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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.

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Combo

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	2278	3625–3919	48.1	17	155	109
Storm	768	1270–1344	48.6	9	67	37
Sultai Tendrils	2	4–6	40.0
Dimir Tendrils	11	16–24	40.0
Dragonstorm	48	55–86	39.0	0	3	2
Hazoret Storm	3	4–11	26.7
Simic Storm	23	41–51	44.6
Grixis Tendrils	11	15–18	45.5	0	1	1
Stormpost	3	4–4	50.0
Mono Blue Post Desire	3	4–4	50.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	5	0–9	0.0
Izzet Storm	629	1107–1088	50.4	9	63	34
Swath Storm	22	17–34	33.3			1
Song Storm	10	5–16	23.8
Reanimator	116	152–208	42.2	0	2	6
Worldgorger Dragon	72	117–122	49.0	0	2	6
Double Dragon	20	39–38	50.6			1
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	3	1–3	25.0
Grozoth	2	3–5	37.5
Traditional Reanimator	39	31–78	28.4
Rakdos Reanimator	6	2–14	12.5
Dimir Reanimator	6	5–11	31.3
Mono Black Reanimator	11	6–16	27.3
Oriss Genesis	8	9–11	45.0
Biovisionary	1	0–2	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	120	233–160	59.3	2	17	8
Mono Green Stormless Storm	2	2–8	20.0
Dubious Challenge	3	2–5	28.6
Warp World	87	129–162	44.3	0	3	2
Temur Glimpse	6	5–9	35.7	0	1
Four Color Glimpse	74	119–144	45.2	0	2	2
Zubera Tribal	2	0–4	0.0
Maniac Combo	5	10–9	52.6			1
Hypergenesis	89	147–155	48.7	0	4	3
New Perspectives	2	2–5	28.6
Splendid Reclamation Combo	2	1–5	16.7
Jeskai Ascendancy	95	174–151	53.5	0	7	7
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	12	14–22	38.9
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	83	160–129	55.4	0	7	7
Myr Incubator	22	32–37	46.4	0	2	2
Fake-Twin	5	10–9	52.6
Combo Post	1	2–3	40.0
Metalwork Colossus	15	10–29	25.6	0	1
Upheaval Colossus	6	5–11	31.3
Seismic Swans	3	1–4	20.0
Eggs	13	15–22	40.5			1
Heartless Summoning Combo	53	80–118	40.4	0	3
Blazing Shoal Combo	1	0–2	0.0
Taking Turns	52	57–75	43.2			2
Quest for Ula's Temple	3	1–6	14.3
Izzet Ascension	26	24–55	30.4
Ominous Good	6	9–9	50.0
Jokulhaups Combo	53	96–85	53.0	0	1	4
Soulflayer	113	160–200	44.4	0	6	4
Reanim8 Rack	43	67–80	45.6	0	4	2
Breakfast	217	471–319	59.6	5	26	18
Oops All Spells	217	471–319	59.6	5	26	18
Oops All Lands	15	6–25	19.4
Dredge	40	24–70	25.5
Polymorph	42	51–71	41.8
Dice Factory	11	6–27	18.2
Storm Herald	18	31–34	47.7
Enduring Ideal	14	16–34	32.0			1
Ad Nauseam	18	13–36	26.5
Ad Swanseam	3	5–8	38.5
GreenTwin	2	0–2	0.0
Intruder Alarm	29	57–56	50.4	0	3
Calibrated Blast	1	0–3	0.0
Restore Balance	111	216–184	54.0	0	7	10
Stuffy Doll	1	0–5	0.0
Possibility Storm	36	58–55	51.3	1	4	2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	751–810	48.1
Mono Black Aggro	19–23	45.2
Heroic	16–27	37.2
Mono White Heroic	2–0	100.0
Azorius Heroic	1–1	50.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	6–16	27.3
Boros Heroic	5–6	45.5
Selesnya Heroic	2–3	40.0
Red Deck Wins	130–155	45.6
Mono Red Devotion	1–1	50.0
Goblins	7–3	70.0
Tokens	25–10	71.4
Selesnya Tokens	6–3	66.7
Mono White Tokens	6–6	50.0
Orzhov Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	6–1	85.7
White Weenie	69–129	34.8
Quest for the Holy Relic	23–37	38.3
Soldiers	9–16	36.0
Kithkin	1–0	100.0
Chroma White	2–4	33.3
Elves	61–61	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	14–15	48.3
Selesnya Counters	1–0	100.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	20–22	47.6
Gruul Aggro	14–8	63.6
Merfolk	39–72	35.1
Mono Red Swarm	3–3	50.0
Artifact Aggro	175–162	51.9
Affinity	58–42	58.0
Boros Vehicles	2–1	66.7
Salvage Titan	8–5	61.5
Tempered Steel	99–105	48.5
Mono Blue Architect	8–9	47.1
Madness	17–23	42.5
Golgari Madness	1–8	11.1
Rakdos Madness	15–14	51.7
Voltron	29–15	65.9
Hexproof	4–2	66.7
Equipment Aggro	6–6	50.0
Hateful Auras	18–7	72.0
Slivers	5–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	1–1	50.0
