Cycling Control

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	1263	2164–2327	48.2	9	83	44
Cycling Control	76	98–148	39.8	0	1	1
Astral Slide	40	42–75	35.9	0	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	24–55	30.4
Heroic	3–1	75.0
Mono White Heroic	3–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	7–30	18.9
Prisoner	2–0	100.0
Proliferate Red	2–6	25.0
Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–4	0.0
White Weenie	1–5	16.7
Odric Keywords	0–2	0.0
Soldiers	0–1	0.0
Werewolves	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	2–2	50.0
Gruul Aggro	0–2	0.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–2	33.3
Artifact Aggro	1–6	14.3
Affinity	1–5	16.7
Voltron	3–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	2–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
Combo	13–12	52.0
Reanimator	6–3	66.7
Recurring Nightmare	3–3	50.0
Dragon Nightmare	2–2	50.0
Jund Nightmare	1–0	100.0
Four Color Powerful Magic	0–1	0.0
Living Death	3–0	100.0
New Perspectives	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–3	40.0
Myr Incubator	0–1	0.0
Umbral Mantle	2–1	66.7
"Twin"	1–0	100.0
Murderous Mastery	1–0	100.0
Combo Post	0–3	0.0
Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Cephalid Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Control	12–26	31.6
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Control	0–2	0.0
Izzet Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	4–16	20.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–3	0.0
Blackpost	1–5	16.7
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	1–3	25.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	1–2	33.3
Chandra Nalaar	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Control	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Approach	1–0	100.0
Dynavolt Tower	1–1	50.0
Five Color Control	0–2	0.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	6–13	31.6
Aristocrats	4–6	40.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–3	50.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Abzan Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	1–0	100.0
Infect	0–2	0.0
Pummeler	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Control	4–3	57.1
Izzet Tempo	1–2	33.3
Lich Aggro-Control	1–1	50.0
12 Pest	2–0	100.0
Combo-Control	8–6	57.1
Battle of Wits	3–1	75.0
Sunforger	1–0	100.0
Displace Loop	1–2	33.3
Yosei Vat	1–0	100.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–3	25.0
Wildfire	1–3	25.0
Midrange	23–18	56.1
Temur Ascendancy	3–8	27.3
The Rock	2–1	66.7
Abzan Midrange	1–1	50.0
Blink	2–3	40.0
Wave Blink	1–1	50.0
Azorius Wave	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	1–2	33.3
Anti-Persecution	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	2–0	100.0
Allies	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
Mardu Allies	0–1	0.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–1	50.0
Vampires	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Vampires	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	0–1	0.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	2–1	66.7
Sultai Emerge	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Ramp	8–15	34.8
Rofellos Ramp	3–10	23.1
Wild Pair	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	3–5	37.5
Eldrazipost	1–2	33.3
Greenpost	0–1	0.0
Simic Post	0–2	0.0
Domain	2–0	100.0