Jeskai Ascendancy

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Legality is determined a week after the release of a Standard-legal set on Magic Online.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	823	1563–1463	51.7	7	52	33
Jeskai Ascendancy	85	173–138	55.6	0	5	5
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	2	0–3	0.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	43–37	53.8
Mono Black Aggro	1–3	25.0
Heroic	4–4	50.0
Mono White Heroic	2–1	66.7
Azorius Heroic	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Heroic	2–1	66.7
Red Deck Wins	17–16	51.5
Mono Red Devotion	0–1	0.0
Proliferate Red	1–0	100.0
Goblins	0–1	0.0
Tokens	3–1	75.0
Selesnya Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–1	50.0
White Weenie	1–3	25.0
Elves	2–1	66.7
Werewolves	2–1	66.7
Minotaurs	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	2–1	66.7
Gruul Aggro	1–1	50.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	2–1	66.7
Affinity	2–1	66.7
Devoid Aggro	1–0	100.0
Voltron	3–1	75.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	2–1	66.7
Naya Zoo	0–1	0.0
Combo	23–20	53.5
Storm	2–0	100.0
Reanimator	11–7	61.1
Recurring Nightmare	8–3	72.7
Dragon Nightmare	5–1	83.3
Jund Nightmare	2–1	66.7
Four Color Powerful Magic	0–1	0.0
Living Death	3–4	42.9
Biovisionary	2–0	100.0
New Perspectives	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–2	50.0
Umbral Mantle	2–7	22.2
"Twin"	1–1	50.0
Murderous Mastery	1–1	50.0
Combo Post	0–1	0.0
Turntimber Ranger	1–1	50.0
Stuffy Doll	1–0	100.0
Control	40–26	60.6
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	1–1	50.0
Azorius Control	1–0	100.0
Turbo Fog	1–2	33.3
Izzet Control	0–1	0.0
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	3–1	75.0
Cloudpost Control	16–8	66.7
Azorius Cloudpost Control	4–3	57.1
Blackpost	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–3	25.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	2–0	100.0
Chandra Nalaar	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Control	6–5	54.5
Jeskai Approach	1–0	100.0
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Dynavolt Tower	4–1	80.0
Cycling Control	3–2	60.0
Astral Slide	1–2	33.3
Five Color Control	2–2	50.0
Enchantments Control	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	2–11	15.4
Aristocrats	1–8	11.1
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–4	0.0
Golgari Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Burn	0–1	0.0
Pummeler	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Control	3–8	27.3
Simic Flash	1–2	33.3
Simic Vat	1–2	33.3
Izzet Tempo	1–2	33.3
12 Pest	0–4	0.0
Combo-Control	12–9	57.1
Battle of Wits	3–1	75.0
Sunforger	1–0	100.0
Pickles	1–2	33.3
Displace Loop	1–0	100.0
Hedron Alignment	1–2	33.3
Mass Land Destruction	5–4	55.6
Wildfire	5–4	55.6
Midrange	37–15	71.2
Temur Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
The Rock	2–3	40.0
Jund	2–0	100.0
Blink	5–0	100.0
Wave Blink	3–0	100.0
Azorius Wave	3–0	100.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	2–0	100.0
Allies	1–1	50.0
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	3–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	3–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–0	100.0
Naya Midrange	1–2	33.3
Sultai Midrange	7–3	70.0
Sultai Emerge	6–2	75.0
Ramp	13–12	52.0
Villainous Wealth	1–0	100.0
Rofellos Ramp	3–8	27.3
Cloudpost Ramp	8–3	72.7
Locus Awakening	2–2	50.0
Golgari Post	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	1–0	100.0
Simic Post	1–0	100.0