Mass Land Destruction

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo-Control	447	776–767	50.3	6	34	22
Mass Land Destruction	276	525–433	54.8	6	28	15
Wildfire	4	6–7	46.2
Jokulhaups Control	272	519–426	54.9	6	28	15
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	47	77–69	52.7	3	5	2
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	118	241–173	58.2	1	8	9
Temur Jokulhaups Control	3	3–7	30.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	65	122–114	51.7	2	13	1
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	13	25–19	56.8			1
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	18	37–34	52.1	0	2	2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	85–88	49.1
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Heroic	6–4	60.0
Mono White Heroic	5–1	83.3
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–3	25.0
Red Deck Wins	19–36	34.5
Goblins	7–4	63.6
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–1	50.0
White Weenie	9–7	56.3
Soldiers	7–2	77.8
Elves	17–16	51.5
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Warriors	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Rogues	2–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	3–2	60.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	11–14	44.0
Affinity	7–5	58.3
Tempered Steel	2–9	18.2
Mono Blue Architect	2–0	100.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	2–1	66.7
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	0–1	0.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–1	50.0
Humans	1–0	100.0
Combo	105–97	52.0
Storm	12–12	50.0
Sultai Tendrils	2–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	7–11	38.9
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	33–39	45.8
Recurring Nightmare	3–1	75.0
Dragon Nightmare	1–0	100.0
Worldgorger Dragon	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	30–37	44.8
Dimir Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	28–37	43.1
Necrotic Ooze Combo	5–17	22.7
Warp World	8–3	72.7
Hypergenesis	6–3	66.7
Jeskai Ascendancy	4–9	30.8
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	4–7	36.4
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	3–0	100.0
Anvil Colossus	2–0	100.0
Eggs	2–0	100.0
Taking Turns	1–3	25.0
Izzet Ascension	5–2	71.4
Jokulhaups Combo	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	8–0	100.0
Oops All Spells	8–0	100.0
Dredge	0–1	0.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
GreenTwin	1–1	50.0
Intruder Alarm	1–0	100.0
Belcher	8–5	61.5
Endless Belch	1–1	50.0
Possibility Storm	0–1	0.0
Control	95–55	63.3
Mono Black Control	2–0	100.0
Esper Control	7–12	36.8
Demonic Rising	2–0	100.0
Dimir Control	4–2	66.7
Azorius Control	26–20	56.5
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	3–3	50.0
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	4–1	80.0
Dragon Control	4–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	2–0	100.0
Ponza	7–6	53.8
Mono White Control	3–0	100.0
Life is Ez	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	8–0	100.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	6–4	60.0
Orzhov Control	7–5	58.3
Prison	4–2	66.7
Enchantress	4–2	66.7
Aggro-Combo	48–50	49.0
Aristocrats	10–10	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Mardu Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Food	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Boros Bombardment	4–8	33.3
Burn	1–3	25.0
Infect	7–3	70.0
Simic Infect	2–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	5–3	62.5
Trickbind Dreadnought	14–23	37.8
Mono Blue Dreadnought	11–22	33.3
Izzet Blitzkrieg	8–7	53.3
Hushnought	4–1	80.0
Liquimetal Fishing	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	3–3	50.0
Goblin Persist	2–0	100.0
Dirty Kitty	1–3	25.0
Aggro-Control	23–25	47.9
Izzet Tempo	4–7	36.4
Blue Madness	2–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Temur Madness	1–0	100.0
Wizards	4–3	57.1
Ninjas	2–3	40.0
Mono Blue Tempo	4–10	28.6
Mono Blue Faeries	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Librarians	1–8	11.1
Dimir Tempo	2–0	100.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	1–1	50.0
Combo-Control	42–38	52.5
Curses	1–2	33.3
Battle of Wits	4–1	80.0
Mindcrank	4–2	66.7
Hive Mind	1–1	50.0
Zur's Weirding	0–1	0.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	30–30	50.0
Wildfire	2–1	66.7
Jokulhaups Control	28–29	49.1
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	4–6	40.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	13–13	50.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	7–8	46.7
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	2–0	100.0
Resurgent Belief	2–0	100.0
Midrange	83–55	60.1
Temur Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	1–4	20.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Blink	2–4	33.3
Graveyard Value	3–0	100.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	2–0	100.0
Vampires	6–4	60.0
Mono Black Vampires	5–4	55.6
Orzhov Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Legends	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Legends	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–2	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	5–2	71.4
Mono Black Devotion	2–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Angel Tribal	2–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	4–2	66.7
Martyr's Grace	4–2	66.7
Mutate	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	8–12	40.0
Hero of Precinct One	15–8	65.2
Five Color Hero	13–8	61.9
Clerics	18–8	69.2
Coinflip Tribal	2–0	100.0
Ramp	44–25	63.8
Cloudpost Ramp	38–18	67.9
Greenpost	33–17	66.0
Gruul Post	1–0	100.0
Simic Post	4–1	80.0
Carth Superfriends	1–1	50.0