Dimir Control

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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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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.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	1386	2627–2246	53.9	22	167	74
Dimir Control	195	357–321	52.7	5	29	10

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	70–84	45.5
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	24–35	40.7
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	12–6	66.7
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	8–5	61.5
Mono Green Stompy	8–13	38.1
White Weenie	1–7	12.5
Soldiers	0–6	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Counters	0–1	0.0
Gruul Aggro	1–1	50.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	9–13	40.9
Artifact Aggro	1–0	100.0
Affinity	1–0	100.0
Voltron	8–2	80.0
Hexproof	2–0	100.0
Boros Auras	1–1	50.0
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
Hateful Auras	3–0	100.0
Knights	1–5	16.7
Cats	1–1	50.0
Mono White Cats	1–1	50.0
Combo	19–14	57.6
Storm	4–4	50.0
Simic Storm	4–4	50.0
Reclamation Storm	4–4	50.0
Reanimator	10–7	58.8
Traditional Reanimator	10–7	58.8
Mono Black Reanimator	9–5	64.3
Grixis Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	4–2	66.7
Retraction Helix Combo	0–1	0.0
Control	98–88	52.7
Esper Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	9–9	50.0
Azorius Control	1–1	50.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	11–7	61.1
Grixis Control	4–2	66.7
Ponza	2–1	66.7
Cycling Control	11–10	52.4
Astral Slide	11–10	52.4
Sultai Control	2–2	50.0
Guildgate Control	44–47	48.4
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Temur Reclamation	9–9	50.0
Orzhov Control	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	36–20	64.3
Aristocrats	32–17	65.3
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Golgari Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Food	24–16	60.0
Burn	1–1	50.0
Infect	3–1	75.0
Aggro-Control	52–49	51.5
Simic Flash	0–1	0.0
Izzet Tempo	21–16	56.8
Azorius Skies	3–6	33.3
Blue Madness	1–3	25.0
Simic Madness	1–3	25.0
Mono Blue Tempo	13–11	54.2
Izzet Spells	7–7	50.0
Dimir Tempo	3–2	60.0
Combo-Control	1–0	100.0
Burning Vengeance	1–0	100.0
Midrange	72–64	52.9
The Rock	6–0	100.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	7–2	77.8
Fake-Rack	3–1	75.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–1	75.0
Mono Black Midrange	22–42	34.4
Mono Black Devotion	22–37	37.3
Dimir Midrange	6–6	50.0
Toughness Matters	6–2	75.0
Lifegain Midrange	4–2	66.7
Adventures	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Neoform	5–2	71.4
Temur Neoform	1–0	100.0
Sultai Neoform	0–1	0.0
UBRG Neoform	1–0	100.0
Ramp	9–2	81.8
Applejacks	3–1	75.0