Guildgate Control

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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.

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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.

The next rotation is in 13 weeks, 6 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	5605	10371–11331–43	47.8	261	2390
Guildgate Control	265	564–520	52.0	12	109

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	142–124	53.4
Mono Black Aggro	4–2	66.7
Heroic	2–1	66.7
Mono White Heroic	0–1	0.0
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	51–40	56.0
Goblins	2–5	28.6
Tokens	11–9	55.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	8–9	47.1
Mono Green Stompy	13–11	54.2
White Weenie	9–8	52.9
Odric Keywords	0–1	0.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	3–3	50.0
Elves	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	5–0	100.0
Zombies	7–6	53.8
Gruul Aggro	2–2	50.0
Merfolk	0–2	0.0
Mono Red Swarm	18–18	50.0
Artifact Aggro	2–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	2–0	100.0
Devoid Aggro	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	0–1	0.0
Illusions	0–1	0.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	4–8	33.3
Hexproof	1–4	20.0
Boros Auras	0–2	0.0
Hateful Auras	0–2	0.0
Knights	4–3	57.1
AggroSlide	2–5	28.6
Cats	3–2	60.0
Mono White Cats	3–2	60.0
Combo	23–37	38.3
Storm	1–6	14.3
Dimir Tendrils	1–1	50.0
Simic Storm	0–4	0.0
Reclamation Storm	0–4	0.0
Channel Storm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	7–18	28.0
Recurring Nightmare	1–2	33.3
Dragon Nightmare	1–2	33.3
Traditional Reanimator	6–16	27.3
Mono Black Reanimator	5–14	26.3
Grixis Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
"Twin"	1–3	25.0
Jeskai "Twin"	1–2	33.3
Naya "Twin"	0–1	0.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	4–1	80.0
Retraction Helix Combo	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Ominous Good	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	2–0	100.0
Breakfast	3–3	50.0
Cephalid Breakfast	2–1	66.7
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	1–1	50.0
Oops All Spells	1–2	33.3
Gyruda	0–1	0.0
Belcher	0–1	0.0
Control	179–159	53.0
Esper Control	1–2	33.3
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	19–22	46.3
Azorius Control	2–3	40.0
Izzet Control	6–3	66.7
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Control	2–3	40.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Blackpost	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Grixis Control	6–7	46.2
Jeskai Control	1–2	33.3
Ponza	3–2	60.0
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	19–7	73.1
Astral Slide	19–7	73.1
Sultai Control	2–4	33.3
Guildgate Control	92–92	50.0
Bant Control	1–2	33.3
Temur Reclamation	20–6	76.9
Pox	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	3–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	33–20	62.3
Aristocrats	28–16	63.6
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Golgari Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Food	25–14	64.1
Burn	4–2	66.7
Infect	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–2	0.0
Aggro-Control	66–61	52.0
Izzet Tempo	29–22	56.9
Azorius Skies	3–6	33.3
Blue Madness	2–2	50.0
Simic Madness	1–2	33.3
Temur Madness	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	12–17	41.4
Izzet Spells	16–10	61.5
Dimir Tempo	1–1	50.0
Combo-Control	9–6	60.0
Burning Vengeance	2–0	100.0
Cruel Combo-Control	1–1	50.0
Battle of Wits	1–1	50.0
Mindcrank	1–0	100.0
Displace Loop	1–0	100.0
Yosei Vat	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	0–4	0.0
Wildfire	0–4	0.0
Thryx-Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Borderpost Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Midrange	104–102	50.5
The Rock	3–3	50.0
Abzan Midrange	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Value Town	1–0	100.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	5–3	62.5
Wave Blink	1–3	25.0
Esper Wave	1–2	33.3
Azorius Wave	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	5–1	83.3
Allies	1–0	100.0
Mardu Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	2–0	100.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	4–2	66.7
Big Red	0–2	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	50–68	42.4
Mono Black Devotion	46–67	40.7
Davriel Braids	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	11–15	42.3
Toughness Matters	5–3	62.5
Lifegain Midrange	2–0	100.0
Adventures	4–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–2	50.0
Mythic Colossification	0–1	0.0
Neoform	1–0	100.0
UBRG Neoform	1–0	100.0
Ramp	8–11	42.1
Cloudpost Ramp	1–5	16.7
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	0–5	0.0
Domain	1–0	100.0
Sarkhan's Unsealing Ramp	1–1	50.0
Applejacks	2–1	66.7