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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	867	1238–1474	45.6	3	48	33
Mono Black Control	15	24–41	36.9
Esper Control	44	57–76	42.9	0	3	1
Demonic Rising	3	5–8	38.5
Mono Blue Control	7	4–12	25.0
Dimir Control	103	151–125	54.7	1	7	6
Azorius Control	131	199–193	50.8	0	7	9
Cawblade	10	15–12	55.6	0	1
Turbo Fog	8	9–13	40.9
Izzet Control	26	43–54	44.3			1
Mardu Control	6	5–9	35.7
Mill	28	37–55	40.2	1	1	1
Boros Control	9	19–20	48.7	1	3
Cloudpost Control	24	25–48	34.2	0	2	1
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	21	25–40	38.5	0	2	1
Izzet Cloudpost Control	1	0–2	0.0
Grixis Control	51	83–93	47.2	0	1	1
Cruel Control	12	17–24	41.5
Stax	75	123–133	48.0	0	3	1
Chandra Nalaar	4	8–10	44.4	0	1
Dragon Control	23	34–57	37.4	0	5
Izzet Dragons	4	3–11	21.4
Esper Dragons	10	20–19	51.3	0	3
Grixis Dragons	1	2–2	50.0
Ponza	14	19–25	43.2
Mono White Control	47	78–54	59.1	0	2	7
Life is Ez	2	2–2	50.0
Cycling Control	23	37–38	49.3	0	1	1
Astral Slide	18	33–25	56.9	0	1	1
Five Color Control	11	11–20	35.5	0	1
Five Color Collected Conjuring	5	7–8	46.7
Sultai Control	7	11–17	39.3
Guildgate Control	21	15–33	31.3	0	3
Bant Control	16	26–45	36.6
Pox	75	104–142	42.3	0	7	1
Seasons Past Control	12	14–16	46.7
Orzhov Control	17	26–30	46.4			1
Prison	54	69–90	43.4	0	1	2
Enchantress	48	64–82	43.8			2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	177–219	44.7
Mono Black Aggro	7–10	41.2
Heroic	8–7	53.3
Mono White Heroic	2–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Boros Heroic	5–5	50.0
Red Deck Wins	44–69	38.9
Goblins	0–2	0.0
Tokens	5–3	62.5
Mono White Tokens	4–3	57.1
Mono Green Stompy	23–14	62.2
White Weenie	5–7	41.7
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Kithkin	2–1	66.7
Elves	13–17	43.3
Minotaurs	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	2–0	100.0
Rogues	5–1	83.3
Zombies	6–7	46.2
Gruul Aggro	7–7	50.0
Merfolk	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	18–34	34.6
Affinity	4–3	57.1
Salvage Titan	1–3	25.0
Tempered Steel	9–24	27.3
Mono Blue Architect	3–3	50.0
Devoid Aggro	2–1	66.7
Madness	4–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	1–2	33.3
Hexproof	1–1	50.0
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
Knights	2–3	40.0
AggroSlide	8–17	32.0
Cats	3–4	42.9
Selesnya Cats	3–4	42.9
Rakdos Aggro	8–7	53.3
Boros Aggro	2–1	66.7
Shamans	3–4	42.9
Combo	250–262	48.8
Storm	55–22	71.4
Dimir Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Dragonstorm	16–13	55.2
Hazoret Storm	1–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	18–5	78.3
Grixis Tendrils	7–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–1	50.0
Izzet Storm	8–2	80.0
Swath Storm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	14–34	29.2
Recurring Nightmare	14–34	29.2
Dragon Nightmare	6–12	33.3
Oriss Genesis	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–8	11.1
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Zubera Tribal	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	2–0	100.0
Runeflare	7–7	50.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	7–21	25.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	7–21	25.0
"Twin"	0–1	0.0
Jeskai "Twin"	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	3–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	0–2	0.0
Taking Turns	9–9	50.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	3–1	75.0
Izzet Ascension	7–14	33.3
Breakfast	58–86	40.3
Hermit Dredge	2–1	66.7
Oops All Spells	56–85	39.7
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Dredge	18–6	75.0
Polymorph	2–1	66.7
Protean Hulk Combo	0–3	0.0
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	15–20	42.9
Ad Nauseam	8–3	72.7
Ad Swanseam	1–0	100.0
GreenTwin	0–3	0.0
Tibalt's Trickery	11–3	78.6
Calibrated Blast	1–4	20.0
Restore Balance	4–0	100.0
Gyruda	7–5	58.3
Stuffy Doll	4–2	66.7
Possibility Storm	1–1	50.0
Control	184–184	50.0
