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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	1213	1991–2028	49.5	9	96	63
Temur Ascendancy	5	11–9	55.0
The Rock	28	41–61	40.2	0	2
Grenzo	6	7–10	41.2	0	1
Abzan Midrange	62	84–101	45.4	0	4	3
Selesnya Midrange	5	7–8	46.7
Jund	79	101–142	41.6	0	5	4
Blink	261	547–351	60.9	4	30	31
Wave Blink	193	412–258	61.5	4	20	25
Azorius Wave	133	292–185	61.2	4	17	19
Orzhov Wave	52	110–64	63.2	0	3	6
Abzan Wave	4	4–5	44.4
Bant Wave	1	3–2	60.0
Acid Trip	3	3–8	27.3
Cloudpost Wave Blink	52	113–62	64.6	0	10	6
Anti-Persecution	1	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	70	90–122	42.5			2
Séance	5	4–12	25.0
Enchantments Matter	14	29–24	54.7
Allies	3	3–4	42.9
Orzhov Allies	2	3–3	50.0
Treefolk	1	3–2	60.0
Fake-Rack	1	1–4	20.0
Mardu Midrange	3	3–7	30.0
Vampires	39	72–55	56.7	2	7	1
Mono Black Vampires	38	72–53	57.6	2	7	1
Rakdos Vampires	1	0–2	0.0
Legends Midrange	100	171–156	52.3	0	4	9
Boros Legends Midrange	2	5–4	55.6
Mardu Legends	4	6–9	40.0
Orzhov Legends	73	129–104	55.4	0	3	9
Elementals	12	14–24	36.8
Rakdos Midrange	28	42–39	51.9
Naya Midrange	9	11–22	33.3
Big Red	39	66–64	50.8	1	6	1
Mono Black Midrange	55	64–98	39.5	0	6	1
Mono Black Devotion	38	48–68	41.4	0	3	1
Dimir Midrange	1	1–2	33.3
Angel Tribal	5	5–16	23.8	0	1
Toughness Matters	2	0–4	0.0
Mutate	1	1–1	50.0
Sultai Midrange	39	60–64	48.4	0	1	1
Orzhov Midrange	14	17–23	42.5
Heartless Summoning Stompy	22	39–54	41.9
Ordealbreak	9	5–8	38.5
Enigmatic Incarnation	9	5–8	38.5
Fires of Invention	138	235–271	46.4	2	16	3
Hero of Precinct One	65	111–116	48.9	0	10
Mardu Hero	8	10–9	52.6
Orzhov Hero	12	34–19	64.2	0	1
Five Color Hero	30	41–65	38.7	0	8
Naya Hero	4	3–7	30.0
Boros Hero	5	10–5	66.7
Clerics	18	28–32	46.7	0	1
Artifact Midrange	5	6–7	46.2
Coinflip Tribal	1	0–2	0.0
Death Cloud	29	61–51	54.5			3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	484–442	52.3
Mono Black Aggro	7–2	77.8
Heroic	29–25	53.7
Mono White Heroic	4–4	50.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	6–2	75.0
Selesnya Heroic	18–19	48.6
Red Deck Wins	100–83	54.6
Mono Red Devotion	6–2	75.0
Goblins	42–37	53.2
Tokens	5–1	83.3
Selesnya Tokens	2–1	66.7
Mono Green Stompy	8–12	40.0
White Weenie	23–21	52.3
Quest for the Holy Relic	4–3	57.1
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Kithkin	3–1	75.0
Chroma White	5–3	62.5
Elves	39–42	48.1
Warriors	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	6–9	40.0
Selesnya Counters	6–8	42.9
Zombies	2–1	66.7
Gruul Aggro	24–27	47.1
Merfolk	5–3	62.5
Artifact Aggro	33–26	55.9
Affinity	16–12	57.1
Tempered Steel	17–13	56.7
Mono Blue Architect	0–1	0.0
Madness	3–3	50.0
Golgari Madness	3–3	50.0
Voltron	4–2	66.7
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	3–2	60.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	3–0	100.0
Knights	12–10	54.5
AggroSlide	12–15	44.4
Cats	5–5	50.0
Selesnya Cats	5–5	50.0
Rakdos Aggro	14–2	87.5
Boros Aggro	11–1	91.7
Humans	1–0	100.0
Legends Aggro	95–114	45.5
Boros Legends Aggro	77–103	42.8
Selesnya Legends Aggro	8–6	57.1
Combo	305–318	49.0
Storm	80–83	49.1
Dragonstorm	7–8	46.7
Hazoret Storm	10–9	52.6
High Tide	61–66	48.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	48–53	47.5
Worldgorger Dragon	14–14	50.0
Starlit Graves	1–3	25.0
Traditional Reanimator	30–30	50.0
Dimir Reanimator	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Oriss Genesis	7–9	43.8
Necrotic Ooze Combo	3–4	42.9
Maniac Combo	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	3–1	75.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	6–3	66.7
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	6–3	66.7
Myr Incubator	1–1	50.0
Umbral Mantle	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	4–3	57.1
Anvil Colossus	0–1	0.0
Upheaval Colossus	2–1	66.7
Seismic Swans	3–2	60.0
Eggs	6–2	75.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	3–0	100.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	1–1	50.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	19–25	43.2
Taking Turns	3–1	75.0
Izzet Ascension	2–0	100.0
Soulflayer	1–3	25.0
