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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	963	1841–1459–1	55.8	23	145	67
Mono Black Control	1	2–3	40.0
Esper Control	128	217–182	54.4	2	9	12
Mono Blue Control	5	1–7	12.5
Dimir Control	62	104–98	51.5	0	3	1
Azorius Control	48	89–75	54.3	0	1	1
Turbo Fog	6	3–11	21.4
Izzet Control	3	5–7	41.7
Mardu Control	3	1–6	14.3
Mill	12	2–15	11.8
Boros Control	1	1–2	33.3
Cloudpost Control	1	1–3	25.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1	1–3	25.0
Grixis Control	21	12–51	19.0	0	1
Cruel Control	8	5–25	16.7	0	1
Stax	24	37–38	49.3	0	1	1
Chandra Nalaar	2	1–4	20.0
Jeskai Control	1	1–3	25.0	0	1
Dragon Control	34	59–62	48.8	0	3	1
Ponza	46	71–75–1	48.6	0	8	2
Mono White Control	11	14–21	40.0	0	1
Life is Ez	2	3–3	50.0
Cycling Control	6	5–7	41.7
Astral Slide	6	5–7	41.7
Five Color Control	12	18–17	51.4	0	1	1
Five Color Collected Conjuring	6	10–8	55.6			1
Sultai Control	6	10–12	45.5
Bant Control	4	3–13	18.8
Enchantments Control	2	1–4	20.0
Seasons Past Control	66	141–115	55.1	0	2	4
Orzhov Control	391	939–538	63.6	21	110	39
Prison	62	98–84	53.8	0	4	5
Enchantress	57	95–80	54.3	0	4	5

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	476–341	58.3
Mono Black Aggro	9–4	69.2
Heroic	21–13	61.8
Boros Heroic	21–13	61.8
Red Deck Wins	36–17	67.9
Goblins	20–21	48.8
Tokens	3–0	100.0
Selesnya Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	17–7	70.8
White Weenie	58–36	61.7
Soldiers	30–22	57.7
Elves	13–2	86.7
Zombies	8–1	88.9
Gruul Aggro	13–3	81.3
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	35–16	68.6
Affinity	11–2	84.6
Tempered Steel	5–2	71.4
Mono Blue Architect	12–8	60.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Illusions	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–2	33.3
Golgari Madness	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Madness	1–1	50.0
Voltron	14–19	42.4
Equipment Aggro	14–19	42.4
Knights	15–11	57.7
AggroSlide	14–10	58.3
Cats	12–5	70.6
Selesnya Cats	12–5	70.6
Rakdos Aggro	8–2	80.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	20–19	51.3
Selesnya Humans	1–1	50.0
Boros Humans	14–16	46.7
Mono Red Eldrazi	20–13	60.6
Legends Aggro	127–131	49.2
Boros Legends Aggro	126–130	49.2
Combo	291–222	56.7
Storm	15–16	48.4
Dragonstorm	2–1	66.7
Citadel Storm	13–15	46.4
Reanimator	7–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	7–0	100.0
Grixis Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Necro Combo	16–16	50.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	6–5	54.5
Mono Green Stormless Storm	1–0	100.0
Warp World	1–2	33.3
Maniac Combo	3–1	75.0
Hypergenesis	12–13	48.0
New Perspectives	5–1	83.3
Metalwork Colossus	17–18	48.6
Anvil Colossus	8–15	34.8
Seismic Swans	4–0	100.0
Eggs	4–0	100.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	2–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	49–20	71.0
Izzet Ascension	4–3	57.1
Soulflayer	3–5	37.5
Reanim8 Rack	1–0	100.0
Oops All Lands	15–20	42.9
Dredge	4–0	100.0
Polymorph	2–0	100.0
Protean Hulk Combo	1–1	50.0
Dice Factory	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	2–0	100.0
Chain of Acid	1–0	100.0
Tibalt's Trickery	9–6	60.0
Calibrated Blast	1–5	16.7
Restore Balance	26–16	61.9
Gyruda	7–10	41.2
Belcher	5–5	50.0
Possibility Storm	3–1	75.0
Midnight Mass	49–54	47.6
Control	361–361	50.0
Esper Control	49–37	57.0
