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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.

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Midrange

Tournaments Only
Season 35▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
7. 31
8. 30
9. 29
10. 28
11. 27
12. 26
13. 25
14. 24
15. 23
16. 22
17. 21
18. 20
19. 19
20. 18
21. 17
22. 16
23. 15
24. 14
25. 13
26. 12
27. 11
28. 10
29. 9
30. 8
31. 7
32. 6
33. 5
34. 4
35. 3
36. 2
37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	745	1251–1261	49.8	14	81	31
The Rock	8	7–19	26.9
Grenzo	1	0–3	0.0
Abzan Midrange	1	1–3	25.0
Selesnya Midrange	12	12–19	38.7
Selesnya Value Town	2	1–4	20.0
Jund	17	18–30	37.5
Blink	180	385–274	58.4	8	29	15
Acid Trip	3	7–7	50.0
Orzhov Blink	163	356–246	59.1	8	29	15
Graveyard Value	9	17–17	50.0
Séance	1	3–2	60.0
Enchantments Matter	7	4–13	23.5
Allies	3	0–5	0.0
Esper Allies	1	0–2	0.0
Azorius Allies	2	0–3	0.0
Fake-Rack	21	19–41	31.7			1
Mardu Midrange	5	5–12	29.4	0	3
Vampires	3	2–3	40.0
Mono Black Vampires	1	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Vampires	1	0–2	0.0
Legends Midrange	15	10–24	29.4	0	1
Boros Legends Midrange	3	1–6	14.3
Orzhov Legends	9	7–12	36.8	0	1
Elementals	4	6–4	60.0
Rakdos Midrange	47	76–75	50.3	2	5	1
Big Red	1	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Midrange	32	43–56	43.4
Mono Black Devotion	20	28–30	48.3
Hellion Whip	2	0–4	0.0
Dimir Midrange	15	17–34	33.3	0	4
Toughness Matters	10	20–19	51.3
Lifegain Midrange	9	5–10	33.3
Mutate	2	1–5	16.7
Sultai Midrange	2	1–5	16.7
Orzhov Midrange	23	31–42	42.5	0	2	1
Jeskai Midrange	1	1–2	33.3
Heartless Summoning Stompy	6	7–16	30.4	0	1
Ordealbreak	13	19–20	48.7	0	4
Enigmatic Incarnation	13	19–20	48.7	0	4
Party	1	2–3	40.0
Fires of Invention	13	15–21	41.7	0	1
Hero of Precinct One	27	52–45	53.6	0	4	1
Five Color Hero	23	48–41	53.9	0	4	1
Naya Hero	2	3–2	60.0
Jeskai Hero	2	1–2	33.3
Artifact Midrange	6	8–13	38.1
Coinflips	4	2–7	22.2
Death Cloud	4	1–4	20.0
Nissa Company	2	0–3	0.0
Illness in the Ranks	9	11–21	34.4			1
Game Objects	8	13–16	44.8	0	2
Laelia Cascade	55	108–87	55.4	0	3	2
Wight Midrange	129	286–204	58.4	4	22	9
Golgari Wight	33	60–49	55.0	0	4
Jund Wight	73	176–113	60.9	4	13	9

