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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	871	1421–1514–1	48.4	12	68	31
The Rock	34	55–55	50.0	0	3	1
Golgari Citadel	1	3–2	60.0
Grenzo	4	4–10	28.6
Abzan Midrange	35	51–51	50.0
Selesnya Midrange	16	14–20	41.2
Selesnya Value Town	11	10–11	47.6
Jund	14	15–32	31.9
Blink	10	6–25	19.4
Acid Trip	1	0–5	0.0
Graveyard Value	45	64–87	42.4	0	1	1
Séance	15	23–35	39.7	0	1
Varolz Dreadnought	2	1–2	33.3
Enchantments Matter	7	8–13	38.1	0	2
Allies	21	30–24	55.6	0	2	2
Esper Allies	1	3–2	60.0
Azorius Allies	1	0–1	0.0
-1/-1 Counters	1	0–3	0.0
Fake-Rack	9	10–23	30.3
Mardu Midrange	4	3–9	25.0
Vampires	17	10–42	19.2
Mono Black Vampires	13	8–37	17.8
Rakdos Vampires	2	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Vampires	2	1–4	20.0
Legends Midrange	3	3–5	37.5
Orzhov Legends	3	3–5	37.5
Elementals	2	2–4	33.3
Rakdos Midrange	14	15–23	39.5
Naya Midrange	2	3–2	60.0
Big Red	8	2–18	10.0
Mono Black Midrange	127	215–240	47.3	1	3	4
Mono Black Devotion	50	82–93	46.9	0	1
Dimir Midrange	2	2–3	40.0
Angel Tribal	3	1–5	16.7
Lifegain Midrange	52	101–77–1	56.7	6	18
Martyr's Grace	48	98–71–1	58.0	6	18
Adventures	1	1–2	33.3
Sultai Midrange	18	33–38	46.5
Fight Rigging	8	14–15	48.3
Orzhov Midrange	261	582–385	60.2	5	33	23
Owling Mine	7	5–14	26.3
Jeskai Midrange	5	5–16	23.8
Ordealbreak	1	0–1	0.0
Party	1	1–3	25.0
Hero of Precinct One	16	31–23	57.4	0	2
Abzan Hero	2	5–4	55.6	0	1
Mardu Hero	1	4–1	80.0
Orzhov Hero	6	11–6	64.7
Clerics	7	15–17	46.9	0	1
Artifact Midrange	43	38–82	31.7	0	3
Coinflip Tribal	18	26–39	40.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	324–363–1	47.2
Mono Black Aggro	9–6	60.0
Heroic	16–17	48.5
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	3–3	50.0
Boros Heroic	12–13	48.0
Red Deck Wins	37–69–1	34.9
Goblins	0–3	0.0
Tokens	10–7	58.8
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	6–7	46.2
Mono Green Stompy	20–20	50.0
White Weenie	73–84	46.5
Quest for the Holy Relic	3–4	42.9
Soldiers	4–1	80.0
Elves	36–34	51.4
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	8–4	66.7
Gruul Aggro	5–6	45.5
Gruul Landfall	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Swarm	5–5	50.0
Artifact Aggro	59–69	46.1
Affinity	35–33	51.5
Salvage Titan	1–1	50.0
Tempered Steel	20–34	37.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Aggro	3–4	42.9
Illusions	3–4	42.9
Madness	7–3	70.0
Golgari Madness	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	5–3	62.5
Voltron	13–8	61.9
Hexproof	5–3	62.5
Equipment Aggro	5–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	3–5	37.5
Slivers	0–1	0.0
Naya Zoo	1–2	33.3
Knights	0–2	0.0
AggroSlide	2–4	33.3
Boros Aggro	11–10	52.4
Humans	3–2	60.0
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Boros Humans	1–1	50.0
Shamans	0–1	0.0
Combo	289–359	44.6
Storm	115–143	44.6
Dragonstorm	8–7	53.3
Citadel Storm	3–1	75.0
High Tide	94–134	41.2
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–1	50.0
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Oriss Genesis	5–6	45.5
Warp World	3–1	75.0
Maniac Combo	1–2	33.3
Hypergenesis	7–9	43.8
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	0–1	0.0
Turntimber Ranger	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	13–8	61.9
Retraction Helix Combo	1–0	100.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	0–1	0.0
Izzet Ascension	5–9	35.7
Soulflayer	1–2	33.3
Breakfast	15–28	34.9
Oops All Spells	3–17	15.0
Unctus	12–11	52.2
Dredge	58–90	39.2
Polymorph	8–8	50.0
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	2–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	7–0	100.0
GreenTwin	1–2	33.3
Intruder Alarm	0–1	0.0
Calibrated Blast	4–4	50.0
Restore Balance	3–3	50.0
Gyruda	0–2	0.0
Belcher	29–35	45.3
Possibility Storm	1–0	100.0
Control	180–172	51.1
Mono Black Control	1–1	50.0
Esper Control	7–3	70.0
Demonic Rising	6–2	75.0
Mono Blue Control	1–2	33.3
Dimir Control	10–4	71.4
Azorius Control	25–12	67.6
