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Card legality is set quarterly based on which cards are 2¢ or less at that time.
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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.

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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.

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

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo-Control	358	596–599	49.9	4	39	17
Curses	168	355–259	57.8	3	26	12

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	87–102	46.0
Mono Black Aggro	10–10	50.0
Heroic	4–0	100.0
Azorius Heroic	4–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	19–11	63.3
Goblins	0–3	0.0
Tokens	3–0	100.0
Selesnya Tokens	2–0	100.0
White Weenie	7–12	36.8
Odric Keywords	1–0	100.0
Kithkin	0–1	0.0
Chroma White	0–6	0.0
Elves	4–1	80.0
Minotaurs	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	0–1	0.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	3–6	33.3
Merfolk	2–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	15–46	24.6
Tempered Steel	14–46	23.3
Mono Blue Aggro	2–0	100.0
Illusions	2–0	100.0
Madness	2–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	2–0	100.0
Voltron	3–3	50.0
Equipment Aggro	3–3	50.0
Rakdos Aggro	7–8	46.7
Rakdos Hellbent	7–8	46.7
Combo	54–30	64.3
Storm	1–2	33.3
Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Grozoth	1–0	100.0
Biovisionary	2–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	4–3	57.1
New Perspectives	9–4	69.2
Runeflare	1–1	50.0
Mardu Life	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	5–3	62.5
Breakfast	27–16	62.8
Cephalid Breakfast	27–16	62.8
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	14–11	56.0
Grixis Breakfast	11–5	68.8
Control	73–45	61.9
Mono Black Control	4–0	100.0
Demonic Rising	4–5	44.4
Paradox Haze Lock	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Control	4–1	80.0
Dimir Control	1–1	50.0
Azorius Control	2–0	100.0
Cawblade	1–0	100.0
Turbo Fog	4–0	100.0
Izzet Control	2–1	66.7
Mardu Control	2–1	66.7
Mill	1–1	50.0
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	9–4	69.2
Stax	6–2	75.0
Birthday Stax	1–0	100.0
Stagnant Control	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Control	3–8	27.3
Galleon Control	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	1–2	33.3
Life is Ez	1–1	50.0
Dynavolt Tower	1–2	33.3
Cycling Control	0–1	0.0
Astral Slide	0–1	0.0
Sultai Control	17–11	60.7
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	4–3	57.1
Aggro-Combo	31–11	73.8
Aristocrats	25–11	69.4
Mono Black Aristocrats	20–10	66.7
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	4–1	80.0
Infect	4–0	100.0
Mono Black Infect	1–0	100.0
Pummeler	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	9–8	52.9
Izzet Tempo	2–3	40.0
Azorius Skies	3–3	50.0
Blue Madness	1–1	50.0
Azorius Tempo	3–1	75.0
Combo-Control	22–22	50.0
Curses	14–14	50.0
Pickles	0–1	0.0
Displace Loop	0–1	0.0
Lich's Mastery	3–4	42.9
Mass Land Destruction	5–2	71.4
Wildfire	5–2	71.4
Midrange	72–41	63.7
The Rock	5–6	45.5
Grenzo	2–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	5–3	62.5
Jund	5–2	71.4
Blink	3–4	42.9
Acid Trip	2–1	66.7
Graveyard Value	0–2	0.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Allies	8–5	61.5
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
Mardu Allies	5–4	55.6
Boros Allies	2–0	100.0
Treefolk	2–3	40.0
-1/-1 Counters	3–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	2–0	100.0
White Jund	7–2	77.8
Vampires	4–1	80.0
Mono Black Vampires	3–1	75.0
Legends Midrange	7–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	3–0	100.0
Elementals	1–3	25.0
Rakdos Midrange	5–0	100.0
Stoic Midrange	0–2	0.0
Card Advantage White	1–3	25.0
Sultai Midrange	2–0	100.0
Sultai Emerge	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Ramp	7–0	100.0