Mono Black Midrange

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	871	1421–1514–1	48.4	12	68	31
Mono Black Midrange	127	215–240	47.3	1	3	4
Mono Black Devotion	50	82–93	46.9	0	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	60–53	53.1
Mono Black Aggro	1–1	50.0
Heroic	3–3	50.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–1	66.7
Boros Heroic	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	4–6	40.0
Goblins	0–2	0.0
Tokens	2–2	50.0
Mono White Tokens	2–2	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	7–2	77.8
White Weenie	9–11	45.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–1	0.0
Elves	10–7	58.8
Zombies	1–1	50.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	3–2	60.0
Artifact Aggro	11–11	50.0
Affinity	7–5	58.3
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	3–6	33.3
Mono Blue Aggro	0–1	0.0
Illusions	0–1	0.0
Madness	2–1	66.7
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	1–1	50.0
Voltron	0–2	0.0
Hateful Auras	0–2	0.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
Boros Aggro	3–0	100.0
Humans	1–0	100.0
Combo	34–51	40.0
Storm	12–16	42.9
Dragonstorm	2–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	8–16	33.3
Oriss Genesis	1–0	100.0
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	0–2	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–1	50.0
Izzet Ascension	1–1	50.0
Breakfast	3–6	33.3
Oops All Spells	1–5	16.7
Unctus	2–1	66.7
Dredge	9–16	36.0
Polymorph	1–2	33.3
Ad Nauseam	1–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	1–2	33.3
Belcher	2–5	28.6
Control	29–27	51.8
Esper Control	1–0	100.0
Demonic Rising	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	0–2	0.0
Azorius Control	4–3	57.1
Izzet Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	3–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Blackpost	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	2–2	50.0
Stax	1–1	50.0
Dragon Control	0–1	0.0
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	3–2	60.0
Life is Ez	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	1–2	33.3
Astral Slide	1–2	33.3
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–0	100.0
Pox	4–1	80.0
Enchantments Control	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Control	2–2	50.0
Prison	2–5	28.6
Enchantress	2–4	33.3
Aggro-Combo	13–17	43.3
Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	0–1	0.0
Infect	2–1	66.7
Trickbind Dreadnought	9–11	45.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	8–10	44.4
Hushnought	2–1	66.7
Combo Goblins	0–1	0.0
Dirty Kitty	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	23–23	50.0
Simic Flash	1–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	6–7	46.2
Blue Madness	0–1	0.0
Wizards	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Tempo	1–2	33.3
Izzet Spells	0–2	0.0
Dimir Tempo	9–2	81.8
Azorius Tempo	3–2	60.0
Combo-Control	15–17	46.9
Curses	0–2	0.0
Battle of Wits	8–4	66.7
Solar Flare	1–0	100.0
Liliana's Contract	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–2	50.0
Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Thopter-Sword	2–9	18.2
Azorius Thopter-Sword	1–3	25.0
Dimir Thopter-Sword	0–1	0.0
Esper Thopter-Sword	1–4	20.0
Resurgent Belief	1–0	100.0
Midrange	38–46	45.2
The Rock	4–3	57.1
Abzan Midrange	1–3	25.0
Jund	2–0	100.0
Blink	1–1	50.0
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Séance	1–0	100.0
Allies	0–2	0.0
Esper Allies	0–1	0.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–3	50.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–3	40.0
Martyr's Grace	2–2	50.0
Sultai Midrange	3–2	60.0
Fight Rigging	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Midrange	9–22	29.0
Hero of Precinct One	0–1	0.0
Clerics	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	4–4	50.0
Coinflip Tribal	2–0	100.0
Ramp	3–6	33.3
Cloudpost Ramp	2–5	28.6
Greenpost	2–3	40.0
Gruul Post	0–2	0.0
Carth Superfriends	1–1	50.0
Jund Carth	1–1	50.0