Izzet Ascension

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	3371	5679–6064	48.4	19	140	180
Izzet Ascension	163	265–316	45.6	0	3	7

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	79–75	51.3
Mono Black Aggro	3–1	75.0
Heroic	6–6	50.0
Mono White Heroic	1–5	16.7
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	4–1	80.0
Selesnya Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	7–9	43.8
Mono Red Devotion	1–0	100.0
Goblins	4–4	50.0
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–3	25.0
White Weenie	4–4	50.0
Kithkin	0–1	0.0
Elves	6–3	66.7
Selesnya Little Kid	4–2	66.7
Selesnya Counters	3–1	75.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	1–1	50.0
Gruul Aggro	2–0	100.0
Merfolk	13–3	81.3
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	18–20	47.4
Affinity	15–16	48.4
Boros Vehicles	1–0	100.0
Salvage Titan	0–1	0.0
Tempered Steel	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Architect	1–1	50.0
Voltron	0–1	0.0
Hexproof	0–1	0.0
Knights	0–3	0.0
AggroSlide	2–8	20.0
Cats	3–4	42.9
Selesnya Cats	3–4	42.9
Rakdos Aggro	1–1	50.0
Combo	49–67	42.2
Storm	6–14	30.0
Dimir Tendrils	4–13	23.5
Hazoret Storm	1–0	100.0
Grixis Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Swath Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	9–16	36.0
Worldgorger Dragon	5–9	35.7
Double Dragon	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	4–7	36.4
Rakdos Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	4–5	44.4
Oriss Genesis	0–1	0.0
Warp World	0–1	0.0
Maniac Combo	1–1	50.0
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	3–6	33.3
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–5	28.6
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Myr Incubator	1–0	100.0
Combo Post	1–0	100.0
Eggs	2–1	66.7
Turntimber Ranger	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–1	50.0
Retraction Helix Combo	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	2–3	40.0
Izzet Ascension	6–6	50.0
Jokulhaups Combo	0–2	0.0
Soulflayer	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	3–0	100.0
Oops All Spells	3–0	100.0
Dredge	6–8	42.9
Protean Hulk Combo	3–1	75.0
Dice Factory	1–1	50.0
Possibility Storm	0–1	0.0
Control	39–40	49.4
Mono Black Control	3–0	100.0
Esper Control	0–1	0.0
Demonic Rising	5–0	100.0
Dimir Control	3–5	37.5
Azorius Control	5–6	45.5
Turbo Fog	5–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–5	16.7
Cloudpost Control	3–1	75.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	3–1	75.0
Grixis Control	0–1	0.0
Cruel Control	0–1	0.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	0–1	0.0
Ponza	0–4	0.0
Mono White Control	2–2	50.0
Life is Ez	1–2	33.3
Cycling Control	1–3	25.0
Astral Slide	1–2	33.3
Five Color Control	0–2	0.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	0–2	0.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	6–8	42.9
Prison	1–0	100.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	21–14	60.0
Aristocrats	13–6	68.4
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Golgari Aristocrats	4–1	80.0
Food	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	5–2	71.4
Burn	0–3	0.0
Infect	3–1	75.0
Simic Infect	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Infect	1–0	100.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Chancellor of the Forge Combo	2–1	66.7
Combo Goblins	2–3	40.0
Goblin Persist	1–3	25.0
Dirty Kitty	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	12–22	35.3
Izzet Tempo	7–7	50.0
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–9	18.2
Mono Blue Faeries	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	1–2	33.3
Dimir Tempo	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	7–20	25.9
Battle of Wits	0–5	0.0
Mindcrank	1–3	25.0
Dragoncrank	1–2	33.3
Hedron Alignment	0–1	0.0
Yosei Vat	0–1	0.0
Zur's Weirding	4–4	50.0
Solar Flare	1–4	20.0
Liliana's Contract	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	0–2	0.0
Wildfire	0–2	0.0
Thryx-Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Midrange	48–61	44.0
The Rock	1–1	50.0
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	1–2	33.3
Graveyard Value	3–3	50.0
Séance	3–3	50.0
Allies	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	4–1	80.0
Mardu Midrange	5–9	35.7
Yisan-Prophet	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mardu Legends	1–0	100.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	6–9	40.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–8	27.3
Mono Black Devotion	0–2	0.0
Heart of Darkness	1–2	33.3
Dimir Midrange	2–5	28.6
Toughness Matters	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–0	100.0
Adventures	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	1–4	20.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–10	9.1
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Prophet Glare	3–2	60.0
Ordealbreak	1–0	100.0
Neoform	0–2	0.0
Sultai Neoform	0–1	0.0
Simic Neoform	0–1	0.0
Party	1–1	50.0
Clerics	0–1	0.0
Death Cloud	2–0	100.0
Ramp	10–17	37.0
Villainous Wealth	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	7–15	31.8
Locus Awakening	2–0	100.0
Greenpost	5–12	29.4
Summer Bloom Ramp	1–1	50.0
Historic Bloom	0–1	0.0