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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	1010	1672–1725	49.2	24	116	46
The Rock	27	35–56	38.5	0	2
Golgari Citadel	7	6–15	28.6
Abzan Midrange	52	83–117	41.5	0	1
Selesnya Midrange	6	10–14	41.7
Selesnya Value Town	1	0–3	0.0
Jund	9	13–17	43.3
Blink	329	709–470	60.1	18	70	28
Wave Blink	321	697–456	60.5	18	70	28
Esper Wave	1	0–1	0.0
Azorius Wave	46	96–65	59.6	6	17	1
Orzhov Wave	203	466–288	61.8	11	46	20
Abzan Wave	39	88–52	62.9	1	4	5
Bant Wave	7	8–20	28.6
Acid Trip	3	1–8	11.1
Anti-Persecution	1	0–2	0.0
Graveyard Value	38	44–82	34.9	0	1	1
Séance	7	21–12	63.6			1
Varolz Dreadnought	4	5–10	33.3
Enchantments Matter	9	6–15	28.6
Allies	32	72–44	62.1	0	3	2
Azorius Allies	28	64–35	64.6	0	2	2
Fake-Rack	9	1–20	4.8
Mardu Midrange	11	18–15	54.5
Vampires	21	36–39	48.0			1
Mono Black Vampires	15	29–25	53.7			1
Rakdos Vampires	3	2–5	28.6
Orzhov Vampires	2	4–6	40.0
Legends Midrange	7	8–13	38.1
Orzhov Legends	1	0–1	0.0
Elementals	2	0–4	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	52	53–95	35.8	0	3	1
Naya Midrange	4	5–9	35.7
Big Red	20	15–42	26.3
Mono Black Midrange	24	22–39	36.1	0	3
Mono Black Devotion	9	14–19	42.4	0	2
Hellion Whip	1	3–2	60.0
Dimir Midrange	12	16–22	42.1
Angel Tribal	1	0–3	0.0
Toughness Matters	6	4–9	30.8
Lifegain Midrange	74	152–114	57.1	3	14	6
Martyr's Grace	59	128–85	60.1	3	14	5
Mutate	2	1–6	14.3
Sultai Midrange	16	27–29	48.2	0	1
Orzhov Midrange	83	166–137	54.8	3	11	3
Owling Mine	6	7–12	36.8	0	1
Jeskai Midrange	3	1–10	9.1
Clerics	22	38–39	49.4			1
Artifact Midrange	21	14–49	22.2
Coinflip Tribal	5	0–13	0.0
Death Cloud	7	10–19	34.5

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	276–241	53.4
Mono Black Aggro	20–10	66.7
Heroic	12–7	63.2
Mono White Heroic	4–1	80.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–3	40.0
Boros Heroic	4–3	57.1
Selesnya Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	70–77	47.6
Goblins	0–1	0.0
Tokens	6–2	75.0
Mono White Tokens	6–2	75.0
Mono Green Stompy	35–18	66.0
White Weenie	11–11	50.0
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Kithkin	1–0	100.0
Elves	18–15	54.5
Werewolves	3–2	60.0
Minotaurs	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	0–1	0.0
Rogues	1–1	50.0
Zombies	11–11	50.0
Gruul Aggro	13–9	59.1
Mono Red Swarm	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	35–32	52.2
Affinity	8–3	72.7
Boros Vehicles	1–0	100.0
Salvage Titan	2–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	22–23	48.9
Mono Blue Architect	2–6	25.0
Madness	4–3	57.1
Golgari Madness	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Madness	2–0	100.0
Voltron	1–1	50.0
Hexproof	1–1	50.0
Slivers	0–1	0.0
Knights	4–6	40.0
AggroSlide	12–19	38.7
Rakdos Aggro	9–3	75.0
Boros Aggro	5–2	71.4
Shamans	3–7	30.0
Combo	304–287	51.4
Storm	50–28	64.1
Dimir Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Dragonstorm	18–11	62.1
Citadel Storm	8–7	53.3
Grixis Tendrils	9–2	81.8
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	2–2	50.0
Izzet Storm	8–5	61.5
Swath Storm	2–3	40.0
Reanimator	25–45	35.7
Recurring Nightmare	25–45	35.7
Dragon Nightmare	16–14	53.3
Jund Nightmare	0–3	0.0
Oriss Genesis	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	9–11	45.0
Zubera Tribal	1–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	1–2	33.3
Hypergenesis	0–2	0.0
Runeflare	3–3	50.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	16–43	27.1
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	16–43	27.1
"Twin"	5–1	83.3
Jeskai "Twin"	1–0	100.0
Naya "Twin"	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	5–5	50.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	3–2	60.0
Taking Turns	12–13	48.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	3–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	16–11	59.3
Breakfast	70–78	47.3
Hermit Dredge	3–0	100.0
Oops All Spells	67–78	46.2
Oops All Lands	3–0	100.0
Dredge	22–6	78.6
Polymorph	1–1	50.0
Protean Hulk Combo	2–3	40.0
Storm Herald	1–1	50.0
Enduring Ideal	15–9	62.5
Ad Nauseam	5–0	100.0
GreenTwin	1–0	100.0
Tibalt's Trickery	6–1	85.7
