Mardu 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	2038	3122–3584	46.6	3	60	59
Mardu Control	62	93–102	47.7	0	2	5

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	17–23	42.5
Mono Black Aggro	1–1	50.0
Heroic	3–5	37.5
Mono White Heroic	2–3	40.0
Azorius Heroic	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	3–3	50.0
Goblins	0–3	0.0
White Weenie	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Elves	2–3	40.0
Zombies	3–5	37.5
Artifact Aggro	1–2	33.3
Tempered Steel	1–2	33.3
Knights	2–1	66.7
AggroSlide	1–0	100.0
Combo	24–16	60.0
Storm	5–7	41.7
High Tide	5–7	41.7
Reanimator	3–1	75.0
Worldgorger Dragon	2–1	66.7
Double Dragon	2–1	66.7
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Grixis Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Warp World	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
"Twin"	2–0	100.0
Jeskai "Twin"	2–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Eggs	3–1	75.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Ominous Good	2–2	50.0
Jokulhaups Combo	2–2	50.0
Soulflayer	1–1	50.0
Breakfast	3–0	100.0
Hermit Dredge	1–0	100.0
Neoform Hermit	2–0	100.0
Control	10–18	35.7
Esper Control	1–1	50.0
Dimir Control	0–3	0.0
Azorius Control	1–2	33.3
Izzet Control	1–2	33.3
Mill	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	0–1	0.0
Cruel Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Ponza	0–3	0.0
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	0–1	0.0
Sultai Control	2–2	50.0
Temur Reclamation	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	4–2	66.7
Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	0–2	0.0
Infect	2–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	3–13	18.8
Izzet Tempo	0–3	0.0
Azorius Skies	1–1	50.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–4	20.0
Izzet Spells	0–5	0.0
Combo-Control	6–8	42.9
Battle of Wits	0–1	0.0
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	0–1	0.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	5–4	55.6
Wildfire	5–4	55.6
Thryx-Wildfire	5–1	83.3
Borderpost Wildfire	0–3	0.0
Midrange	23–19	54.8
The Rock	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Value Town	1–1	50.0
Jund	3–3	50.0
Blink	4–1	80.0
Wave Blink	2–1	66.7
Azorius Wave	2–1	66.7
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	1–2	33.3
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–1	50.0
Big Red	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–1	50.0
Dimir Midrange	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–1	66.7
Owling Mine	2–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–1	50.0
Ordealbreak	0–1	0.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	0–1	0.0
Neoform	0–2	0.0
Sultai Neoform	0–2	0.0
Ramp	6–3	66.7
Cloudpost Ramp	5–1	83.3
Greenpost	4–1	80.0
Gruul Post	1–0	100.0
Domain	0–1	0.0
Eureka!	1–0	100.0