Knights	11–14	44.0
AggroSlide	61–42	59.2
Cats	9–8	52.9
Mono White Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	9–7	56.3
Rakdos Aggro	4–3	57.1
Boros Aggro	5–6	45.5
Humans	6–6	50.0
Selesnya Humans	4–4	50.0
Jeskai Humans	0–1	0.0
Boros Humans	1–0	100.0
Shamans	1–0	100.0
Combo	670–670	50.0
Storm	226–235	49.0
Sultai Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tendrils	4–2	66.7
Dragonstorm	13–7	65.0
Hazoret Storm	3–0	100.0
Simic Storm	8–3	72.7
Grixis Tendrils	5–1	83.3
Stormpost	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Post Desire	1–2	33.3
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	2–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	182–214	46.0
Swath Storm	3–4	42.9
Song Storm	4–0	100.0
Reanimator	30–35	46.2
Worldgorger Dragon	20–28	41.7
Double Dragon	9–12	42.9
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	9–7	56.3
Rakdos Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Reanimator	5–0	100.0
Oriss Genesis	2–2	50.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	20–46	30.3
Mono Green Stormless Storm	2–0	100.0
Dubious Challenge	0–2	0.0
Warp World	37–18	67.3
Temur Glimpse	2–2	50.0
Four Color Glimpse	33–16	67.3
Maniac Combo	0–3	0.0
Hypergenesis	33–28	54.1
New Perspectives	1–0	100.0
Splendid Reclamation Combo	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	31–29	51.7
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	5–5	50.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	26–24	52.0
Myr Incubator	4–11	26.7
Fake-Twin	2–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	2–2	50.0
Upheaval Colossus	1–1	50.0
Eggs	5–2	71.4
Heartless Summoning Combo	15–8	65.2
Taking Turns	12–10	54.5
Izzet Ascension	14–6	70.0
Ominous Good	1–1	50.0
Jokulhaups Combo	18–20	47.4
Soulflayer	37–26	58.7
Reanim8 Rack	13–15	46.4
Breakfast	48–80	37.5
Oops All Spells	48–80	37.5
Oops All Lands	4–2	66.7
Dredge	11–3	78.6
Polymorph	15–16	48.4
Dice Factory	4–1	80.0
Storm Herald	3–8	27.3
Enduring Ideal	7–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	9–2	81.8
Ad Swanseam	1–0	100.0
GreenTwin	1–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	13–9	59.1
Calibrated Blast	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	30–37	44.8
Possibility Storm	12–17	41.4
Control	476–526	47.5
Mono Black Control	9–10	47.4
Esper Control	29–43	40.3
Demonic Rising	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Control	28–25	52.8
Dimir Control	22–24	47.8
Azorius Control	94–128	42.3
Cawblade	1–1	50.0
Turbo Fog	14–6	70.0
Izzet Control	6–3	66.7
Mardu Control	1–1	50.0
Mill	27–24	52.9
Boros Control	7–6	53.8
Cloudpost Control	7–6	53.8
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Blackpost	4–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–3	0.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Grixis Control	16–19	45.7
Cruel Control	5–3	62.5
Stax	32–34	48.5
Jeskai Control	5–0	100.0
Jeskai Approach	2–0	100.0
Dragon Control	5–5	50.0
Izzet Dragons	1–2	33.3
Grixis Dragons	3–3	50.0
Runeflare	11–2	84.6
Ponza	66–69	48.9
Mono White Control	15–19	44.1
Life is Ez	4–7	36.4
Dynavolt Tower	0–2	0.0
Cycling Control	10–8	55.6
Astral Slide	9–8	52.9
Five Color Control	1–3	25.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	0–1	0.0
Shrines	1–0	100.0
Last Stand Control	0–1	0.0
Sultai Control	0–1	0.0
Bant Control	18–13	58.1
Pox	35–46	43.2
Seasons Past Control	4–2	66.7
Orzhov Control	4–7	36.4
Prison	10–19	34.5
Enchantress	0–2	0.0
Aggro-Combo	319–568	36.0
Aristocrats	45–45	50.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	5–1	83.3
Golgari Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Abzan Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Mardu Aristocrats	4–3	57.1
Food	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	23–32	41.8
Boros Bombardment	6–5	54.5
Burn	48–63	43.2
Infect	14–35	28.6
