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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	1086	1713–2005	46.1	9	59	34
Temur Ascendancy	153	304–263	53.6	0	2	11
The Rock	64	123–117	51.3	0	4	1
Abzan Midrange	35	40–68	37.0	0	1
Knights of Windgrace	1
Selesnya Midrange	1	2–2	50.0
Jund	39	57–79	41.9			1
Blink	116	224–208	51.9	7	19	2
Wave Blink	81	150–152	49.7	6	15
Azorius Wave	77	149–146	50.5	6	15
Acid Trip	1	0–3	0.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	31	70–49	58.8	1	3	2
Anti-Persecution	2	5–5	50.0
Graveyard Value	32	32–66	32.7
Enchantments Matter	3	6–7	46.2
Orzhov Enchantress	3	6–7	46.2
Allies	86	131–158	45.3	0	4	2
Orzhov Allies	15	13–27	32.5
Mardu Allies	20	39–45	46.4	0	4
Boros Allies	30	47–44	51.6			2
Esper Allies	5	11–11	50.0
-1/-1 Counters	20	22–44	33.3
Selvala Morningstar	1
Mardu Midrange	11	6–13	31.6	0	1
Vampires	147	268–245	52.2	2	16	7
Mono Black Vampires	98	197–145	57.6	2	13	6
Rakdos Vampires	15	22–31	41.5
Orzhov Vampires	29	48–58	45.3	0	3	1
Legends Midrange	4	4–4	50.0	0	1
Boros Legends Midrange	2	4–4	50.0	0	1
Elementals	5	3–17	15.0
Rakdos Midrange	12	15–22	40.5	0	1
Naya Midrange	6	14–12	53.8
Big Red	8	10–9	52.6
Mono Black Midrange	5	5–15	25.0
Hellion Whip	2	3–7	30.0
Dimir Midrange	2	5–5	50.0
Dimir Vat	1	3–2	60.0
Temur Energy	11	27–19	58.7	0	1	1
Sultai Midrange	63	125–132	48.6	0	2	2
Sultai Emerge	59	121–121	50.0	0	2	2
Orzhov Midrange	29	36–51	41.4	0	1	1
Clerics	6	6–15	28.6
Artifact Midrange	3	5–8	38.5

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	494–568	46.5
Mono Black Aggro	13–18	41.9
Heroic	30–30	50.0
Mono White Heroic	15–17	46.9
Azorius Heroic	3–1	75.0
Boros Heroic	2–4	33.3
Selesnya Heroic	8–8	50.0
Red Deck Wins	191–285	40.1
Mono Red Devotion	8–10	44.4
Prisoner	11–6	64.7
Proliferate Red	14–24	36.8
Goblins	4–2	66.7
Tokens	10–15	40.0
Selesnya Tokens	3–6	33.3
Mono Green Stompy	22–27	44.9
White Weenie	30–25	54.5
Odric Keywords	7–7	50.0
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Kithkin	1–0	100.0
Elves	6–17	26.1
Werewolves	8–4	66.7
Selesnya Little Kid	34–48	41.5
Rogues	5–0	100.0
Zombies	9–4	69.2
Gruul Aggro	17–13	56.7
Merfolk	7–2	77.8
Mono Red Swarm	8–4	66.7
Artifact Aggro	38–35	52.1
Affinity	27–25	51.9
Boros Vehicles	1–1	50.0
Salvage Titan	7–3	70.0
Mono Blue Aggro	4–3	57.1
Madness	6–2	75.0
Gruul Madness	4–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	1–1	50.0
Voltron	28–17	62.2
Hexproof	3–1	75.0
Boros Auras	4–2	66.7
Equipment Aggro	18–14	56.3
Naya Zoo	4–7	36.4
Rakdos Aggro	0–1	0.0
Boros Aggro	3–2	60.0
Humans	6–2	75.0
Selesnya Humans	5–1	83.3
Combo	186–290	39.1
Storm	3–2	60.0
Reanimator	89–152	36.9
Recurring Nightmare	46–82	35.9
Dragon Nightmare	16–46	25.8
Jund Nightmare	5–10	33.3
Four Color Powerful Magic	16–18	47.1
Living Death	36–67	35.0
Traditional Reanimator	7–3	70.0
Warp World	7–2	77.8
New Perspectives	10–12	45.5
Splendid Reclamation Combo	0–1	0.0
Monumental Ignus	3–1	75.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	15–37	28.8
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Umbral Mantle	24–33	42.1
"Twin"	7–14	33.3
Murderous Mastery	5–11	31.3
Jeskai "Twin"	2–0	100.0
Combo Post	3–11	21.4
Eye of the Storm	0–1	0.0
Eggs	4–0	100.0
Turntimber Ranger	2–5	28.6
Breakfast	1–4	20.0
Cephalid Breakfast	1–4	20.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	1–4	20.0
Oops All Lands	3–3	50.0
Stuffy Doll	1–4	20.0
Control	339–440	43.5
Mono Black Control	6–8	42.9
