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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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
Midrange	304	668–576	53.7	25	136
Temur Ascendancy	68	137–119	53.5	4	30
Grenzo	12	21–22	48.8	2	7
Abzan Midrange	9	12–21	36.4	0	2
Jund	18	22–34	39.3	1	3
Blink	55	195–92	67.9	12	39
Graveyard Value	24	39–50	43.8	0	6
Enchantments Matter	11	25–23	52.1	1	5
Constellation	9	21–19	52.5	1	4
Allies	12	20–24	45.5	0	5
Orzhov Allies	4	3–7	30.0
Boros Allies	1	0–3	0.0
Esper Allies	2	1–5	16.7	0	1
Treefolk	1	1–2	33.3
-1/-1 Counters	1	0–2	0.0
Fake-Rack	12	19–27	41.3	0	5
Selvala Morningstar	18	63–34	64.9	2	14
Vampires	1	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Vampires	1	0–2	0.0
Elementals	4	13–6	68.4	0	3
Naya Midrange	1	2–2	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	1	0–1	0.0	0	1
Lifegain Midrange	9	22–19	53.7	1	3
Sultai Midrange	6	17–13	56.7	1	3
Orzhov Midrange	3	2–7	22.2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	221–177	55.5
Mono Black Aggro	7–1	87.5
Heroic	9–8	52.9
Mono White Heroic	5–6	45.5
Azorius Heroic	4–2	66.7
Red Deck Wins	45–54	45.5
Mono Red Devotion	2–1	66.7
Proliferate Red	4–5	44.4
Goblins	22–16	57.9
Tokens	13–16	44.8
Selesnya Tokens	3–8	27.3
Mardu Tokens	6–4	60.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–5	28.6
White Weenie	17–7	70.8
Odric Keywords	5–3	62.5
Kithkin	5–3	62.5
Elves	6–3	66.7
Zombies	60–51	54.1
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	9–8	52.9
Artifact Aggro	6–2	75.0
Affinity	4–1	80.0
Boros Vehicles	0–1	0.0
Devoid Aggro	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Aggro	6–3	66.7
Madness	7–1	87.5
Gruul Madness	3–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	2–1	66.7
Boros Aggro	1–1	50.0
Combo	62–73	45.9
Storm	8–7	53.3
Dragonstorm	3–7	30.0
Reanimator	27–44	38.0
Worldgorger Dragon	12–21	36.4
8 Goyf	5–6	45.5
Traditional Reanimator	10–17	37.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–3	25.0
Monumental Ignus	9–6	60.0
Mardu Life	3–3	50.0
Umbral Mantle	2–0	100.0
"Twin"	4–0	100.0
Infinite Infinite Combos	6–10	37.5
Polymorph	0–2	0.0
Control	159–141	53.0
Mono Black Control	15–11	57.7
Mono Blue Control	2–1	66.7
Dimir Control	20–18	52.6
Azorius Control	24–29	45.3
Turbo Fog	17–10	63.0
Izzet Control	3–5	37.5
Mardu Control	3–1	75.0
Mill	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Control	2–5	28.6
Izzet Cloudpost Control	1–4	20.0
Grixis Control	3–0	100.0
Stax	32–24	57.1
Pollute the Planet	16–19	45.7
Birthday Stax	10–1	90.9
Jeskai Control	14–10	58.3
Dragon Control	3–4	42.9
Ponza	3–7	30.0
Dynavolt Tower	3–2	60.0
Cycling Control	6–7	46.2
Astral Slide	5–7	41.7
Sultai Control	4–4	50.0
Orzhov Control	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	23–17	57.5
Aristocrats	14–11	56.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	7–9	43.8
Golgari Aristocrats	3–2	60.0
Abzan Aristocrats	3–0	100.0
Burn	5–4	55.6
Infect	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	11–6	64.7
Izzet Tempo	5–2	71.4
Azorius Skies	3–0	100.0
Blue Madness	2–2	50.0
Simic Madness	2–2	50.0
Temur Clues	1–2	33.3
Combo-Control	38–18	67.9
Curses	3–1	75.0
Battle of Wits	4–1	80.0
Shared Fate	3–2	60.0
Swarm Intelligence	0–1	0.0
Mindcrank	17–8	68.0
Displace Loop	5–3	62.5
Peregrine Drake	5–3	62.5
Midrange	136–136	50.0
Temur Ascendancy	28–24	53.8
Grenzo	10–4	71.4
Abzan Midrange	1–2	33.3
Jund	14–3	82.4
Blink	23–44	34.3
Graveyard Value	8–2	80.0
Enchantments Matter	11–7	61.1
Constellation	10–5	66.7
Allies	9–4	69.2
Orzhov Allies	2–0	100.0
Boros Allies	2–0	100.0
Esper Allies	3–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	6–1	85.7
Selvala Morningstar	9–15	37.5
Elementals	0–4	0.0
Naya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	5–6	45.5
Sultai Midrange	0–6	0.0
Ramp	17–7	70.8
Rofellos Ramp	10–5	66.7
Wild Pair	5–3	62.5
Unclassified	1–1	50.0