Simic Infect	5–9	35.7
Blazing Shoal Infect	7–18	28.0
Mono Black Infect	1–6	14.3
Trickbind Dreadnought	153–328	31.8
Izzet Dreadnought	4–10	28.6
Mono Blue Dreadnought	140–303	31.6
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–2	33.3
Hushnought	16–43	27.1
Liquimetal Fishing	14–16	46.7
Combo Goblins	27–36	42.9
Goblin Persist	26–36	41.9
Dirty Kitty	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	210–233	47.4
Izzet Tempo	25–31	44.6
Azorius Skies	3–1	75.0
Blue Madness	25–19	56.8
Simic Madness	13–13	50.0
Temur Madness	4–1	80.0
Wizards	3–5	37.5
12 Pest	0–1	0.0
Ninjas	60–81	42.6
Mono Blue Tempo	5–7	41.7
Mono Blue Faeries	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	62–65	48.8
Dimir Tempo	9–13	40.9
Dimir Faeries	1–3	25.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	9–5	64.3
Combo-Control	232–175	57.0
Curses	31–33	48.4
Burning Vengeance	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	25–8	75.8
Pickles	0–2	0.0
Displace Loop	1–3	25.0
Familiars	1–3	25.0
Yosei Vat	0–1	0.0
Lich's Mastery	4–1	80.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	3–0	100.0
Hive Mind	3–4	42.9
Zur's Weirding	1–1	50.0
Solar Flare	9–2	81.8
Plasma Swans	3–8	27.3
Liliana's Contract	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	136–105	56.4
Wildfire	1–4	20.0
Jokulhaups Control	135–101	57.2
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	7–7	50.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	14–14	50.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	61–41	59.8
Jund Jokulhaups Control	17–5	77.3
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	17–13	56.7
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	11–20	35.5
Resurgent Belief	12–4	75.0
Midrange	819–807	50.4
The Rock	22–20	52.4
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	17–13	56.7
Selesnya Midrange	11–22	33.3
Selesnya Value Town	1–2	33.3
Jund	107–71	60.1
Blink	50–73	40.7
Acid Trip	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	14–4	77.8
Séance	3–1	75.0
Varolz Dreadnought	2–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	10–17	37.0
Allies	24–16	60.0
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
Mardu Allies	6–8	42.9
Boros Allies	5–2	71.4
Mono White Allies	4–0	100.0
Esper Allies	2–0	100.0
Azorius Allies	0–1	0.0
Treefolk	3–1	75.0
Fake-Rack	23–44	34.3
Mardu Midrange	10–20	33.3
Vampires	44–28	61.1
Mono Black Vampires	32–15	68.1
Rakdos Vampires	8–3	72.7
Legends Midrange	2–0	100.0
Elementals	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Midrange	32–23	58.2
Naya Midrange	8–5	61.5
Big Red	9–7	56.3
Mono Black Midrange	138–210	39.7
Mono Black Devotion	21–22	48.8
Dimir Midrange	14–14	50.0
Angels	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Angels	1–1	50.0
Toughness Matters	7–6	53.8
Lifegain Midrange	47–44	51.6
Martyr's Grace	45–42	51.7
Sultai Midrange	7–3	70.0
Orzhov Midrange	28–27	50.9
Jeskai Midrange	2–1	66.7
Prophet Glare	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	5–5	50.0
Ordealbreak	0–1	0.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	0–1	0.0
Mythic Colossification	2–0	100.0
Party	4–4	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	73–55	57.0
Mardu Hero	15–19	44.1
Esper Hero	2–0	100.0
Naya Hero	32–19	62.7
Boros Hero	11–9	55.0
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Simic Snow	4–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	23–14	62.2
Coinflips	7–4	63.6
Death Cloud	12–15	44.4
Illness in the Ranks	1–1	50.0
Ramp	148–130	53.2
Villainous Wealth	3–0	100.0
Rofellos Ramp	6–4	60.0
Wild Pair	6–4	60.0
Cloudpost Ramp	82–87	48.5
Eldrazipost	2–0	100.0
Greenpost	72–85	45.9
Simic Post	6–2	75.0
Domain	1–0	100.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	6–2	75.0
Historic Bloom	2–0	100.0
Defenders	3–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	11–10	52.4
Applejacks	2–3	40.0