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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo-Control	248	414–503	45.1	2	33	5
Curses	9	16–22	42.1	0	1
Burning Vengeance	3	3–5	37.5
Cruel Combo-Control	71	163–132	55.3	2	27
Battle of Wits	47	69–108	39.0	0	3	1
Shared Fate	8	13–21	38.2
Sunforger	10	11–25	30.6
Pickles	17	39–29	57.4			2
Hedron Alignment	4	1–12	7.7
Lich's Mastery	4	6–10	37.5	0	1
Curious Niv-Mizzet	4	1–5	16.7
Zur's Weirding	3	0–3	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	36	49–67	42.2			1
Wildfire	36	49–67	42.2			1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	131–149	46.8
Mono Black Aggro	3–9	25.0
Heroic	8–4	66.7
Mono White Heroic	3–1	75.0
Azorius Heroic	3–3	50.0
Boros Heroic	2–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	36–48	42.9
Mono Red Devotion	17–10	63.0
Goblins	10–4	71.4
Tokens	13–11	54.2
Selesnya Tokens	8–7	53.3
Mono Green Stompy	1–2	33.3
White Weenie	14–18	43.8
Odric Keywords	5–4	55.6
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Kithkin	0–2	0.0
Elves	1–0	100.0
Werewolves	0–1	0.0
Minotaurs	0–1	0.0
Warriors	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	0–2	0.0
Rogues	0–1	0.0
Zombies	1–5	16.7
Gruul Aggro	1–1	50.0
Merfolk	7–9	43.8
Artifact Aggro	12–10	54.5
Affinity	1–1	50.0
Boros Vehicles	3–5	37.5
Salvage Titan	6–3	66.7
Devoid Aggro	0–1	0.0
Devastating Dreams	6–9	40.0
Madness	1–1	50.0
Jund Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	8–4	66.7
Boros Auras	4–2	66.7
Equipment Aggro	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Hellbent	0–2	0.0
Combo	40–42	48.8
Storm	14–14	50.0
Sultai Tendrils	2–2	50.0
Dimir Tendrils	7–10	41.2
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	8–5	61.5
Traditional Reanimator	8–5	61.5
Grixis Reanimator	2–1	66.7
New Perspectives	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	12–13	48.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Myr Incubator	2–2	50.0
Cruel Combo	2–5	28.6
Control	71–108	39.7
Mono Black Control	0–1	0.0
Esper Control	9–17	34.6
Demonic Rising	20–26	43.5
Mono Blue Control	1–3	25.0
Dimir Control	2–2	50.0
Azorius Control	4–8	33.3
Izzet Control	6–3	66.7
Mardu Control	3–3	50.0
Grixis Control	10–14	41.7
Cruel Control	4–2	66.7
Chandra Nalaar	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Control	1–1	50.0
Galleon Control	0–3	0.0
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Dynavolt Tower	4–5	44.4
Cycling Control	1–1	50.0
Astral Slide	1–1	50.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	0–3	0.0
Bant Control	3–7	30.0
Enchantments Control	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	15–22	40.5
Aristocrats	5–16	23.8
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Golgari Aristocrats	4–6	40.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–8	11.1
Burn	2–1	66.7
Infect	1–0	100.0
Pummeler	6–5	54.5
Aggro-Control	18–20	47.4
Simic Flash	0–2	0.0
Izzet Tempo	7–4	63.6
Blue Madness	3–3	50.0
Simic Madness	0–1	0.0
Temur Madness	1–0	100.0
Grixis Madness	2–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	0–2	0.0
Wizards	2–1	66.7
Tetsukotog	1–6	14.3
Azorius Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	25–25	50.0
Curses	0–2	0.0
Cruel Combo-Control	6–13	31.6
Battle of Wits	4–2	66.7
Shared Fate	0–1	0.0
Pickles	0–2	0.0
Lich's Mastery	3–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	5–4	55.6
Wildfire	5–4	55.6
Midrange	86–108	44.3
Temur Ascendancy	12–15	44.4
Prophet Ascendancy	2–5	28.6
The Rock	1–1	50.0
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	5–8	38.5
Knights of Windgrace	1–0	100.0
Jund	21–27	43.8
Blink	2–2	50.0
Graveyard Value	1–1	50.0
Enchantments Matter	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Enchantress	1–1	50.0
Allies	3–8	27.3
Boros Allies	0–1	0.0
Esper Allies	2–3	40.0
-1/-1 Counters	2–1	66.7
Mardu Midrange	5–0	100.0
Leave // Chance Midrange	2–0	100.0
Yisan-Prophet	0–6	0.0
White Jund	3–3	50.0
Vampires	6–7	46.2
Mono Black Vampires	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Vampires	5–5	50.0
Legends Midrange	4–4	50.0
Boros Legends Midrange	4–4	50.0
Elementals	2–0	100.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	3–9	25.0
Sultai Emerge	1–9	10.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–3	0.0
Prophet Glare	1–0	100.0
Ramp	28–29	49.1
Villainous Wealth	2–2	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	3–2	60.0
Eldrazipost	2–1	66.7
Gruul Post	1–1	50.0
Domain	4–2	66.7
Temur Bombardment	0–3	0.0