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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro-Combo	909	1902–1460	56.6	17	101	61
Aristocrats	101	177–165	51.8	2	7	3
Mono Black Aristocrats	20	24–33	42.1	0	1	1
Orzhov Aristocrats	13	16–24	40.0
Golgari Aristocrats	3	0–6	0.0
Abzan Aristocrats	5	5–8	38.5
Food	1	4–1	80.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	42	107–62	63.3	2	6	2
Boros Bombardment	4	2–5	28.6
Burn	58	84–120	41.2	1	4
Infect	204	410–340	54.7	1	8	14
Simic Infect	172	366–292	55.6	1	8	14
Blazing Shoal Infect	26	39–41	48.8
Golgari Infect	4	4–5	44.4
Mono Black Infect	1	1–1	50.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	326	792–468	62.9	11	70	32
Izzet Dreadnought	33	86–52	62.3			6
Mono Blue Dreadnought	271	673–378	64.0	11	67	26
Izzet Blitzkrieg	6	9–13	40.9
Hushnought	24	43–38	53.1			1
Liquimetal Fishing	33	31–59	34.4	0	1
Combo Goblins	154	356–252	58.6	2	11	11
Goblin Persist	12	28–17	62.2	0	1	1
Dirty Kitty	142	328–235	58.3	2	10	10

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	285–218	56.7
Mono Black Aggro	15–12	55.6
Heroic	12–7	63.2
Mono White Heroic	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	6–2	75.0
Boros Heroic	5–3	62.5
Selesnya Heroic	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	61–89	40.7
Goblins	2–2	50.0
Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	26–24	52.0
White Weenie	16–4	80.0
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Kithkin	2–0	100.0
Elves	25–6	80.6
Rogues	4–2	66.7
Zombies	9–7	56.3
Gruul Aggro	11–9	55.0
Gruul Landfall	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	3–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	43–32	57.3
Affinity	7–2	77.8
Boros Vehicles	1–1	50.0
Salvage Titan	2–1	66.7
Tempered Steel	30–27	52.6
Mono Blue Architect	3–1	75.0
Devoid Aggro	1–0	100.0
Madness	5–5	50.0
Gruul Madness	0–1	0.0
Golgari Madness	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Madness	3–3	50.0
Voltron	3–2	60.0
Hexproof	2–2	50.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Knights	5–2	71.4
AggroSlide	19–4	82.6
Cats	3–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	3–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	11–4	73.3
Boros Aggro	2–2	50.0
Shamans	6–5	54.5
Combo	385–212	64.5
Storm	53–21	71.6
Dragonstorm	23–14	62.2
Citadel Storm	8–1	88.9
Grixis Tendrils	8–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	3–2	60.0
Izzet Storm	7–3	70.0
Swath Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	42–19	68.9
Recurring Nightmare	42–19	68.9
Dragon Nightmare	14–8	63.6
Jund Nightmare	4–0	100.0
Oriss Genesis	2–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	5–4	55.6
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Zubera Tribal	2–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	3–2	60.0
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	5–1	83.3
Jeskai Ascendancy	34–22	60.7
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	34–22	60.7
"Twin"	2–1	66.7
Jeskai "Twin"	1–0	100.0
Naya "Twin"	1–0	100.0
Eggs	2–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	6–0	100.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	2–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	2–1	66.7
Taking Turns	9–2	81.8
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	22–13	62.9
Ominous Good	2–0	100.0
Breakfast	79–97	44.9
Hermit Dredge	0–2	0.0
Oops All Spells	79–95	45.4
Oops All Lands	2–0	100.0
Dredge	28–7	80.0
Polymorph	1–1	50.0
Protean Hulk Combo	4–0	100.0
Storm Herald	5–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	21–7	75.0
Ad Nauseam	8–1	88.9
GreenTwin	1–0	100.0
Tibalt's Trickery	8–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	0–1	0.0
Calibrated Blast	4–2	66.7
Restore Balance	2–0	100.0
Gyruda	7–3	70.0
Stuffy Doll	2–2	50.0
Possibility Storm	0–1	0.0
Control	245–185	57.0
Mono Black Control	5–4	55.6
Esper Control	14–6	70.0
Demonic Rising	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Control	3–1	75.0
