Grixis 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	1213	1878–2122–2	47.0	5	55	25
Grixis Control	84	136–153	47.1	1	2
Cruel Control	63	97–114	46.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	31–51	37.8
Mono Black Aggro	2–3	40.0
Red Deck Wins	7–10	41.2
Goblins	3–5	37.5
Tokens	3–5	37.5
Selesnya Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono White Tokens	0–2	0.0
White Weenie	0–3	0.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–1	0.0
Elves	3–4	42.9
Minotaurs	0–1	0.0
Zombies	2–6	25.0
Gruul Aggro	3–1	75.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	2–2	50.0
Affinity	0–1	0.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	1–1	50.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	4–10	28.6
Cats	0–1	0.0
Combo	33–34	49.3
Storm	10–11	47.6
Dimir Tendrils	6–7	46.2
Simic Storm	1–3	25.0
Citadel Storm	2–1	66.7
Reanimator	14–8	63.6
Recurring Nightmare	4–3	57.1
Dragon Nightmare	4–3	57.1
Traditional Reanimator	10–5	66.7
Rakdos Reanimator	3–1	75.0
Dimir Reanimator	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Reanimator	5–3	62.5
Dubious Challenge	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	1–1	50.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–3	25.0
Upheaval Colossus	0–1	0.0
Eggs	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	0–1	0.0
Izzet Ascension	0–5	0.0
Ominous Good	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Combo	0–2	0.0
Oops All Lands	2–0	100.0
Polymorph	0–1	0.0
Control	15–17	46.9
Mono Black Control	0–1	0.0
Esper Control	1–1	50.0
Dimir Control	1–2	33.3
Azorius Control	3–3	50.0
Izzet Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	2–3	40.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Blackpost	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	2–2	50.0
Cruel Control	2–2	50.0
Ponza	1–1	50.0
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	2–1	66.7
Astral Slide	2–1	66.7
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Temur Reclamation	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	2–4	33.3
Aristocrats	1–3	25.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–3	0.0
Food	1–0	100.0
Burn	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Control	7–8	46.7
Izzet Tempo	1–2	33.3
Blue Madness	0–1	0.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–2	33.3
Izzet Spells	4–2	66.7
Azorius Tempo	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	7–2	77.8
Cruel Combo-Control	1–1	50.0
Yosei Vat	1–0	100.0
Liliana's Contract	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	4–1	80.0
Wildfire	4–1	80.0
Thryx-Wildfire	4–1	80.0
Midrange	35–21	62.5
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Golgari Citadel	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Midrange	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Value Town	0–1	0.0
Jund	1–1	50.0
Blink	2–1	66.7
Wave Blink	2–1	66.7
Esper Wave	0–1	0.0
Azorius Wave	2–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	5–6	45.5
Séance	2–1	66.7
Varolz Dreadnought	2–3	40.0
Treefolk	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	0–1	0.0
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Elementals	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–3	50.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	6–0	100.0
Mono Black Devotion	5–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	1–1	50.0
Mutate	3–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Zur the Enchanter	0–1	0.0
Neoform	3–0	100.0
Temur Neoform	2–0	100.0
Coinflip Tribal	1–1	50.0
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Ramp	6–16	27.3
Rofellos Ramp	1–5	16.7
Wild Pair	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	2–6	25.0
Golgari Post	0–1	0.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	0–1	0.0
Greenpost	1–1	50.0
Simic Post	0–3	0.0
Reclamation at Wake	0–3	0.0