Mono Blue Control

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	1792	2757–3159	46.6	17	128	71
Mono Blue Control	67	119–106	52.9	2	8	5

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	20–26	43.5
Mono Black Aggro	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	4–7	36.4
White Weenie	2–5	28.6
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–3	0.0
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Elves	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	2–0	100.0
Merfolk	2–2	50.0
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	4–5	44.4
Affinity	2–2	50.0
Salvage Titan	0–1	0.0
Tempered Steel	2–2	50.0
Voltron	2–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	1–0	100.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	0–3	0.0
Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	25–28	47.2
Storm	8–6	57.1
Sultai Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Izzet Storm	7–5	58.3
Swath Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	1–3	25.0
Worldgorger Dragon	0–2	0.0
Double Dragon	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–3	40.0
Warp World	1–2	33.3
Maniac Combo	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	1–1	50.0
Jokulhaups Combo	0–2	0.0
Soulflayer	2–2	50.0
Reanim8 Rack	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	1–4	20.0
Oops All Spells	1–4	20.0
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	1–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	2–2	50.0
Restore Balance	1–0	100.0
Control	13–12	52.0
Esper Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	3–3	50.0
Dimir Control	3–1	75.0
Azorius Control	1–3	25.0
Turbo Fog	2–0	100.0
Ponza	3–3	50.0
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Pox	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	11–10	52.4
Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Mardu Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Boros Bombardment	1–0	100.0
Burn	0–2	0.0
Infect	2–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	2–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	5–6	45.5
Mono Blue Dreadnought	5–6	45.5
Hushnought	3–1	75.0
Aggro-Control	5–7	41.7
Izzet Tempo	0–1	0.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	1–4	20.0
Izzet Spells	2–2	50.0
Combo-Control	6–3	66.7
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	1–1	50.0
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	3–2	60.0
Jokulhaups Control	3–2	60.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	2–1	66.7
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Midrange	37–19	66.1
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	6–1	85.7
Blink	2–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	0–1	0.0
Allies	1–1	50.0
Mono White Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	3–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	0–2	0.0
Vampires	0–2	0.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–2	0.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	8–5	61.5
Mono Black Devotion	2–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	2–1	66.7
Lifegain Midrange	3–3	50.0
Martyr's Grace	3–3	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	4–2	66.7
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Naya Hero	3–2	60.0
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Ramp	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Ramp	0–1	0.0
Greenpost	0–1	0.0