Approach Necro

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo-Control	145	298–258–1	53.6	11	44	1
Approach Necro	29	78–47–1	62.4	1	13	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	21–16	56.8
Mono Black Aggro	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	10–7	58.8
Tokens	3–5	37.5
Selesnya Tokens	3–4	42.9
Mono Green Stompy	0–1	0.0
White Weenie	4–1	80.0
Minotaurs	1–0	100.0
Devoid Aggro	0–1	0.0
Combo	16–4	80.0
Reanimator	5–3	62.5
Starlit Graves	1–2	33.3
Traditional Reanimator	4–1	80.0
Mono Black Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Necro Combo	1–0	100.0
Deathmantle Necro	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stormless Storm	0–1	0.0
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	5–0	100.0
Stuffy Doll	1–0	100.0
Control	15–6–1	71.4
Dimir Control	3–1	75.0
Watery Oath	2–1	66.7
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Boros Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	0–1	0.0
Cruel Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	5–2–1	71.4
Necro Stax	1–1	50.0
Pollute the Planet	4–1–1	80.0
Chandra Nalaar	2–0	100.0
Stagnant Control	1–1	50.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Dragons	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	1–1	50.0
Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Golgari Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Infect	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	9–2	81.8
Azorius Skies	2–1	66.7
Blue Madness	5–1	83.3
Temur Madness	5–1	83.3
Izzet Spells	2–0	100.0
Combo-Control	8–5	61.5
Burning Vengeance	1–0	100.0
Cruel Combo-Control	3–3	50.0
Approach Necro	1–1	50.0
Swarm Intelligence	1–1	50.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–0	100.0
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Midrange	8–13	38.1
Abzan Midrange	1–2	33.3
Anti-Persecution	1–0	100.0
Allies	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Allies	2–1	66.7
Vampires	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–9	10.0
Necro Midrange	1–9	10.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0