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Which cards are legal?

Card legality is set quarterly based on which cards are 2¢ or less at that time.
The best way to search legal cards is with Scryfall.

You can view the full legal cards list.
How do I find or brew a decklist?

The best way to build decks is to use a search engine that supports Penny Dreadful legality (f:pd) like Scryfall.

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How do I get a game and find other Penny Dreadful players?

To get a match in Magic Online go to Constructed, Specialty, Freeform Tournament Practice on Magic Online and create a Freeform game with "Penny Dreadful" in the comments.

To find the Penny Dreadful community join the Discord.
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Leagues last for roughly a month. You may enter any number of times but only one deck at a time.

You play five matches per run. You can join the league at any time.

To find a game sign up and then create a game in Constructed, Specialty, Freeform Tournament Practice with "Penny Dreadful League" as the comment.

Top 8 finishers on each month's league leaderboard win credit with MTGO Traders.

When you complete a five match league run for the first time ever you will get 1 tik credit with MTGO Traders (at the end of the month).

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We have seven free-to-enter weekly tournaments with prizes from Cardhoarder.

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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.

Any version of a card on the legal cards list is legal.

The next rotation is in 1 week, 1 day.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	2203	3899–3761	50.9	23	114	127
Storm	314	394–633	38.4	1	5	8
Dragonstorm	119	200–235	46.0	1	4	4
Hazoret Storm	11	6–16	27.3
Simic Storm	4	1–6	14.3
Citadel Storm	3	1–13	7.1
Swath Storm	44	85–92	48.0	0	1	3
Stormpost	3	3–6	33.3
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	61	60–136	30.6
Reanimator	279	591–466	55.9	1	16	20
Traditional Reanimator	279	591–466	55.9	1	16	20
Rakdos Reanimator	4	8–11	42.1
Dimir Reanimator	14	24–29	45.3
Mono Black Reanimator	258	558–419	57.1	1	16	20
Oriss Genesis	71	158–77	67.2	0	1	11
Necrotic Ooze Combo	9	11–11	50.0			1
Dubious Challenge	5	1–10	9.1
Warp World	1	0–1	0.0
Zubera Tribal	4	4–8	33.3
Maniac Combo	8	6–18	25.0
Hypergenesis	37	35–79	30.7
Runeflare	5	1–9	10.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	180	342–252	57.6	2	9	16
Twin	41	48–73	39.7
Jeskai Twin	13	13–22	37.1
Naya Twin	20	27–39	40.9
Combo Post	26	55–49	52.9	0	2	2
Metalwork Colossus	299	652–511	56.1	7	23	22
Anvil Colossus	202	492–330	59.9	7	22	19
Upheaval Colossus	76	127–140	47.6	0	1	3
Cruel Combo	1	1–1	50.0
Eggs	85	82–149	35.5	0	3	1
Heartless Myr	14	12–29	29.3
Taking Turns	4	1–3	25.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	8	8–17	32.0
Izzet Ascension	82	135–154	46.7	0	1	5
Ominous Good	8	5–15	25.0
Jokulhaups	41	55–73	43.0
Soulflayer	89	182–157	53.7	3	16	2
Reanim8 Rack	37	105–70	60.0	3	15
Breakfast	417	914–583	61.1	9	37	38
Hermit Gond	2	0–2	0.0
Hermit Dredge	2	3–3	50.0
Oops All Spells	100	230–151	60.4	1	4	8
Neoform Hermit	283	641–395	61.9	8	33	29
Oops All Lands	1	1–1	50.0
Dredge	27	18–63	22.2
Polymorph	9	21–23	47.7
Dice Factory	10	13–27	32.5
Storm Herald	21	40–44	47.6
Enduring Ideal	48	63–106	37.3	0	1	1

