Legends Midrange

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Card legality is set quarterly based on which cards are 2¢ or less at that time.
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Legality is determined a week after the release of a Standard-legal set on Magic Online.

Prices are checked every hour for a week. Anything 2¢ or less for half or more of all checks is legal for the season.

Any version of a card on the legal cards list is legal.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	1090	1765–1986	47.1	7	93	36
Legends Midrange	120	209–204	50.6	1	17	5
Boros Legends Midrange	7	8–12	40.0	0	2
Mardu Legends	45	67–76	46.9	0	6	2
Orzhov Legends	46	105–79	57.1	1	9	2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	59–70	45.7
Mono Black Aggro	6–8	42.9
Heroic	2–2	50.0
Mono White Heroic	0–1	0.0
Azorius Heroic	2–1	66.7
Red Deck Wins	4–15	21.1
Mono Red Devotion	1–0	100.0
Goblins	3–4	42.9
Tokens	1–3	25.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	8–5	61.5
Odric Keywords	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	0–1	0.0
Kithkin	1–0	100.0
Chroma White	1–3	25.0
Elves	1–1	50.0
Zombies	1–2	33.3
Gruul Aggro	2–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	12–26	31.6
Affinity	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	11–26	29.7
Devoid Aggro	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	11–2	84.6
Equipment Aggro	11–2	84.6
Rakdos Aggro	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Hellbent	1–1	50.0
Shamans	0–1	0.0
Combo	29–27	51.8
Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	4–5	44.4
New Perspectives	1–4	20.0
Runeflare	0–4	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	10–1	90.9
Breakfast	9–13	40.9
Cephalid Breakfast	9–13	40.9
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	3–7	30.0
Grixis Breakfast	4–6	40.0
Control	44–49	47.3
Mono Black Control	0–1	0.0
Esper Control	1–2	33.3
Demonic Rising	2–4	33.3
Paradox Haze Lock	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	4–0	100.0
Dimir Control	6–3	66.7
Azorius Control	1–1	50.0
Turbo Fog	2–1	66.7
Izzet Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Boros Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	3–3	50.0
Stax	7–0	100.0
Stagnant Control	3–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	2–3	40.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Galleon Control	1–1	50.0
Mono White Control	2–0	100.0
Life is Ez	1–0	100.0
Dynavolt Tower	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	1–1	50.0
Astral Slide	0–1	0.0
Five Color Control	0–1	0.0
Sultai Control	6–22	21.4
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–2	0.0
Aggro-Combo	9–16	36.0
Aristocrats	6–15	28.6
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–13	13.3
Golgari Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Mardu Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Burn	1–0	100.0
Infect	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Control	12–5	70.6
Simic Flash	1–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	3–0	100.0
Azorius Skies	4–3	57.1
Blue Madness	3–0	100.0
Azorius Tempo	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	7–7	50.0
Curses	0–7	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	6–0	100.0
Wildfire	6–0	100.0
Midrange	47–28	62.7
Temur Ascendancy	2–0	100.0
The Rock	3–1	75.0
Grenzo	3–1	75.0
Abzan Midrange	1–1	50.0
Jund	5–2	71.4
Blink	1–2	33.3
Acid Trip	0–1	0.0
Enchantments Matter	2–0	100.0
Allies	2–1	66.7
Mardu Allies	2–0	100.0
Mono White Allies	0–1	0.0
Treefolk	3–1	75.0
Mardu Midrange	0–2	0.0
White Jund	1–0	100.0
Vampires	3–6	33.3
Mono Black Vampires	3–6	33.3
Legends Midrange	4–4	50.0
Boros Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Mardu Legends	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Legends	3–1	75.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–2	50.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Stoic Midrange	1–0	100.0
Card Advantage White	3–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–0	100.0
Ramp	2–2	50.0