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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	1073	1705–1707	50.0	11	87	50
Mono Black Control	5	8–12	40.0
Esper Control	132	239–173	58.0	0	13	17
Demonic Rising	1	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Control	8	5–13	27.8
Dimir Control	90	109–103	51.4	0	3	6
Azorius Control	115	202–186	52.1	4	15	5
Turbo Fog	2	2–3	40.0
Izzet Control	14	24–24	50.0	1	2
Mardu Control	6	10–9	52.6			1
Mill	5	8–13	38.1
Boros Control	3	2–5	28.6
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
Grixis Control	15	9–27	25.0
Cruel Control	5	2–10	16.7
Stax	57	78–96	44.8	0	7	1
Jeskai Control	14	18–26	40.9
Dragon Control	34	58–53	52.3	1	3
Izzet Dragons	18	35–28	55.6	1	2
Esper Dragons	11	16–15	51.6
Ponza	69	90–107	45.7	0	2
Mono White Control	30	41–55	42.7	0	6
Cycling Control	5	2–7	22.2
Astral Slide	1	0–2	0.0
Five Color Control	25	33–44	42.9	0	2
Five Color Collected Conjuring	2	0–5	0.0
Sultai Control	3	1–3	25.0
Guildgate Control	1	0–1	0.0
Bant Control	33	31–49	38.8
Pox	14	26–24	52.0
Seasons Past Control	68	135–144	48.4			2
Orzhov Control	39	81–61	57.0	1	7	1
Prison	57	77–100	43.5	1	2	2
Enchantress	42	63–75	45.7	1	2	2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	417–380	52.3
Mono Black Aggro	7–3	70.0
Heroic	18–22	45.0
Mono White Heroic	1–1	50.0
Boros Heroic	2–4	33.3
Selesnya Heroic	15–17	46.9
Red Deck Wins	76–56	57.6
Goblins	37–25	59.7
Tokens	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono White Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	11–9	55.0
White Weenie	16–9	64.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–3	0.0
Kithkin	3–1	75.0
Chroma White	2–1	66.7
Elves	46–38	54.8
Selesnya Little Kid	7–5	58.3
Selesnya Counters	7–5	58.3
Zombies	3–1	75.0
Gruul Aggro	32–22	59.3
Artifact Aggro	18–28	39.1
Affinity	11–9	55.0
Tempered Steel	7–19	26.9
Madness	3–6	33.3
Golgari Madness	3–5	37.5
Jund Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	6–3	66.7
Hexproof	2–1	66.7
Equipment Aggro	4–2	66.7
Naya Zoo	1–1	50.0
Knights	11–4	73.3
AggroSlide	8–25	24.2
Cats	3–8	27.3
Selesnya Cats	3–8	27.3
Rakdos Aggro	5–9	35.7
Boros Aggro	7–3	70.0
Humans	2–0	100.0
Legends Aggro	97–100	49.2
Boros Legends Aggro	82–86	48.8
Selesnya Legends Aggro	8–10	44.4
Combo	285–288	49.7
Storm	87–90	49.2
Dragonstorm	7–9	43.8
Hazoret Storm	13–9	59.1
High Tide	66–72	47.8
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	46–29	61.3
Worldgorger Dragon	12–8	60.0
Starlit Graves	4–4	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	29–15	65.9
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Oriss Genesis	8–8	50.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	6–6	50.0
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	5–3	62.5
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	5–3	62.5
Myr Incubator	0–3	0.0
Umbral Mantle	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	3–3	50.0
Anvil Colossus	0–1	0.0
Upheaval Colossus	1–1	50.0
Seismic Swans	3–0	100.0
Eggs	6–1	85.7
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–3	25.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	2–2	50.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	10–17	37.0
Retraction Helix Combo	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	1–1	50.0
Izzet Ascension	1–1	50.0
Soulflayer	8–2	80.0
Reanim8 Rack	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	2–3	40.0
Oops All Spells	2–3	40.0
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Polymorph	2–1	66.7
Dice Factory	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	5–4	55.6
Enduring Ideal	7–6	53.8
Chain of Acid	0–1	0.0
Intruder Alarm	16–6	72.7
Calibrated Blast	1–2	33.3
Gyruda	26–26	50.0
Tameshi Bloom	21–58	26.6
