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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	1792	2757–3159	46.6	17	128	71
Mono Black Control	22	33–50	39.8	0	1
Esper Control	120	187–191	49.5	2	12	5
Demonic Rising	5	11–8	57.9
Mono Blue Control	67	119–106	52.9	2	8	5
Dimir Control	84	119–144	45.2	0	2	3
Azorius Control	428	805–601	57.3	9	47	36
Cawblade	5	9–7	56.3			1
Turbo Fog	41	54–85	38.8	1	4	1
Izzet Control	19	15–46	24.6	0	1
Mardu Control	3	3–7	30.0
Mill	99	95–199	32.3	0	2
Boros Control	16	34–31	52.3	2	11
Cloudpost Control	24	32–42	43.2	0	1
Azorius Cloudpost Control	4	7–5	58.3	0	1
Blackpost	5	5–12	29.4
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	11	13–17	43.3
Grixis Control	68	92–118	43.8	0	3	1
Cruel Control	18	25–32	43.9	0	1
Stax	124	173–230	42.9	0	6	7
Chandra Nalaar	2	3–4	42.9	0	1
Jeskai Control	12	5–27	15.6	0	2
Jeskai Approach	1	0–5	0.0
Dragon Control	16	16–26	38.1
Izzet Dragons	5	6–6	50.0
Esper Dragons	2	1–2	33.3
Grixis Dragons	6	5–10	33.3
Dimir Dragons	1	3–2	60.0
Ponza	212	360–387	48.2	0	7	7
Mono White Control	63	95–112	45.9	0	1
Life is Ez	21	27–32	45.8
Dynavolt Tower	3	3–4	42.9
Cycling Control	38	49–67	42.2			2
Astral Slide	33	47–52	47.5			2
Five Color Control	16	17–22	43.6	0	1
Five Color Collected Conjuring	10	8–14	36.4	0	1
Shrines	2	3–6	33.3
Sultai Control	5	6–10	37.5
Bant Control	71	107–164	39.5	0	1	2
Pox	146	210–295	41.6	0	5	1
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1	1–1	50.0
Seasons Past Control	16	22–36	37.9	0	1
Orzhov Control	17	23–37	38.3	0	2
Prison	53	68–108	38.6	1	9	1
Enchantress	10	8–22	26.7	0	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	559–737	43.1
Mono Black Aggro	8–18	30.8
Heroic	26–18	59.1
Mono White Heroic	1–0	100.0
Azorius Heroic	4–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	14–14	50.0
Boros Heroic	6–2	75.0
Selesnya Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	79–129	38.0
Mono Red Devotion	1–0	100.0
Goblins	7–2	77.8
Tokens	20–14	58.8
Selesnya Tokens	4–3	57.1
Mono White Tokens	12–8	60.0
Mono Green Stompy	14–5	73.7
White Weenie	63–115	35.4
Quest for the Holy Relic	15–36	29.4
Soldiers	6–16	27.3
Chroma White	1–2	33.3
Elves	50–54	48.1
Selesnya Little Kid	18–15	54.5
Rogues	0–2	0.0
Zombies	13–18	41.9
Gruul Aggro	14–14	50.0
Gruul Landfall	2–0	100.0
Merfolk	28–47	37.3
Mono Red Swarm	2–1	66.7
Artifact Aggro	116–159	42.2
Affinity	35–45	43.8
Boros Vehicles	0–1	0.0
Salvage Titan	4–9	30.8
Tempered Steel	72–97	42.6
Mono Blue Architect	5–7	41.7
Devoid Aggro	1–0	100.0
Madness	24–19	55.8
Gruul Madness	7–1	87.5
Golgari Madness	3–4	42.9
Rakdos Madness	14–14	50.0
Voltron	15–19	44.1
Hexproof	2–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	4–4	50.0
Hateful Auras	9–15	37.5
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
Knights	8–15	34.8
AggroSlide	36–47	43.4
Cats	3–11	21.4
Selesnya Cats	3–11	21.4
Rakdos Aggro	2–5	28.6
Boros Aggro	5–4	55.6
Humans	3–5	37.5
Selesnya Humans	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Humans	0–2	0.0
Shamans	1–0	100.0
Combo	528–469	53.0
Storm	182–148	55.2
Sultai Tendrils	2–0	100.0
Dimir Tendrils	3–2	60.0
Dragonstorm	5–6	45.5
Hazoret Storm	1–2	33.3
Simic Storm	1–8	11.1
Grixis Tendrils	2–4	33.3
Stormpost	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Post Desire	1–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	2–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	157–122	56.3
