	40.0
Pox	2–1	66.7
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–0	100.0
Prison	1–0	100.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	25–33	43.1
Aristocrats	15–10	60.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	7–3	70.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–3	25.0
Golgari Aristocrats	4–3	57.1
Food	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Burn	2–8	20.0
Infect	3–3	50.0
Simic Infect	1–2	33.3
Golgari Infect	0–1	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–7	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–6	0.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	2–5	28.6
Hushnought	1–0	100.0
Liquimetal Fishing	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	65–73	47.1
Izzet Tempo	23–25	47.9
Azorius Skies	2–0	100.0
Blue Madness	0–3	0.0
Simic Madness	0–2	0.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Wizards	15–10	60.0
Ninjas	0–4	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	8–17	32.0
Mono Blue Faeries	1–1	50.0
Izzet Spells	0–1	0.0
Dimir Tempo	5–2	71.4
Ensoul Aggro-Control	8–9	47.1
Combo-Control	43–41	51.2
Curses	2–0	100.0
Mindcrank	7–12	36.8
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	11–7	61.1
Mass Land Destruction	21–21	50.0
Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	19–21	47.5
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	10–12	45.5
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	2–0	100.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	2–3	40.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	5–5	50.0
Resurgent Belief	1–1	50.0
Midrange	111–69	61.7
The Rock	2–1	66.7
Abzan Midrange	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Midrange	3–0	100.0
Jund	2–0	100.0
Blink	3–1	75.0
Graveyard Value	4–2	66.7
Allies	2–3	40.0
Azorius Allies	2–2	50.0
Fake-Rack	0–1	0.0
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Vampires	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Vampires	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Midrange	4–2	66.7
Big Red	2–2	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	9–2	81.8
Mono Black Devotion	5–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	4–1	80.0
Angel Tribal	5–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	7–9	43.8
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	36–26	58.1
Prophet Glare	3–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	0–2	0.0
Ordealbreak	4–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	4–0	100.0
Party	1–1	50.0
Gruul Obosh	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	4–6	40.0
Coinflip Tribal	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Ramp	41–26	61.2
Rofellos Ramp	12–10	54.5
Cloudpost Ramp	17–11	60.7
Greenpost	16–9	64.0
Simic Post	0–1	0.0
Defenders	1–1	50.0
Carth Superfriends	3–0	100.0
Applejacks	0–1	0.0