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Mardu Midrange

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	6632	12872–13386–34	49.0	351	3078
Mardu Midrange	111	212–218	49.3	2	49

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	65–86	43.0
Mono Black Aggro	2–1	66.7
Heroic	12–9	57.1
Mono White Heroic	10–9	52.6
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	9–22	29.0
Mono Red Devotion	0–1	0.0
Goblins	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	3–3	50.0
White Weenie	1–4	20.0
Soldiers	0–2	0.0
Mono White Humans	0–1	0.0
Elves	8–2	80.0
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Rogues	0–1	0.0
Zombies	3–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	0–1	0.0
Gruul Landfall	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	0–7	0.0
Artifact Aggro	11–16	40.7
Affinity	8–13	38.1
Hardened Scales Affinity	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	3–3	50.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Madness	0–1	0.0
Golgari Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	0–1	0.0
Hexproof	0–1	0.0
Naya Zoo	2–0	100.0
AggroSlide	9–15	37.5
Rakdos Aggro	1–1	50.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Combo	33–45	42.3
Storm	7–2	77.8
Dimir Tendrils	2–0	100.0
Dragonstorm	1–1	50.0
Simic Storm	0–1	0.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	3–0	100.0
Reanimator	8–17	32.0
Recurring Nightmare	0–2	0.0
Dragon Nightmare	0–1	0.0
Worldgorger Dragon	3–9	25.0
Living Death	0–2	0.0
Excruciator Combo	0–2	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	5–4	55.6
Rakdos Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	5–3	62.5
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–3	0.0
Warp World	1–2	33.3
Boros Glimpse	0–2	0.0
Four Color Glimpse	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Fake-Twin	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Fake-Twin	1–1	50.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–1	0.0
Anvil Colossus	0–1	0.0
Seismic Swans	0–1	0.0
Eggs	1–2	33.3
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Retraction Helix Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	0–1	0.0
Izzet Ascension	0–1	0.0
Ominous Good	0–2	0.0
Soulflayer	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	5–3	62.5
Cephalid Breakfast	1–1	50.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	1–1	50.0
Oops All Spells	4–0	100.0
Neoform Hermit	0–2	0.0
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Dredge	3–1	75.0
Protean Hulk Combo	1–0	100.0
Dice Factory	0–1	0.0
Chain of Acid	0–1	0.0
Stuffy Doll	1–0	100.0
Belcher	0–1	0.0
Actual Twin	1–1	50.0
Izzet Twin	1–1	50.0
Control	29–17	63.0
Esper Control	2–0	100.0
Demonic Rising	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	1–1	50.0
Azorius Control	9–3	75.0
Cawblade	2–2	50.0
Turbo Fog	2–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	0–2	0.0
Boros Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	3–2	60.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Blackpost	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Grixis Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	1–1	50.0
Ponza	1–2	33.3
Dynavolt Tower	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	3–0	100.0
Astral Slide	3–0	100.0
Pox	1–2	33.3
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	18–16	52.9
Aristocrats	6–5	54.5
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–3	40.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Burn	2–3	40.0
Infect	2–2	50.0
Simic Infect	0–2	0.0
Pummeler	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–2	0.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	2–1	66.7
Hushnought	4–2	66.7
Combo Goblins	1–1	50.0
Goblin Persist	0–1	0.0
Dirty Kitty	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	15–13	53.6
Izzet Tempo	6–3	66.7
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	5–6	45.5
Izzet Spells	1–1	50.0
Dimir Tempo	2–1	66.7
Combo-Control	7–2	77.8
Mindcrank	1–0	100.0
Dragoncrank	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	5–2	71.4
Midrange	42–31	57.5
Temur Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
The Rock	1–1	50.0
Golgari Citadel	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	2–1	66.7
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	3–3	50.0
Wave Blink	1–3	25.0
Azorius Wave	1–3	25.0
Orzhov Blink	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	3–3	50.0
Vampires	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	2–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	4–2	66.7
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	5–1	83.3
Mono Black Devotion	1–0	100.0
Heart of Darkness	1–0	100.0
Hellion Whip	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	3–0	100.0
Angels	2–2	50.0
Azorius Angels	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Angels	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Midrange	0–5	0.0
Ordealbreak	1–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	1–2	33.3
Hero of Precinct One	2–1	66.7
Five Color Hero	2–0	100.0
Naya Hero	0–1	0.0
Gruul Obosh	1–0	100.0
Clerics	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	0–1	0.0
Death Cloud	3–0	100.0
Laelia Cascade	1–0	100.0
Wight Midrange	0–2	0.0
Golgari Wight	0–1	0.0
Jund Wight	0–1	0.0
Ramp	3–8	27.3
Rofellos Ramp	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	2–5	28.6
Greenpost	2–5	28.6
Summer Bloom Ramp	1–0	100.0
Historic Bloom	1–0	100.0
Applejacks	0–1	0.0