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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	910	1472–1605	47.8	5	85	35
Temur Ascendancy	7	16–14	53.3
The Rock	9	13–17	43.3	0	1	1
Grenzo	3	3–6	33.3
Abzan Midrange	54	88–103	46.1			4
Selesnya Midrange	8	12–24	33.3
Jund	24	28–44	38.9	0	1
Blink	31	55–58	48.7	0	1
Anti-Persecution	1	0–2	0.0
Graveyard Value	15	17–26	39.5
Séance	1	3–2	60.0
Varolz Dreadnought	4	5–8	38.5
Enchantments Matter	5	9–10	47.4
Allies	10	15–14	51.7	0	1
Orzhov Allies	2	4–3	57.1
Boros Allies	1	2–2	50.0	0	1
Mono White Allies	3	5–3	62.5
Azorius Allies	2	3–4	42.9
Treefolk	4	1–5	16.7
-1/-1 Counters	1	3–2	60.0
Fake-Rack	13	13–40	24.5
Mardu Midrange	3	3–4	42.9
White Jund	1	0–1	0.0
Vampires	32	69–57	54.8	0	5	3
Mono Black Vampires	28	65–50	56.5	0	5	3
Orzhov Vampires	4	4–7	36.4
Legends Midrange	33	45–46	49.5	0	2	2
Boros Legends Midrange	1	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Legends	29	42–41	50.6	0	2	2
Selesnya Legends	2	3–2	60.0
Elementals	2	1–5	16.7
Rakdos Midrange	44	75–81	48.1	0	5	1
Naya Midrange	5	2–12	14.3
Big Red	5	5–12	29.4
Mono Black Midrange	77	111–122	47.6	0	8	2
Mono Black Devotion	13	17–27	38.6	0	2
Dimir Midrange	15	10–32	23.8	0	1
Angel Tribal	22	55–47	53.9	2	15
Toughness Matters	6	9–12	42.9
Lifegain Midrange	23	41–38	51.9	0	1	1
Martyr's Grace	21	41–33	55.4	0	1	1
Mutate	6	4–16	20.0
Sultai Midrange	2	3–7	30.0
Fight Rigging	1	2–3	40.0
Orzhov Midrange	115	238–155	60.6	0	10	7
Owling Mine	3	0–6	0.0
Jeskai Midrange	1	3–2	60.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	5	5–11	31.3
Zur the Enchanter	1	2–4	33.3
Mythic Colossification	1	3–2	60.0
Party	3	2–6	25.0
Hero of Precinct One	158	298–248	54.6	1	12	12
Mardu Hero	6	12–13	48.0			1
Five Color Hero	142	271–214	55.9	0	10	11
Naya Hero	2	2–4	33.3
Clerics	78	128–153	45.6	2	16	1
Artifact Midrange	12	12–27	30.8
Coinflip Tribal	18	15–29	34.1	0	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	331–324	50.5
Mono Black Aggro	2–0	100.0
Heroic	18–12	60.0
Mono White Heroic	12–12	50.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	3–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	2–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	94–108	46.5
Goblins	16–12	57.1
Tokens	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono White Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–4	33.3
White Weenie	20–26	43.5
Soldiers	10–14	41.7
Elves	33–59	35.9
Selesnya Little Kid	9–6	60.0
Rogues	2–0	100.0
Zombies	2–1	66.7
Gruul Aggro	5–5	50.0
Gruul Landfall	2–1	66.7
Merfolk	6–1	85.7
Mono Red Swarm	4–5	44.4
Artifact Aggro	71–57	55.5
Affinity	43–31	58.1
Salvage Titan	9–1	90.0
Tempered Steel	19–24	44.2
Mono Blue Architect	0–1	0.0
Madness	7–1	87.5
Golgari Madness	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Madness	4–0	100.0
Jund Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	4–2	66.7
Hexproof	2–1	66.7
Hateful Auras	2–1	66.7
Slivers	2–1	66.7
Naya Zoo	3–0	100.0
Knights	2–6	25.0
AggroSlide	3–3	50.0
Cats	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	12–4	75.0
Boros Aggro	5–1	83.3
Humans	7–4	63.6
Jeskai Humans	1–1	50.0
Boros Humans	1–1	50.0
Combo	308–315	49.4
Storm	42–40	51.2
Sultai Tendrils	4–1	80.0
Dimir Tendrils	1–2	33.3
Hazoret Storm	24–31	43.6
Simic Storm	1–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	8–6	57.1
Reanimator	106–111	48.8
Recurring Nightmare	6–5	54.5
Dragon Nightmare	3–3	50.0
Jund Nightmare	2–0	100.0
Four Color Powerful Magic	1–0	100.0
Worldgorger Dragon	4–10	28.6
Starlit Graves	1–2	33.3
Traditional Reanimator	95–94	50.3
Rakdos Reanimator	5–3	62.5
Dimir Reanimator	4–5	44.4
Mono Black Reanimator	85–86	49.7
Grixis Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Oriss Genesis	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	26–35	42.6
Warp World	15–15	50.0
Hypergenesis	15–16	48.4
Runeflare	3–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	5–12	29.4
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	5–10	33.3
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	4–2	66.7
Anvil Colossus	0–1	0.0
Eggs	2–2	50.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	3–2	60.0
Izzet Ascension	18–20	47.4
Ominous Good	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Combo	7–3	70.0
Soulflayer	3–0	100.0
Reanim8 Rack	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	8–11	42.1
Oops All Spells	8–11	42.1
Dredge	7–2	77.8
Polymorph	1–1	50.0
Ad Nauseam	4–2	66.7
GreenTwin	12–4	75.0
