Stagnant Control

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	33728	54459–59333–43	47.9	260	2382	1263
Stagnant Control	65	70–127	35.5	0	4

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	21–33	38.9
Mono Black Aggro	3–0	100.0
Heroic	0–3	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–2	0.0
Red Deck Wins	4–9	30.8
Mono Red Devotion	0–2	0.0
Tokens	0–3	0.0
Selesnya Tokens	0–3	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–1	50.0
White Weenie	0–4	0.0
Odric Keywords	0–1	0.0
Soldiers	0–1	0.0
Elves	0–1	0.0
Minotaurs	1–0	100.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	6–5	54.5
Merfolk	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	3–5	37.5
Affinity	0–2	0.0
Tempered Steel	3–3	50.0
Devoid Aggro	1–0	100.0
Voltron	0–1	0.0
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
Combo	14–21	40.0
Storm	2–0	100.0
Simic Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	0–3	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	0–3	0.0
Dimir Reanimator	0–2	0.0
Necro Combo	2–1	66.7
Deathmantle Necro	2–1	66.7
Mono Green Stormless Storm	0–1	0.0
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Zubera Tribal	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Hyperwave	1–0	100.0
New Perspectives	0–4	0.0
Cat Wave	0–2	0.0
Runeflare	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
"Twin"	1–0	100.0
Jeskai "Twin"	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–1	50.0
Saffi Combo	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	3–5	37.5
Cephalid Breakfast	3–4	42.9
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	3–4	42.9
Hermit Dredge	0–1	0.0
Control	16–26	38.1
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	1–3	25.0
Demonic Rising	1–2	33.3
Dimir Control	1–1	50.0
Azorius Control	1–1	50.0
Turbo Fog	0–1	0.0
Izzet Control	1–1	50.0
Mardu Control	1–1	50.0
Mill	1–2	33.3
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–1	50.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	0–2	0.0
Pollute the Planet	0–2	0.0
Stagnant Control	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Control	2–0	100.0
Dragon Control	0–3	0.0
Izzet Dragons	0–1	0.0
Esper Dragons	0–2	0.0
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	1–1	50.0
Life is Ez	0–1	0.0
Sultai Control	1–3	25.0
Pox	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	1–8	11.1
Aristocrats	1–7	12.5
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–4	0.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Abzan Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Mardu Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Infect	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	3–3	50.0
Simic Flash	1–0	100.0
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	0–1	0.0
Temur Madness	0–1	0.0
Temur Clues	1–1	50.0
Combo-Control	3–4	42.9
Curses	1–2	33.3
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Approach Necro	1–1	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	0–1	0.0
Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Midrange	11–28	28.2
Abzan Midrange	0–3	0.0
Jund	1–4	20.0
Blink	2–2	50.0
Wave Blink	0–1	0.0
Azorius Wave	0–1	0.0
Anti-Persecution	2–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Dimir Graves	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	0–1	0.0
Allies	1–2	33.3
Mardu Allies	1–0	100.0
Boros Allies	0–1	0.0
Esper Allies	0–1	0.0
-1/-1 Counters	0–1	0.0
White Jund	0–2	0.0
Vampires	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Vampires	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	0–3	0.0
Mardu Legends	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Legends	0–1	0.0
Elementals	0–3	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–1	0.0
Card Advantage White	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Sultai Energy	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Ramp	1–4	20.0
Rofellos Ramp	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	0–1	0.0
Simic Post	0–1	0.0
Devoid Cruelty	0–1	0.0
Applejacks	1–1	50.0
Orcish Aids	1–0	100.0