Izzet Ascension

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	1260	1983–2142	48.1	12	93	41
Izzet Ascension	112	188–157	54.5	0	12	6

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	30–44	40.5
Heroic	1–2	33.3
Mono White Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–2	0.0
Red Deck Wins	13–12	52.0
Proliferate Red	0–1	0.0
Goblins	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–5	0.0
Elves	1–1	50.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	1–2	33.3
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Gruul Landfall	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	6–7	46.2
Affinity	4–5	44.4
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Architect	0–2	0.0
Madness	0–1	0.0
Golgari Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	1–1	50.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	0–1	0.0
Knights	0–6	0.0
AggroSlide	0–3	0.0
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Shamans	2–3	40.0
Combo	31–29	51.7
Storm	0–2	0.0
Dragonstorm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	4–2	66.7
Myr Incubator	1–0	100.0
Umbral Mantle	2–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–1	50.0
Upheaval Colossus	1–1	50.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	2–1	66.7
Taking Turns	0–1	0.0
Izzet Ascension	2–2	50.0
Breakfast	4–9	30.8
Oops All Spells	4–9	30.8
Oops All Lands	2–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	2–2	50.0
Ad Nauseam	1–4	20.0
Ad Swanseam	1–2	33.3
Tibalt's Trickery	1–1	50.0
Restore Balance	7–2	77.8
Gyruda	1–0	100.0
Control	28–18	60.9
Esper Control	1–1	50.0
Azorius Control	10–8	55.6
Cawblade	3–1	75.0
Turbo Fog	2–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	2–3	40.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Izzet Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	0–1	0.0
Cruel Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	4–0	100.0
Ponza	2–2	50.0
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	3–1	75.0
Pox	0–2	0.0
Prison	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	8–8	50.0
Aristocrats	3–3	50.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Golgari Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Food	1–0	100.0
Burn	0–1	0.0
Infect	2–0	100.0
Simic Infect	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–3	25.0
Aggro-Control	28–15	65.1
Izzet Tempo	16–1	94.1
Lich Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
Wizards	3–3	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	3–5	37.5
Mono Blue Faeries	0–2	0.0
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	2–2	50.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	3–3	50.0
Combo-Control	17–16	51.5
Mindcrank	2–5	28.6
Hive Mind	2–1	66.7
Plasma Swans	3–3	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	9–7	56.3
Wildfire	0–2	0.0
Borderpost Wildfire	0–2	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	9–5	64.3
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	6–3	66.7
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	2–0	100.0
Midrange	33–18	64.7
The Rock	3–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Midrange	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Value Town	1–0	100.0
Blink	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	0–1	0.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Allies	2–0	100.0
Azorius Allies	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–1	50.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–3	40.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–1	66.7
Dimir Midrange	2–2	50.0
Angel Tribal	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	7–5	58.3
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	0–1	0.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	2–1	66.7
Coinflip Tribal	1–0	100.0
Ramp	13–9	59.1
Rofellos Ramp	9–4	69.2
Wild Pair	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	3–4	42.9
Greenpost	1–4	20.0
Gruul Post	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	1–1	50.0