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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo-Control	582	1076–943	53.3	7	49	33
Curses	12	6–27	18.2
Battle of Wits	6	6–15	28.6
Shared Fate	7	10–9	52.6	0	1
Pickles	2	1–3	25.0
Mindcrank	138	294–190	60.7	1	13	17
Hedron Alignment	2	7–3	70.0
Yosei Vat	1	3–2	60.0
Lich's Mastery	3	4–9	30.8
Curious Niv-Mizzet	1
Hive Mind	11	14–23	37.8
Zur's Weirding	2	0–3	0.0
Solar Flare	1	3–2	60.0
Plasma Swans	96	132–141	48.4	1	7	3
Liliana's Contract	5	1–5	16.7
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
Resurgent Belief	4	2–7	22.2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	210–204	50.7
Mono Black Aggro	4–3	57.1
Heroic	10–10	50.0
Mono White Heroic	5–5	50.0
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–3	40.0
Boros Heroic	2–2	50.0
Red Deck Wins	33–60	35.5
Mono Red Devotion	0–1	0.0
Proliferate Red	1–0	100.0
Goblins	15–6	71.4
Tokens	11–8	57.9
Selesnya Tokens	1–2	33.3
Mono White Tokens	8–4	66.7
Mono Green Stompy	6–7	46.2
White Weenie	8–8	50.0
Odric Keywords	2–0	100.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	4–3	57.1
Soldiers	0–1	0.0
Elves	9–11	45.0
Werewolves	2–0	100.0
Warriors	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–4	20.0
Rogues	2–2	50.0
Zombies	4–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	6–7	46.2
Gruul Landfall	2–1	66.7
Merfolk	3–4	42.9
Mono Red Swarm	0–2	0.0
8 Whack	0–2	0.0
Artifact Aggro	38–24	61.3
Affinity	17–12	58.6
Salvage Titan	3–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	11–6	64.7
Mono Blue Architect	7–6	53.8
Madness	3–4	42.9
Gruul Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	2–3	40.0
Voltron	8–9	47.1
Hexproof	2–1	66.7
Hateful Auras	6–8	42.9
Slivers	3–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
Knights	9–8	52.9
AggroSlide	14–18	43.8
Cats	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Cats	2–2	50.0
Rakdos Aggro	2–2	50.0
Boros Aggro	5–0	100.0
Humans	2–0	100.0
Bant Humans	1–0	100.0
Shamans	7–3	70.0
Combo	197–141	58.3
Storm	23–10	69.7
Dimir Tendrils	3–1	75.0
Dragonstorm	6–5	54.5
Hazoret Storm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	0–1	0.0
Grixis Tendrils	2–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	3–1	75.0
Swath Storm	1–0	100.0
Song Storm	1–1	50.0
Reanimator	5–1	83.3
Traditional Reanimator	5–1	83.3
Mono Black Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	6–6	50.0
Dubious Challenge	0–1	0.0
Warp World	3–1	75.0
Maniac Combo	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	19–7	73.1
New Perspectives	2–0	100.0
Runeflare	0–2	0.0
Myr Incubator	1–0	100.0
Umbral Mantle	4–4	50.0
"Twin"	7–3	70.0
Naya "Twin"	7–3	70.0
Metalwork Colossus	4–2	66.7
Upheaval Colossus	2–1	66.7
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	6–2	75.0
Taking Turns	9–16	36.0
Izzet Ascension	16–17	48.5
Ominous Good	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	28–29	49.1
Oops All Spells	28–29	49.1
Dredge	2–0	100.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Dice Factory	7–4	63.6
Storm Herald	4–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	6–3	66.7
Ad Nauseam	9–6	60.0
Ad Swanseam	4–1	80.0
Tibalt's Trickery	4–3	57.1
Restore Balance	19–18	51.4
Gyruda	3–5	37.5
Control	166–120	58.0
Mono Black Control	4–2	66.7
Esper Control	13–12	52.0
Mono Blue Control	1–2	33.3
Dimir Control	4–7	36.4
Azorius Control	52–46	53.1
Cawblade	12–13	48.0
Turbo Fog	3–0	100.0
Izzet Control	6–8	42.9
Mill	6–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	17–6	73.9
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	12–3	80.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	3–3	50.0
Grixis Control	4–2	66.7
Cruel Control	2–2	50.0
Stax	8–8	50.0
Ponza	10–3	76.9
Mono White Control	7–2	77.8
Dynavolt Tower	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	5–8	38.5
Astral Slide	5–8	38.5
Five Color Control	2–2	50.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–2	33.3
Shrines	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	9–8	52.9
Pox	6–2	75.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Prison	1–2	33.3
Enchantress	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	45–53	45.9
Aristocrats	23–24	48.9
Mono Black Aristocrats	10–8	55.6
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–5	28.6
Golgari Aristocrats	5–6	45.5
Food	4–2	66.7
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Burn	4–8	33.3
Infect	4–6	40.0
Simic Infect	2–4	33.3
Golgari Infect	0–1	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	4–8	33.3
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–6	14.3
Izzet Blitzkrieg	6–7	46.2
Hushnought	1–0	100.0
Liquimetal Fishing	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	107–138	43.7
Izzet Tempo	29–53	35.4
Azorius Skies	3–0	100.0
Blue Madness	1–4	20.0
Simic Madness	0–2	0.0
Temur Madness	0–1	0.0
Lich Aggro-Control	2–2	50.0
Wizards	31–15	67.4
Ninjas	0–8	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	16–32	33.3
Mono Blue Faeries	1–2	33.3
Izzet Spells	0–1	0.0
Dimir Tempo	8–4	66.7
Ensoul Aggro-Control	14–16	46.7
Combo-Control	84–84	50.0
Curses	5–1	83.3
Battle of Wits	3–0	100.0
Mindcrank	12–28	30.0
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	2–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	18–11	62.1
Mass Land Destruction	41–43	48.8
Wildfire	3–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	38–43	46.9
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	20–27	42.6
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	3–3	50.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	7–5	58.3
Jund Jokulhaups Control	1–3	25.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	7–5	58.3
Resurgent Belief	2–1	66.7
Midrange	193–155	55.5
The Rock	4–1	80.0
Abzan Midrange	3–2	60.0
Selesnya Midrange	4–1	80.0
Jund	2–0	100.0
Blink	9–3	75.0
Anti-Persecution	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	6–5	54.5
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Allies	6–8	42.9
Boros Allies	0–1	0.0
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
Azorius Allies	4–4	50.0
Fake-Rack	1–2	33.3
Mardu Midrange	1–2	33.3
Vampires	4–6	40.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Vampires	3–5	37.5
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Elementals	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Midrange	8–11	42.1
Big Red	2–2	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	15–10	60.0
Mono Black Devotion	10–4	71.4
Dimir Midrange	5–3	62.5
Angel Tribal	8–3	72.7
Lifegain Midrange	11–11	50.0
Mutate	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	56–52	51.9
Owling Mine	1–1	50.0
Prophet Glare	3–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	2–2	50.0
Ordealbreak	4–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	4–0	100.0
Party	3–2	60.0
Gruul Obosh	0–1	0.0
Clerics	0–3	0.0
Artifact Midrange	9–11	45.0
Coinflip Tribal	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	2–1	66.7
Ramp	74–48	60.7
Rofellos Ramp	22–18	55.0
Cloudpost Ramp	34–23	59.6
Eldrazipost	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	32–18	64.0
Simic Post	0–3	0.0
Defenders	1–1	50.0
Carth Superfriends	5–0	100.0
Applejacks	0–1	0.0