Mono Black Control	3–2	60.0
Esper Control	12–13	48.0
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	2–1	66.7
Dimir Control	13–19	40.6
Azorius Control	33–37	47.1
Cawblade	3–5	37.5
Turbo Fog	0–3	0.0
Izzet Control	9–6	60.0
Mardu Control	2–0	100.0
Mill	4–10	28.6
Boros Control	2–2	50.0
Cloudpost Control	4–2	66.7
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	4–2	66.7
Grixis Control	15–10	60.0
Cruel Control	3–2	60.0
Stax	12–18	40.0
Chandra Nalaar	3–0	100.0
Dragon Control	7–5	58.3
Izzet Dragons	2–0	100.0
Esper Dragons	2–3	40.0
Ponza	2–2	50.0
Mono White Control	7–8	46.7
Life is Ez	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	7–3	70.0
Astral Slide	6–2	75.0
Five Color Control	2–0	100.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	2–0	100.0
Sultai Control	2–3	40.0
Guildgate Control	4–5	44.4
Bant Control	5–4	55.6
Pox	14–17	45.2
Seasons Past Control	1–3	25.0
Orzhov Control	0–5	0.0
Prison	15–6	71.4
Enchantress	15–6	71.4
Aggro-Combo	185–245	43.0
Aristocrats	10–22	31.3
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–3	40.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	4–5	44.4
Abzan Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Food	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–11	8.3
Burn	18–13	58.1
Infect	48–53	47.5
Simic Infect	37–45	45.1
Blazing Shoal Infect	11–6	64.7
Golgari Infect	0–2	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	61–91	40.1
Izzet Dreadnought	10–11	47.6
Mono Blue Dreadnought	45–78	36.6
Izzet Blitzkrieg	0–2	0.0
Hushnought	4–8	33.3
Liquimetal Fishing	14–6	70.0
Combo Goblins	28–50	35.9
Goblin Persist	1–5	16.7
Dirty Kitty	27–45	37.5
Aggro-Control	71–103	40.8
Izzet Tempo	17–39	30.4
Azorius Skies	3–1	75.0
Blue Madness	5–7	41.7
Simic Madness	0–4	0.0
Wizards	3–6	33.3
Ninjas	2–3	40.0
Mono Blue Tempo	15–22	40.5
Mono Blue Faeries	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Librarians	8–13	38.1
Izzet Spells	9–16	36.0
Dimir Tempo	13–8	61.9
Combo-Control	83–116	41.7
Curses	0–1	0.0
Burning Vengeance	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	28–26	51.9
Shared Fate	2–1	66.7
Sunforger	0–2	0.0
Displace Loop	3–5	37.5
Familiars	0–2	0.0
Hive Mind	2–2	50.0
Plasma Swans	4–3	57.1
Mass Land Destruction	40–73	35.4
Wildfire	4–5	44.4
Jokulhaups Control	36–68	34.6
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	16–32	33.3
Temur Jokulhaups Control	3–5	37.5
Jund Jokulhaups Control	3–6	33.3
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	8–21	27.6
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	2–4	33.3
Resurgent Belief	1–2	33.3
Midrange	188–213	46.9
The Rock	8–4	66.7
Golgari Citadel	3–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	13–12	52.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	2–1	66.7
Blink	65–88	42.5
Wave Blink	64–87	42.4
Azorius Wave	7–15	31.8
Orzhov Wave	43–59	42.2
Abzan Wave	8–8	50.0
Bant Wave	3–0	100.0
Acid Trip	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	6–5	54.5
Séance	1–2	33.3
Varolz Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Enchantments Matter	0–3	0.0
Allies	4–8	33.3
Azorius Allies	3–8	27.3
Fake-Rack	3–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	3–3	50.0
Vampires	5–5	50.0
Mono Black Vampires	3–3	50.0
Rakdos Vampires	2–1	66.7
Legends Midrange	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	7–7	50.0
Big Red	7–2	77.8
Mono Black Midrange	3–3	50.0
Mono Black Devotion	2–3	40.0
Dimir Midrange	1–1	50.0
Lifegain Midrange	10–23	30.3
Martyr's Grace	6–17	26.1
Mutate	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	1–3	25.0
Orzhov Midrange	15–20	42.9
Owling Mine	3–2	60.0
Clerics	5–5	50.0
Artifact Midrange	7–1	87.5
Death Cloud	0–2	0.0
Ramp	100–132	43.1
Villainous Wealth	1–0	100.0
Rofellos Ramp	52–76	40.6
Cloudpost Ramp	32–42	43.2
Eldrazipost	2–2	50.0
Golgari Post	0–1	0.0
Greenpost	23–29	44.2
Simic Post	1–5	16.7
Domain	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	6–10	37.5
Jund Carth	2–2	50.0