Displace Loop

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How do I get started with Magic Online?

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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.

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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 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.

The next rotation is in 1 week.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Combo-Control	1729	3501–3423–13	50.6	98	812
Displace Loop	63	136–123–2	52.5	5	38
Peregrine Drake	33	72–65–2	52.6	3	19
Familiars	18	34–31	52.3	2	12

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	39–43–1	47.6
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Heroic	6–8–1	42.9
Mono White Heroic	4–7–1	36.4
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	9–18	33.3
Prisoner	1–0	100.0
Proliferate Red	0–2	0.0
Goblins	0–1	0.0
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–1	0.0
White Weenie	8–6	57.1
Soldiers	2–2	50.0
Elves	2–1	66.7
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Rogues	0–1	0.0
Zombies	4–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	0–2	0.0
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	3–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	3–0	100.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	0–1	0.0
Gruul Humans	0–1	0.0
Legends Aggro	1–1	50.0
Boros Legends Aggro	1–1	50.0
Combo	17–13	56.7
Storm	3–0	100.0
Dragonstorm	2–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	6–5	54.5
Recurring Nightmare	1–0	100.0
Dragon Nightmare	1–0	100.0
Worldgorger Dragon	0–1	0.0
Living Death	0–2	0.0
Grozoth	2–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	3–2	60.0
Mono Black Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Splendid Reclamation Combo	1–0	100.0
Monumental Ignus	1–0	100.0
Mardu Life	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
"Twin"	0–1	0.0
Infinite Infinite Combos	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	2–3	40.0
Cephalid Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Oops All Spells	1–3	25.0
Control	25–20	55.6
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	2–1	66.7
Dimir Control	3–4	42.9
Dreadful Inspiration	0–1	0.0
Azorius Control	1–3	25.0
Turbo Fog	2–1	66.7
Izzet Control	3–0	100.0
Mill	0–1	0.0
Boros Control	4–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	0–3	0.0
Blackpost	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	3–1	75.0
Cruel Control	3–1	75.0
Stax	1–0	100.0
Birthday Stax	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	2–2	50.0
Dragon Control	0–1	0.0
Izzet Dragons	0–1	0.0
Galleon Control	1–0	100.0
Ponza	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	11–13	45.8
Aristocrats	2–4	33.3
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Burn	2–3	40.0
Pummeler	2–1	66.7
Trickbind Dreadnought	4–5	44.4
Mono Blue Dreadnought	3–5	37.5
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	4–5	44.4
Simic Flash	1–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	0–1	0.0
Simic Madness	0–1	0.0
Ninjas	1–3	25.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Librarians	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	9–8	52.9
Burning Vengeance	1–1	50.0
Cruel Combo-Control	1–2	33.3
Mindcrank	0–1	0.0
Displace Loop	2–2	50.0
Peregrine Drake	2–2	50.0
Solar Flare	2–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–1	66.7
Jokulhaups Control	2–1	66.7
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	2–1	66.7
Midrange	30–20–1	60.0
Temur Ascendancy	3–2	60.0
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	3–2	60.0
Blink	3–3	50.0
Wave Blink	2–1	66.7
Azorius Wave	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Wave	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	2–2	50.0
Séance	1–0	100.0
Allies	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
Mardu Allies	1–0	100.0
BRGW Allies	0–1	0.0
-1/-1 Counters	2–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	0–2	0.0
Vampires	3–3–1	50.0
Mono Black Vampires	3–3–1	50.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	0–1	0.0
Hellion Whip	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Angel Tribal	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	4–1	80.0
Martyr's Grace	4–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–1	50.0
Mardu Hero	0–1	0.0
Five Color Hero	1–0	100.0
Ramp	1–1	50.0
Rofellos Ramp	0–1	0.0
Wild Pair	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	1–0	100.0
Eldrazipost	1–0	100.0