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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 six free-to-enter weekly tournaments with prizes from Cardhoarder.

They are hosted on Gatherling along with a lot of other player-run Magic Online events.

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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 7 weeks, 5 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro-Combo	320	647–485	57.2	3	21	25
Aristocrats	20	23–38	37.7			1
Mono Black Aristocrats	2	2–8	20.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	6	8–13	38.1
Golgari Aristocrats	3	0–6	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	5	11–6	64.7			1
Abiding Bombardment	4	2–5	28.6
Burn	18	23–33	41.1	0	2
Infect	116	251–174	59.1	0	4	11
Trickbind Dreadnought	69	159–85	65.2	2	10	7
Izzet Blitzkrieg	6	14–6	70.0			1
Hushnought	11	17–19	47.2
Liquimetal Fishing	18	14–28	33.3	0	1
Combo Goblins	61	146–101	59.1	1	4	5
Goblin Persist	7	18–10	64.3	0	1	1
Dirty Kitty	54	128–91	58.4	1	3	4

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	76–65	53.9
Mono Black Aggro	6–6	50.0
Heroic	6–3	66.7
Mono White Heroic	2–2	50.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	2–1	66.7
Red Deck Wins	9–24	27.3
Mono Green Stompy	4–7	36.4
Elves	10–1	90.9
Zombies	2–2	50.0
Gruul Aggro	3–3	50.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	21–12	63.6
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	17–11	60.7
Mono Blue Architect	3–1	75.0
Madness	1–2	33.3
Gruul Madness	0–1	0.0
Golgari Madness	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	0–1	0.0
Hexproof	0–1	0.0
Knights	3–0	100.0
AggroSlide	4–1	80.0
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–1	50.0
Boros Aggro	1–1	50.0
Shamans	3–1	75.0
Combo	139–86	61.8
Storm	26–12	68.4
Dragonstorm	12–8	60.0
Citadel Storm	5–0	100.0
Grixis Tendrils	2–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	4–3	57.1
Swath Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	16–6	72.7
Recurring Nightmare	16–6	72.7
Dragon Nightmare	9–5	64.3
Jund Nightmare	4–0	100.0
Oriss Genesis	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–1	50.0
Maniac Combo	4–3	57.1
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	5–1	83.3
Jeskai Ascendancy	5–5	50.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	5–5	50.0
Umbral Mantle	1–0	100.0
Twin	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Twin	1–0	100.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	3–2	60.0
Izzet Ascension	11–4	73.3
Breakfast	24–37	39.3
Hermit Dredge	0–2	0.0
Oops All Spells	24–35	40.7
Dredge	21–5	80.8
Polymorph	0–1	0.0
Protean Hulk Combo	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	3–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	2–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	4–1	80.0
Intruder Alarm	0–1	0.0
Calibrated Blast	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	1–0	100.0
Gyruda	1–2	33.3
Stuffy Doll	0–1	0.0
Control	100–59	62.9
Esper Control	7–2	77.8
Demonic Rising	0–2	0.0
Dimir Control	12–6	66.7
Azorius Control	10–5	66.7
Cawblade	2–1	66.7
Izzet Control	5–3	62.5
Mardu Control	3–3	50.0
Mill	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	3–4	42.9
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–3	40.0
Grixis Control	4–3	57.1
Stax	6–11	35.3
Chandra Nalaar	0–1	0.0
Dragon Control	11–5	68.8
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Esper Dragons	3–2	60.0
Ponza	7–1	87.5
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	5–3	62.5
Astral Slide	4–3	57.1
Five Color Control	1–1	50.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	0–1	0.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	2–0	100.0
Bant Control	3–1	75.0
Pox	5–0	100.0
Sigil Control	11–5	68.8
Sigil Prison	11–5	68.8
Aggro-Combo	92–92	50.0
Aristocrats	9–4	69.2
Mono Black Aristocrats	4–1	80.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	2–3	40.0
Abiding Bombardment	1–0	100.0
Burn	7–3	70.0
Infect	36–35	50.7
Trickbind Dreadnought	12–27	30.8
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–4	20.0
Hushnought	3–0	100.0
Liquimetal Fishing	5–1	83.3
Combo Goblins	19–18	51.4
Goblin Persist	2–3	40.0
Dirty Kitty	17–15	53.1
Aggro-Control	32–32	50.0
Izzet Tempo	7–6	53.8
Blue Madness	2–2	50.0
Simic Madness	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Tempo	13–11	54.2
Izzet Spells	3–7	30.0
Dimir Tempo	5–3	62.5
Combo-Control	47–22	68.1
Curses	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	11–3	78.6
Hive Mind	2–2	50.0
Plasma Swans	4–1	80.0
Mass Land Destruction	29–15	65.9
Jokulhaups Control	29–15	65.9
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	11–3	78.6
Temur Jokulhaups Control	2–3	40.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	15–7	68.2
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	1–2	33.3
Midrange	119–99	54.6
The Rock	4–1	80.0
Golgari Citadel	3–1	75.0
Abzan Midrange	12–8	60.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Value Town	1–0	100.0
Jund	3–2	60.0
Blink	18–46	28.1
Wave Blink	17–46	27.0
Azorius Wave	2–4	33.3
Orzhov Wave	6–28	17.6
Abzan Wave	4–12	25.0
Bant Wave	4–1	80.0
Acid Trip	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	13–4	76.5
Séance	3–1	75.0
Varolz Dreadnought	2–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Allies	1–4	20.0
Azorius Allies	1–4	20.0
Fake-Rack	4–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–3	25.0
Rakdos Midrange	11–6	64.7
Naya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Big Red	6–1	85.7
Mono Black Midrange	1–0	100.0
Angel Tribal	2–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	5–2	71.4
Martyr's Grace	1–1	50.0
Adventures	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	12–16	42.9
Clerics	2–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	2–0	100.0
Death Cloud	4–1	80.0
Ramp	41–29	58.6
Rofellos Ramp	24–19	55.8
Cloudpost Ramp	14–10	58.3
Eldrazipost	1–1	50.0
Golgari Post	0–1	0.0
Greenpost	8–5	61.5
Carth Superfriends	3–0	100.0