Esper Control	21–22	48.8
Mono Blue Control	4–1	80.0
Dimir Control	9–4	69.2
Azorius Control	17–26	39.5
Adam's Ale	2–0	100.0
Turbo Fog	7–8	46.7
Izzet Control	5–4	55.6
Mardu Control	3–3	50.0
Mill	7–1	87.5
Cloudpost Control	93–153	37.8
Azorius Cloudpost Control	18–34	34.6
Blackpost	15–31	32.6
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	6–13	31.6
Dimir Cloudpost Control	16–26	38.1
Izzet Cloudpost Control	8–7	53.3
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	11–27	28.9
Grixis Control	3–3	50.0
Chandra Nalaar	5–15	25.0
Jeskai Control	59–82	41.8
Jeskai Approach	21–30	41.2
Dragon Control	1–1	50.0
Ponza	10–5	66.7
Dynavolt Tower	14–15	48.3
Cycling Control	18–23	43.9
Astral Slide	6–11	35.3
Five Color Control	11–25	30.6
Sultai Control	3–4	42.9
Bant Control	1–1	50.0
Enchantments Control	1–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	30–24	55.6
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	98–120	45.0
Aristocrats	55–84	39.6
Mono Black Aristocrats	6–14	30.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	31–56	35.6
Golgari Aristocrats	12–7	63.2
Abzan Aristocrats	2–6	25.0
Mardu Aristocrats	4–1	80.0
Burn	2–3	40.0
Infect	12–8	60.0
Pummeler	24–22	52.2
Aggro-Control	68–58	54.0
Simic Flash	14–20	41.2
Simic Vat	14–18	43.8
Izzet Tempo	20–7	74.1
Azorius Skies	6–2	75.0
Blue Madness	7–3	70.0
Temur Madness	1–1	50.0
Lich Aggro-Control	0–2	0.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Tetsukotog	5–4	55.6
12 Pest	12–16	42.9
Combo-Control	98–103	48.8
Curses	2–7	22.2
Burning Vengeance	2–1	66.7
Battle of Wits	21–13	61.8
Shared Fate	1–0	100.0
Sunforger	2–2	50.0
Pickles	4–8	33.3
Displace Loop	9–14	39.1
Familiars	0–1	0.0
Hedron Alignment	9–8	52.9
Yosei Vat	8–10	44.4
Curious Niv-Mizzet	1–1	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	36–38	48.6
Wildfire	36–38	48.6
Midrange	317–317	50.0
Temur Ascendancy	47–54	46.5
The Rock	15–28	34.9
Abzan Midrange	17–7	70.8
Selesnya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jund	14–9	60.9
Blink	32–42	43.2
Wave Blink	21–27	43.8
Azorius Wave	21–27	43.8
Acid Trip	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	9–14	39.1
Anti-Persecution	0–2	0.0
Graveyard Value	9–4	69.2
Enchantments Matter	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Enchantress	0–1	0.0
Allies	29–27	51.8
Orzhov Allies	3–3	50.0
Mardu Allies	4–3	57.1
Boros Allies	12–14	46.2
Esper Allies	0–2	0.0
-1/-1 Counters	9–5	64.3
Mardu Midrange	1–1	50.0
Vampires	38–43	46.9
Mono Black Vampires	21–31	40.4
Rakdos Vampires	5–2	71.4
Orzhov Vampires	10–9	52.6
Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Boros Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Elementals	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	6–2	75.0
Naya Midrange	2–3	40.0
Big Red	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–2	33.3
Hellion Whip	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	1–4	20.0
Dimir Vat	1–3	25.0
Temur Energy	0–4	0.0
Sultai Midrange	22–23	48.9
Sultai Emerge	21–22	48.8
Orzhov Midrange	4–6	40.0
Clerics	3–2	60.0
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Ramp	113–109	50.9
Villainous Wealth	1–2	33.3
Rofellos Ramp	47–56	45.6
Wild Pair	0–4	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	59–49	54.6
Eldrazipost	12–12	50.0
Locus Awakening	15–12	55.6
Golgari Post	2–1	66.7
Greenpost	6–10	37.5
Gruul Post	2–0	100.0
Domain	2–1	66.7
Temur Bombardment	0–1	0.0