Swath Storm	5–3	62.5
Song Storm	4–1	80.0
Reanimator	33–23	58.9
Worldgorger Dragon	15–17	46.9
Double Dragon	4–6	40.0
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Grozoth	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	17–5	77.3
Rakdos Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Dimir Reanimator	2–2	50.0
Mono Black Reanimator	5–1	83.3
Oriss Genesis	2–1	66.7
Necrotic Ooze Combo	26–24	52.0
Mono Green Stormless Storm	0–2	0.0
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Warp World	29–18	61.7
Maniac Combo	1–2	33.3
Hypergenesis	18–13	58.1
Runeflare	3–0	100.0
Splendid Reclamation Combo	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	15–25	37.5
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	5–2	71.4
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	10–23	30.3
Myr Incubator	5–4	55.6
"Twin"	1–1	50.0
Combo Post	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	2–2	50.0
Upheaval Colossus	0–1	0.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Eggs	2–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	21–15	58.3
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	6–8	42.9
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	6–5	54.5
Ominous Good	1–1	50.0
Jokulhaups Combo	3–19	13.6
Soulflayer	31–24	56.4
Reanim8 Rack	14–11	56.0
Breakfast	44–54	44.9
Oops All Spells	44–54	44.9
Oops All Lands	7–2	77.8
Dredge	8–6	57.1
Polymorph	13–4	76.5
Dice Factory	2–0	100.0
Storm Herald	4–5	44.4
Enduring Ideal	4–4	50.0
Ad Nauseam	7–3	70.0
Ad Swanseam	1–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	7–13	35.0
Restore Balance	22–25	46.8
Stuffy Doll	1–0	100.0
Possibility Storm	5–8	38.5
Control	355–355	50.0
Mono Black Control	3–4	42.9
Esper Control	26–23	53.1
Demonic Rising	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Control	12–13	48.0
Dimir Control	15–19	44.1
Azorius Control	74–98	43.0
Cawblade	0–1	0.0
Turbo Fog	12–4	75.0
Izzet Control	3–2	60.0
Mill	20–10	66.7
Boros Control	3–2	60.0
Cloudpost Control	4–4	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–2	50.0
Grixis Control	14–12	53.8
Cruel Control	3–2	60.0
Stax	15–21	41.7
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	0–1	0.0
Dragon Control	3–1	75.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Grixis Dragons	2–1	66.7
Ponza	44–61	41.9
Mono White Control	12–9	57.1
Life is Ez	1–4	20.0
Cycling Control	7–7	50.0
Astral Slide	7–7	50.0
Five Color Control	7–2	77.8
Five Color Collected Conjuring	5–0	100.0
Shrines	2–1	66.7
Sultai Control	3–1	75.0
Bant Control	16–16	50.0
Pox	36–36	50.0
Seasons Past Control	5–2	71.4
Orzhov Control	7–2	77.8
Prison	11–3	78.6
Enchantress	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	293–410	41.7
Aristocrats	38–33	53.5
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	8–6	57.1
Golgari Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Abzan Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Mardu Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Aristocrats	17–17	50.0
Boros Bombardment	6–8	42.9
Burn	40–63	38.8
Infect	36–30	54.5
Simic Infect	11–12	47.8
Blazing Shoal Infect	15–15	50.0
Mono Black Infect	5–1	83.3
Trickbind Dreadnought	133–233	36.3
Izzet Dreadnought	6–8	42.9
Mono Blue Dreadnought	119–216	35.5
Izzet Blitzkrieg	4–0	100.0
Hushnought	16–20	44.4
