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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	1069	2023–1900	51.6	6	97	47
Temur Ascendancy	129	288–221	56.6	0	6	11
Prophet Ascendancy	23	53–37	58.9	0	1	2
The Rock	8	12–18	40.0
Grenzo	10	16–21	43.2	0	1
Abzan Midrange	71	140–125	52.8	0	5	4
Knights of Windgrace	12	26–22	54.2			1
Jund	187	412–327	55.8	3	36	8
Blink	32	48–67	41.7	0	1
Anti-Persecution	1	0–3	0.0
Graveyard Value	23	37–44	45.7
Enchantments Matter	26	17–46	27.0
Orzhov Enchantress	24	17–41	29.3
Allies	41	81–75	51.9	0	3	2
Orzhov Allies	5	5–11	31.3
Boros Allies	3	10–5	66.7
Esper Allies	11	26–16	61.9	0	1	1
BRGW Allies	1	1–3	25.0
-1/-1 Counters	29	50–64	43.9	0	2
Mardu Midrange	22	27–39	40.9
Leave // Chance Midrange	11	14–23	37.8
Yisan-Prophet	44	95–74	56.2	1	8	3
White Jund	38	79–69	53.4	0	1	3
Vampires	40	64–65	49.6	0	5	1
Mono Black Vampires	7	10–12	45.5
Rakdos Vampires	33	54–53	50.5	0	5	1
Legends Midrange	33	80–51	61.1	0	1	5
Boros Legends Midrange	32	79–48	62.2	0	1	5
Mardu Legends	1	1–3	25.0
Elementals	13	18–22	45.0			1
Rakdos Midrange	16	34–27	55.7	0	1
Naya Midrange	4	6–7	46.2
Big Red	4	10–7	58.8
Mono Black Midrange	3	2–9	18.2
Verdant Succession	1	4–1	80.0
Temur Energy	2	3–5	37.5
Sultai Midrange	83	200–133	60.1	2	12	4
Sultai Emerge	73	187–112	62.5	2	12	4
Orzhov Midrange	33	48–68	41.4	0	2
Prophet Glare	9	23–16	59.0	0	4
Clerics	1	3–2	60.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	586–599	49.5
Mono Black Aggro	31–34	47.7
Heroic	10–9	52.6
Mono White Heroic	4–1	80.0
Azorius Heroic	6–6	50.0
Boros Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	107–172	38.4
Mono Red Devotion	29–41	41.4
Goblins	44–42	51.2
Tokens	50–38	56.8
Selesnya Tokens	37–33	52.9
Mono Green Stompy	15–13	53.6
White Weenie	56–63	47.1
Odric Keywords	20–21	48.8
Soldiers	3–0	100.0
Kithkin	2–2	50.0
Elves	5–2	71.4
Werewolves	7–6	53.8
Minotaurs	2–4	33.3
Warriors	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	4–7	36.4
Rogues	5–6	45.5
Zombies	20–24	45.5
Gruul Aggro	12–11	52.2
Merfolk	42–38	52.5
Artifact Aggro	42–31	57.5
Affinity	15–8	65.2
Boros Vehicles	8–10	44.4
Salvage Titan	15–11	57.7
Devoid Aggro	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Aggro	8–8	50.0
Devastating Dreams	29–29	50.0
Madness	14–7	66.7
Gruul Madness	5–2	71.4
Golgari Madness	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Madness	2–2	50.0
Jund Madness	1–1	50.0
Voltron	29–21	58.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Boros Auras	14–7	66.7
Equipment Aggro	5–3	62.5
Slivers	2–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	1–3	25.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Hellbent	0–1	0.0
Boros Aggro	2–0	100.0
Humans	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Humans	2–2	50.0
Combo	195–167	53.9
Storm	60–59	50.4
Sultai Tendrils	5–6	45.5
Dimir Tendrils	36–40	47.4
Dragonstorm	2–1	66.7
Hazoret Storm	2–0	100.0
Reanimator	29–32	47.5
Traditional Reanimator	29–32	47.5
Grixis Reanimator	1–7	12.5
Biovisionary	3–0	100.0
Dubious Challenge	0–1	0.0
Warp World	2–1	66.7
New Perspectives	3–1	75.0
Monumental Ignus	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	46–32	59.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	3–1	75.0
