Izzet Spells

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro-Control	363	600–605	49.8	1	16	15
Izzet Spells	106	195–181	51.9	1	9	6

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	56–53	51.4
Mono Black Aggro	5–1	83.3
Heroic	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	13–11	54.2
Goblins	4–8	33.3
Tokens	3–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	1–2	33.3
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–2	33.3
Elves	5–6	45.5
Zombies	4–8	33.3
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	6–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	6–0	100.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	0–1	0.0
Hateful Auras	0–1	0.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Knights	2–1	66.7
AggroSlide	7–13	35.0
Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Shamans	1–0	100.0
Combo	36–43	45.6
Storm	11–12	47.8
Dimir Tendrils	6–11	35.3
Simic Storm	1–1	50.0
Citadel Storm	2–0	100.0
Reanimator	6–15	28.6
Recurring Nightmare	2–6	25.0
Dragon Nightmare	2–6	25.0
Traditional Reanimator	4–9	30.8
Rakdos Reanimator	0–4	0.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Reanimator	3–4	42.9
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–2	0.0
Hypergenesis	5–1	83.3
Runeflare	0–1	0.0
Combo Post	0–2	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–4	0.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Eggs	2–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	0–1	0.0
Izzet Ascension	0–2	0.0
Ominous Good	3–1	75.0
Jokulhaups Combo	3–0	100.0
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Oops All Lands	1–1	50.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	1–1	50.0
Control	32–29	52.5
Esper Control	0–1	0.0
Demonic Rising	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Control	2–0	100.0
Dimir Control	2–3	40.0
Azorius Control	6–8	42.9
Turbo Fog	2–1	66.7
Izzet Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	1–3	25.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Blackpost	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	2–4	33.3
Cruel Control	2–4	33.3
Jeskai Control	2–0	100.0
Ponza	2–1	66.7
Mono White Control	3–1	75.0
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	1–2	33.3
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Temur Reclamation	3–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	0–2	0.0
Aggro-Combo	4–5	44.4
Aristocrats	3–2	60.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Food	1–0	100.0
Burn	0–1	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–2	0.0
Combo Goblins	1–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	7–6	53.8
Simic Flash	1–0	100.0
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	3–3	50.0
Dimir Tempo	1–2	33.3
Combo-Control	8–5	61.5
Cruel Combo-Control	0–1	0.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	0–1	0.0
Liliana's Contract	2–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	3–2	60.0
Wildfire	3–2	60.0
Thryx-Wildfire	1–2	33.3
Midrange	40–24	62.5
Selesnya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Jund	1–3	25.0
Blink	5–3	62.5
Wave Blink	5–3	62.5
Esper Wave	4–1	80.0
Azorius Wave	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Wave	1–1	50.0
Graveyard Value	6–4	60.0
Séance	2–1	66.7
Varolz Dreadnought	2–2	50.0
Enchantments Matter	1–1	50.0
Treefolk	1–1	50.0
Fake-Rack	0–1	0.0
Vampires	3–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	3–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–1	66.7
Big Red	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	5–4	55.6
Mono Black Devotion	4–3	57.1
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–1	0.0
Mutate	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Zur the Enchanter	0–1	0.0
Coinflip Tribal	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	3–0	100.0
Ramp	12–16	42.9
Rofellos Ramp	3–2	60.0
Cloudpost Ramp	7–9	43.8
Golgari Post	0–1	0.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	1–3	25.0
Greenpost	3–2	60.0
Gruul Post	0–1	0.0
Reclamation at Wake	1–3	25.0
Sarkhan's Unsealing Ramp	1–2	33.3