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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro-Control	266	424–408	51.0	3	20	14
Izzet Tempo	66	107–92	53.8			7
Azorius Skies	4	1–10	9.1
Blue Madness	8	6–19	24.0
Simic Madness	5	4–10	28.6
Temur Madness	2	0–6	0.0
Wizards	26	37–34	52.1	0	3	2
Ninjas	37	58–61	48.7	0	1	1
Mono Blue Tempo	54	100–76	56.8	2	5	2
Mono Blue Faeries	5	9–8	52.9
Mono Blue Librarians	23	60–23	72.3	2	4	2
Izzet Spells	31	67–45	59.8	1	6	2
Dimir Tempo	11	13–23	36.1
Ensoul Aggro-Control	18	23–27	46.0	0	5

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	78–94	45.3
Mono Black Aggro	1–2	33.3
Heroic	10–11	47.6
Mono White Heroic	8–10	44.4
Azorius Heroic	1–1	50.0
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	16–27	37.2
Goblins	3–4	42.9
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	3–11	21.4
Soldiers	1–7	12.5
Elves	12–14	46.2
Selesnya Little Kid	7–2	77.8
Gruul Aggro	2–1	66.7
Merfolk	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	14–13	51.9
Affinity	5–4	55.6
Salvage Titan	2–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	7–9	43.8
Madness	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Madness	1–1	50.0
Voltron	0–1	0.0
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
Knights	2–1	66.7
AggroSlide	0–3	0.0
Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	2–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	2–1	66.7
Boros Humans	1–0	100.0
Combo	93–69	57.4
Storm	12–9	57.1
Sultai Tendrils	2–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	9–8	52.9
Izzet Storm	1–1	50.0
Reanimator	31–20	60.8
Recurring Nightmare	1–0	100.0
Dragon Nightmare	1–0	100.0
Worldgorger Dragon	0–2	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	30–18	62.5
Rakdos Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	29–18	61.7
Necrotic Ooze Combo	12–8	60.0
Warp World	2–3	40.0
Hypergenesis	7–3	70.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	4–5	44.4
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	3–3	50.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Metalwork Colossus	2–0	100.0
Eggs	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	3–1	75.0
Izzet Ascension	5–3	62.5
Soulflayer	0–1	0.0
Dredge	4–2	66.7
Polymorph	1–1	50.0
Ad Nauseam	1–0	100.0
GreenTwin	2–3	40.0
Intruder Alarm	0–1	0.0
Restore Balance	1–2	33.3
Belcher	3–6	33.3
Endless Belch	1–1	50.0
Control	51–67	43.2
Esper Control	4–10	28.6
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	3–5	37.5
Azorius Control	14–22	38.9
Cawblade	0–1	0.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Mill	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Control	4–5	44.4
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	4–3	57.1
Grixis Control	0–1	0.0
Cruel Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	3–0	100.0
Dragon Control	1–1	50.0
Izzet Dragons	0–1	0.0
Ponza	3–3	50.0
Dynavolt Tower	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	1–1	50.0
Astral Slide	1–1	50.0
Five Color Control	3–3	50.0
Sultai Control	2–0	100.0
Pox	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Control	3–6	33.3
Prison	5–4	55.6
Enchantress	5–3	62.5
Aggro-Combo	49–44	52.7
Aristocrats	9–8	52.9
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Food	3–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	4–0	100.0
Boros Bombardment	1–7	12.5
Burn	0–2	0.0
Infect	5–4	55.6
Simic Infect	0–2	0.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	5–2	71.4
Trickbind Dreadnought	16–18	47.1
Mono Blue Dreadnought	16–17	48.5
Izzet Blitzkrieg	5–1	83.3
Hushnought	11–8	57.9
Liquimetal Fishing	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	2–3	40.0
Goblin Persist	1–0	100.0
Dirty Kitty	1–3	25.0
Aggro-Control	20–20	50.0
Izzet Tempo	4–8	33.3
Wizards	3–4	42.9
Ninjas	1–3	25.0
Mono Blue Tempo	6–2	75.0
Mono Blue Faeries	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Librarians	0–2	0.0
Izzet Spells	3–1	75.0
Dimir Tempo	2–1	66.7
Ensoul Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	37–36	50.7
Curses	2–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	3–2	60.0
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	4–3	57.1
Hedron Alignment	0–1	0.0
Lich's Mastery	0–2	0.0
Hive Mind	0–1	0.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Plasma Swans	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	25–23	52.1
Jokulhaups Control	25–23	52.1
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	6–3	66.7
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	6–11	35.3
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	5–8	38.5
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	6–0	100.0
Resurgent Belief	2–2	50.0
Midrange	67–61	52.3
Temur Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Abzan Midrange	5–3	62.5
Selesnya Midrange	2–2	50.0
Blink	0–3	0.0
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Allies	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Allies	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	2–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Vampires	2–5	28.6
Mono Black Vampires	2–5	28.6
Legends Midrange	3–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	3–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–2	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	4–6	40.0
Dimir Midrange	3–2	60.0
Angel Tribal	5–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–3	40.0
Martyr's Grace	1–3	25.0
Orzhov Midrange	5–13	27.8
Owling Mine	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	10–10	50.0
Five Color Hero	10–10	50.0
Clerics	10–4	71.4
Artifact Midrange	3–0	100.0
Coinflip Tribal	1–0	100.0
Ramp	29–17	63.0
Cloudpost Ramp	24–12	66.7
Greenpost	20–11	64.5
Gruul Post	1–0	100.0
Simic Post	3–1	75.0
Carth Superfriends	2–2	50.0