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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo-Control	447	776–767	50.3	6	34	22
Curses	9	12–14	46.2
Cruel Combo-Control	2	0–6	0.0
Battle of Wits	51	75–145	34.1			2
Shared Fate	1	0–2	0.0
Pickles	2	3–3	50.0
Mindcrank	55	80–84	48.8	0	4	2
Displace Loop	3	4–4	50.0	0	2
Familiars	3	4–4	50.0	0	2
Hedron Alignment	3	2–5	28.6
Lich's Mastery	5	9–5	64.3
Hive Mind	8	13–10	56.5			1
Zur's Weirding	3	7–7	50.0
Solar Flare	8	12–7	63.2			1
Plasma Swans	2	5–4	55.6
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
Resurgent Belief	19	29–38	43.3			1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	143–163	46.7
Mono Black Aggro	2–1	66.7
Heroic	13–6	68.4
Mono White Heroic	10–3	76.9
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	3–3	50.0
Red Deck Wins	27–61	30.7
Mono Red Devotion	0–1	0.0
Goblins	10–5	66.7
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	3–3	50.0
White Weenie	10–15	40.0
Soldiers	8–7	53.3
Elves	23–26	46.9
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Warriors	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	2–1	66.7
Rogues	2–0	100.0
Zombies	1–1	50.0
Gruul Aggro	5–3	62.5
Gruul Landfall	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	4–3	57.1
Artifact Aggro	25–27	48.1
Affinity	17–10	63.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	4–17	19.0
Mono Blue Architect	3–0	100.0
Madness	2–2	50.0
Golgari Madness	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	2–3	40.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–1	50.0
Hateful Auras	0–2	0.0
Naya Zoo	0–1	0.0
Knights	3–1	75.0
Rakdos Aggro	3–2	60.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	2–2	50.0
Boros Humans	0–1	0.0
Combo	160–171	48.3
Storm	20–25	44.4
Sultai Tendrils	3–1	75.0
Hazoret Storm	12–22	35.3
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	2–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	1–1	50.0
Reanimator	56–64	46.7
Recurring Nightmare	6–1	85.7
Dragon Nightmare	2–0	100.0
Four Color Powerful Magic	1–0	100.0
Worldgorger Dragon	2–2	50.0
Starlit Graves	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	48–60	44.4
Dimir Reanimator	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Reanimator	46–57	44.7
Grixis Reanimator	0–2	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	8–32	20.0
Warp World	12–6	66.7
Hypergenesis	7–7	50.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	7–11	38.9
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	7–9	43.8
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	5–1	83.3
Anvil Colossus	2–1	66.7
Eggs	3–1	75.0
Taking Turns	2–4	33.3
Izzet Ascension	5–6	45.5
Jokulhaups Combo	1–1	50.0
Breakfast	9–1	90.0
Oops All Spells	9–1	90.0
Dredge	2–1	66.7
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	1–1	50.0
GreenTwin	1–1	50.0
Intruder Alarm	1–0	100.0
Belcher	9–8	52.9
Endless Belch	2–1	66.7
Possibility Storm	0–1	0.0
Control	147–106	58.1
Mono Black Control	2–0	100.0
Esper Control	16–24	40.0
Demonic Rising	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	7–4	63.6
Azorius Control	37–31	54.4
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	2–0	100.0
Mill	6–3	66.7
Boros Control	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Control	6–1	85.7
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	5–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–3	25.0
Cruel Control	1–1	50.0
Stax	6–5	54.5
Dragon Control	5–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	2–0	100.0
Ponza	10–10	50.0
Mono White Control	6–1	85.7
Life is Ez	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	2–2	50.0
Astral Slide	2–2	50.0
Five Color Control	12–6	66.7
Five Color Collected Conjuring	2–0	100.0
Sultai Control	2–1	66.7
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	6–4	60.0
Orzhov Control	7–8	46.7
Prison	7–2	77.8
Enchantress	7–2	77.8
Aggro-Combo	68–78	46.6
Aristocrats	14–16	46.7
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Mardu Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Food	2–2	50.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	3–3	50.0
Boros Bombardment	5–9	35.7
Burn	4–5	44.4
Infect	8–7	53.3
Simic Infect	2–2	50.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	6–5	54.5
Trickbind Dreadnought	16–32	33.3
Mono Blue Dreadnought	11–29	27.5
Izzet Blitzkrieg	12–8	60.0
Hushnought	7–5	58.3
Liquimetal Fishing	3–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	4–5	44.4
Goblin Persist	2–1	66.7
Dirty Kitty	2–4	33.3
Aggro-Control	36–37	49.3
Izzet Tempo	8–11	42.1
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	2–1	66.7
Simic Madness	1–1	50.0
Temur Madness	1–0	100.0
Wizards	5–3	62.5
Ninjas	5–5	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	6–13	31.6
Mono Blue Faeries	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Librarians	1–9	10.0
Dimir Tempo	2–2	50.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	2–1	66.7
Combo-Control	53–53	50.0
Curses	1–2	33.3
Battle of Wits	5–2	71.4
Mindcrank	4–2	66.7
Hive Mind	1–1	50.0
Zur's Weirding	0–1	0.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Plasma Swans	1–1	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	38–42	47.5
Wildfire	2–1	66.7
Jokulhaups Control	36–41	46.8
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	8–7	53.3
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	16–18	47.1
Jund Jokulhaups Control	7–9	43.8
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	2–3	40.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	2–3	40.0
Resurgent Belief	3–1	75.0
Midrange	117–102	53.4
Temur Ascendancy	0–3	0.0
Abzan Midrange	4–7	36.4
Selesnya Midrange	3–1	75.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	4–6	40.0
Graveyard Value	3–0	100.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	0–1	0.0
Treefolk	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	3–1	75.0
Vampires	9–5	64.3
Mono Black Vampires	8–5	61.5
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	6–6	50.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	6–6	50.0
Mono Black Devotion	2–2	50.0
Dimir Midrange	2–1	66.7
Angel Tribal	2–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	6–3	66.7
Martyr's Grace	6–3	66.7
Mutate	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	9–19	32.1
Hero of Precinct One	18–22	45.0
Mardu Hero	1–2	33.3
Five Color Hero	15–20	42.9
Clerics	22–10	68.8
Artifact Midrange	0–1	0.0
Coinflip Tribal	2–0	100.0
Ramp	52–57	47.7
Cloudpost Ramp	43–47	47.8
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	0–1	0.0
Greenpost	38–40	48.7
Gruul Post	1–1	50.0
Simic Post	4–5	44.4
Carth Superfriends	2–2	50.0