Dimir Control	30–30	50.0
Azorius Control	30–22	57.7
Cawblade	2–1	66.7
Turbo Fog	3–3	50.0
Izzet Control	5–6	45.5
Mardu Control	1–1	50.0
Mill	12–3	80.0
Boros Control	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Control	6–4	60.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	6–4	60.0
Grixis Control	16–14	53.3
Cruel Control	2–3	40.0
Stax	15–19	44.1
Chandra Nalaar	0–2	0.0
Dragon Control	14–5	73.7
Izzet Dragons	2–0	100.0
Esper Dragons	5–2	71.4
Ponza	8–2	80.0
Mono White Control	8–12	40.0
Cycling Control	7–6	53.8
Astral Slide	4–5	44.4
Five Color Control	3–3	50.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–1	50.0
Sultai Control	3–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	6–1	85.7
Bant Control	12–3	80.0
Pox	18–20	47.4
Seasons Past Control	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Control	2–2	50.0
Prison	18–11	62.1
Enchantress	16–10	61.5
Aggro-Combo	280–280	50.0
Aristocrats	26–31	45.6
Mono Black Aristocrats	5–8	38.5
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Abzan Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Food	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	13–18	41.9
Boros Bombardment	1–0	100.0
Burn	25–7	78.1
Infect	75–56	57.3
Simic Infect	68–53	56.2
Blazing Shoal Infect	7–3	70.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	86–127	40.4
Izzet Dreadnought	9–13	40.9
Mono Blue Dreadnought	73–106	40.8
Izzet Blitzkrieg	3–0	100.0
Hushnought	8–5	61.5
Liquimetal Fishing	8–3	72.7
Combo Goblins	49–51	49.0
Goblin Persist	3–4	42.9
Dirty Kitty	46–47	49.5
Aggro-Control	104–103	50.2
Izzet Tempo	26–35	42.6
Azorius Skies	4–0	100.0
Blue Madness	7–8	46.7
Simic Madness	5–4	55.6
Wizards	4–2	66.7
Ninjas	1–5	16.7
Mono Blue Tempo	28–26	51.9
Mono Blue Librarians	19–14	57.6
Izzet Spells	9–16	36.0
Dimir Tempo	18–6	75.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Tempo	2–0	100.0
Combo-Control	142–78	64.5
Curses	2–1	66.7
Battle of Wits	32–13	71.1
Sunforger	4–0	100.0
Displace Loop	5–6	45.5
Familiars	2–2	50.0
Hive Mind	4–3	57.1
Plasma Swans	12–3	80.0
Mass Land Destruction	79–48	62.2
Wildfire	4–4	50.0
Jokulhaups Control	75–44	63.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	37–22	62.7
Temur Jokulhaups Control	4–3	57.1
Jund Jokulhaups Control	5–4	55.6
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	24–11	68.6
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	5–4	55.6
Resurgent Belief	4–3	57.1
Midrange	284–289	49.6
The Rock	8–5	61.5
Golgari Citadel	3–1	75.0
Abzan Midrange	25–11	69.4
Selesnya Midrange	3–2	60.0
Selesnya Value Town	1–0	100.0
Jund	3–2	60.0
Blink	62–137	31.2
Wave Blink	60–135	30.8
Azorius Wave	14–24	36.8
Orzhov Wave	32–85	27.4
Abzan Wave	5–18	21.7
Bant Wave	4–1	80.0
Acid Trip	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	17–4	81.0
Séance	5–1	83.3
Varolz Dreadnought	2–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	5–0	100.0
Allies	10–16	38.5
Azorius Allies	8–15	34.8
Fake-Rack	5–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–3	25.0
Vampires	4–5	44.4
Mono Black Vampires	1–5	16.7
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	2–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Midrange	18–9	66.7
Naya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Big Red	7–1	87.5
Mono Black Midrange	4–4	50.0
Mono Black Devotion	2–3	40.0
Hellion Whip	1–2	33.3
Dimir Midrange	4–2	66.7
Angel Tribal	2–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	2–3	40.0
Lifegain Midrange	21–21	50.0
Martyr's Grace	15–20	42.9
Sultai Midrange	4–3	57.1
Orzhov Midrange	22–39	36.1
Owling Mine	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Clerics	7–1	87.5
Artifact Midrange	5–2	71.4
Coinflip Tribal	3–0	100.0
Death Cloud	5–1	83.3
Ramp	177–95	65.1
Rofellos Ramp	80–56	58.8
Cloudpost Ramp	64–28	69.6
Eldrazipost	1–1	50.0
Golgari Post	0–1	0.0
Greenpost	51–20	71.8
Simic Post	4–1	80.0
Domain	0–2	0.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	24–4	85.7
Jund Carth	5–1	83.3