Possibility Storm	7–9	43.8
Control	313–313	50.0
Mono Black Control	2–1	66.7
Esper Control	36–48	42.9
Mono Blue Control	1–1	50.0
Dimir Control	22–14	61.1
Azorius Control	37–31	54.4
Turbo Fog	2–0	100.0
Izzet Control	3–3	50.0
Mardu Control	4–3	57.1
Mill	1–1	50.0
Boros Control	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	51–93	35.4
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Blackpost	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	10–25	28.6
Izzet Cloudpost Control	9–5	64.3
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	23–48	32.4
Grixis Control	6–0	100.0
Cruel Control	3–0	100.0
Stax	12–14	46.2
Jeskai Control	5–7	41.7
Dragon Control	10–4	71.4
Izzet Dragons	7–2	77.8
Esper Dragons	0–2	0.0
Ponza	25–16	61.0
Mono White Control	9–8	52.9
Cycling Control	1–1	50.0
Five Color Control	7–2	77.8
Five Color Collected Conjuring	2–0	100.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	9–6	60.0
Pox	3–6	33.3
Seasons Past Control	30–26	53.6
Orzhov Control	14–17	45.2
Prison	17–10	63.0
Enchantress	14–8	63.6
Aggro-Combo	65–85	43.3
Aristocrats	10–16	38.5
Orzhov Aristocrats	4–11	26.7
Golgari Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Mardu Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Food	4–3	57.1
Burn	12–2	85.7
Infect	35–60	36.8
Blazing Shoal Infect	3–4	42.9
Golgari Infect	32–56	36.4
Izzet Blitzkrieg	3–5	37.5
Liquimetal Fishing	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	4–2	66.7
Goblin Persist	4–2	66.7
Aggro-Control	66–54	55.0
Simic Flash	6–2	75.0
Izzet Tempo	14–14	50.0
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	5–3	62.5
Simic Madness	4–3	57.1
Temur Madness	1–0	100.0
Wizards	4–5	44.4
Mono Blue Tempo	8–8	50.0
Izzet Spells	7–3	70.0
Dimir Tempo	15–10	60.0
Dimir Faeries	15–7	68.2
Combo-Control	84–106	44.2
Cruel Combo-Control	3–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	20–28	41.7
Pickles	2–4	33.3
Displace Loop	4–2	66.7
Familiars	4–2	66.7
Yosei Vat	7–11	38.9
Hive Mind	17–10	63.0
Zur's Weirding	3–7	30.0
Solar Flare	20–41	32.8
Mass Land Destruction	7–3	70.0
Wildfire	7–3	70.0
Borderpost Wildfire	2–1	66.7
Midrange	409–372	52.4
Temur Ascendancy	2–1	66.7
The Rock	15–12	55.6
Grenzo	3–2	60.0
Abzan Midrange	21–11	65.6
Selesnya Midrange	2–0	100.0
Jund	30–16	65.2
Blink	73–112	39.5
Wave Blink	57–87	39.6
Azorius Wave	39–69	36.1
Orzhov Wave	18–18	50.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	14–21	40.0
Graveyard Value	23–16	59.0
Séance	2–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	3–2	60.0
Allies	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Allies	0–1	0.0
Treefolk	2–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Vampires	15–9	62.5
Mono Black Vampires	15–9	62.5
Legends Midrange	31–33	48.4
Boros Legends Midrange	1–3	25.0
Mardu Legends	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	16–26	38.1
Elementals	6–4	60.0
Rakdos Midrange	6–8	42.9
Naya Midrange	3–1	75.0
Big Red	12–16	42.9
Mono Black Midrange	22–14	61.1
Mono Black Devotion	15–12	55.6
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Angel Tribal	1–2	33.3
Sultai Midrange	17–11	60.7
Orzhov Midrange	2–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	13–7	65.0
Ordealbreak	3–1	75.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	3–1	75.0
Fires of Invention	40–44	47.6
Hero of Precinct One	24–21	53.3
Mardu Hero	2–4	33.3
Orzhov Hero	3–9	25.0
Five Color Hero	15–5	75.0
Naya Hero	3–1	75.0
Boros Hero	0–1	0.0
Clerics	4–3	57.1
Artifact Midrange	0–1	0.0
Death Cloud	13–16	44.8
Ramp	66–109	37.7
Cloudpost Ramp	38–76	33.3
Eldrazipost	6–6	50.0
Golgari Post	0–2	0.0
Greenpost	4–10	28.6
Gruul Post	10–19	34.5
Simic Post	17–37	31.5
Domain	1–2	33.3
Carth Superfriends	16–13	55.2
Jund Carth	1–1	50.0