Lifegain Midrange

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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.

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
Midrange	1010	1672–1725	49.2	24	116	46
Lifegain Midrange	74	152–114	57.1	3	14	6
Martyr's Grace	59	128–85	60.1	3	14	5

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	24–10	70.6
Mono Black Aggro	4–1	80.0
Heroic	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	10–2	83.3
Mono Green Stompy	2–1	66.7
White Weenie	1–2	33.3
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	1–1	50.0
Tempered Steel	1–1	50.0
AggroSlide	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Shamans	0–1	0.0
Combo	24–23	51.1
Storm	2–1	66.7
Dragonstorm	1–1	50.0
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Swath Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	2–5	28.6
Recurring Nightmare	2–5	28.6
Dragon Nightmare	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	0–1	0.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–4	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–4	0.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	4–1	80.0
Breakfast	4–10	28.6
Oops All Spells	4–10	28.6
Dredge	3–0	100.0
Protean Hulk Combo	0–1	0.0
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	2–0	100.0
Control	23–10	69.7
Mono Black Control	2–0	100.0
Esper Control	1–1	50.0
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	2–1	66.7
Azorius Control	2–3	40.0
Izzet Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–1	50.0
Dragon Control	2–1	66.7
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Esper Dragons	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	2–1	66.7
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	5–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Prison	0–1	0.0
Enchantress	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	21–21	50.0
Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Burn	1–0	100.0
Infect	1–5	16.7
Simic Infect	1–5	16.7
Trickbind Dreadnought	13–12	52.0
Izzet Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	12–11	52.2
Liquimetal Fishing	2–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	1–3	25.0
Goblin Persist	0–1	0.0
Dirty Kitty	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Control	16–2	88.9
Izzet Tempo	8–1	88.9
Blue Madness	2–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Librarians	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	4–16	20.0
Curses	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	0–2	0.0
Displace Loop	0–3	0.0
Plasma Swans	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	3–10	23.1
Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Jokulhaups Control	2–9	18.2
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	1–6	14.3
Temur Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Midrange	30–17	63.8
The Rock	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Blink	11–7	61.1
Wave Blink	11–6	64.7
Azorius Wave	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Wave	9–4	69.2
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Allies	2–1	66.7
Azorius Allies	2–1	66.7
Vampires	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	2–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	5–5	50.0
Martyr's Grace	5–5	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	3–0	100.0
Owling Mine	1–0	100.0
Coinflip Tribal	1–0	100.0
Ramp	10–15	40.0
Rofellos Ramp	6–11	35.3
Cloudpost Ramp	2–2	50.0
Greenpost	2–0	100.0
Domain	2–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	0–1	0.0