Jeskai Control

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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.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	1263	2164–2327	48.2	9	83	44
Jeskai Control	196	404–388	51.0	3	23	11
Jeskai Approach	79	153–135	53.1	0	3	7

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	122–114	51.7
Mono Black Aggro	3–0	100.0
Heroic	4–6	40.0
Mono White Heroic	2–3	40.0
Selesnya Heroic	2–3	40.0
Red Deck Wins	49–68	41.9
Mono Red Devotion	4–1	80.0
Prisoner	1–1	50.0
Proliferate Red	5–8	38.5
Tokens	3–1	75.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	8–6	57.1
White Weenie	7–3	70.0
Odric Keywords	2–2	50.0
Elves	3–0	100.0
Werewolves	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Little Kid	6–9	40.0
Rogues	0–1	0.0
Zombies	0–3	0.0
Gruul Aggro	3–3	50.0
Merfolk	1–1	50.0
Mono Red Swarm	4–1	80.0
Artifact Aggro	12–4	75.0
Affinity	11–4	73.3
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–1	50.0
Gruul Madness	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	6–3	66.7
Hexproof	2–1	66.7
Boros Auras	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–1	50.0
Naya Zoo	3–1	75.0
Boros Aggro	2–0	100.0
Humans	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	2–0	100.0
Combo	50–43	53.8
Reanimator	19–22	46.3
Recurring Nightmare	13–12	52.0
Dragon Nightmare	2–7	22.2
Jund Nightmare	5–1	83.3
Four Color Powerful Magic	2–3	40.0
Living Death	5–9	35.7
Traditional Reanimator	1–1	50.0
New Perspectives	4–1	80.0
Monumental Ignus	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	5–6	45.5
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Umbral Mantle	7–7	50.0
"Twin"	3–2	60.0
Murderous Mastery	2–2	50.0
Combo Post	1–4	20.0
Eggs	2–0	100.0
Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Cephalid Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Stuffy Doll	2–0	100.0
Control	66–84	44.0
Esper Control	5–4	55.6
Azorius Control	0–11	0.0
Izzet Control	1–2	33.3
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	23–37	38.3
Azorius Cloudpost Control	4–8	33.3
Blackpost	5–7	41.7
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–5	0.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	4–8	33.3
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	7–6	53.8
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Chandra Nalaar	2–2	50.0
Jeskai Control	14–14	50.0
Jeskai Approach	8–4	66.7
Ponza	2–0	100.0
Dynavolt Tower	2–1	66.7
Cycling Control	1–1	50.0
Astral Slide	0–1	0.0
Five Color Control	8–6	57.1
Enchantments Control	1–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–6	14.3
Aggro-Combo	22–17	56.4
Aristocrats	11–11	50.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Aristocrats	5–6	45.5
Golgari Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Abzan Aristocrats	3–0	100.0
Mardu Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	2–2	50.0
Infect	4–1	80.0
Pummeler	3–3	50.0
Aggro-Control	10–11	47.6
Simic Flash	0–4	0.0
Simic Vat	0–4	0.0
Izzet Tempo	3–1	75.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Tetsukotog	0–1	0.0
12 Pest	3–5	37.5
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	27–22	55.1
Curses	2–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	7–1	87.5
Shared Fate	1–0	100.0
Pickles	0–1	0.0
Displace Loop	3–4	42.9
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Yosei Vat	2–5	28.6
Mass Land Destruction	11–10	52.4
Wildfire	11–10	52.4
Midrange	82–59	58.2
Temur Ascendancy	7–14	33.3
The Rock	3–4	42.9
Abzan Midrange	5–0	100.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	4–3	57.1
Blink	14–6	70.0
Wave Blink	11–2	84.6
Azorius Wave	11–2	84.6
Cloudpost Wave Blink	3–4	42.9
Graveyard Value	1–4	20.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Allies	8–3	72.7
Orzhov Allies	2–0	100.0
Mardu Allies	1–2	33.3
Boros Allies	2–1	66.7
-1/-1 Counters	5–0	100.0
Vampires	12–6	66.7
Mono Black Vampires	9–1	90.0
Rakdos Vampires	0–3	0.0
Orzhov Vampires	2–2	50.0
Elementals	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–0	100.0
Naya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	3–5	37.5
Sultai Emerge	3–5	37.5
Orzhov Midrange	2–1	66.7
Ramp	25–38	39.7
Villainous Wealth	1–0	100.0
Rofellos Ramp	14–18	43.8
Wild Pair	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	10–20	33.3
Eldrazipost	2–6	25.0
Locus Awakening	3–3	50.0
Golgari Post	1–2	33.3
Greenpost	0–4	0.0
Gruul Post	1–0	100.0