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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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Humans

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Aggro	12054	24557–23504–65	51.1	748	5832
Humans	192	393–384	50.6	14	107
Gruul Humans	6	8–12	40.0	0	3
Selesnya Humans	13	19–29	39.6	0	6
Bant Humans	5	11–12	47.8	0	3
Jeskai Humans	38	84–83	50.3	4	17
Boros Humans	75	163–134	54.9	8	50
Orzhov Humans	33	70–70	50.0	1	18
Azorius Humans	10	14–20	41.2	1	5

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	105–115	47.7
Mono Black Aggro	2–0	100.0
Heroic	10–7	58.8
Mono White Heroic	1–2	33.3
Azorius Heroic	2–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	3–3	50.0
Boros Heroic	3–0	100.0
Selesnya Heroic	1–2	33.3
Red Deck Wins	29–27	51.8
Goblins	3–3	50.0
Tokens	3–2	60.0
Mono White Tokens	3–1	75.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–1	0.0
White Weenie	10–15	40.0
Soldiers	4–8	33.3
Mono White Humans	3–5	37.5
Elves	2–14	12.5
Warriors	1–0	100.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	0–2	0.0
Merfolk	2–1	66.7
Artifact Aggro	7–9	43.8
Affinity	5–4	55.6
Hardened Scales Affinity	3–3	50.0
Tempered Steel	1–5	16.7
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Voltron	3–1	75.0
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
Hateful Auras	3–0	100.0
Knights	1–1	50.0
AggroSlide	3–9	25.0
Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Humans	12–12	50.0
Jeskai Humans	3–4	42.9
Boros Humans	2–3	40.0
Orzhov Humans	6–4	60.0
Mono Red Eldrazi	0–1	0.0
Legends Aggro	11–7	61.1
Boros Legends Aggro	9–5	64.3
Bard Class	1–2	33.3
Permanent Vacation	1–0	100.0
Pirates	2–1	66.7
Combo	75–63	54.3
Storm	18–12	60.0
Citadel Storm	2–0	100.0
High Tide	6–5	54.5
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Channel Storm	9–7	56.3
Reanimator	5–5	50.0
Recurring Nightmare	4–4	50.0
Dragon Nightmare	3–4	42.9
Worldgorger Dragon	1–0	100.0
Living Death	0–1	0.0
Excruciator Combo	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–0	100.0
Warp World	16–10	61.5
Temur Glimpse	6–1	85.7
Boros Glimpse	10–9	52.6
Hypergenesis	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–1	66.7
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–1	66.7
Metalwork Colossus	3–2	60.0
Anvil Colossus	2–2	50.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	4–4	50.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	1–2	33.3
Oops All Spells	1–1	50.0
Unctus	0–1	0.0
Oops All Lands	3–6	33.3
Dredge	2–1	66.7
Insidious Roots Dredge	2–1	66.7
Protean Hulk Combo	1–0	100.0
Dice Factory	1–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	0–1	0.0
Restore Balance	6–6	50.0
Gyruda	1–2	33.3
Belcher	1–0	100.0
Midnight Mass	1–2	33.3
Actual Twin	1–5	16.7
Izzet Twin	1–5	16.7
Nadu Combo	1–0	100.0
Amalia Combo	1–0	100.0
Control	62–57	52.1
Esper Control	6–5	54.5
Demonic Rising	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Control	2–5	28.6
Dimir Control	2–0	100.0
Azorius Control	17–14	54.8
Turbo Fog	3–2	60.0
Izzet Control	2–5	28.6
Cloudpost Control	3–3	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	2–5	28.6
Cruel Control	2–4	33.3
Stax	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	3–2	60.0
Dragon Control	2–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Ponza	1–1	50.0
Mono White Control	2–7	22.2
Life is Ez	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	1–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Control	6–4	60.0
Prison	2–2	50.0
Enchantress	2–2	50.0
Aggro-Combo	26–14	65.0
Aristocrats	20–8	71.4
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Golgari Aristocrats	3–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	12–5	70.6
Boros Bombardment	1–0	100.0
Burn	4–2	66.7
Infect	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–1	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Combo Goblins	0–1	0.0
Dirty Kitty	0–1	0.0
Dwarf Combo	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Control	27–29	48.2
Simic Flash	1–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	5–6	45.5
Ninjas	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	9–6	60.0
Mono Blue Faeries	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Librarians	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	3–3	50.0
Dimir Tempo	1–2	33.3
Dimir Faeries	0–1	0.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Tempo	0–3	0.0
Spirits	4–1	80.0
Mono Blue Spirits	4–1	80.0
Combo-Control	13–10	56.5
Battle of Wits	2–1	66.7
Sunforger	0–2	0.0
Displace Loop	1–0	100.0
Peregrine Drake	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	0–2	0.0
Solar Flare	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	3–1	75.0
Wildfire	2–1	66.7
Borderpost Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Resurgent Belief	1–1	50.0
Greasefang	4–2	66.7
Esper Greasefang	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Greasefang	2–1	66.7
Coveted Falcon Combo	1–1	50.0
Midrange	76–94	44.7
The Rock	8–10	44.4
Abzan Midrange	5–3	62.5
Jund	2–3	40.0
Blink	17–29	37.0
Wave Blink	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	0–1	0.0
Azorius Wave	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Blink	15–25	37.5
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	1–0	100.0
Naya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	10–9	52.6
Necro Midrange	5–7	41.7
Mono Black Devotion	0–1	0.0
Hellion Whip	0–2	0.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Angels	1–2	33.3
Mono White Angels	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Angels	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–0	100.0
Martyr's Grace	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	2–0	100.0
Fight Rigging	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–3	40.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	4–10	28.6
Ordealbreak	1–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	0–2	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	3–3	50.0
Five Color Hero	2–1	66.7
Naya Hero	0–1	0.0
Clerics	2–3	40.0
Simic Snow	6–6	50.0
Artifact Midrange	2–1	66.7
Boros Engineers	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	0–2	0.0
Illness in the Ranks	1–0	100.0
Game Objects	0–1	0.0
Laelia Cascade	0–1	0.0
Wight Midrange	0–1	0.0
Golgari Wight	0–1	0.0
Ramp	9–2	81.8
Rofellos Ramp	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	0–1	0.0
Greenpost	0–1	0.0
Field Ramp	7–1	87.5