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Card legality is set quarterly based on which cards are 2¢ or less at that time.
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Minimum 60 cards. Any number of basic lands. Max four of any other legal card. Sideboard of up to fifteen cards.

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Leagues last for roughly a month. You may enter any number of times but only one deck at a time.

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

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	1271	2472–2242	52.4	23	173	68
Mono Black Aggro	30	35–68	34.0	0	1	1
Heroic	54	112–93	54.6	0	4	3
Mono White Heroic	8	16–13	55.2	0	1
Azorius Heroic	11	23–22	51.1			1
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	35	73–58	55.7	0	3	2
Red Deck Wins	317	722–530	57.7	7	49	27
Mono Red Devotion	5	10–8	55.6
Prisoner	7	12–17	41.4	0	2
Proliferate Red	5	6–10	37.5
Goblins	17	23–36	39.0	0	2	1
Tokens	70	69–154	30.9	0	1
Selesnya Tokens	14	21–20	51.2	0	1
Mono White Tokens	31	24–83	22.4
Mono Green Stompy	69	173–117	59.7	0	8	4
White Weenie	148	263–280	48.4	3	14	5
Odric Keywords	1	4–1	80.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	10	10–15	40.0
Soldiers	24	44–46	48.9	1	2	1
Kithkin	4	0–5	0.0
Chroma White	2	4–5	44.4
Elves	4	3–8	27.3
Werewolves	5	9–13	40.9	0	1
Minotaurs	1	0–2	0.0
Warriors	5	4–8	33.3	0	1
Selesnya Little Kid	20	20–35	36.4	0	2
Rogues	9	20–18	52.6	0	1
Zombies	245	620–382	61.9	13	75	17
Gruul Aggro	19	24–41	36.9	0	3
Merfolk	36	61–59	50.8	0	1	2
Mono Red Swarm	8	9–12	42.9
Artifact Aggro	59	106–100	51.5	0	3	3
Affinity	28	50–45	52.6	0	3	1
Salvage Titan	6	8–18	30.8
Mono Blue Aggro	4	4–9	30.8
Illusions	1	0–2	0.0
Devastating Dreams	21	43–32	57.3	0	4
Madness	9	8–20	28.6			1
Golgari Madness	1	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Madness	3	2–11	15.4
Voltron	52	52–93	35.9	0	3	1
Hexproof	48	49–82	37.4	0	2	1
Equipment Aggro	3	3–6	33.3	0	1
Slivers	4	11–6	64.7
Naya Zoo	7	7–11	38.9
Cats	21	31–36	46.3			2
Mono White Cats	13	21–18	53.8			2
Selesnya Cats	8	10–18	35.7
Rakdos Aggro	1	1–3	25.0
Boros Aggro	3	2–4	33.3
Humans	14	21–37	36.2
Selesnya Humans	11	19–31	38.0
Brushwaggs	12	13–21	38.2			1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	592–592	50.0
Mono Black Aggro	20–4	83.3
Heroic	29–20	59.2
Mono White Heroic	6–4	60.0
Azorius Heroic	4–5	44.4
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	19–11	63.3
Red Deck Wins	175–140	55.6
Mono Red Devotion	2–3	40.0
Prisoner	5–1	83.3
Proliferate Red	3–1	75.0
Goblins	9–8	52.9
Tokens	34–13	72.3
Selesnya Tokens	5–5	50.0
Mono White Tokens	14–5	73.7
Mono Green Stompy	26–50	34.2
White Weenie	53–71	42.7
Quest for the Holy Relic	2–4	33.3
Soldiers	9–11	45.0
Kithkin	1–0	100.0
Chroma White	0–2	0.0
Elves	4–0	100.0
Werewolves	7–1	87.5
Minotaurs	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	4–3	57.1
Rogues	4–5	44.4
Zombies	105–199	34.5
Gruul Aggro	8–4	66.7
Merfolk	13–12	52.0
Mono Red Swarm	2–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	27–21	56.3
Affinity	13–12	52.0
Salvage Titan	4–1	80.0
Mono Blue Aggro	3–0	100.0
Illusions	1–0	100.0
Devastating Dreams	10–13	43.5
Madness	2–3	40.0
Rakdos Madness	1–2	33.3
Voltron	23–10	69.7
Hexproof	19–10	65.5
Equipment Aggro	3–0	100.0
Slivers	0–4	0.0
Naya Zoo	4–0	100.0
Cats	15–7	68.2
Mono White Cats	9–6	60.0
Selesnya Cats	6–1	85.7
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Humans	1–2	33.3
Brushwaggs	8–1	88.9
Combo	267–202	56.9
Storm	84–32	72.4
Sultai Tendrils	10–2	83.3
Dimir Tendrils	23–8	74.2
Dragonstorm	4–1	80.0
Simic Storm	8–3	72.7
Grixis Tendrils	12–4	75.0
Reanimator	15–16	48.4
Grozoth	1–3	25.0
Traditional Reanimator	14–13	51.9
Mono Black Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–1	0.0
Zubera Tribal	2–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	6–17	26.1
Jeskai Ascendancy	40–46	46.5
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	29–39	42.6