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	3–7	30.0
Mardu Control	1–2	33.3
Mill	7–1	87.5
Boros Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	4–4	50.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Blackpost	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Grixis Control	6–7	46.2
Cruel Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	4–6	40.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	0–3	0.0
Ponza	13–8	61.9
Mono White Control	13–22	37.1
Life is Ez	4–6	40.0
Cycling Control	5–7	41.7
Astral Slide	5–7	41.7
Five Color Control	3–1	75.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	3–1	75.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	5–3	62.5
Pox	16–5	76.2
Enchantments Control	11–27	28.9
Orzhov Control	23–25	47.9
Prison	12–19	38.7
Enchantress	10–13	43.5
Aggro-Combo	121–111	52.2
Aristocrats	5–15	25.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–4	20.0
Mardu Aristocrats	0–3	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	3–7	30.0
Boros Bombardment	1–0	100.0
Burn	9–3	75.0
Infect	20–11	64.5
Blazing Shoal Infect	4–0	100.0
Golgari Infect	1–3	25.0
Mono Black Infect	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	63–65	49.2
Izzet Dreadnought	7–11	38.9
Mono Blue Dreadnought	48–47	50.5
Izzet Blitzkrieg	7–1	87.5
Hushnought	12–11	52.2
Liquimetal Fishing	3–4	42.9
Combo Goblins	2–1	66.7
Dirty Kitty	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Control	97–110	46.9
Simic Flash	3–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	30–35	46.2
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	1–4	20.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Wizards	7–12	36.8
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	3–6	33.3
Izzet Spells	3–8	27.3
Dimir Tempo	22–16	57.9
Azorius Tempo	6–6	50.0
Combo-Control	108–108	50.0
Curses	2–4	33.3
Cruel Combo-Control	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	21–14	60.0
Shared Fate	1–1	50.0
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	1–0	100.0
Liliana's Contract	6–1	85.7
Mass Land Destruction	22–23	48.9
Wildfire	1–4	20.0
Jokulhaups Control	21–19	52.5
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	4–2	66.7
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	2–6	25.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	2–1	66.7
Thopter-Sword	50–65	43.5
Azorius Thopter-Sword	19–30	38.8
Dimir Thopter-Sword	18–14	56.3
Esper Thopter-Sword	8–18	30.8
Resurgent Belief	3–0	100.0
Midrange	249–249	50.0
The Rock	12–9	57.1
Abzan Midrange	7–14	33.3
Selesnya Midrange	4–1	80.0
Selesnya Value Town	3–1	75.0
Jund	9–2	81.8
Blink	5–2	71.4
Graveyard Value	10–11	47.6
Séance	4–2	66.7
Enchantments Matter	2–1	66.7
Allies	2–5	28.6
Esper Allies	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	1–4	20.0
Mardu Midrange	2–0	100.0
Vampires	6–1	85.7
Mono Black Vampires	6–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Legends	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	5–1	83.3
Naya Midrange	0–2	0.0
Big Red	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Midrange	46–38	54.8
Mono Black Devotion	18–19	48.6
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	8–10	44.4
Martyr's Grace	8–7	53.3
Sultai Midrange	6–4	60.0
Fight Rigging	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Midrange	62–103	37.6
Owling Mine	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Party	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	4–6	40.0
Abzan Hero	1–1	50.0
Mardu Hero	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Hero	1–0	100.0
Clerics	1–2	33.3
Artifact Midrange	16–9	64.0
Coinflip Tribal	12–6	66.7
Ramp	53–42	55.8
Cloudpost Ramp	35–29	54.7
Locus Awakening	1–0	100.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	0–1	0.0
Greenpost	20–19	51.3
Gruul Post	9–7	56.3
Simic Post	4–2	66.7
Domain	1–1	50.0
Defenders	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	5–5	50.0
Jund Carth	3–4	42.9