Cloudpost Control

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	1073	1705–1707	50.0	11	87	50
Cloudpost Control	220	409–358	53.3	3	25	15
Azorius Cloudpost Control	2	0–2	0.0
Blackpost	3	4–7	36.4
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	47	91–76	54.5	0	2	2
Dimir Cloudpost Control	1	3–2	60.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	35	29–70	29.3	0	6
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	105	236–153	60.7	3	16	12

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	70–86	44.9
Mono Black Aggro	2–1	66.7
Heroic	6–6	50.0
Mono White Heroic	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Heroic	4–4	50.0
Red Deck Wins	13–13	50.0
Goblins	3–5	37.5
Mono Green Stompy	2–0	100.0
White Weenie	1–0	100.0
Elves	12–9	57.1
Selesnya Little Kid	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Counters	0–2	0.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	1–4	20.0
Artifact Aggro	5–9	35.7
Affinity	3–2	60.0
Tempered Steel	2–7	22.2
Madness	3–2	60.0
Golgari Madness	3–1	75.0
Jund Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	2–5	28.6
Rakdos Aggro	0–4	0.0
Legends Aggro	18–26	40.9
Boros Legends Aggro	13–20	39.4
Selesnya Legends Aggro	2–3	40.0
Combo	44–48	47.8
Storm	17–14	54.8
Hazoret Storm	2–2	50.0
High Tide	15–12	55.6
Reanimator	4–2	66.7
Worldgorger Dragon	1–1	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	3–1	75.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Myr Incubator	0–2	0.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–4	20.0
Retraction Helix Combo	0–1	0.0
Izzet Ascension	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	1–1	50.0
Breakfast	0–2	0.0
Oops All Spells	0–2	0.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	2–3	40.0
Intruder Alarm	1–1	50.0
Gyruda	6–4	60.0
Tameshi Bloom	6–9	40.0
Possibility Storm	1–1	50.0
Control	93–51	64.6
Esper Control	19–7	73.1
Dimir Control	5–2	71.4
Azorius Control	10–2	83.3
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–1	50.0
Mardu Control	1–2	33.3
Boros Control	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	23–23	50.0
Blackpost	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	5–4	55.6
Izzet Cloudpost Control	5–1	83.3
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	10–15	40.0
Grixis Control	2–0	100.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	3–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	1–1	50.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Esper Dragons	0–1	0.0
Ponza	6–3	66.7
Mono White Control	1–1	50.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	1–1	50.0
Pox	2–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	6–4	60.0
Orzhov Control	3–3	50.0
Prison	2–1	66.7
Enchantress	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Combo	18–30	37.5
Aristocrats	3–6	33.3
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–5	0.0
Mardu Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Food	2–1	66.7
Burn	4–0	100.0
Infect	8–21	27.6
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–1	50.0
Golgari Infect	7–20	25.9
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Combo Goblins	2–2	50.0
Goblin Persist	2–2	50.0
Aggro-Control	21–16	56.8
Simic Flash	3–1	75.0
Izzet Tempo	5–5	50.0
Wizards	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	4–3	57.1
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	5–3	62.5
Dimir Faeries	5–2	71.4
Combo-Control	27–23	54.0
Cruel Combo-Control	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	7–4	63.6
Pickles	1–1	50.0
Displace Loop	1–0	100.0
Familiars	1–0	100.0
Yosei Vat	2–0	100.0
Hive Mind	2–6	25.0
Zur's Weirding	2–2	50.0
Solar Flare	10–9	52.6
Mass Land Destruction	1–1	50.0
Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Midrange	121–80	60.2
The Rock	2–1	66.7
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	5–3	62.5
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	3–3	50.0
Blink	29–28	50.9
Wave Blink	21–18	53.8
Azorius Wave	12–14	46.2
Orzhov Wave	9–4	69.2
Cloudpost Wave Blink	8–10	44.4
Graveyard Value	10–3	76.9
Séance	1–0	100.0
Allies	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Allies	0–1	0.0
Vampires	4–2	66.7
Mono Black Vampires	4–2	66.7
Legends Midrange	9–9	50.0
Boros Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Legends	5–7	41.7
Rakdos Midrange	2–4	33.3
Big Red	1–4	20.0
Mono Black Midrange	11–3	78.6
Mono Black Devotion	6–3	66.7
Angel Tribal	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	3–1	75.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	6–2	75.0
Fires of Invention	14–5	73.7
Hero of Precinct One	8–4	66.7
Mardu Hero	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Hero	1–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	7–3	70.0
Death Cloud	7–2	77.8
Ramp	15–24	38.5
Cloudpost Ramp	9–17	34.6
Eldrazipost	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	0–4	0.0
Gruul Post	2–1	66.7
Simic Post	6–11	35.3
Domain	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	5–1	83.3