Reanim8 Rack	1–0	100.0
Dredge	2–1	66.7
Polymorph	2–0	100.0
Storm Herald	10–4	71.4
Enduring Ideal	8–6	57.1
Chain of Acid	0–1	0.0
Intruder Alarm	10–7	58.8
Calibrated Blast	2–2	50.0
Restore Balance	1–0	100.0
Gyruda	29–38	43.3
Stuffy Doll	1–1	50.0
Belcher	2–2	50.0
Endless Belch	1–0	100.0
Tameshi Bloom	35–60	36.8
Possibility Storm	4–4	50.0
Control	372–409	47.6
Mono Black Control	7–3	70.0
Esper Control	46–48	48.9
Mono Blue Control	2–1	66.7
Dimir Control	23–22	51.1
Azorius Control	43–55	43.9
Turbo Fog	0–1	0.0
Izzet Control	5–9	35.7
Mardu Control	3–0	100.0
Mill	4–1	80.0
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	80–121	39.8
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Blackpost	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	14–23	37.8
Dimir Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	19–10	65.5
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	30–80	27.3
Grixis Control	4–4	50.0
Cruel Control	0–2	0.0
Stax	20–15	57.1
Jeskai Control	2–2	50.0
Dragon Control	11–13	45.8
Izzet Dragons	7–6	53.8
Esper Dragons	2–4	33.3
Ponza	17–22	43.6
Mono White Control	13–8	61.9
Cycling Control	6–0	100.0
Astral Slide	2–0	100.0
Five Color Control	10–10	50.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	7–1	87.5
Pox	8–3	72.7
Seasons Past Control	32–32	50.0
Orzhov Control	10–18	35.7
Prison	17–20	45.9
Enchantress	14–17	45.2
Aggro-Combo	91–75	54.8
Aristocrats	12–11	52.2
Orzhov Aristocrats	4–9	30.8
Golgari Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Food	6–1	85.7
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	10–10	50.0
Infect	57–45	55.9
Blazing Shoal Infect	6–7	46.2
Golgari Infect	48–38	55.8
Izzet Blitzkrieg	8–2	80.0
Liquimetal Fishing	0–1	0.0
Combo Goblins	4–6	40.0
Goblin Persist	4–6	40.0
Aggro-Control	76–82	48.1
Simic Flash	3–5	37.5
Izzet Tempo	12–12	50.0
Blue Madness	4–5	44.4
Simic Madness	4–5	44.4
Wizards	16–7	69.6
Mono Blue Tempo	5–16	23.8
Mono Blue Librarians	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	9–7	56.3
Dimir Tempo	21–18	53.8
Dimir Faeries	17–18	48.6
Combo-Control	109–113	49.1
Cruel Combo-Control	1–2	33.3
Battle of Wits	31–23	57.4
Pickles	2–2	50.0
Displace Loop	3–4	42.9
Familiars	3–4	42.9
Yosei Vat	10–13	43.5
Hive Mind	9–14	39.1
Zur's Weirding	4–7	36.4
Solar Flare	35–44	44.3
Mass Land Destruction	10–4	71.4
Wildfire	10–4	71.4
Borderpost Wildfire	3–2	60.0
Resurgent Belief	1–0	100.0
Midrange	461–461	50.0
Temur Ascendancy	3–6	33.3
The Rock	12–7	63.2
Grenzo	2–1	66.7
Abzan Midrange	29–23	55.8
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	26–21	55.3
Blink	71–118	37.6
Wave Blink	50–94	34.7
Azorius Wave	34–72	32.1
Orzhov Wave	11–20	35.5
Abzan Wave	2–1	66.7
Bant Wave	1–1	50.0
Acid Trip	5–0	100.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	12–20	37.5
Graveyard Value	31–24	56.4
Séance	4–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	4–8	33.3
Allies	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	3–1	75.0
Vampires	16–14	53.3
Mono Black Vampires	15–14	51.7
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	41–41	50.0
Boros Legends Midrange	2–0	100.0
Mardu Legends	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Legends	30–31	49.2
Elementals	3–3	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	7–10	41.2
Naya Midrange	8–4	66.7
Big Red	12–13	48.0
Mono Black Midrange	26–11	70.3
Mono Black Devotion	15–9	62.5
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Angel Tribal	3–2	60.0
Sultai Midrange	18–15	54.5
Orzhov Midrange	6–3	66.7
Heartless Summoning Stompy	11–10	52.4
Ordealbreak	2–1	66.7
Enigmatic Incarnation	2–1	66.7
Fires of Invention	71–68	51.1
Hero of Precinct One	25–21	54.3
Mardu Hero	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Hero	4–8	33.3
Five Color Hero	16–6	72.7
Naya Hero	2–1	66.7
Boros Hero	0–2	0.0
Clerics	5–7	41.7
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	13–13	50.0
Ramp	93–128	42.1
Cloudpost Ramp	50–92	35.2
Eldrazipost	6–3	66.7
Golgari Post	1–2	33.3
Greenpost	16–19	45.7
Gruul Post	10–31	24.4
Simic Post	17–36	32.1
Domain	4–2	66.7
Carth Superfriends	14–20	41.2
Jund Carth	0–1	0.0