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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.
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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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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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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.

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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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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	47164	88231–79030–65	52.8	686	5330	2204
Selesnya Little Kid	797	1288–1445	47.1	3	35	28
Selesnya Counters	180	314–333	48.5	1	4	5

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	56–78	41.8
Mono Black Aggro	1–1	50.0
Heroic	1–5	16.7
Mono White Heroic	0–3	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	10–9	52.6
Mono Red Devotion	1–0	100.0
Goblins	1–1	50.0
Tokens	1–3	25.0
Selesnya Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono White Tokens	1–2	33.3
Mono Green Stompy	7–3	70.0
White Weenie	5–6	45.5
Quest for the Holy Relic	2–2	50.0
Soldiers	1–2	33.3
Elves	2–8	20.0
Selesnya Little Kid	4–5	44.4
Selesnya Counters	4–4	50.0
Rogues	0–1	0.0
Zombies	1–2	33.3
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–1	50.0
Mono Red Swarm	0–3	0.0
Artifact Aggro	8–11	42.1
Affinity	1–6	14.3
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	5–5	50.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Illusions	1–0	100.0
Madness	0–1	0.0
Golgari Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	0–2	0.0
Hexproof	0–2	0.0
Knights	2–4	33.3
AggroSlide	4–7	36.4
Cats	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	2–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	1–1	50.0
Shamans	1–0	100.0
Legends Aggro	1–1	50.0
Boros Legends Aggro	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Legends Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	58–63	47.9
Storm	11–18	37.9
Dimir Tendrils	0–4	0.0
Dragonstorm	2–3	40.0
Simic Storm	1–3	25.0
Reclamation Storm	1–3	25.0
High Tide	6–7	46.2
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Swath Storm	1–0	100.0
Song Storm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	12–16	42.9
Worldgorger Dragon	4–6	40.0
Double Dragon	1–4	20.0
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	7–9	43.8
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	4–9	30.8
Oriss Genesis	0–3	0.0
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
"Twin"	1–1	50.0
Jeskai "Twin"	0–1	0.0
Combo Post	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	5–1	83.3
Anvil Colossus	1–0	100.0
Upheaval Colossus	3–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Eggs	4–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–1	50.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–1	50.0
Taking Turns	1–2	33.3
Quest for Ula's Temple	3–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	3–3	50.0
Ominous Good	2–3	40.0
Jokulhaups Combo	2–2	50.0
Soulflayer	1–1	50.0
Reanim8 Rack	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	4–3	57.1
Neoform Hermit	4–2	66.7
Polymorph	0–1	0.0
Enduring Ideal	2–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	0–2	0.0
Gyruda	0–1	0.0
Possibility Storm	0–1	0.0
Control	52–69	43.0
Mono Black Control	1–5	16.7
Esper Control	4–2	66.7
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	2–3	40.0
Azorius Control	5–10	33.3
Turbo Fog	1–4	20.0
Cloudpost Control	7–3	70.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	4–3	57.1
Dimir Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	2–8	20.0
Cruel Control	1–4	20.0
Stax	2–1	66.7
Chandra Nalaar	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Control	1–1	50.0
Dragon Control	0–1	0.0
Ponza	5–6	45.5
Mono White Control	2–4	33.3
Life is Ez	0–2	0.0
Cycling Control	2–2	50.0
Astral Slide	2–1	66.7
Five Color Control	3–0	100.0
Shrines	2–0	100.0
Sultai Control	1–2	33.3
Guildgate Control	5–8	38.5
Bant Control	1–2	33.3
Pox	4–3	57.1
Orzhov Control	0–1	0.0
Prison	0–1	0.0
Enchantress	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	24–22	52.2
Aristocrats	13–9	59.1
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	5–3	62.5
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Food	5–3	62.5
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Burn	3–3	50.0
Infect	3–5	37.5
Blazing Shoal Infect	3–3	50.0
Golgari Infect	0–1	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Izzet Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Chancellor of the Forge Combo	0–1	0.0
Hushnought	2–1	66.7
Combo Goblins	2–1	66.7
Goblin Persist	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Control	21–25	45.7
Izzet Tempo	5–5	50.0
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Blue Madness	0–1	0.0
Simic Madness	0–1	0.0
Lich Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
Wizards	1–1	50.0
Ninjas	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	10–5	66.7
Izzet Spells	4–4	50.0
Dimir Tempo	1–3	25.0
Dimir Faeries	0–1	0.0
Sultai Tempo	0–2	0.0
Azorius Tempo	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	10–11	47.6
Battle of Wits	0–3	0.0
Mindcrank	1–0	100.0
Yosei Vat	0–1	0.0
Hive Mind	0–2	0.0
Zur's Weirding	3–1	75.0
Solar Flare	3–1	75.0
Plasma Swans	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	3–2	60.0
Wildfire	2–2	50.0
Borderpost Wildfire	2–1	66.7
Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Midrange	75–58	56.4
The Rock	6–1	85.7
Golgari Citadel	2–1	66.7
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	4–1	80.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	5–2	71.4
Blink	10–9	52.6
Wave Blink	2–5	28.6
Esper Wave	0–1	0.0
Azorius Wave	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Wave	1–2	33.3
Bant Wave	0–1	0.0
Acid Trip	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	0–1	0.0
Anti-Persecution	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	4–3	57.1
Séance	0–2	0.0
Allies	0–1	0.0
Mono White Allies	0–1	0.0
Treefolk	0–1	0.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	3–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	3–5	37.5
Vampires	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Legends	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Legends	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	4–4	50.0
Naya Midrange	2–0	100.0
Big Red	3–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	5–5	50.0
Mono Black Devotion	3–5	37.5
Dimir Midrange	3–6	33.3
Dimir Vat	1–0	100.0
Adventures	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Midrange	2–4	33.3
Owling Mine	2–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	2–0	100.0
Neoform	0–1	0.0
Sultai Neoform	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	2–1	66.7
Hero of Precinct One	2–3	40.0
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Hero	1–3	25.0
Gruul Obosh	0–1	0.0
Simic Snow	0–1	0.0
Death Cloud	2–0	100.0
Ramp	18–7	72.0
Rofellos Ramp	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	11–4	73.3
Golgari Post	0–1	0.0
Greenpost	8–3	72.7
Simic Post	1–0	100.0
Eureka!	1–1	50.0
Defenders	0–1	0.0