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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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Congratulations to vagstor, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 35)

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	1815	2767–3208	46.3	17	128	71
Azorius Control	428	805–601	57.3	9	47	36
Cawblade	5	9–7	56.3			1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	182–138	56.9
Mono Black Aggro	1–7	12.5
Heroic	7–9	43.8
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	4–5	44.4
Boros Heroic	3–2	60.0
Selesnya Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	27–27	50.0
Goblins	2–0	100.0
Tokens	6–1	85.7
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	5–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	7–1	87.5
White Weenie	21–20	51.2
Quest for the Holy Relic	8–3	72.7
Soldiers	2–3	40.0
Elves	19–9	67.9
Selesnya Little Kid	6–1	85.7
Zombies	2–4	33.3
Gruul Aggro	4–1	80.0
Gruul Landfall	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	11–6	64.7
Mono Red Swarm	2–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	40–27	59.7
Affinity	11–3	78.6
Salvage Titan	0–1	0.0
Tempered Steel	26–23	53.1
Mono Blue Architect	3–0	100.0
Madness	3–4	42.9
Gruul Madness	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Madness	3–3	50.0
Voltron	4–1	80.0
Equipment Aggro	1–1	50.0
Hateful Auras	3–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
Knights	3–3	50.0
AggroSlide	14–13	51.9
Rakdos Aggro	0–1	0.0
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Humans	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Humans	0–1	0.0
Pirates	0–1	0.0
Combo	128–94	57.7
Storm	44–31	58.7
Dimir Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Dragonstorm	0–1	0.0
Hazoret Storm	0–1	0.0
Simic Storm	0–1	0.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	38–27	58.5
Swath Storm	3–1	75.0
Song Storm	1–1	50.0
Reanimator	8–5	61.5
Worldgorger Dragon	3–4	42.9
Double Dragon	0–3	0.0
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	4–1	80.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Oriss Genesis	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	6–5	54.5
Warp World	9–2	81.8
Four Color Glimpse	9–2	81.8
Maniac Combo	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	7–7	50.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	3–3	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	3–2	60.0
Myr Incubator	3–2	60.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	5–4	55.6
Taking Turns	0–1	0.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Ominous Good	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Combo	0–2	0.0
Soulflayer	7–0	100.0
Reanim8 Rack	3–0	100.0
Breakfast	12–11	52.2
Oops All Spells	12–11	52.2
Oops All Lands	5–0	100.0
Dredge	2–4	33.3
Polymorph	3–0	100.0
Storm Herald	0–2	0.0
Ad Nauseam	0–1	0.0
Intruder Alarm	2–1	66.7
Restore Balance	6–5	54.5
Possibility Storm	1–2	33.3
Control	99–75	56.9
Mono Black Control	0–1	0.0
Esper Control	5–4	55.6
Mono Blue Control	3–1	75.0
Dimir Control	4–4	50.0
Azorius Control	21–21	50.0
Turbo Fog	2–2	50.0
Mill	8–3	72.7
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	1–3	25.0
Cruel Control	0–2	0.0
Stax	5–4	55.6
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	0–1	0.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Dragons	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–2	33.3
Ponza	17–13	56.7
Mono White Control	2–1	66.7
Life is Ez	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	3–0	100.0
Astral Slide	3–0	100.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	5–7	41.7
Pox	13–5	72.2
Seasons Past Control	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	2–1	66.7
Prison	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	109–89	55.1
Aristocrats	16–7	69.6
Orzhov Aristocrats	6–2	75.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	8–4	66.7
Boros Bombardment	1–1	50.0
Burn	21–9	70.0
Infect	13–11	54.2
Simic Infect	3–4	42.9
Blazing Shoal Infect	5–6	45.5
Mono Black Infect	1–1	50.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	47–56	45.6
Izzet Dreadnought	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	42–53	44.2
Izzet Blitzkrieg	2–0	100.0
Hushnought	5–3	62.5
Liquimetal Fishing	2–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	3–3	50.0
Goblin Persist	2–3	40.0
Aggro-Control	43–53	44.8
Izzet Tempo	4–9	30.8
Blue Madness	5–3	62.5
Simic Madness	2–3	40.0
Wizards	0–2	0.0
Ninjas	13–16	44.8
Mono Blue Tempo	4–2	66.7
Izzet Spells	11–17	39.3
Dimir Tempo	3–1	75.0
Dimir Faeries	0–1	0.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	29–39	42.6
Curses	6–1	85.7
Burning Vengeance	1–0	100.0
Cruel Combo-Control	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	1–1	50.0
Displace Loop	0–1	0.0
Familiars	0–1	0.0
Lich's Mastery	0–1	0.0
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	2–1	66.7
Mass Land Destruction	17–32	34.7
Jokulhaups Control	17–32	34.7
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	0–3	0.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	3–1	75.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	9–19	32.1
Jund Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	0–6	0.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	4–2	66.7
Resurgent Belief	0–2	0.0
Midrange	193–91	68.0
The Rock	5–3	62.5
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	3–2	60.0
Selesnya Midrange	4–0	100.0
Jund	15–16	48.4
Blink	14–9	60.9
Graveyard Value	3–0	100.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	1–1	50.0
Allies	2–2	50.0
Boros Allies	1–2	33.3
Mono White Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	8–4	66.7
Mardu Midrange	3–3	50.0
Vampires	10–3	76.9
Mono Black Vampires	7–3	70.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	8–3	72.7
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	54–18	75.0
Mono Black Devotion	4–1	80.0
Dimir Midrange	6–2	75.0
Angels	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Angels	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	3–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	7–3	70.0
Martyr's Grace	3–3	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–7	22.2
Heartless Summoning Stompy	2–0	100.0
Mythic Colossification	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	15–9	62.5
Mardu Hero	6–1	85.7
Naya Hero	7–3	70.0
Boros Hero	2–2	50.0
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	6–0	100.0
Coinflips	2–0	100.0
Death Cloud	0–1	0.0
Illness in the Ranks	1–0	100.0
Ramp	22–22	50.0
Rofellos Ramp	1–0	100.0
Wild Pair	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	13–17	43.3
Greenpost	11–17	39.3
Simic Post	1–0	100.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	1–1	50.0
Carth Superfriends	0–2	0.0