Liquimetal Fishing	13–7	65.0
Combo Goblins	12–24	33.3
Goblin Persist	11–24	31.4
Aggro-Control	144–218	39.8
Izzet Tempo	16–23	41.0
Azorius Skies	3–4	42.9
Blue Madness	13–20	39.4
Simic Madness	6–15	28.6
Temur Madness	1–0	100.0
Wizards	1–3	25.0
12 Pest	0–1	0.0
Ninjas	38–75	33.6
Mono Blue Tempo	8–8	50.0
Mono Blue Faeries	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	36–70	34.0
Dimir Tempo	12–6	66.7
Dimir Faeries	1–3	25.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	6–6	50.0
Azorius Tempo	3–0	100.0
Combo-Control	140–198	41.4
Curses	24–19	55.8
Burning Vengeance	1–1	50.0
Cruel Combo-Control	2–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	13–7	65.0
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Displace Loop	1–8	11.1
Familiars	1–8	11.1
Yosei Vat	0–1	0.0
Lich's Mastery	2–1	66.7
Hive Mind	3–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	1–1	50.0
Solar Flare	7–15	31.8
Plasma Swans	5–2	71.4
Mass Land Destruction	75–131	36.4
Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	75–130	36.6
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	8–7	53.3
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	15–15	50.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	26–66	28.3
Jund Jokulhaups Control	4–8	33.3
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	8–10	44.4
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	11–24	31.4
Resurgent Belief	4–11	26.7
Midrange	647–616	51.2
The Rock	13–15	46.4
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	8–20	28.6
Selesnya Midrange	10–7	58.8
Selesnya Value Town	0–1	0.0
Jund	58–67	46.4
Blink	47–61	43.5
Acid Trip	2–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	8–5	61.5
Séance	1–0	100.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	4–8	33.3
Allies	13–13	50.0
Mardu Allies	1–2	33.3
Boros Allies	2–7	22.2
Mono White Allies	3–0	100.0
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
Azorius Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	1–1	50.0
Fake-Rack	28–25	52.8
Mardu Midrange	15–16	48.4
Vampires	34–28	54.8
Mono Black Vampires	18–17	51.4
Rakdos Vampires	5–5	50.0
Orzhov Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	5–1	83.3
Orzhov Legends	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	24–19	55.8
Naya Midrange	8–1	88.9
Big Red	6–2	75.0
Mono Black Midrange	171–147	53.8
Mono Black Devotion	13–5	72.2
Dimir Midrange	18–15	54.5
Angel Tribal	2–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	10–7	58.8
Lifegain Midrange	24–29	45.3
Martyr's Grace	18–28	39.1
Adventures	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Midrange	13–19	40.6
Owling Mine	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	7–5	58.3
Mythic Colossification	4–1	80.0
Party	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	45–43	51.1
Mardu Hero	13–12	52.0
Esper Hero	2–0	100.0
Naya Hero	23–19	54.8
Boros Hero	3–5	37.5
Clerics	2–0	100.0
Simic Snow	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	18–13	58.1
Coinflip Tribal	8–2	80.0
Death Cloud	6–5	54.5
Ramp	91–156	36.8
Villainous Wealth	1–1	50.0
Rofellos Ramp	4–3	57.1
Wild Pair	4–3	57.1
Cloudpost Ramp	51–114	30.9
Eldrazipost	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	46–114	28.8
Simic Post	3–0	100.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	4–4	50.0
Carth Superfriends	5–15	25.0
Applejacks	1–4	20.0