Most Common Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	881–831	51.5
Mono Black Aggro	16–15	51.6
Heroic	60–23	72.3
Mono White Heroic	18–11	62.1
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–4	33.3
Boros Heroic	33–7	82.5
Red Deck Wins	127–174	42.2
Mono Red Devotion	4–2	66.7
Goblins	38–36	51.4
Tokens	82–100	45.1
Selesnya Tokens	2–3	40.0
Mono Red Swarm	47–71	39.8
8 Whack	44–70	38.6
Mono White Tokens	15–8	65.2
Mono Green Stompy	34–24	58.6
White Weenie	54–63	46.2
Odric Keywords	1–0	100.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	22–28	44.0
Soldiers	2–3	40.0
Kithkin	0–1	0.0
Chroma White	1–0	100.0
Elves	55–50	52.4
Werewolves	4–2	66.7
Warriors	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Little Kid	28–42	40.0
Selesnya Counters	13–21	38.2
Rogues	9–8	52.9
Zombies	24–18	57.1
Gruul Aggro	14–6	70.0
Merfolk	5–2	71.4
Artifact Aggro	72–48	60.0
Affinity	32–16	66.7
Boros Vehicles	3–0	100.0
Salvage Titan	0–3	0.0
Tempered Steel	28–21	57.1
Mono Blue Aggro	0–2	0.0
Devastating Dreams	6–6	50.0
Madness	3–3	50.0
Voltron	10–4	71.4
Hexproof	4–2	66.7
Equipment Aggro	5–2	71.4
Wizards	14–12	53.9
Slivers	13–4	76.5
Naya Zoo	13–2	86.7
Knights	27–20	57.5
AggroSlide	83–89	48.3
Cats	30–15	66.7
Mono White Cats	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Cats	29–14	67.4
Rakdos Aggro	28–24	53.9
Combo	687–687	50.0
Storm	133–66	66.8
Dragonstorm	48–32	60.0
Hazoret Storm	3–1	75.0
Citadel Storm	5–0	100.0
Swath Storm	25–11	69.4
Stormpost	1–1	50.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	29–11	72.5
Reanimator	77–122	38.7
Traditional Reanimator	77–122	38.7
Rakdos Reanimator	2–3	40.0
Dimir Reanimator	2–5	28.6
Mono Black Reanimator	72–114	38.7
Oriss Genesis	13–19	40.6
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–4	33.3
Dubious Challenge	2–0	100.0
Zubera Tribal	1–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	2–1	66.7
Hypergenesis	8–12	40.0
Runeflare	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	53–66	44.5
Twin	19–8	70.4
Jeskai Twin	7–2	77.8
Naya Twin	9–4	69.2
Combo Post	10–9	52.6
Metalwork Colossus	101–87	53.7
Anvil Colossus	67–55	54.9
Upheaval Colossus	27–29	48.2
Cruel Combo	0–1	0.0
Eggs	26–14	65.0
Heartless Myr	3–6	33.3
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	27–22	55.1
Ominous Good	3–0	100.0
Jokulhaups	17–9	65.4
Soulflayer	29–36	44.6
Reanim8 Rack	12–21	36.4
Breakfast	90–167	35.0
Hermit Gond	1–0	100.0
Oops All Spells	24–45	34.8
Neoform Hermit	60–115	34.3
Dredge	9–3	75.0
Polymorph	5–3	62.5
Dice Factory	4–2	66.7
Storm Herald	10–7	58.8
Enduring Ideal	18–10	64.3
Control	668–606	52.4
Mono Black Control	2–1	66.7
Esper Control	68–96	41.5
Demonic Rising	3–6	33.3
Mono Blue Control	5–1	83.3
Dimir Control	31–43	41.9
Azorius Control	108–117	48.0
Turbo Fog	13–10	56.5
Izzet Control	2–2	50.0
Mardu Control	11–14	44.0
Mill	12–6	66.7
Boros Control	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Control	51–62	45.1
Azorius Cloudpost Control	13–19	40.6
Blackpost	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	23–23	50.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	8–12	40.0
Grixis Control	35–22	61.4
Cruel Control	6–3	66.7
Stax	16–14	53.3
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	11–7	61.1
Jeskai Approach	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	34–17	66.7
Izzet Dragons	34–17	66.7
Galleon Control	1–2	33.3
Ponza	97–51	65.5
Wildfire	37–25	59.7
Thryx-Wildfire	9–7	56.3
Borderpost Wildfire	11–10	52.4
Mono White Control	32–33	49.2
Dynavolt Tower	2–0	100.0
Cycling Control	5–6	45.5
Astral Slide	5–4	55.6
Five Color Control	14–5	73.7
Five Color Collected Conjuring	5–1	83.3
Shrines	4–1	80.0
