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Which cards are legal?

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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Leagues last for roughly a month. You may enter any number of times but only one deck at a time.

You play five matches per run. You can join the league at any time.

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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.

Any version of a card on the legal cards list is legal.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	2032	3830–3391	53.0	22	197	110
Humans	141	278–245	53.2	4	22	7
Selesnya Humans	4	4–4	50.0
Bant Humans	47	92–69	57.1	0	3	4
Jeskai Humans	62	134–130	50.8	4	16	2
Boros Humans	12	18–20	47.4	0	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	55–64	46.2
Mono Black Aggro	2–0	100.0
Heroic	10–10	50.0
Mono White Heroic	1–3	25.0
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	8–7	53.3
Red Deck Wins	13–12	52.0
Tokens	2–1	66.7
Mono White Tokens	2–1	66.7
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	2–4	33.3
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–2	0.0
Elves	6–11	35.3
Warriors	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Rogues	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	2–1	66.7
Artifact Aggro	2–7	22.2
Affinity	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	1–7	12.5
Mono Blue Aggro	0–1	0.0
Illusions	0–1	0.0
Madness	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	2–0	100.0
Voltron	2–1	66.7
Hexproof	2–1	66.7
Naya Zoo	0–2	0.0
Knights	3–1	75.0
AggroSlide	0–3	0.0
Boros Aggro	0–3	0.0
Humans	6–6	50.0
Bant Humans	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Humans	3–5	37.5
Combo	72–41	63.7
Storm	45–29	60.8
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	0–1	0.0
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	22–12	64.7
Channel Storm	20–16	55.6
Reanimator	11–7	61.1
Recurring Nightmare	8–7	53.3
Dragon Nightmare	6–7	46.2
Worldgorger Dragon	3–0	100.0
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Warp World	3–1	75.0
Hypergenesis	2–1	66.7
Metalwork Colossus	0–1	0.0
Anvil Colossus	0–1	0.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	2–1	66.7
Oops All Spells	1–1	50.0
Protean Hulk Combo	1–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	4–1	80.0
Control	52–41	55.9
Mono Black Control	0–3	0.0
Esper Control	5–3	62.5
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	2–6	25.0
Dimir Control	5–2	71.4
Azorius Control	8–13	38.1
Cawblade	0–1	0.0
Turbo Fog	2–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–1	50.0
Mill	1–1	50.0
Boros Control	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Control	4–5	44.4
Blackpost	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	3–3	50.0
Grixis Control	2–0	100.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	4–1	80.0
Dragon Control	1–1	50.0
Izzet Dragons	1–1	50.0
Ponza	2–1	66.7
Mono White Control	2–2	50.0
Life is Ez	1–2	33.3
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	3–0	100.0
Pox	3–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Prison	1–0	100.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	6–16	27.3
Aristocrats	1–6	14.3
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–5	0.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Food	0–1	0.0
Burn	3–3	50.0
Infect	0–1	0.0
Pummeler	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	0–2	0.0
Combo Goblins	1–2	33.3
Goblin Persist	1–1	50.0
Dirty Kitty	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	31–37	45.6
Izzet Tempo	4–8	33.3
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	17–20	45.9
Mono Blue Faeries	3–1	75.0
Izzet Spells	2–4	33.3
Dimir Tempo	1–1	50.0
Sultai Tempo	1–0	100.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	1–1	50.0
Combo-Control	5–6	45.5
Battle of Wits	0–1	0.0
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	1–3	25.0
Solar Flare	1–1	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–1	66.7
Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Borderpost Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	2–0	100.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Midrange	50–34	59.5
The Rock	2–3	40.0
Jund	2–0	100.0
Anti-Persecution	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	4–1	80.0
Varolz Dreadnought	2–1	66.7
Fake-Rack	6–1	85.7
Rakdos Midrange	1–6	14.3
Mono Black Midrange	5–3	62.5
Mono Black Devotion	2–1	66.7
Angel Tribal	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–0	100.0
Martyr's Grace	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–0	100.0
Owling Mine	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	1–1	50.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–1	50.0
Party	1–1	50.0
Fires of Invention	1–1	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	5–8	38.5
Five Color Hero	1–5	16.7
Simic Snow	11–8	57.9
Coinflip Tribal	1–0	100.0
Ramp	7–6	53.8
Rofellos Ramp	3–0	100.0
Wild Pair	3–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	3–4	42.9
Greenpost	3–3	50.0
Gruul Post	0–1	0.0
Carth Superfriends	1–0	100.0
Applejacks	0–1	0.0