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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.

To find a game sign up and then create a game in Constructed, Specialty, Freeform Tournament Practice with "Penny Dreadful League" as the comment.

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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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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	3021	5813–4842	54.6	39	244	141
Heroic	313	644–501	56.2	1	27	23
Mono White Heroic	206	467–330	58.6	1	22	18
Azorius Heroic	26	46–52	46.9			1
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	58	114–76	60.0	0	3	4
Boros Heroic	7	5–11	31.3
Selesnya Heroic	1	1–2	33.3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	141–141	50.0
Heroic	20–20	50.0
Mono White Heroic	10–13	43.5
Azorius Heroic	3–1	75.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	4–6	40.0
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	20–30	40.0
Mono Red Devotion	1–1	50.0
Goblins	4–3	57.1
Tokens	2–4	33.3
Mono White Tokens	1–3	25.0
Mono Green Stompy	8–3	72.7
White Weenie	16–15	51.6
Quest for the Holy Relic	3–3	50.0
Soldiers	3–4	42.9
Chroma White	1–0	100.0
Elves	7–18	28.0
Rogues	2–1	66.7
Zombies	19–17	52.8
Gruul Aggro	2–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	4–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	4–4	50.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	3–4	42.9
Madness	1–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	4–2	66.7
Hexproof	1–2	33.3
Boros Auras	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	2–0	100.0
Slivers	2–0	100.0
Knights	4–7	36.4
AggroSlide	18–17	51.4
Cats	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	142–98	59.2
Storm	45–31	59.2
Dragonstorm	3–1	75.0
Hazoret Storm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	41–30	57.7
Reanimator	14–17	45.2
Worldgorger Dragon	9–12	42.9
Double Dragon	7–10	41.2
Traditional Reanimator	3–2	60.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–2	33.3
Grixis Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Oriss Genesis	1–4	20.0
Dubious Challenge	3–2	60.0
New Perspectives	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	4–1	80.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	3–1	75.0
"Twin"	5–5	50.0
Jeskai "Twin"	1–1	50.0
Naya "Twin"	3–4	42.9
Combo Post	1–1	50.0
Metalwork Colossus	3–2	60.0
Seismic Swans	0–2	0.0
Eggs	6–4	60.0
Saffi Combo	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	3–0	100.0
Retraction Helix Combo	2–0	100.0
Taking Turns	13–3	81.3
Izzet Ascension	2–0	100.0
Ominous Good	14–4	77.8
Jokulhaups Combo	8–2	80.0
Soulflayer	3–1	75.0
Breakfast	8–14	36.4
Hermit Gond	3–5	37.5
Hermit Dredge	3–6	33.3
Neoform Hermit	2–3	40.0
Oops All Lands	0–1	0.0
Protean Hulk Combo	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	0–1	0.0
Stuffy Doll	1–2	33.3
Control	110–62	64.0
Mono Black Control	3–1	75.0
Esper Control	9–13	40.9
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	4–5	44.4
Azorius Control	8–9	47.1
Turbo Fog	1–2	33.3
Mardu Control	5–3	62.5
Mill	3–1	75.0
Boros Control	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Grixis Control	9–1	90.0
Cruel Control	2–0	100.0
Stax	9–2	81.8
Chandra Nalaar	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Control	5–2	71.4
Ponza	16–5	76.2
Cycling Control	2–2	50.0
Astral Slide	1–1	50.0
Five Color Control	3–1	75.0
Shrines	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	10–4	71.4
Guildgate Control	9–6	60.0
Bant Control	3–0	100.0
Temur Reclamation	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	33–17	66.0
Aristocrats	7–10	41.2
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–3	25.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	3–7	30.0
Burn	14–4	77.8
Infect	4–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	4–0	100.0
Pummeler	3–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	3–3	50.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	3–3	50.0
Combo Goblins	2–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	37–39	48.7
Izzet Tempo	6–7	46.2
Azorius Skies	0–4	0.0
Blue Madness	3–2	60.0
Simic Madness	1–1	50.0
Grixis Madness	2–1	66.7
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Wizards	1–3	25.0
Ninjas	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Tempo	12–12	50.0
Izzet Spells	10–10	50.0
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	48–29	62.3
Curses	1–2	33.3
Cruel Combo-Control	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Sunforger	1–0	100.0
Lich's Mastery	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	2–4	33.3
Solar Flare	5–1	83.3
Plasma Swans	2–1	66.7
Mass Land Destruction	32–20	61.5
Wildfire	32–20	61.5
Thryx-Wildfire	10–2	83.3
Borderpost Wildfire	20–18	52.6
Midrange	116–89	56.6
The Rock	3–1	75.0
Golgari Citadel	3–1	75.0
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Midrange	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Value Town	0–2	0.0
Jund	10–4	71.4
Blink	10–18	35.7
Wave Blink	7–16	30.4
Esper Wave	0–1	0.0
Azorius Wave	1–9	10.0
Orzhov Wave	6–5	54.5
Bant Wave	0–1	0.0
Anti-Persecution	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	3–1	75.0
Varolz Dreadnought	2–1	66.7
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	3–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	7–3	70.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Vampires	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	8–8	50.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	6–4	60.0
Mono Black Midrange	13–15	46.4
Mono Black Devotion	6–8	42.9
Davriel Braids	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	8–8	50.0
Toughness Matters	6–5	54.5
Mutate	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–0	100.0
Owling Mine	9–1	90.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–3	25.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	2–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	1–1	50.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–1	50.0
Mythic Colossification	0–1	0.0
Neoform	0–4	0.0
Sultai Neoform	0–4	0.0
Death Cloud	2–2	50.0
Ramp	17–26	39.5
Villainous Wealth	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	15–20	42.9
Golgari Post	1–3	25.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	2–1	66.7
Greenpost	9–10	47.4
Simic Post	1–2	33.3
Reclamation at Wake	1–0	100.0
Eureka!	0–4	0.0