Sultai Control	30–17	63.8
Guildgate Control	14–4	77.8
Bant Control	17–18	48.6
Pox	41–41	50.0
Sigil Control	0–4	0.0
Sigil Prison	0–4	0.0
Aggro-Combo	197–301	39.6
Aristocrats	78–97	44.6
Mono Black Aristocrats	47–40	54.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	11–15	42.3
Golgari Aristocrats	8–24	25.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–3	25.0
Mardu Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	8–13	38.1
Burn	15–23	39.5
Infect	28–56	33.3
Pummeler	2–3	40.0
Hermit Humans	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	17–39	30.4
Izzet Blitzkrieg	10–13	43.5
Chancellor of the Forge Combo	3–2	60.0
Hushnought	43–67	39.1
Aggro-Control	227–318	41.7
Izzet Tempo	62–100	38.3
Azorius Skies	10–8	55.6
Blue Madness	7–5	58.3
Simic Madness	7–5	58.3
Lich Aggro-Control	3–3	50.0
Ninjas	12–4	75.0
Mono Blue Tempo	39–61	39.0
Izzet Spells	5–12	29.4
Dimir Tempo	48–81	37.2
Sultai Tempo	12–19	38.7
Combo-Control	47–27	63.5
Curses	3–2	60.0
Burning Vengeance	6–1	85.7
Cruel Combo-Control	5–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	13–9	59.1
Shared Fate	1–1	50.0
Pickles	4–1	80.0
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Yosei Vat	2–1	66.7
Lich's Mastery	2–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	2–3	40.0
Hive Mind	2–1	66.7
Zur's Weirding	2–3	40.0
Midrange	1023–901	53.2
Temur Ascendancy	2–0	100.0
The Rock	58–59	49.6
Golgari Citadel	9–7	56.3
Grenzo	2–3	40.0
Abzan Midrange	103–85	54.8
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	20–16	55.6
Blink	81–81	50.0
Wave Blink	74–77	49.0
Esper Wave	8–4	66.7
Azorius Wave	41–41	50.0
Orzhov Wave	2–2	50.0
Abzan Wave	13–14	48.2
Displace Loop	2–0	100.0
Acid Trip	5–1	83.3
Anti-Persecution	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	46–34	57.5
Séance	8–1	88.9
Varolz Dreadnought	16–14	53.3
Enchantments Matter	7–0	100.0
Constellation	1–0	100.0
Allies	16–8	66.7
Mardu Allies	3–2	60.0
Boros Allies	0–2	0.0
Mono White Allies	7–3	70.0
Treefolk	1–1	50.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	53–57	48.2
Mardu Midrange	9–4	69.2
Vampires	5–9	35.7
Mono Black Vampires	2–7	22.2
Rakdos Vampires	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Vampires	2–1	66.7
Legends	32–28	53.3
Orzhov Legends	2–0	100.0
Elementals	3–3	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	96–97	49.7
Naya Midrange	5–2	71.4
Card Advantage White	1–0	100.0
Big Red	31–16	66.0
Mono Black Midrange	36–46	43.9
Mono Black Devotion	16–26	38.1
Hellion Whip	9–7	56.3
Dimir Midrange	27–24	52.9
Angel Tribal	2–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	12–5	70.6
Lifegain Midrange	10–10	50.0
Mutate	1–2	33.3
Sultai Midrange	35–30	53.9
Sultai Emerge	3–3	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	32–34	48.5
Owling Mine	6–10	37.5
Jeskai Midrange	3–8	27.3
Prophet Glare	2–4	33.3
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–1	50.0
Zur the Enchanter	4–1	80.0
Ordealbreak	9–8	52.9
Enigmatic Incarnation	9–8	52.9
Mythic Colossification	2–1	66.7
Neoform	5–8	38.5
Sultai Neoform	4–7	36.4
Party	1–2	33.3
Fires of Invention	112–64	63.6
Hero of Precinct One	79–92	46.2
Abzan Hero	16–22	42.1
Mardu Hero	10–13	43.5
Esper Hero	13–15	46.4
Orzhov Hero	25–30	45.5
Gruul Obosh	20–18	52.6
Ramp	169–90	65.3
Villainous Wealth	2–1	66.7
Rofellos Ramp	2–0	100.0
Wild Pair	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	116–66	63.7
Golgari Post	10–3	76.9
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	6–2	75.0
Greenpost	75–53	58.6
Domain	13–10	56.5
Defenders	0–2	0.0

Penny Dreadful Magic

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Archetype Tree

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