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Card legality is set quarterly based on which cards are 2¢ or less at that time.
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Leagues last for roughly a month. You may enter any number of times but only one deck at a 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-Combo	674	1149–1128	50.5	7	56	33
Aristocrats	128	185–202	47.8	0	6	4
Mono Black Aristocrats	7	14–10	58.3	0	1	1
Orzhov Aristocrats	13	15–19	44.1
Golgari Aristocrats	3	2–4	33.3
Mardu Aristocrats	2	5–5	50.0
Food	28	31–53	36.9
Rakdos Aristocrats	20	20–35	36.4	0	1
Boros Bombardment	46	93–66	58.5	0	4	3
Burn	37	65–64	50.4	0	1	1
Infect	67	99–131	43.0	0	11	1
Simic Infect	26	34–47	42.0	0	7
Blazing Shoal Infect	40	64–80	44.4	0	4	1
Trickbind Dreadnought	285	568–425	57.2	7	30	22
Izzet Dreadnought	2	7–3	70.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	234	509–334	60.4	7	30	20
Izzet Blitzkrieg	55	63–109	36.6	0	5	2
Hushnought	64	117–119	49.6	0	2	3
Liquimetal Fishing	4	5–9	35.7
Combo Goblins	33	45–66	40.5	0	1
Goblin Persist	9	10–14	41.7
Dirty Kitty	24	35–52	40.2	0	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	249–250	49.9
Mono Black Aggro	2–1	66.7
Heroic	16–11	59.3
Mono White Heroic	9–7	56.3
Azorius Heroic	1–1	50.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–2	50.0
Boros Heroic	4–1	80.0
Red Deck Wins	65–88	42.5
Goblins	10–12	45.5
Tokens	3–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–1	66.7
White Weenie	16–14	53.3
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–1	50.0
Soldiers	8–6	57.1
Elves	28–45	38.4
Selesnya Little Kid	3–5	37.5
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	2–3	40.0
Gruul Aggro	6–3	66.7
Gruul Landfall	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	9–5	64.3
Mono Red Swarm	5–1	83.3
Artifact Aggro	55–38	59.1
Affinity	32–17	65.3
Salvage Titan	4–2	66.7
Tempered Steel	19–19	50.0
Madness	3–3	50.0
Golgari Madness	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Madness	2–2	50.0
Voltron	2–1	66.7
Equipment Aggro	1–1	50.0
Hateful Auras	1–0	100.0
Slivers	2–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	0–2	0.0
Knights	2–4	33.3
AggroSlide	3–1	75.0
Rakdos Aggro	5–3	62.5
Boros Aggro	2–1	66.7
Humans	2–6	25.0
Jeskai Humans	0–1	0.0
Combo	261–233	52.8
Storm	35–35	50.0
Sultai Tendrils	4–0	100.0
Dimir Tendrils	1–1	50.0
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	20–29	40.8
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	4–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	4–5	44.4
Reanimator	71–71	50.0
Recurring Nightmare	4–2	66.7
Dragon Nightmare	3–2	60.0
Worldgorger Dragon	7–6	53.8
Starlit Graves	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	60–62	49.2
Rakdos Reanimator	3–4	42.9
Dimir Reanimator	4–3	57.1
Mono Black Reanimator	53–55	49.1
Necrotic Ooze Combo	30–32	48.4
Dubious Challenge	0–1	0.0
Warp World	10–6	62.5
Hypergenesis	15–27	35.7
Runeflare	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	11–15	42.3
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	10–13	43.5
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Combo Post	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	5–2	71.4
Eggs	8–2	80.0
Taking Turns	4–2	66.7
Izzet Ascension	10–7	58.8
Jokulhaups Combo	4–2	66.7
Breakfast	5–2	71.4
Oops All Spells	5–2	71.4
Dredge	2–5	28.6
Polymorph	2–2	50.0
Ad Nauseam	6–1	85.7
GreenTwin	10–7	58.8
Intruder Alarm	0–1	0.0
Restore Balance	4–1	80.0
Belcher	14–11	56.0
Endless Belch	3–3	50.0
Control	153–171	47.2
Esper Control	20–25	44.4
Demonic Rising	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Control	1–2	33.3
Dimir Control	13–11	54.2
Azorius Control	38–78	32.8
Cawblade	1–0	100.0
Turbo Fog	2–0	100.0
Izzet Control	3–3	50.0
Mill	5–1	83.3
Cloudpost Control	9–4	69.2
Blackpost	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	6–4	60.0
