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Legality is determined a week after the release of a Standard-legal set on Magic Online.

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Mono Black Midrange

Tournaments Only
Season 19▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	2995	5229–5424	49.1	7	125	109
Mono Black Midrange	135	254–236	51.8	0	3	4
Mono Black Devotion	65	136–113	54.6	0	2	3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	56–51	52.3
Mono Black Aggro	1–1	50.0
Heroic	6–4	60.0
Mono White Heroic	3–2	60.0
Boros Heroic	2–2	50.0
Red Deck Wins	6–10	37.5
Goblins	1–1	50.0
Tokens	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Tokens	0–2	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–2	33.3
White Weenie	3–3	50.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	2–1	66.7
Elves	4–0	100.0
Werewolves	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Counters	1–0	100.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	1–5	16.7
Gruul Aggro	1–1	50.0
Merfolk	1–1	50.0
Mono Red Swarm	8–5	61.5
8 Whack	8–5	61.5
Artifact Aggro	5–2	71.4
Affinity	2–1	66.7
Tempered Steel	3–1	75.0
Devastating Dreams	2–1	66.7
Voltron	0–1	0.0
Hateful Auras	0–1	0.0
Knights	1–1	50.0
AggroSlide	4–5	44.4
Cats	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Cats	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aggro	3–2	60.0
Pirates	1–0	100.0
Combo	48–35	57.8
Storm	4–1	80.0
Dragonstorm	3–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	7–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	7–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	7–0	100.0
Oriss Genesis	2–2	50.0
Hypergenesis	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	3–7	30.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–2	50.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–4	20.0
Fake-Twin	0–1	0.0
Naya Fake-Twin	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	2–5	28.6
Anvil Colossus	1–5	16.7
Upheaval Colossus	1–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Eggs	4–1	80.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–1	50.0
Izzet Ascension	1–4	20.0
Jokulhaups Combo	3–1	75.0
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	6–10	37.5
Hermit Gond	1–0	100.0
Oops All Spells	2–2	50.0
Neoform Hermit	3–5	37.5
Dredge	5–2	71.4
Control	42–45	48.3
Esper Control	3–7	30.0
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	4–2	66.7
Azorius Control	5–10	33.3
Turbo Fog	0–1	0.0
Izzet Control	1–1	50.0
Mardu Control	2–1	66.7
Mill	3–0	100.0
Boros Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	4–5	44.4
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	3–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Grixis Control	4–1	80.0
Stax	0–2	0.0
Dragon Control	2–1	66.7
Izzet Dragons	2–1	66.7
Runeflare	2–0	100.0
Ponza	5–1	83.3
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Life is Ez	0–1	0.0
Five Color Control	0–1	0.0
Shrines	0–1	0.0
Sultai Control	0–1	0.0
Sultai Ultimatum	0–1	0.0
Guildgate Control	1–1	50.0
Bant Control	2–2	50.0
Pox	4–3	57.1
Orzhov Control	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	11–23	32.4
Aristocrats	6–12	33.3
Mono Black Aristocrats	4–8	33.3
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Golgari Aristocrats	2–3	40.0
Burn	0–1	0.0
Infect	1–2	33.3
Simic Infect	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–2	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	2–0	100.0
Hushnought	0–4	0.0
Combo Goblins	1–2	33.3
Goblin Persist	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Control	21–16	56.8
Izzet Tempo	1–0	100.0
Azorius Skies	1–1	50.0
Blue Madness	2–1	66.7
Simic Madness	2–1	66.7
Wizards	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	3–3	50.0
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	9–5	64.3
Sultai Tempo	0–3	0.0
Combo-Control	7–3	70.0
Cruel Combo-Control	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	2–1	66.7
Zur's Weirding	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–1	66.7
Wildfire	2–1	66.7
Thryx-Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Midrange	62–58	51.7
The Rock	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	10–11	47.6
Jund	1–2	33.3
Blink	4–2	66.7
Wave Blink	3–2	60.0
Orzhov Wave	0–1	0.0
Abzan Wave	3–0	100.0
Bant Wave	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	4–2	66.7
Séance	1–1	50.0
Varolz Dreadnought	2–1	66.7
Allies	0–1	0.0
Mono White Allies	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	5–2	71.4
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	4–1	80.0
Selesnya Legends	4–0	100.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–8	0.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–1	50.0
Hellion Whip	2–1	66.7
Dimir Midrange	2–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	0–3	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–2	50.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–1	50.0
Ordealbreak	1–2	33.3
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–2	33.3
Neoform	1–0	100.0
Temur Neoform	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	6–6	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	6–6	50.0
Abzan Hero	1–1	50.0
Esper Hero	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Hero	3–2	60.0
Five Color Hero	0–2	0.0
Gruul Obosh	2–1	66.7
Death Cloud	1–2	33.3
Illness in the Ranks	1–0	100.0
Ramp	7–5	58.3
Villainous Wealth	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	3–5	37.5
Greenpost	3–2	60.0
Gruul Post	0–1	0.0
Defenders	1–0	100.0