Dimir Control	29–29	50.0
Azorius Control	12–13	48.0
Turbo Fog	3–0	100.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	6–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Grixis Control	11–3	78.6
Cruel Control	7–3	70.0
Stax	5–5	50.0
Chandra Nalaar	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	1–1	50.0
Dragon Control	14–12	53.8
Ponza	25–16	61.0
Mono White Control	7–1	87.5
Life is Ez	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	2–1	66.7
Astral Slide	2–1	66.7
Five Color Control	5–4	55.6
Five Color Collected Conjuring	4–1	80.0
Sultai Control	5–1	83.3
Bant Control	4–1	80.0
Enchantments Control	2–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	19–16	54.3
Orzhov Control	132–205	39.2
Prison	25–15	62.5
Enchantress	23–15	60.5
Aggro-Combo	45–26	63.4
Aristocrats	27–9	75.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–2	60.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Food	15–3	83.3
Rakdos Aristocrats	8–4	66.7
Burn	13–15	46.4
Necro Burn	9–15	37.5
Izzet Blitzkrieg	4–2	66.7
Combo Goblins	1–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	92–104	46.9
Izzet Tempo	3–2	60.0
Wizards	2–2	50.0
Ninjas	3–9	25.0
Mono Blue Tempo	6–2	75.0
Izzet Spells	23–19	54.8
Dimir Tempo	15–17	46.9
Dimir Faeries	14–16	46.7
Sultai Tempo	1–2	33.3
Azorius Tempo	2–2	50.0
Combo-Control	72–61	54.1
Curses	8–7	53.3
Battle of Wits	7–4	63.6
Hedron Alignment	2–0	100.0
Lich's Mastery	3–0	100.0
Hive Mind	9–14	39.1
Plasma Swans	4–6	40.0
Liliana's Contract	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	13–10	56.5
Wildfire	13–10	56.5
Borderpost Wildfire	10–10	50.0
Resurgent Belief	18–11	62.1
Midrange	474–328–1	59.1
Temur Ascendancy	9–1	90.0
The Rock	14–10	58.3
Golgari Citadel	1–1	50.0
Grenzo	4–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	62–28	68.9
Selesnya Midrange	11–8	57.9
Selesnya Value Town	3–4	42.9
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	25–33	43.1
Anti-Persecution	1–1	50.0
Graveyard Value	11–8	57.9
Séance	0–1	0.0
Enchantments Matter	10–3	76.9
Allies	7–3	70.0
Orzhov Allies	1–1	50.0
Boros Allies	1–0	100.0
Mono White Allies	1–0	100.0
Esper Allies	1–2	33.3
Fake-Rack	2–2	50.0
Vampires	9–2	81.8
Mono Black Vampires	8–2	80.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	24–16	60.0
Mardu Legends	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Legends	7–7	50.0
Selesnya Legends	8–1	88.9
Elementals	7–3	70.0
Rakdos Midrange	9–5	64.3
Naya Midrange	8–2	80.0
Big Red	9–16	36.0
Mono Black Midrange	43–53–1	44.8
Necro Midrange	42–52–1	44.7
Dimir Midrange	11–6	64.7
Angel Tribal	3–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	9–3	75.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–1	50.0
Adventures	1–3	25.0
Sultai Midrange	3–4	42.9
Orzhov Midrange	43–27	61.4
Jeskai Midrange	5–3	62.5
Heartless Summoning Stompy	4–4	50.0
Zur the Enchanter	2–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	2–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	2–0	100.0
Mythic Colossification	2–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	26–25	51.0
Hero of Precinct One	2–0	100.0
Boros Hero	2–0	100.0
Clerics	9–14	39.1
Artifact Midrange	47–18	72.3
Death Cloud	9–13	40.9
Ramp	26–16	61.9
Rofellos Ramp	0–2	0.0
Wild Pair	0–2	0.0
Domain	4–0	100.0
Defenders	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	1–1	50.0
Applejacks	1–1	50.0
Unclassified	4–0	100.0