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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.

Browse Decklists from tournaments, leagues and elsewhere

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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.
How do I enter the league?

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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How do I enter a tournament?

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 2 weeks, 2 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro-Combo	768	1351–1349	50.0	5	37	39
Aristocrats	404	787–663	54.3	3	21	30
Mono Black Aristocrats	44	85–70	54.8	0	1	4
Orzhov Aristocrats	93	211–132	61.5	0	3	10
Golgari Aristocrats	36	61–64	48.8	0	1	2
Abzan Aristocrats	4	0–6	0.0
Mardu Aristocrats	12	15–25	37.5			1
Food	52	84–96	46.7			2
Rakdos Aristocrats	147	303–242	55.6	3	15	10
Burn	148	226–262	46.3	2	8	4
Infect	130	201–259	43.7	0	4	5
Pummeler	4	7–13	35.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	27	39–53	42.4	0	1
Izzet Blitzkrieg	41	79–77	50.6	0	2

Most Common Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	351–347	50.3
Mono Black Aggro	7–4	63.6
Heroic	30–40	42.9
Mono White Heroic	22–29	43.1
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	7–10	41.2
Red Deck Wins	33–55	37.5
Mono Red Devotion	1–6	14.3
Goblins	17–13	56.7
Tokens	19–4	82.6
Selesnya Tokens	2–1	66.7
Mono Red Swarm	9–3	75.0
Mono White Tokens	7–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	15–15	50.0
White Weenie	22–10	68.8
Odric Keywords	0–1	0.0
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Kithkin	1–0	100.0
Elves	23–26	46.9
Warriors	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	13–6	68.4
Selesnya Counters	6–0	100.0
Rogues	4–2	66.7
Zombies	8–3	72.7
Gruul Aggro	3–0	100.0
Merfolk	26–30	46.4
Artifact Aggro	89–72	55.3
Affinity	70–65	51.9
Salvage Titan	3–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	16–7	69.6
Mono Blue Aggro	0–2	0.0
Madness	1–4	20.0
Golgari Madness	1–4	20.0
Voltron	10–15	40.0
Hexproof	8–13	38.1
Equipment Aggro	2–2	50.0
Wizards	2–2	50.0
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	9–23	28.1
Cats	8–14	36.4
Mono White Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	8–13	38.1
Rakdos Aggro	2–3	40.0
Combo	266–261	50.5
Storm	60–67	47.2
Dimir Tendrils	44–56	44.0
Dragonstorm	1–2	33.3
Grixis Tendrils	4–1	80.0
Reanimator	65–69	48.5
Worldgorger Dragon	19–42	31.2
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	1–2	33.3
Traditional Reanimator	43–25	63.2
Rakdos Reanimator	2–2	50.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	40–23	63.5
Oriss Genesis	7–6	53.9
Dubious Challenge	2–0	100.0
Warp World	6–2	75.0
Maniac Combo	1–1	50.0
Hypergenesis	1–3	25.0
Runeflare	3–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	15–18	45.5
Myr Incubator	2–6	25.0
Combo Post	1–1	50.0
Eggs	5–1	83.3
Heartless Myr	4–4	50.0
Retraction Helix Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	12–7	63.2
Izzet Ascension	9–19	32.1
Ominous Good	6–1	85.7
Jokulhaups	4–2	66.7
Soulflayer	3–1	75.0
Breakfast	10–2	83.3
Oops All Spells	10–2	83.3
Oops All Lands	1–1	50.0
Dredge	28–40	41.2
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Protean Hulk Combo	2–1	66.7
Dice Factory	3–1	75.0
Control	207–182	53.2
Mono Black Control	6–1	85.7
Esper Control	11–11	50.0
Demonic Rising	8–5	61.5
Mono Blue Control	1–1	50.0
Dimir Control	16–9	64.0
Azorius Control	35–32	52.2
Turbo Fog	3–2	60.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Control	10–13	43.5
Mill	13–15	46.4
Boros Control	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Control	10–3	76.9
Azorius Cloudpost Control	3–0	100.0
Blackpost	6–1	85.7
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	6–3	66.7
Cruel Control	2–2	50.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Control	2–2	50.0
Dragon Control	1–1	50.0
Dimir Dragons	1–0	100.0
Ponza	33–33	50.0
Wildfire	6–2	75.0
Thryx-Wildfire	4–1	80.0
Borderpost Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Mono White Control	9–7	56.3
Cycling Control	5–6	45.5
Astral Slide	5–6	45.5
Five Color Control	19–10	65.5
Five Color Collected Conjuring	12–6	66.7
Shrines	7–4	63.6
Sultai Control	2–1	66.7
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	2–1	66.7
Pox	10–17	37.0
Aggro-Combo	67–67	50.0
Aristocrats	38–44	46.3
Mono Black Aristocrats	7–2	77.8
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–10	23.1
Golgari Aristocrats	6–4	60.0
Mardu Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Food	4–10	28.6
Rakdos Aristocrats	16–16	50.0
Burn	9–8	52.9
Infect	14–9	60.9
Pummeler	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–3	40.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	3–3	50.0
Aggro-Control	90–100	47.4
Izzet Tempo	20–41	32.8
Azorius Skies	5–8	38.5
Blue Madness	5–2	71.4
Simic Madness	5–0	100.0
Temur Madness	0–2	0.0
Lich Aggro-Control	6–8	42.9
Ninjas	7–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	24–21	53.3
Izzet Spells	7–6	53.9
Dimir Tempo	12–8	60.0
Combo-Control	38–62	38.0
Curses	1–2	33.3
Cruel Combo-Control	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	8–6	57.1
Shared Fate	0–1	0.0
Mindcrank	9–18	33.3
Hedron Alignment	1–1	50.0
Yosei Vat	2–1	66.7
Seismic Swans	3–3	50.0
Hive Mind	2–1	66.7
Zur's Weirding	8–23	25.8
Solar Flare	3–5	37.5
Midrange	249–271	47.9
Temur Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
The Rock	10–12	45.5
Grenzo	3–2	60.0
Abzan Midrange	3–2	60.0
Selesnya Midrange	4–1	80.0
Selesnya Value Town	2–0	100.0
Jund	5–3	62.5
Blink	4–6	40.0
Acid Trip	1–0	100.0
Anti-Persecution	1–2	33.3
Graveyard Value	13–9	59.1
Séance	6–4	60.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–2	33.3
Enchantments Matter	11–10	52.4
Allies	5–0	100.0
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	0–2	0.0
-1/-1 Counters	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	14–25	35.9
Mardu Midrange	12–28	30.0
Yisan-Prophet	1–0	100.0
Vampires	4–1	80.0
Mono Black Vampires	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends	0–1	0.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	24–26	48.0
Naya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Big Red	4–11	26.7
Mono Black Midrange	27–38	41.5
Mono Black Devotion	13–14	48.2
Heart of Darkness	5–9	35.7
Hellion Whip	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	11–14	44.0
Angel Tribal	1–1	50.0
Toughness Matters	3–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	10–11	47.6
Adventures	2–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	4–8	33.3
Orzhov Midrange	18–32	36.0
Temur Neoform	1–0	100.0
Owling Mine	5–0	100.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Prophet Glare	5–5	50.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–1	50.0
Ramp	82–58	58.6
Cloudpost Ramp	60–47	56.1
Locus Awakening	1–0	100.0
Golgari Post	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	55–42	56.7
Summer Bloom Ramp	7–8	46.7
Historic Bloom	0–5	0.0

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Aggro-Combo

Archetype Tree

Most Common Cards

Matchups

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