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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo-Control	186	288–369	43.8	3	16	6
Curses	10	17–21	44.7
Cruel Combo-Control	1
Battle of Wits	13	17–30	36.2	0	2
Shared Fate	7	12–17	41.4	0	1
Swarm Intelligence	10	13–27	32.5
Sunforger	6	8–14	36.4
Mindcrank	65	109–126	46.4	2	9	4
Dragoncrank	2	2–6	25.0
Displace Loop	53	93–96	49.2	1	2	2
Peregrine Drake	52	90–94	48.9	1	2	2
Familiars	1	3–2	60.0
Zur's Weirding	1	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	2	2–6	25.0
Wildfire	2	2–6	25.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	65–130	33.3
Mono Black Aggro	0–5	0.0
Heroic	5–3	62.5
Mono White Heroic	2–2	50.0
Azorius Heroic	3–1	75.0
Red Deck Wins	11–36	23.4
Goblins	4–12	25.0
Tokens	11–14	44.0
Selesnya Tokens	5–6	45.5
Mardu Tokens	3–6	33.3
Mono Green Stompy	3–4	42.9
White Weenie	4–3	57.1
Odric Keywords	0–1	0.0
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Kithkin	1–1	50.0
Elves	0–1	0.0
Warriors	0–2	0.0
Zombies	13–31	29.5
Gruul Aggro	2–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–2	33.3
Artifact Aggro	2–5	28.6
Affinity	1–1	50.0
Boros Vehicles	1–1	50.0
Devoid Aggro	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Aggro	2–1	66.7
Madness	1–4	20.0
Gruul Madness	1–4	20.0
Voltron	1–2	33.3
Hexproof	1–2	33.3
Shamans	1–0	100.0
Combo	31–25	55.4
Storm	2–3	40.0
Dragonstorm	0–3	0.0
Grixis Tendrils	2–0	100.0
Reanimator	10–12	45.5
Worldgorger Dragon	3–4	42.9
8 Goyf	3–1	75.0
Grozoth	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	4–6	40.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–2	33.3
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Monumental Ignus	4–1	80.0
Mardu Life	1–0	100.0
Umbral Mantle	1–1	50.0
"Twin"	5–3	62.5
Infinite Infinite Combos	1–4	20.0
Retraction Helix Combo	2–0	100.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Control	101–76	57.1
Mono Black Control	5–3	62.5
Esper Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	3–2	60.0
Dimir Control	17–8	68.0
Azorius Control	14–12	53.8
Turbo Fog	7–4	63.6
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Control	1–1	50.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	2–2	50.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Izzet Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	24–14	63.2
Pollute the Planet	9–5	64.3
Birthday Stax	5–3	62.5
Jeskai Control	7–8	46.7
Dragon Control	2–0	100.0
Galleon Control	1–1	50.0
Ponza	1–7	12.5
Dynavolt Tower	6–6	50.0
Cycling Control	2–1	66.7
Astral Slide	2–1	66.7
Sultai Control	0–4	0.0
Orzhov Control	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	3–6	33.3
Aristocrats	0–4	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–3	0.0
Golgari Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	3–1	75.0
Aggro-Control	10–19	34.5
Izzet Tempo	9–14	39.1
Azorius Skies	1–2	33.3
Blue Madness	0–2	0.0
Simic Madness	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	5–5	50.0
Battle of Wits	0–1	0.0
Shared Fate	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	1–2	33.3
Displace Loop	3–0	100.0
Peregrine Drake	3–0	100.0
Midrange	59–97	37.8
Temur Ascendancy	7–20	25.9
The Rock	6–2	75.0
Abzan Midrange	3–5	37.5
Jund	2–9	18.2
Blink	7–20	25.9
Graveyard Value	3–8	27.3
Enchantments Matter	2–2	50.0
Constellation	2–2	50.0
Allies	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	0–1	0.0
-1/-1 Counters	0–2	0.0
Fake-Rack	4–7	36.4
Selvala Morningstar	0–4	0.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Vampires	1–2	33.3
Elementals	2–0	100.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	0–2	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	5–1	83.3
Sultai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Mythic Colossification	0–1	0.0
Ramp	14–11	56.0
Villainous Wealth	1–0	100.0
Rofellos Ramp	13–11	54.2
Wild Pair	3–4	42.9