Grixis Control	4–0	100.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	3–1	75.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Ponza	6–3	66.7
Mono White Control	6–9	40.0
Life is Ez	2–1	66.7
Dynavolt Tower	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	7–5	58.3
Astral Slide	4–5	44.4
Five Color Control	11–10	52.4
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	0–1	0.0
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	8–5	61.5
Orzhov Control	4–8	33.3
Prison	6–2	75.0
Enchantress	6–2	75.0
Aggro-Combo	129–129	50.0
Aristocrats	21–32	39.6
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–4	42.9
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Mardu Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Food	2–6	25.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	4–2	66.7
Boros Bombardment	8–15	34.8
Burn	11–11	50.0
Infect	19–9	67.9
Simic Infect	10–3	76.9
Blazing Shoal Infect	9–6	60.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	50–58	46.3
Mono Blue Dreadnought	39–49	44.3
Izzet Blitzkrieg	5–3	62.5
Hushnought	16–11	59.3
Liquimetal Fishing	0–1	0.0
Combo Goblins	7–4	63.6
Goblin Persist	2–0	100.0
Dirty Kitty	5–4	55.6
Aggro-Control	44–49	47.3
Izzet Tempo	11–13	45.8
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	2–1	66.7
Simic Madness	1–1	50.0
Temur Madness	1–0	100.0
Wizards	5–1	83.3
Ninjas	7–10	41.2
Mono Blue Tempo	5–9	35.7
Mono Blue Faeries	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Librarians	1–4	20.0
Izzet Spells	7–9	43.8
Dimir Tempo	1–2	33.3
Ensoul Aggro-Control	5–2	71.4
Combo-Control	78–68	53.4
Curses	2–0	100.0
Cruel Combo-Control	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	12–6	66.7
Shared Fate	2–0	100.0
Mindcrank	7–6	53.8
Displace Loop	1–2	33.3
Familiars	1–2	33.3
Lich's Mastery	0–1	0.0
Hive Mind	0–1	0.0
Zur's Weirding	2–0	100.0
Solar Flare	0–2	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	50–48	51.0
Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Jokulhaups Control	49–47	51.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	10–6	62.5
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	27–21	56.3
Jund Jokulhaups Control	10–12	45.5
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–4	20.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	1–4	20.0
Resurgent Belief	1–2	33.3
Midrange	174–164	51.5
Temur Ascendancy	1–5	16.7
The Rock	1–4	20.0
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	9–9	50.0
Selesnya Midrange	3–0	100.0
Jund	4–3	57.1
Blink	9–8	52.9
Graveyard Value	0–2	0.0
Séance	0–1	0.0
Enchantments Matter	2–0	100.0
Allies	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Allies	1–1	50.0
Mono White Allies	1–0	100.0
Azorius Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	1–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Vampires	4–11	26.7
Mono Black Vampires	4–11	26.7
Legends Midrange	6–12	33.3
Orzhov Legends	6–12	33.3
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	4–11	26.7
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	15–16	48.4
Mono Black Devotion	3–3	50.0
Dimir Midrange	4–2	66.7
Angel Tribal	3–8	27.3
Toughness Matters	1–1	50.0
Lifegain Midrange	7–2	77.8
Martyr's Grace	7–2	77.8
Mutate	2–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Midrange	12–24	33.3
Owling Mine	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	2–1	66.7
Zur the Enchanter	2–0	100.0
Mythic Colossification	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	33–20	62.3
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	30–19	61.2
Naya Hero	1–0	100.0
Clerics	13–13	50.0
Artifact Midrange	7–1	87.5
Coinflip Tribal	4–1	80.0
Ramp	61–64	48.8
Cloudpost Ramp	51–56	47.7
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	1–1	50.0
Greenpost	46–51	47.4
Gruul Post	1–0	100.0
Simic Post	3–4	42.9
Domain	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	3–2	60.0