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	250–257	49.3
Mono Black Aggro	2–5	28.6
Heroic	34–17	66.7
Mono White Heroic	14–8	63.6
Boros Heroic	4–3	57.1
Selesnya Heroic	16–5	76.2
Red Deck Wins	23–28	45.1
Prisoner	0–1	0.0
Goblins	3–2	60.0
Tokens	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	55–56	49.5
White Weenie	40–52	43.5
Soldiers	6–6	50.0
Mono White Humans	31–46	40.3
Elves	11–13	45.8
Werewolves	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	10–9	52.6
Zombies	0–1	0.0
Gruul Aggro	4–1	80.0
Gruul Landfall	2–1	66.7
Merfolk	4–3	57.1
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	5–5	50.0
Affinity	1–2	33.3
Tempered Steel	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–3	25.0
Devastating Dreams	2–0	100.0
Voltron	1–1	50.0
Knights	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Aggro	2–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	6–0	100.0
Humans	13–15	46.4
Selesnya Humans	2–6	25.0
Boros Humans	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Humans	9–6	60.0
Legends Aggro	21–39	35.0
Boros Legends Aggro	15–37	28.8
Selesnya Legends Aggro	2–1	66.7
Permanent Vacation	0–2	0.0
Rats	2–4	33.3
Combo	247–332	42.7
Storm	16–12	57.1
Hazoret Storm	2–1	66.7
High Tide	12–11	52.2
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	55–105	34.4
Living Death	38–68	35.8
Excruciator Combo	33–60	35.5
Traditional Reanimator	17–37	31.5
Dimir Reanimator	0–4	0.0
Orzhov Reanimator	14–29	32.6
Necrotic Ooze Combo	11–17	39.3
Warp World	2–0	100.0
Four Color Glimpse	2–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	6–3	66.7
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–4	33.3
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–4	33.3
Metalwork Colossus	26–24	52.0
Anvil Colossus	20–22	47.6
Upheaval Colossus	1–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	2–5	28.6
Eggs	2–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	7–7	50.0
Taking Turns	3–2	60.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	4–1	80.0
Breakfast	12–31	27.9
Oops All Spells	1–1	50.0
Unctus	11–30	26.8
Oops All Lands	8–10	44.4
Dredge	3–1	75.0
Dice Factory	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	6–1	85.7
Enduring Ideal	2–1	66.7
Calibrated Blast	1–1	50.0
Restore Balance	3–5	37.5
Phoenix Altar	0–1	0.0
Actual Twin	12–21	36.4
Izzet Twin	9–20	31.0
Boros Twin	2–1	66.7
Nadu Combo	38–59	39.2
Amalia Combo	13–7	65.0
Primal Prayers Combo	2–3	40.0
Control	262–203	56.3
Mono Black Control	1–1	50.0
Esper Control	9–8	52.9
Mono Blue Control	7–1	87.5
Dimir Control	10–12	45.5
Azorius Control	48–51	48.5
Cawblade	8–4	66.7
Turbo Fog	2–0	100.0
Izzet Control	21–18	53.8
Mardu Control	4–3	57.1
Mill	6–3	66.7
Boros Control	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	31–21	59.6
Azorius Cloudpost Control	4–1	80.0
Blackpost	11–6	64.7
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	8–5	61.5
Dimir Cloudpost Control	4–3	57.1
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	3–6	33.3
Grixis Control	21–28	42.9
Cruel Control	12–13	48.0
Stax	32–11	74.4
Jeskai Control	7–5	58.3
Dragon Control	0–1	0.0
Ponza	12–4	75.0
Mono White Control	4–7	36.4
Five Color Control	2–0	100.0
Last Stand Control	2–0	100.0
Sultai Control	1–1	50.0
Bant Control	2–2	50.0
Enchantments Control	4–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	8–8	50.0
Orzhov Control	17–15	53.1
Prison	11–3	78.6
Enchantress	8–2	80.0
Aggro-Combo	23–16	59.0
Aristocrats	6–4	60.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	2–4	33.3
Burn	12–10	54.5
Infect	1–0	100.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Liquimetal Fishing	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	100–102	49.5
Simic Flash	0–2	0.0
Izzet Tempo	10–14	41.7
Azorius Skies	3–0	100.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Wizards	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Tempo	7–4	63.6
Mono Blue Librarians	3–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	35–25	58.3
Azorius Tempo	39–53	42.4
Spirits	2–3	40.0
Azorius Spirits	2–3	40.0
Combo-Control	16–7	69.6
Battle of Wits	5–3	62.5
Shared Fate	1–0	100.0
Lich's Mastery	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	2–0	100.0
Solar Flare	3–1	75.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–0	100.0
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Midrange	307–307	50.0
The Rock	3–3	50.0
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Midrange	4–3	57.1
Selesnya Value Town	0–1	0.0
Jund	9–2	81.8
Blink	74–91	44.8
Acid Trip	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Blink	67–83	44.7
Graveyard Value	5–3	62.5
Enchantments Matter	1–1	50.0
Fake-Rack	10–5	66.7
Mardu Midrange	4–3	57.1
Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	4–1	80.0
Orzhov Legends	3–1	75.0
Elementals	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	23–23	50.0
Big Red	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	16–10	61.5
Mono Black Devotion	9–7	56.3
Dimir Midrange	6–5	54.5
Toughness Matters	5–7	41.7
Lifegain Midrange	4–1	80.0
Mutate	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	8–8	50.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	3–1	75.0
Ordealbreak	9–5	64.3
Enigmatic Incarnation	9–5	64.3
Fires of Invention	4–8	33.3
Hero of Precinct One	13–5	72.2
Five Color Hero	12–5	70.6
Jeskai Hero	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	2–3	40.0
Coinflips	1–1	50.0
Illness in the Ranks	3–2	60.0
Game Objects	4–4	50.0
Laelia Cascade	17–27	38.6
Wight Midrange	56–69	44.8
Golgari Wight	10–10	50.0
Jund Wight	37–53	41.1
Ramp	46–37	55.4
Villainous Wealth	2–3	40.0
Cloudpost Ramp	23–21	52.3
Eldrazipost	4–2	66.7
Golgari Post	3–1	75.0
Greenpost	5–7	41.7
Simic Post	10–11	47.6
Domain	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	2–3	40.0
Applejacks	4–3	57.1