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Necro Midrange

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	41489	68106–73112–34	48.2	351	3078	1592
Mono Black Midrange	3956	7195–6650–6	52.0	41	397	181
Necro Midrange	235	526–331–1	61.4	14	65	21

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	139–80	63.5
Mono Black Aggro	7–5	58.3
Heroic	9–3	75.0
Mono White Heroic	2–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	6–2	75.0
Boros Heroic	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	24–16	60.0
Proliferate Red	1–0	100.0
Goblins	13–2	86.7
Tokens	19–8	70.4
Selesnya Tokens	13–5	72.2
Mardu Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	2–1	66.7
Mono Green Stompy	5–1	83.3
White Weenie	6–7	46.2
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–2	33.3
Soldiers	1–1	50.0
Kithkin	1–1	50.0
Elves	1–0	100.0
Minotaurs	1–1	50.0
Warriors	3–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Zombies	2–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	2–1	66.7
Affinity	1–1	50.0
Devoid Aggro	3–2	60.0
Mono Blue Aggro	2–0	100.0
Illusions	1–0	100.0
Madness	2–2	50.0
Gruul Madness	2–1	66.7
Golgari Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	1–1	50.0
Equipment Aggro	1–1	50.0
Slivers	1–1	50.0
Knights	1–2	33.3
AggroSlide	1–1	50.0
Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Humans	7–5	58.3
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Boros Humans	6–5	54.5
Shamans	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Eldrazi	0–2	0.0
Legends Aggro	19–14	57.6
Boros Legends Aggro	19–14	57.6
Pirates	3–1	75.0
Combo	73–42	63.5
Storm	3–4	42.9
Dragonstorm	0–1	0.0
Citadel Storm	3–3	50.0
Reanimator	11–9	55.0
Starlit Graves	5–5	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	6–4	60.0
Mono Black Reanimator	2–1	66.7
Necro Combo	0–6	0.0
Faith Necro	0–2	0.0
Biovisionary	2–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stormless Storm	4–1	80.0
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Warp World	0–1	0.0
Zubera Tribal	4–1	80.0
Maniac Combo	4–1	80.0
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Monumental Ignus	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	3–3	50.0
Anvil Colossus	2–2	50.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	12–3	80.0
Izzet Ascension	1–1	50.0
Oops All Lands	1–1	50.0
Dice Factory	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	1–1	50.0
Tibalt's Trickery	0–1	0.0
Calibrated Blast	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	3–3	50.0
Gyruda	3–0	100.0
Stuffy Doll	2–1	66.7
Belcher	1–0	100.0
Midnight Mass	5–5	50.0
Control	91–49–1	65.0
Esper Control	9–12	42.9
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	12–5	70.6
Watery Oath	3–0	100.0
Azorius Control	5–2	71.4
Turbo Fog	1–1	50.0
Izzet Control	5–2	71.4
Mardu Control	6–1	85.7
Mill	6–0	100.0
Boros Control	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	11–3	78.6
Cruel Control	7–2	77.8
Stax	17–8	68.0
Necro Stax	2–0	100.0
Pollute the Planet	13–8	61.9
Chandra Nalaar	3–3	50.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	4–4	50.0
Esper Dragons	2–0	100.0
Ponza	1–1–1	50.0
Cycling Control	2–0	100.0
Astral Slide	2–0	100.0
Five Color Control	0–1	0.0
Last Stand Control	0–1	0.0
Seasons Past Control	2–4	33.3
Orzhov Control	0–1	0.0
Prison	1–0	100.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	7–5	58.3
Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	4–5	44.4
Necro Burn	4–4	50.0
Infect	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	23–20	53.5
Izzet Tempo	2–0	100.0
Azorius Skies	0–4	0.0
Blue Madness	5–3	62.5
Temur Madness	5–2	71.4
Grixis Madness	0–1	0.0
Ninjas	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Tempo	1–1	50.0
Izzet Spells	6–6	50.0
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Dimir Faeries	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	46–32	59.0
Curses	0–1	0.0
Burning Vengeance	2–0	100.0
Cruel Combo-Control	10–15	40.0
Battle of Wits	1–1	50.0
Approach Necro	10–2	83.3
Shared Fate	2–1	66.7
Swarm Intelligence	4–3	57.1
Sunforger	2–2	50.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	3–1	75.0
Hive Mind	2–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	1–1	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	6–1	85.7
Wildfire	6–1	85.7
Borderpost Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Resurgent Belief	1–3	25.0
Midrange	129–100	56.3
Temur Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
The Rock	5–1	83.3
Golgari Citadel	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	13–8	61.9
Selesnya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Value Town	0–1	0.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	36–25	59.0
Orzhov Blink	33–23	58.9
Anti-Persecution	4–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	3–2	60.0
Indestructible	1–2	33.3
Allies	7–5	58.3
Orzhov Allies	5–4	55.6
Boros Allies	1–0	100.0
Mono White Allies	1–1	50.0
Treefolk	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	2–4	33.3
Boros Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Mardu Legends	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Legends	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–1	0.0
Big Red	6–3	66.7
Mono Black Midrange	33–32	50.8
Necro Midrange	32–32	50.0
Dimir Midrange	3–1	75.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	0–2	0.0
Fires of Invention	1–1	50.0
Clerics	3–4	42.9
Artifact Midrange	0–3	0.0
Death Cloud	1–1	50.0
Ramp	18–3	85.7
Rofellos Ramp	6–1	85.7
Applejacks	1–0	100.0