Seasons Past 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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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
Control	1299	1930–2309–1	45.5	2	56	34
Seasons Past Control	95	139–187	42.6	0	6

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	24–52	31.6
Mono Black Aggro	1–3	25.0
Heroic	3–7	30.0
Mono White Heroic	3–5	37.5
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Boros Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	1–3	25.0
Goblins	1–2	33.3
Tokens	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono White Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–2	0.0
White Weenie	5–5	50.0
Elves	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	0–1	0.0
Zombies	0–4	0.0
Gruul Aggro	1–2	33.3
Gruul Landfall	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	3–9	25.0
Salvage Titan	0–1	0.0
Tempered Steel	2–7	22.2
Mono Blue Architect	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Madness	5–5	50.0
Rakdos Madness	5–5	50.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–1	0.0
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Combo	27–40	40.3
Storm	6–12	33.3
Dimir Tendrils	2–9	18.2
Dragonstorm	1–1	50.0
Simic Storm	0–1	0.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	1–1	50.0
Song Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	4–12	25.0
Traditional Reanimator	3–12	20.0
Rakdos Reanimator	2–8	20.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–4	20.0
Oriss Genesis	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Upheaval Colossus	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	3–3	50.0
Oops All Spells	3–3	50.0
Dredge	2–1	66.7
Enduring Ideal	1–1	50.0
Chain of Acid	3–3	50.0
GreenTwin	1–1	50.0
Tibalt's Trickery	1–1	50.0
Intruder Alarm	1–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	1–0	100.0
Control	25–24	51.0
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	3–4	42.9
Azorius Control	5–3	62.5
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	0–2	0.0
Cloudpost Control	5–3	62.5
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Blackpost	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Grixis Control	1–3	25.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	0–1	0.0
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Life is Ez	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	2–2	50.0
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	0–2	0.0
Seasons Past Control	2–2	50.0
Prison	1–0	100.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	8–11	42.1
Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Infect	5–5	50.0
Simic Infect	3–5	37.5
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–0	100.0
Golgari Infect	1–0	100.0
Turbo Myth	0–1	0.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Liquimetal Fishing	0–1	0.0
Combo Goblins	0–1	0.0
Goblin Persist	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	9–11	45.0
Simic Flash	1–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	5–1	83.3
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
Ninjas	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–2	0.0
Dimir Tempo	2–5	28.6
Combo-Control	11–7	61.1
Curses	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	3–1	75.0
Mass Land Destruction	7–6	53.8
Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Jokulhaups Control	6–5	54.5
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	4–4	50.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Midrange	30–35	46.2
The Rock	1–2	33.3
Golgari Citadel	1–0	100.0
Jund	5–5	50.0
Blink	1–7	12.5
Wave Blink	0–7	0.0
Azorius Wave	0–3	0.0
Abzan Wave	0–1	0.0
Bant Wave	0–3	0.0
Graveyard Value	2–0	100.0
Séance	1–0	100.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–2	0.0
Big Red	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	7–6	53.8
Mono Black Devotion	3–5	37.5
Dimir Midrange	4–2	66.7
Angel Tribal	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–1	0.0
Owling Mine	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	0–1	0.0
Simic Snow	2–6	25.0
Ramp	5–7	41.7
Cloudpost Ramp	2–4	33.3
Eldrazipost	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	1–1	50.0
Carth Superfriends	3–0	100.0
Jund Carth	1–0	100.0
Applejacks	0–1	0.0