Mono Black Midrange

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Midrange	369	653–789	45.3	14	183
Mono Black Midrange	112	240–227	51.4	6	63
Mono Black Devotion	16	29–32	47.5	0	8

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	76–58	56.7
Mono Black Aggro	4–4	50.0
Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	16–9	64.0
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	5–2	71.4
Selesnya Tokens	3–2	60.0
White Weenie	9–4	69.2
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	1–1	50.0
Elves	5–4	55.6
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	9–4	69.2
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	8–11	42.1
Affinity	5–6	45.5
Tempered Steel	3–5	37.5
Madness	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	2–0	100.0
Voltron	3–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	1–0	100.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	10–18	35.7
Combo	26–22	54.2
Storm	10–13	43.5
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	9–13	40.9
Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Worldgorger Dragon	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–2	33.3
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	2–1	66.7
Runeflare	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	3–1	75.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	3–1	75.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	2–0	100.0
Reanim8 Rack	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	3–2	60.0
Oops All Spells	3–2	60.0
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	1–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	0–1	0.0
Control	25–42	37.3
Esper Control	2–7	22.2
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	2–2	50.0
Azorius Control	6–15	28.6
Mill	5–0	100.0
Boros Control	1–2	33.3
Grixis Control	1–3	25.0
Cruel Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Control	1–2	33.3
Ponza	4–3	57.1
Bant Control	0–1	0.0
Pox	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Control	0–2	0.0
Prison	0–2	0.0
Aggro-Combo	39–37	51.3
Aristocrats	3–3	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Boros Bombardment	1–0	100.0
Burn	4–3	57.1
Infect	3–0	100.0
Simic Infect	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Infect	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	27–28	49.1
Mono Blue Dreadnought	26–28	48.1
Hushnought	1–2	33.3
Combo Goblins	1–1	50.0
Goblin Persist	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Control	13–11	54.2
Izzet Tempo	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	4–2	66.7
Mono Blue Tempo	1–1	50.0
Izzet Spells	6–8	42.9
Combo-Control	6–12	33.3
Curses	1–0	100.0
Displace Loop	1–0	100.0
Familiars	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	1–1	50.0
Plasma Swans	1–2	33.3
Mass Land Destruction	2–9	18.2
Jokulhaups Control	2–9	18.2
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–3	25.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–2	33.3
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Midrange	52–42	55.3
The Rock	2–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	3–0	100.0
Jund	7–5	58.3
Blink	1–3	25.0
Graveyard Value	0–1	0.0
Séance	0–1	0.0
Allies	1–1	50.0
Boros Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	2–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Vampires	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–2	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	19–19	50.0
Mono Black Devotion	2–2	50.0
Angel Tribal	2–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–2	33.3
Martyr's Grace	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Midrange	3–2	60.0
Owling Mine	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	4–5	44.4
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Naya Hero	3–5	37.5
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Ramp	3–3	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	3–3	50.0
Greenpost	3–3	50.0