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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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What happens if a card goes above 2¢? How does rotation work? When is the next rotation? How long are cards legal for?

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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Boros Heroic

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Aggro	11890	24205–23166–65	51.1	730	5729
Heroic	994	2096–1863–25	52.9	73	501
Boros Heroic	81	129–165	43.9	5	29

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	40–42	48.8
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Heroic	3–4	42.9
Mono White Heroic	2–2	50.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Boros Heroic	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	14–11	56.0
Goblins	0–1	0.0
Tokens	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Tokens	0–1	0.0
White Weenie	3–3	50.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Mono White Humans	1–1	50.0
Elves	0–2	0.0
Rogues	1–1	50.0
Gruul Aggro	3–1	75.0
Artifact Aggro	4–1	80.0
Affinity	2–1	66.7
Hardened Scales Affinity	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–2	33.3
Gruul Madness	1–1	50.0
Jund Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	3–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	3–0	100.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	2–5	28.6
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–1	0.0
Humans	0–3	0.0
Boros Humans	0–3	0.0
Shamans	0–1	0.0
Legends Aggro	5–2	71.4
Boros Legends Aggro	5–2	71.4
Combo	21–28	42.9
Storm	2–2	50.0
Dimir Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Dragonstorm	1–2	33.3
Reanimator	2–2	50.0
Living Death	1–1	50.0
Excruciator Combo	1–1	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Warp World	3–0	100.0
Boros Glimpse	3–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	1–1	50.0
New Perspectives	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	2–5	28.6
Anvil Colossus	2–4	33.3
Upheaval Colossus	0–1	0.0
Eggs	0–2	0.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	0–2	0.0
Reanim8 Rack	0–2	0.0
Breakfast	2–6	25.0
Oops All Spells	0–3	0.0
Neoform Hermit	1–3	25.0
Unctus	1–0	100.0
Oops All Lands	0–1	0.0
Dredge	5–0	100.0
Insidious Roots Dredge	3–0	100.0
Chain of Acid	0–1	0.0
GreenTwin	0–1	0.0
Restore Balance	0–2	0.0
Gyruda	1–1	50.0
Actual Twin	1–0	100.0
Izzet Twin	1–0	100.0
Control	16–23	41.0
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	0–3	0.0
Azorius Control	2–4	33.3
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	2–4	33.3
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	2–3	40.0
Grixis Control	1–2	33.3
Dragon Control	4–1	80.0
Izzet Dragons	4–0	100.0
Ponza	0–2	0.0
Cycling Control	1–2	33.3
Astral Slide	1–2	33.3
Pox	1–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	2–3	40.0
Prison	0–1	0.0
Enchantress	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	8–14	36.4
Aristocrats	4–6	40.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Golgari Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	3–4	42.9
Burn	1–0	100.0
Infect	0–4	0.0
Simic Infect	0–2	0.0
Golgari Infect	0–1	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Hushnought	0–1	0.0
Liquimetal Fishing	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	1–0	100.0
Dirty Kitty	1–0	100.0
Dwarf Combo	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	7–9	43.8
Izzet Tempo	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	0–1	0.0
Dimir Tempo	1–2	33.3
Dimir Faeries	0–1	0.0
Dimir Librarians	0–1	0.0
Azorius Tempo	6–1	85.7
Combo-Control	4–8	33.3
Cruel Combo-Control	0–1	0.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Displace Loop	0–1	0.0
Peregrine Drake	0–1	0.0
Plasma Swans	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–2	33.3
Jokulhaups Control	1–2	33.3
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Greasefang	2–3	40.0
Esper Greasefang	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Greasefang	1–2	33.3
Midrange	32–41	43.8
Temur Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
The Rock	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	0–4	0.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Value Town	1–0	100.0
Blink	5–13	27.8
Wave Blink	0–5	0.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	0–2	0.0
Azorius Wave	0–3	0.0
Orzhov Blink	3–8	27.3
Graveyard Value	2–1	66.7
Varolz Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Allies	3–1	75.0
Mono White Allies	3–1	75.0
Fake-Rack	2–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Vampires	0–2	0.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–3	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	4–2	66.7
Necro Midrange	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Devotion	2–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	0–1	0.0
Angels	4–3	57.1
Mono White Angels	2–0	100.0
Azorius Angels	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	3–7	30.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	2–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	0–1	0.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	2–0	100.0
Abzan Hero	2–0	100.0
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	0–1	0.0
Ramp	1–0	100.0
Rofellos Ramp	1–0	100.0