Intruder Alarm	1–1	50.0
Calibrated Blast	4–5	44.4
Restore Balance	1–2	33.3
Gyruda	3–5	37.5
Stuffy Doll	1–2	33.3
Possibility Storm	5–2	71.4
Control	213–188	53.1
Mono Black Control	5–2	71.4
Esper Control	13–10	56.5
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	11–24	31.4
Azorius Control	31–23	57.4
Cawblade	2–2	50.0
Turbo Fog	1–1	50.0
Izzet Control	7–6	53.8
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	10–3	76.9
Boros Control	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Control	5–4	55.6
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	5–4	55.6
Grixis Control	12–17	41.4
Cruel Control	1–1	50.0
Stax	19–18	51.4
Chandra Nalaar	0–2	0.0
Dragon Control	11–9	55.0
Izzet Dragons	3–1	75.0
Esper Dragons	3–5	37.5
Grixis Dragons	0–1	0.0
Ponza	2–2	50.0
Mono White Control	11–8	57.9
Cycling Control	9–3	75.0
Astral Slide	4–3	57.1
Five Color Control	4–0	100.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	3–3	50.0
Guildgate Control	4–1	80.0
Bant Control	0–5	0.0
Pox	28–16	63.6
Seasons Past Control	2–6	25.0
Orzhov Control	8–3	72.7
Prison	11–20	35.5
Enchantress	9–19	32.1
Aggro-Combo	289–284	50.4
Aristocrats	30–26	53.6
Mono Black Aristocrats	8–3	72.7
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	16–15	51.6
Burn	14–18	43.8
Infect	58–68	46.0
Simic Infect	51–62	45.1
Blazing Shoal Infect	5–6	45.5
Golgari Infect	2–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	116–93	55.5
Izzet Dreadnought	7–15	31.8
Mono Blue Dreadnought	100–77	56.5
Izzet Blitzkrieg	2–1	66.7
Hushnought	8–11	42.1
Liquimetal Fishing	14–6	70.0
Combo Goblins	45–61	42.5
Goblin Persist	2–7	22.2
Dirty Kitty	43–54	44.3
Aggro-Control	106–115	48.0
Izzet Tempo	37–28	56.9
Azorius Skies	1–1	50.0
Blue Madness	8–6	57.1
Simic Madness	6–4	60.0
Wizards	2–2	50.0
Ninjas	5–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	35–44	44.3
Mono Blue Librarians	19–26	42.2
Izzet Spells	7–17	29.2
Dimir Tempo	8–14	36.4
Azorius Tempo	1–2	33.3
Combo-Control	92–136	40.4
Curses	5–1	83.3
Battle of Wits	19–29	39.6
Shared Fate	1–4	20.0
Sunforger	4–4	50.0
Displace Loop	1–8	11.1
Familiars	1–1	50.0
Hive Mind	6–7	46.2
Plasma Swans	9–11	45.0
Mass Land Destruction	46–68	40.4
Wildfire	3–3	50.0
Jokulhaups Control	43–65	39.8
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	23–39	37.1
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	5–4	55.6
Jund Jokulhaups Control	1–7	12.5
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	10–12	45.5
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	1–2	33.3
Resurgent Belief	1–1	50.0
Midrange	282–282	50.0
The Rock	13–5	72.2
Golgari Citadel	1–1	50.0
Abzan Midrange	11–19	36.7
Selesnya Midrange	3–0	100.0
Selesnya Value Town	1–0	100.0
Jund	2–2	50.0
Blink	83–120	40.9
Wave Blink	81–119	40.5
Azorius Wave	9–18	33.3
Orzhov Wave	55–80	40.7
Abzan Wave	9–14	39.1
Bant Wave	2–2	50.0
Acid Trip	2–0	100.0
Anti-Persecution	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	8–13	38.1
Séance	1–6	14.3
Varolz Dreadnought	3–2	60.0
Enchantments Matter	4–0	100.0
Allies	5–11	31.3
Azorius Allies	5–8	38.5
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–5	16.7
Vampires	5–4	55.6
Mono Black Vampires	3–3	50.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	0–2	0.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	17–6	73.9
Naya Midrange	3–1	75.0
Big Red	5–2	71.4
Mono Black Midrange	9–2	81.8
Mono Black Devotion	5–2	71.4
Dimir Midrange	4–0	100.0
Angel Tribal	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	3–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	17–30	36.2
Martyr's Grace	16–28	36.4
Mutate	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	5–5	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	26–29	47.3
Owling Mine	3–1	75.0
Jeskai Midrange	3–0	100.0
Clerics	3–6	33.3
Artifact Midrange	7–2	77.8
Coinflip Tribal	4–0	100.0
Death Cloud	2–0	100.0
Ramp	110–192	36.4
Rofellos Ramp	43–114	27.4
Cloudpost Ramp	46–51	47.4
Eldrazipost	2–0	100.0
Greenpost	31–42	42.5
Simic Post	2–1	66.7
Domain	3–0	100.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	1–1	50.0
Carth Superfriends	11–17	39.3
Jund Carth	4–2	66.7