Myr Incubator	3–0	100.0
Umbral Mantle	7–9	43.8
"Twin"	22–26	45.8
Jeskai "Twin"	22–26	45.8
Eggs	2–1	66.7
Turntimber Ranger	2–2	50.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	16–7	69.6
Blazing Shoal Combo	8–9	47.1
Retraction Helix Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	17–20	45.9
Quest for Ula's Temple	5–1	83.3
Oops All Lands	7–2	77.8
Polymorph	3–1	75.0
Control	496–475	51.1
Mono Black Control	10–9	52.6
Esper Control	16–9	64.0
Demonic Rising	12–12	50.0
Paradox Haze Lock	4–2	66.7
Mono Blue Control	24–13	64.9
Dimir Control	18–8	69.2
Watery Oath	2–0	100.0
Azorius Control	95–114	45.5
Turbo Fog	5–14	26.3
Izzet Control	8–3	72.7
Mardu Control	3–0	100.0
Mill	8–0	100.0
Grixis Control	30–17	63.8
Cruel Control	21–13	61.8
Stax	3–1	75.0
Chandra Nalaar	2–2	50.0
Stagnant Control	4–4	50.0
Jeskai Control	42–75	35.9
Dragon Control	3–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	2–0	100.0
Galleon Control	2–1	66.7
Ponza	57–24	70.4
Mono White Control	4–8	33.3
Dynavolt Tower	2–2	50.0
Cycling Control	49–71	40.8
Astral Slide	48–71	40.3
Five Color Control	9–7	56.3
Sultai Control	22–16	57.9
Guildgate Control	22–21	51.2
Bant Control	5–13	27.8
Four Color Counter Ghazi	4–8	33.3
Seasons Past Control	3–2	60.0
Prison	4–3	57.1
Enchantress	4–3	57.1
Aggro-Combo	128–100	56.1
Aristocrats	75–66	53.2
Mono Black Aristocrats	25–35	41.7
Orzhov Aristocrats	24–20	54.5
Golgari Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Abzan Aristocrats	24–10	70.6
Burn	16–2	88.9
Infect	31–28	52.5
Blazing Shoal Infect	25–23	52.1
Golgari Infect	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Infect	2–1	66.7
Pummeler	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Control	143–128	52.8
Simic Flash	3–2	60.0
Izzet Tempo	27–23	54.0
Azorius Skies	34–20	63.0
Blue Madness	24–29	45.3
Simic Madness	15–21	41.7
Temur Madness	7–8	46.7
Grixis Madness	1–0	100.0
Wizards	11–9	55.0
Ninjas	4–1	80.0
Izzet Spells	35–42	45.5
Azorius Tempo	2–1	66.7
Combo-Control	171–149	53.4
Curses	23–14	62.2
Burning Vengeance	8–5	61.5
Cruel Combo-Control	25–28	47.2
Battle of Wits	9–6	60.0
Shared Fate	1–1	50.0
Pickles	9–13	40.9
Mindcrank	60–54	52.6
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Lich's Mastery	0–1	0.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	3–5	37.5
Plasma Swans	6–15	28.6
Mass Land Destruction	20–5	80.0
Wildfire	20–5	80.0
Borderpost Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Midrange	595–552	51.9
Temur Ascendancy	15–10	60.0
The Rock	5–10	33.3
Abzan Midrange	14–17	45.2
Selesnya Midrange	40–36	52.6
Selesnya Value Town	32–31	50.8
Jund	13–11	54.2
Blink	129–200	39.2
Anti-Persecution	3–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	28–24	53.8
Séance	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	4–1	80.0
Orzhov Enchantress	0–1	0.0
Constellation	1–0	100.0
Allies	69–75	47.9
Mardu Allies	45–54	45.5
Mono White Allies	2–10	16.7
Esper Allies	2–0	100.0
BRGW Allies	8–3	72.7
Azorius Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	3–4	42.9
Fake-Rack	10–3	76.9
Mardu Midrange	3–2	60.0
Yisan-Prophet	1–0	100.0
Vampires	16–21	43.2
Mono Black Vampires	10–17	37.0
Rakdos Vampires	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	4–4	50.0
Legends Midrange	6–3	66.7
Elementals	5–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	24–15	61.5
Naya Midrange	22–21	51.2
Big Red	11–4	73.3
Mono Black Midrange	41–32	56.2
Davriel Braids	3–2	60.0
Hellion Whip	1–2	33.3
Dimir Midrange	14–3	82.4
Dimir Vat	2–0	100.0
Temur Energy	6–3	66.7
Toughness Matters	3–2	60.0
Lifegain Midrange	3–1	75.0
Sultai Midrange	7–8	46.7
Sultai Emerge	4–7	36.4
Orzhov Midrange	3–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	6–5	54.5
Ordealbreak	1–1	50.0
Artifact Midrange	7–2	77.8
Coinflip Tribal	2–0	100.0
Death Cloud	10–1	90.9
Ramp	80–44	64.5
Villainous Wealth	1–0	100.0
Domain	5–5	50.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	40–23	63.5
Applejacks	2–1	66.7