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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	1431	2487–2681	48.1	10	130	49
Mono Black Control	115	179–226	44.2	1	8	3
Esper Control	3	4–7	36.4
Demonic Rising	1
Paradox Haze Lock	8	4–15	21.1
Mono Blue Control	39	49–71	40.8
Dimir Control	173	266–354	42.9	0	12	5
Dreadful Inspiration	1	0–2	0.0
Azorius Control	194	366–348	51.3	4	28	9
Adam's Ale	1	1–2	33.3
Turbo Fog	88	150–171	46.7	1	7	1
Izzet Control	21	34–38	47.2	0	2
Mardu Control	14	23–26	46.9	0	2
Mill	32	34–79	30.1
Boros Control	6	3–7	30.0
Cloudpost Control	28	48–61	44.0	0	2	2
Azorius Cloudpost Control	8	22–11	66.7			1
Izzet Cloudpost Control	13	14–38	26.9	0	2
Grixis Control	10	5–24	17.2
Stax	272	506–460	52.4	3	30	11
Pollute the Planet	123	249–210	54.2	3	20	5
Birthday Stax	91	130–125	51.0	0	8	3
Jeskai Control	106	263–175	60.0	0	15	10
Dragon Control	31	75–58	56.4	0	5	2
Izzet Dragons	1	1–4	20.0
Galleon Control	8	11–16	40.7	0	1
Ponza	62	109–111	49.5	1	5	2
Mono White Control	1
Dynavolt Tower	86	137–174	44.1	0	1	2
Cycling Control	43	96–88	52.2	0	8	1
Astral Slide	39	94–76	55.3	0	8	1
Five Color Control	1	1–3	25.0
Shrines	1	1–3	25.0
Sultai Control	29	51–51	50.0	0	3
Guildgate Control	3	0–3	0.0
Bant Control	2	5–5	50.0
Orzhov Control	9	11–20	35.5

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	664–797	45.4
Mono Black Aggro	23–19	54.8
Heroic	32–41	43.8
Mono White Heroic	20–29	40.8
Azorius Heroic	10–12	45.5
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	104–207	33.4
Mono Red Devotion	3–2	60.0
Proliferate Red	4–6	40.0
Goblins	55–77	41.7
Tokens	58–58	50.0
Selesnya Tokens	33–30	52.4
Mardu Tokens	9–16	36.0
Mono Green Stompy	16–22	42.1
White Weenie	51–39	56.7
Odric Keywords	21–13	61.8
Soldiers	4–8	33.3
Kithkin	9–5	64.3
Elves	25–21	54.3
Werewolves	6–3	66.7
Warriors	5–3	62.5
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Zombies	142–175	44.8
Gruul Aggro	6–3	66.7
Merfolk	3–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	11–21	34.4
Artifact Aggro	33–24	57.9
Affinity	15–7	68.2
Boros Vehicles	7–7	50.0
Salvage Titan	1–3	25.0
Devoid Aggro	4–13	23.5
Mono Blue Aggro	7–19	26.9
Madness	21–16	56.8
Gruul Madness	12–6	66.7
Golgari Madness	4–8	33.3
Rakdos Madness	1–1	50.0
Voltron	12–4	75.0
Hexproof	9–3	75.0
Equipment Aggro	3–1	75.0
Boros Aggro	2–0	100.0
Shamans	0–3	0.0
Combo	238–219	52.1
Storm	30–29	50.8
Sultai Tendrils	2–1	66.7
Dimir Tendrils	3–1	75.0
Dragonstorm	16–18	47.1
Hazoret Storm	1–1	50.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–1	50.0
Reanimator	69–87	44.2
Worldgorger Dragon	25–44	36.2
8 Goyf	22–17	56.4
Traditional Reanimator	22–26	45.8
Dimir Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Reanimator	11–10	52.4
Biovisionary	2–2	50.0
Mono Green Stormless Storm	1–1	50.0
Warp World	10–2	83.3
New Perspectives	3–2	60.0
Monumental Ignus	22–17	56.4
Mardu Life	7–10	41.2
"Twin"	40–21	65.6
Jeskai "Twin"	3–1	75.0
