Mono Black Midrange

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	1071	1598–1924	45.4	14	115	25
Mono Black Midrange	447	908–727	55.5	11	84	17
Mono Black Devotion	415	862–675	56.1	11	81	17

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	200–144	58.1
Mono Black Aggro	3–0	100.0
Heroic	10–3	76.9
Azorius Heroic	8–3	72.7
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	47–57	45.2
Goblins	4–2	66.7
Tokens	24–23	51.1
Selesnya Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono White Tokens	19–22	46.3
Mono Green Stompy	27–12	69.2
White Weenie	8–8	50.0
Soldiers	4–3	57.1
Warriors	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Counters	1–1	50.0
Merfolk	3–1	75.0
Mono Red Swarm	20–16	55.6
Artifact Aggro	7–1	87.5
Affinity	7–1	87.5
Devoid Aggro	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Gruul Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	21–12	63.6
Hexproof	5–1	83.3
Boros Auras	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	5–7	41.7
Knights	12–6	66.7
Cats	3–0	100.0
Mono White Cats	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	1–1	50.0
Combo	52–25	67.5
Storm	7–5	58.3
Simic Storm	7–5	58.3
Reclamation Storm	7–5	58.3
Reanimator	34–9	79.1
Traditional Reanimator	34–9	79.1
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	20–3	87.0
Grixis Reanimator	4–1	80.0
Oriss Genesis	3–0	100.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	7–10	41.2
Retraction Helix Combo	1–1	50.0
Control	259–199	56.6
Mono Black Control	2–0	100.0
Esper Control	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	42–22	65.6
Azorius Control	4–6	40.0
Turbo Fog	2–2	50.0
Izzet Control	22–21	51.2
Mill	3–0	100.0
Grixis Control	15–13	53.6
Stax	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Control	2–1	66.7
Ponza	4–1	80.0
Cycling Control	14–20	41.2
Astral Slide	14–20	41.2
Sultai Control	11–8	57.9
Guildgate Control	113–85	57.1
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Temur Reclamation	20–18	52.6
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	60–62	49.2
Aristocrats	48–56	46.2
Orzhov Aristocrats	5–2	71.4
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Food	35–53	39.8
Rakdos Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Burn	9–5	64.3
Infect	3–1	75.0
Aggro-Control	117–127	48.0
Izzet Tempo	34–43	44.2
Azorius Skies	7–15	31.8
Blue Madness	11–6	64.7
Simic Madness	7–4	63.6
Temur Madness	4–2	66.7
Mono Blue Tempo	28–35	44.4
Izzet Spells	19–17	52.8
Dimir Tempo	8–8	50.0
Combo-Control	3–1	75.0
Burning Vengeance	1–1	50.0
Midrange	207–158	56.7
The Rock	1–3	25.0
Graveyard Value	16–3	84.2
Séance	1–0	100.0
Allies	0–1	0.0
Boros Allies	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	8–1	88.9
Rakdos Midrange	6–4	60.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	115–115	50.0
Mono Black Devotion	114–114	50.0
Dimir Midrange	12–13	48.0
Toughness Matters	16–4	80.0
Lifegain Midrange	9–7	56.3
Adventures	4–1	80.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–1	50.0
Neoform	2–0	100.0
UBRG Neoform	1–0	100.0
Ramp	10–11	47.6
Applejacks	6–8	42.9