Mono Blue Tempo

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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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We have six free-to-enter weekly tournaments with prizes from Cardhoarder.

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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-Control	794	1337–1296	50.8	6	46	34
Mono Blue Tempo	167	332–247	57.3	4	21	6
Mono Blue Faeries	24	53–40	57.0	0	1	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	80–71	53.0
Heroic	12–12	50.0
Mono White Heroic	11–12	47.8
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	3–7	30.0
Goblins	4–0	100.0
Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono White Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–1	0.0
White Weenie	5–2	71.4
Quest for the Holy Relic	4–2	66.7
Elves	9–11	45.0
Selesnya Little Kid	0–1	0.0
Rogues	2–2	50.0
Zombies	4–1	80.0
Gruul Aggro	2–0	100.0
Gruul Landfall	2–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–4	20.0
Artifact Aggro	22–17	56.4
Affinity	20–16	55.6
Hush-finity	1–1	50.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–1	50.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	2–0	100.0
Hexproof	2–0	100.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	7–9	43.8
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–2	33.3
Combo	51–35	59.3
Storm	5–2	71.4
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	2–1	66.7
Izzet Storm	3–0	100.0
Swath Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	10–2	83.3
Worldgorger Dragon	9–2	81.8
Necrotic Ooze Combo	3–3	50.0
Zubera Tribal	2–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	4–3	57.1
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	6–6	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	6–5	54.5
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Eggs	2–4	33.3
Blazing Shoal Combo	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	1–1	50.0
Oops All Lands	0–1	0.0
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Polymorph	0–2	0.0
Dice Factory	2–1	66.7
Enduring Ideal	4–4	50.0
Ad Nauseam	6–5	54.5
Ad Swanseam	1–0	100.0
Control	49–35	58.3
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	0–3	0.0
Azorius Control	6–15	28.6
Cawblade	2–10	16.7
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Mill	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	4–5	44.4
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–3	25.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	3–2	60.0
Grixis Control	5–4	55.6
Cruel Control	3–2	60.0
Stax	6–2	75.0
Jeskai Control	2–0	100.0
Dragon Control	3–1	75.0
Izzet Dragons	2–0	100.0
Ponza	2–1	66.7
Mono White Control	5–3	62.5
Life is Ez	2–3	40.0
Cycling Control	2–0	100.0
Astral Slide	2–0	100.0
Five Color Control	2–0	100.0
Sultai Control	5–0	100.0
Sultai Ultimatum	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–1	0.0
Prison	2–0	100.0
Enchantress	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	35–28	55.6
Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	4–6	40.0
Infect	7–1	87.5
Blazing Shoal Infect	7–1	87.5
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Dreadnought	2–1	66.7
Izzet Blitzkrieg	5–11	31.3
Chancellor of the Forge Combo	0–1	0.0
Hushnought	4–2	66.7
Liquimetal Fishing	4–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	8–6	57.1
Goblin Persist	8–6	57.1
Aggro-Control	15–14	51.7
Izzet Tempo	4–5	44.4
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Blue Madness	2–1	66.7
Simic Madness	2–1	66.7
Wizards	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Tempo	3–3	50.0
Mono Blue Faeries	0–3	0.0
Izzet Spells	1–1	50.0
Dimir Tempo	1–1	50.0
Combo-Control	22–14	61.1
Mindcrank	6–7	46.2
Dragoncrank	2–0	100.0
Lich's Mastery	2–2	50.0
Hive Mind	2–0	100.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Plasma Swans	4–3	57.1
Mass Land Destruction	7–1	87.5
Wildfire	7–1	87.5
Thryx-Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	6–1	85.7
Midrange	61–35	63.5
The Rock	4–1	80.0
Golgari Citadel	1–0	100.0
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Value Town	1–0	100.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	15–3	83.3
Graveyard Value	7–4	63.6
Séance	2–2	50.0
Varolz Dreadnought	4–2	66.7
Allies	1–1	50.0
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	0–4	0.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Vampires	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	4–1	80.0
Big Red	4–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–8	27.3
Mono Black Devotion	3–8	27.3
Dimir Midrange	0–4	0.0
Angel Tribal	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–0	100.0
Adventures	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–2	50.0
Owling Mine	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	3–3	50.0
Esper Hero	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Hero	0–1	0.0
Ramp	19–15	55.9
Villainous Wealth	1–0	100.0
Rofellos Ramp	2–4	33.3
Cloudpost Ramp	14–9	60.9
Greenpost	12–9	57.1
Simic Post	1–0	100.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	1–1	50.0
Historic Bloom	0–1	0.0
Applejacks	1–1	50.0