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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?

Minimum 60 cards. Any number of basic lands. Max four of any other legal card. Sideboard of up to fifteen cards.

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 Cardhoarder.

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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.

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Congratulations to chickeninthebrain, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 32)

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Aggro	11203	22842–21819–65	51.1	688	5345
Voltron	249	354–547–2	39.3	4	92
Hexproof	96	150–210–2	41.7	2	36
Boros Auras	9	15–19	44.1	0	3
Equipment Aggro	96	116–204	36.3	2	39
Hateful Auras	23	43–53	44.8	0	11

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	119–176–1	40.3
Mono Black Aggro	4–11	26.7
Heroic	9–23	28.1
Mono White Heroic	6–17	26.1
Azorius Heroic	1–1	50.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–2	33.3
Boros Heroic	0–3	0.0
Selesnya Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	35–32	52.2
Mono Red Devotion	0–1	0.0
Proliferate Red	3–1	75.0
Goblins	1–4	20.0
Tokens	5–4	55.6
Selesnya Tokens	3–3	50.0
Mono White Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–6	14.3
White Weenie	5–18	21.7
Odric Keywords	0–1	0.0
Soldiers	0–3	0.0
Chroma White	0–1	0.0
Elves	1–6–1	14.3
Selesnya Little Kid	1–5	16.7
Rogues	0–1	0.0
Zombies	7–5	58.3
Gruul Aggro	2–1	66.7
Gruul Landfall	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	4–2	66.7
Mono Red Swarm	2–1	66.7
Artifact Aggro	11–34	24.4
Affinity	7–10	41.2
Salvage Titan	0–1	0.0
Tempered Steel	3–22	12.0
Mono Blue Architect	0–1	0.0
Devoid Aggro	1–0	100.0
Devastating Dreams	1–0	100.0
Madness	3–0	100.0
Gruul Madness	1–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	3–3	50.0
Hexproof	1–2	33.3
Equipment Aggro	1–1	50.0
Hateful Auras	1–0	100.0
Slivers	0–1	0.0
Knights	4–2	66.7
AggroSlide	10–11	47.6
Cats	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	2–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	1–0	100.0
Boros Humans	1–0	100.0
Legends Aggro	2–4	33.3
Boros Legends Aggro	2–4	33.3
Combo	46–79	36.8
Storm	8–12	40.0
Dimir Tendrils	3–10	23.1
Simic Storm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	1–1	50.0
Izzet Storm	2–1	66.7
Reanimator	5–14	26.3
Recurring Nightmare	1–0	100.0
Dragon Nightmare	1–0	100.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–6	14.3
Double Dragon	0–2	0.0
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	3–7	30.0
Rakdos Reanimator	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Reanimator	2–1	66.7
Necrotic Ooze Combo	3–3	50.0
Mono Green Stormless Storm	0–1	0.0
Warp World	0–3	0.0
Hypergenesis	3–1	75.0
New Perspectives	2–2	50.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–4	33.3
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	3–2	60.0
Upheaval Colossus	0–1	0.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Eye of the Storm	0–1	0.0
Eggs	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–1	50.0
Taking Turns	0–4	0.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	0–1	0.0
Ominous Good	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Combo	2–0	100.0
Soulflayer	1–4	20.0
Reanim8 Rack	0–2	0.0
Breakfast	5–13	27.8
Cephalid Breakfast	2–7	22.2
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Grixis Breakfast	1–4	20.0
Oops All Spells	3–6	33.3
Dredge	0–1	0.0
Protean Hulk Combo	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	0–2	0.0
GreenTwin	1–1	50.0
Tibalt's Trickery	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	0–2	0.0
Gyruda	0–1	0.0
Midnight Mass	1–0	100.0
Phoenix Altar	2–1	66.7
Actual Twin	0–2	0.0
Izzet Twin	0–2	0.0
Control	48–100–1	32.4
Mono Black Control	0–1	0.0
Esper Control	2–9	18.2
Demonic Rising	1–5–1	16.7
Paradox Haze Lock	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	2–1	66.7
Dimir Control	2–8	20.0
Azorius Control	5–17	22.7
Cawblade	0–4	0.0
Turbo Fog	0–4	0.0
Izzet Control	2–2	50.0