Intruder Alarm	3–1	75.0
Restore Balance	2–3	40.0
Belcher	9–26	25.7
Endless Belch	4–4	50.0
Possibility Storm	0–1	0.0
Control	185–230	44.6
Mono Black Control	0–2	0.0
Esper Control	19–26	42.2
Demonic Rising	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Control	3–6	33.3
Dimir Control	10–10	50.0
Azorius Control	31–85	26.7
Cawblade	2–0	100.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–2	33.3
Mardu Control	1–1	50.0
Mill	11–1	91.7
Boros Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	10–11	47.6
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	8–8	50.0
Grixis Control	1–4	20.0
Cruel Control	0–3	0.0
Stax	8–6	57.1
Chandra Nalaar	2–0	100.0
Dragon Control	1–1	50.0
Izzet Dragons	1–1	50.0
Ponza	12–16	42.9
Mono White Control	14–12	53.8
Life is Ez	0–2	0.0
Cycling Control	8–9	47.1
Astral Slide	8–9	47.1
Five Color Control	10–9	52.6
Sultai Control	4–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	2–2	50.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	18–3	85.7
Orzhov Control	11–18	37.9
Prison	4–4	50.0
Enchantress	4–3	57.1
Aggro-Combo	164–174	48.5
Aristocrats	22–27	44.9
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Mardu Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Food	8–4	66.7
Rakdos Aristocrats	4–1	80.0
Boros Bombardment	9–16	36.0
Burn	6–6	50.0
Infect	21–16	56.8
Simic Infect	11–6	64.7
Blazing Shoal Infect	10–10	50.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	64–76	45.7
Izzet Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	51–66	43.6
Izzet Blitzkrieg	23–9	71.9
Hushnought	17–24	41.5
Liquimetal Fishing	1–1	50.0
Combo Goblins	10–14	41.7
Goblin Persist	2–5	28.6
Dirty Kitty	8–9	47.1
Aggro-Control	61–67	47.7
Izzet Tempo	14–16	46.7
Azorius Skies	2–0	100.0
Blue Madness	5–0	100.0
Simic Madness	3–0	100.0
Temur Madness	1–0	100.0
Wizards	5–4	55.6
Ninjas	7–7	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	14–18	43.8
Mono Blue Faeries	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Librarians	6–16	27.3
Izzet Spells	5–16	23.8
Dimir Tempo	2–1	66.7
Ensoul Aggro-Control	2–4	33.3
Combo-Control	102–117	46.6
Curses	2–2	50.0
Battle of Wits	26–13	66.7
Mindcrank	8–10	44.4
Displace Loop	0–1	0.0
Familiars	0–1	0.0
Lich's Mastery	3–1	75.0
Hive Mind	0–2	0.0
Zur's Weirding	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	1–1	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	55–83	39.9
Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	55–82	40.1
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	7–10	41.2
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	21–37	36.2
Temur Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	18–21	46.2
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	2–2	50.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	7–7	50.0
Resurgent Belief	5–4	55.6
Midrange	248–248	50.0
Temur Ascendancy	2–3	40.0
The Rock	4–2	66.7
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	22–20	52.4
Selesnya Midrange	4–1	80.0
Jund	6–7	46.2
Blink	7–12	36.8
Anti-Persecution	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	3–3	50.0
Séance	0–1	0.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	0–1	0.0
Allies	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Allies	0–1	0.0
Mono White Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	2–3	40.0
Mardu Midrange	1–1	50.0
Vampires	7–15	31.8
Mono Black Vampires	7–13	35.0
Orzhov Vampires	0–2	0.0
Legends Midrange	7–8	46.7
Boros Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	5–8	38.5
Rakdos Midrange	10–14	41.7
Naya Midrange	3–0	100.0
Big Red	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Midrange	20–12	62.5
Mono Black Devotion	4–2	66.7
Dimir Midrange	6–0	100.0
Angel Tribal	10–13	43.5
Toughness Matters	2–1	66.7
Lifegain Midrange	4–4	50.0
Martyr's Grace	4–4	50.0
Mutate	1–1	50.0
Sultai Midrange	2–0	100.0
Fight Rigging	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	29–31	48.3
Owling Mine	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Zur the Enchanter	1–0	100.0
Party	2–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	35–44	44.3
Mardu Hero	1–3	25.0
Five Color Hero	32–39	45.1
Naya Hero	1–0	100.0
Clerics	24–35	40.7
Artifact Midrange	3–3	50.0
Coinflip Tribal	8–2	80.0
Ramp	73–130	36.0
Cloudpost Ramp	59–108	35.3
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	2–0	100.0
Greenpost	50–98	33.8
Gruul Post	3–3	50.0
Simic Post	4–6	40.0
Domain	1–1	50.0
Carth Superfriends	2–7	22.2