Myr Incubator	19–22	46.3
Cruel Combo	9–8	52.9
Breakfast	1–1	50.0
Cephalid Breakfast	1–1	50.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Control	397–367	52.0
Mono Black Control	10–1	90.9
Esper Control	40–37	51.9
Demonic Rising	65–90	41.9
Mono Blue Control	13–3	81.3
Dimir Control	14–6	70.0
Azorius Control	26–37	41.3
Turbo Fog	4–0	100.0
Izzet Control	22–15	59.5
Mardu Control	23–12	65.7
Mill	8–2	80.0
Boros Control	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	5–5	50.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–4	20.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	59–60	49.6
Cruel Control	23–27	46.0
Jeskai Control	2–0	100.0
Galleon Control	2–3	40.0
Ponza	6–4	60.0
Mono White Control	3–0	100.0
Dynavolt Tower	14–16	46.7
Cycling Control	12–7	63.2
Astral Slide	11–7	61.1
Five Color Control	4–1	80.0
Sultai Control	0–6	0.0
Bant Control	27–37	42.2
Enchantments Control	5–3	62.5
Orzhov Control	7–8	46.7
Aggro-Combo	87–73	54.4
Aristocrats	36–44	45.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–3	40.0
Golgari Aristocrats	14–21	40.0
Abzan Aristocrats	10–14	41.7
Mardu Aristocrats	4–2	66.7
Rakdos Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Burn	11–1	91.7
Infect	12–4	75.0
Pummeler	20–18	52.6
Aggro-Control	106–83	56.1
Simic Flash	0–1	0.0
Izzet Tempo	42–33	56.0
Azorius Skies	4–1	80.0
Blue Madness	11–11	50.0
Temur Madness	4–0	100.0
Grixis Madness	3–7	30.0
Lich Aggro-Control	2–2	50.0
Wizards	17–11	60.7
Tetsukotog	9–10	47.4
Izzet Spells	1–4	20.0
Azorius Tempo	1–1	50.0
Combo-Control	108–86	55.7
Curses	3–3	50.0
Burning Vengeance	2–1	66.7
Cruel Combo-Control	30–26	53.6
Battle of Wits	18–24	42.9
Shared Fate	4–3	57.1
Sunforger	7–2	77.8
Pickles	7–7	50.0
Hedron Alignment	2–1	66.7
Lich's Mastery	2–1	66.7
Curious Niv-Mizzet	2–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	2–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	14–7	66.7
Wildfire	14–7	66.7
Midrange	419–419	50.0
Temur Ascendancy	55–59	48.2
Prophet Ascendancy	9–11	45.0
The Rock	1–2	33.3
Grenzo	10–2	83.3
Abzan Midrange	23–26	46.9
Knights of Windgrace	2–6	25.0
Jund	64–83	43.5
Blink	16–15	51.6
Graveyard Value	10–8	55.6
Enchantments Matter	11–6	64.7
Orzhov Enchantress	9–6	60.0
Allies	13–14	48.1
Orzhov Allies	2–2	50.0
Boros Allies	2–3	40.0
Esper Allies	2–4	33.3
-1/-1 Counters	13–13	50.0
Mardu Midrange	9–2	81.8
Leave // Chance Midrange	6–0	100.0
Yisan-Prophet	16–24	40.0
White Jund	20–16	55.6
Vampires	13–10	56.5
Mono Black Vampires	3–1	75.0
Rakdos Vampires	10–9	52.6
Legends Midrange	11–15	42.3
Boros Legends Midrange	10–15	40.0
Mardu Legends	1–0	100.0
Elementals	2–5	28.6
Rakdos Midrange	5–11	31.3
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Midrange	2–0	100.0
Verdant Succession	0–1	0.0
Temur Energy	2–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	31–42	42.5
Sultai Emerge	29–39	42.6
Orzhov Midrange	16–5	76.2
Prophet Glare	2–2	50.0
Clerics	0–2	0.0
Ramp	125–106	54.1
Villainous Wealth	5–5	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	9–11	45.0
Eldrazipost	6–6	50.0
Gruul Post	3–4	42.9
Simic Post	0–1	0.0
Domain	15–19	44.1
Temur Bombardment	4–2	66.7