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	2–5	28.6
Cruel Control	2–2	50.0
Stax	0–3	0.0
Pollute the Planet	0–1	0.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	1–4	20.0
Dragon Control	0–1	0.0
Esper Dragons	0–1	0.0
Ponza	4–4	50.0
Mono White Control	1–1	50.0
Life is Ez	1–0	100.0
Dynavolt Tower	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	2–5	28.6
Astral Slide	2–5	28.6
Sultai Control	2–8	20.0
Guildgate Control	8–4	66.7
Temur Reclamation	1–1	50.0
Pox	1–1	50.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–1	50.0
Seasons Past Control	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	3–10	23.1
Prison	1–0	100.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	25–28	47.2
Aristocrats	11–7	61.1
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Food	2–4	33.3
Rakdos Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Boros Bombardment	1–0	100.0
Burn	2–7	22.2
Infect	6–3	66.7
Simic Infect	1–0	100.0
Golgari Infect	0–1	0.0
Pummeler	0–1	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	3–5	37.5
Izzet Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	3–4	42.9
Izzet Blitzkrieg	2–0	100.0
Hushnought	0–2	0.0
Combo Goblins	1–1	50.0
Goblin Persist	1–0	100.0
Dirty Kitty	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	17–37	31.5
Izzet Tempo	7–9	43.8
Azorius Skies	1–7	12.5
Blue Madness	1–2	33.3
Simic Madness	0–1	0.0
Temur Madness	1–1	50.0
Lich Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
Wizards	2–1	66.7
12 Pest	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	3–5	37.5
Izzet Spells	1–6	14.3
Dimir Tempo	1–1	50.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	0–3	0.0
Combo-Control	20–23	46.5
Curses	2–4	33.3
Cruel Combo-Control	3–5	37.5
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Shared Fate	1–0	100.0
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	2–4	33.3
Dragoncrank	0–2	0.0
Displace Loop	0–1	0.0
Peregrine Drake	0–1	0.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	0–1	0.0
Zur's Weirding	1–1	50.0
Solar Flare	3–2	60.0
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	4–4	50.0
Wildfire	1–3	25.0
Borderpost Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	3–1	75.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Midrange	67–88	43.2
Temur Ascendancy	5–3	62.5
The Rock	0–1	0.0
Angels and Taxes	1–0	100.0
Grenzo	2–1	66.7
Abzan Midrange	4–1	80.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Value Town	1–0	100.0
Jund	6–8	42.9
Blink	4–7	36.4
Wave Blink	2–5	28.6
Azorius Wave	2–4	33.3
Abzan Wave	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	1–2	33.3
Varolz Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Allies	2–4	33.3
Orzhov Allies	1–1	50.0
Mardu Allies	0–2	0.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–1	50.0
Fake-Rack	2–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Yisan-Prophet	0–1	0.0
White Jund	1–0	100.0
Vampires	0–2	0.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–2	0.0
Legends Midrange	1–9	10.0
Mardu Legends	0–3	0.0
Orzhov Legends	0–4	0.0
Selesnya Legends	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	4–4	50.0
Naya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Card Advantage White	0–1	0.0
Big Red	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	9–20	31.0
Necro Midrange	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Devotion	8–10	44.4
Heart of Darkness	0–2	0.0
Dimir Midrange	6–2	75.0
Angel Tribal	0–2	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–2	33.3
Martyr's Grace	1–2	33.3
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	5–7	41.7
Prophet Glare	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	0–1	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Hero	0–1	0.0
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Simic Snow	2–1	66.7
Death Cloud	0–1	0.0
Ramp	12–16	42.9
Villainous Wealth	0–1	0.0
Rofellos Ramp	0–3	0.0
Wild Pair	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	3–8	27.3
Greenpost	3–8	27.3
Domain	0–2	0.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	1–1	50.0
Historic Bloom	0–1	0.0
Applejacks	1–1	50.0