Infinite Infinite Combos	10–20	33.3
Turntimber Ranger	0–2	0.0
Retraction Helix Combo	1–0	100.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	7–0	100.0
Polymorph	3–2	60.0
Control	689–688	50.0
Mono Black Control	73–33	68.9
Esper Control	1–0	100.0
Paradox Haze Lock	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	16–15	51.6
Dimir Control	98–70	58.3
Azorius Control	93–103	47.4
Adam's Ale	1–0	100.0
Turbo Fog	45–36	55.6
Izzet Control	12–10	54.5
Mardu Control	11–7	61.1
Mill	15–6	71.4
Boros Control	2–2	50.0
Cloudpost Control	17–10	63.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	6–6	50.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	9–3	75.0
Grixis Control	7–1	87.5
Stax	104–173	37.5
Pollute the Planet	54–87	38.3
Birthday Stax	28–45	38.4
Jeskai Control	45–62	42.1
Dragon Control	9–20	31.0
Izzet Dragons	1–1	50.0
Galleon Control	7–4	63.6
Ponza	30–33	47.6
Dynavolt Tower	46–50	47.9
Cycling Control	17–21	44.7
Astral Slide	15–20	42.9
Sultai Control	13–14	48.1
Bant Control	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	5–4	55.6
Aggro-Combo	56–91	38.1
Aristocrats	31–73	29.8
Mono Black Aristocrats	3–3	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	16–44	26.7
Golgari Aristocrats	5–19	20.8
Abzan Aristocrats	3–5	37.5
Mardu Aristocrats	4–2	66.7
Burn	12–12	50.0
Infect	10–4	71.4
Aggro-Control	108–115	48.4
Izzet Tempo	74–89	45.4
Azorius Skies	11–6	64.7
Blue Madness	11–11	50.0
Simic Madness	6–8	42.9
Temur Madness	0–2	0.0
Grixis Madness	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Temur Clues	5–1	83.3
Combo-Control	76–101	42.9
Curses	7–7	50.0
Battle of Wits	3–8	27.3
Shared Fate	3–5	37.5
Swarm Intelligence	5–3	62.5
Sunforger	4–3	57.1
Mindcrank	23–34	40.4
Dragoncrank	1–0	100.0
Displace Loop	22–36	37.9
Peregrine Drake	22–34	39.3
Familiars	0–2	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	3–1	75.0
Wildfire	3–1	75.0
Midrange	568–557	50.5
Temur Ascendancy	112–165	40.4
The Rock	12–8	60.0
Grenzo	7–10	41.2
Abzan Midrange	41–42	49.4
Jund	36–17	67.9
Blink	55–100	35.5
Graveyard Value	35–36	49.3
Séance	2–0	100.0
Indestructible	0–2	0.0
Enchantments Matter	19–19	50.0
Orzhov Enchantress	2–1	66.7
Constellation	14–16	46.7
Allies	8–9	47.1
Boros Allies	4–0	100.0
Esper Allies	1–1	50.0
Treefolk	3–2	60.0
-1/-1 Counters	31–7	81.6
Fake-Rack	12–9	57.1
Selvala Morningstar	9–17	34.6
Mardu Midrange	5–2	71.4
Vampires	9–5	64.3
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	3–2	60.0
Orzhov Vampires	5–3	62.5
Elementals	9–9	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–4	20.0
Naya Midrange	3–5	37.5
Big Red	4–7	36.4
Mono Black Midrange	4–2	66.7
Dimir Midrange	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	19–14	57.6
Sultai Midrange	12–11	52.2
Orzhov Midrange	9–5	64.3
Mythic Colossification	1–0	100.0
Clerics	2–0	100.0
Ramp	87–113	43.5
Rofellos Ramp	61–105	36.7
Wild Pair	13–9	59.1
Unclassified	1–0	100.0