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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
Aggro	2032	3830–3391	53.0	22	197	110
Heroic	285	572–444	56.3	5	33	18
Mono White Heroic	65	126–113	52.7	3	14	2
Azorius Heroic	15	28–28	50.0	0	5
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	200	416–295	58.5	2	14	16
Boros Heroic	4	2–6	25.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	140–103	57.6
Mono Black Aggro	0–2	0.0
Heroic	18–18	50.0
Mono White Heroic	4–4	50.0
Azorius Heroic	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	14–13	51.9
Red Deck Wins	16–23	41.0
Goblins	3–1	75.0
Tokens	4–3	57.1
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–3	25.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	8–8	50.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	2–0	100.0
Kithkin	0–1	0.0
Elves	26–8	76.5
Zombies	6–1	85.7
Merfolk	5–1	83.3
Artifact Aggro	22–13	62.9
Affinity	7–2	77.8
Salvage Titan	2–1	66.7
Tempered Steel	9–7	56.3
Mono Blue Architect	4–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	0–1	0.0
Illusions	0–1	0.0
Madness	4–0	100.0
Gruul Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	3–0	100.0
Voltron	2–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Slivers	4–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	1–1	50.0
Knights	3–6	33.3
AggroSlide	5–3	62.5
Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Boros Aggro	2–1	66.7
Humans	10–10	50.0
Selesnya Humans	0–1	0.0
Bant Humans	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Humans	6–7	46.2
Boros Humans	2–1	66.7
Combo	134–97	58.0
Storm	56–65	46.3
Dimir Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Dragonstorm	1–2	33.3
Hazoret Storm	0–1	0.0
High Tide	30–29	50.8
Channel Storm	23–32	41.8
Reanimator	24–13	64.9
Recurring Nightmare	19–12	61.3
Dragon Nightmare	11–10	52.4
Worldgorger Dragon	2–1	66.7
Traditional Reanimator	3–0	100.0
Rakdos Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Oriss Genesis	1–0	100.0
Warp World	8–3	72.7
Maniac Combo	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	2–0	100.0
"Twin"	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–1	0.0
Upheaval Colossus	0–1	0.0
Seismic Swans	1–1	50.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	4–0	100.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Ominous Good	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	2–0	100.0
Breakfast	8–8	50.0
Hermit Gond	0–1	0.0
Oops All Spells	2–5	28.6
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Polymorph	2–0	100.0
Protean Hulk Combo	3–1	75.0
Dice Factory	4–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	3–0	100.0
GreenTwin	5–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	2–1	66.7
Control	87–86	50.3
Mono Black Control	4–6	40.0
Esper Control	8–12	40.0
Demonic Rising	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Control	8–7	53.3
Dimir Control	5–3	62.5
Azorius Control	16–28	36.4
Turbo Fog	1–1	50.0
Mill	4–0	100.0
Boros Control	0–3	0.0
Cloudpost Control	5–1	83.3
Blackpost	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	5–0	100.0
Grixis Control	4–2	66.7
Cruel Control	2–1	66.7
Stax	6–1	85.7
Jeskai Control	2–4	33.3
Ponza	8–2	80.0
Mono White Control	2–7	22.2
Life is Ez	2–2	50.0
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	0–2	0.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	0–1	0.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Ultimatum	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	5–0	100.0
Bant Control	0–1	0.0
Pox	3–1	75.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–1	0.0
Seasons Past Control	1–1	50.0
Prison	1–1	50.0
Enchantress	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	37–25	59.7
Aristocrats	9–5	64.3
Orzhov Aristocrats	4–2	66.7
Golgari Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Mardu Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Burn	5–6	45.5
Infect	5–4	55.6
Simic Infect	1–1	50.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	3–2	60.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	4–4	50.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	2–1	66.7
Izzet Blitzkrieg	4–4	50.0
Combo Goblins	10–2	83.3
Goblin Persist	4–1	80.0
Dirty Kitty	5–1	83.3
Aggro-Control	60–38	61.2
Izzet Tempo	16–11	59.3
Blue Madness	1–1	50.0
Simic Madness	1–1	50.0
Ninjas	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	19–10	65.5
Mono Blue Faeries	3–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	11–8	57.9
Dimir Tempo	5–5	50.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	0–2	0.0
Azorius Tempo	2–0	100.0
Combo-Control	17–12	58.6
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Pickles	2–0	100.0
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	0–1	0.0
Solar Flare	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	11–10	52.4
Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Jokulhaups Control	10–9	52.6
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	2–5	28.6
Temur Jokulhaups Control	5–2	71.4
Jund Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–2	33.3
Resurgent Belief	0–1	0.0
Midrange	83–78	51.6
The Rock	3–6	33.3
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	3–2	60.0
Blink	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	5–6	45.5
Varolz Dreadnought	4–6	40.0
Allies	1–5	16.7
Azorius Allies	1–4	20.0
Fake-Rack	4–3	57.1
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–9	25.0
Big Red	3–2	60.0
Mono Black Midrange	8–7	53.3
Mono Black Devotion	1–1	50.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Angel Tribal	1–1	50.0
Toughness Matters	2–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–2	50.0
Martyr's Grace	0–2	0.0
Sultai Midrange	3–2	60.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–3	25.0
Owling Mine	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Zur the Enchanter	1–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	3–1	75.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	3–1	75.0
Mythic Colossification	1–0	100.0
Party	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	5–1	83.3
Hero of Precinct One	14–7	66.7
Five Color Hero	10–3	76.9
Simic Snow	12–13	48.0
Coinflip Tribal	2–0	100.0
Ramp	13–5	72.2
Cloudpost Ramp	9–4	69.2
Golgari Post	1–0	100.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	1–1	50.0
Greenpost	5–3	62.5
Gruul Post	2–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	2–0	100.0
Applejacks	0–1	0.0
Unclassified	1–0	100.0