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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.

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-Combo	852	1701–1332	56.1	14	83	58
Aristocrats	184	301–321	48.4	1	3	6
Mono Black Aristocrats	59	104–96	52.0	1	1	3
Orzhov Aristocrats	38	69–74	48.3			1
Golgari Aristocrats	7	4–13	23.5
Abzan Aristocrats	2	1–7	12.5
Food	62	94–112	45.6	0	1	1
Rakdos Aristocrats	4	12–4	75.0	0	1	1
Boros Bombardment	7	13–8	61.9
Burn	72	143–105	57.7	0	5	8
Infect	118	217–185	54.0	1	14	11
Simic Infect	69	140–112	55.6	1	9	8
Blazing Shoal Infect	46	77–70	52.4	0	5	3
Trickbind Dreadnought	30	63–36	63.6	2	7	2
Izzet Dreadnought	6	12–12	50.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	24	51–24	68.0	2	7	2
Izzet Blitzkrieg	47	73–75	49.3	0	3	2
Hushnought	182	454–254	64.1	8	35	17
Liquimetal Fishing	58	84–104	44.7			2
Combo Goblins	140	329–218	60.1	2	16	10
Goblin Persist	139	329–217	60.3	2	16	10

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	334–293	53.3
Mono Black Aggro	13–7	65.0
Heroic	37–25	59.7
Mono White Heroic	13–3	81.3
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	21–19	52.5
Boros Heroic	3–3	50.0
Red Deck Wins	44–53	45.4
Goblins	22–26	45.8
Tokens	11–6	64.7
Selesnya Tokens	5–4	55.6
Mono White Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	45–35	56.3
White Weenie	13–20	39.4
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–3	0.0
Soldiers	3–0	100.0
Elves	14–10	58.3
Werewolves	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–1	50.0
Rogues	2–0	100.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	3–1	75.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	70–51	57.9
Affinity	51–36	58.6
Tempered Steel	8–4	66.7
Mono Blue Architect	11–11	50.0
Mono Blue Aggro	0–1	0.0
Madness	8–4	66.7
Golgari Madness	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Madness	7–1	87.5
Jund Madness	0–2	0.0
Voltron	13–14	48.1
Hexproof	10–11	47.6
Equipment Aggro	3–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	0–3	0.0
Slivers	0–1	0.0
Naya Zoo	3–1	75.0
Knights	14–12	53.8
AggroSlide	9–16	36.0
Cats	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Cats	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Humans	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Humans	1–2	33.3
Shamans	4–2	66.7
Combo	239–163	59.5
Storm	24–11	68.6
Hazoret Storm	3–1	75.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Stormpost	1–1	50.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–1	50.0
Izzet Storm	8–5	61.5
Swath Storm	1–0	100.0
Song Storm	4–2	66.7
Oriss Genesis	4–3	57.1
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–10	16.7
Dubious Challenge	4–0	100.0
Warp World	6–2	75.0
Maniac Combo	4–1	80.0
Hypergenesis	2–0	100.0
Runeflare	2–0	100.0
Splendid Reclamation Combo	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	2–1	66.7
Anvil Colossus	2–1	66.7
Eggs	8–1	88.9
Taking Turns	4–1	80.0
Izzet Ascension	36–30	54.5
Ominous Good	4–1	80.0
Soulflayer	14–14	50.0
Breakfast	64–60	51.6
Oops All Spells	64–60	51.6
Oops All Lands	4–1	80.0
Dredge	13–5	72.2
Polymorph	7–2	77.8
Dice Factory	3–2	60.0
Storm Herald	5–6	45.5
Enduring Ideal	3–4	42.9
GreenTwin	4–1	80.0
Calibrated Blast	9–5	64.3
Restore Balance	4–1	80.0
Control	210–174	54.7
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	14–15	48.3
Demonic Rising	2–5	28.6
Mono Blue Control	2–1	66.7
Dimir Control	16–15	51.6
Azorius Control	47–61	43.5
Cawblade	17–22	43.6
Turbo Fog	14–5	73.7
Izzet Control	7–1	87.5
Mardu Control	5–0	100.0
Mill	9–1	90.0
Boros Control	3–3	50.0
Cloudpost Control	18–13	58.1
Azorius Cloudpost Control	4–0	100.0
Blackpost	4–4	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	9–8	52.9
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	6–6	50.0
Cruel Control	2–1	66.7
Stax	1–0	100.0
Chandra Nalaar	0–3	0.0
Jeskai Control	1–2	33.3
Dragon Control	3–2	60.0
Izzet Dragons	3–2	60.0
Ponza	17–10	63.0
Mono White Control	7–5	58.3
Life is Ez	2–3	40.0
Cycling Control	15–10	60.0
Astral Slide	14–10	58.3
Five Color Control	3–1	75.0
Shrines	3–0	100.0
Sultai Control	0–1	0.0
Sultai Ultimatum	0–1	0.0
Bant Control	1–2	33.3
Seasons Past Control	8–8	50.0
Orzhov Control	1–2	33.3
Prison	2–2	50.0
Enchantress	2–2	50.0
Aggro-Combo	227–227	50.0
Aristocrats	47–41	53.4
Mono Black Aristocrats	17–20	45.9
Orzhov Aristocrats	9–11	45.0
Food	16–6	72.7
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Boros Bombardment	3–2	60.0
Burn	16–28	36.4
Infect	27–29	48.2
Simic Infect	15–14	51.7
Blazing Shoal Infect	12–15	44.4
Trickbind Dreadnought	8–10	44.4
Izzet Dreadnought	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Dreadnought	7–8	46.7
Izzet Blitzkrieg	7–5	58.3
Hushnought	49–65	43.0
Liquimetal Fishing	21–5	80.8
Combo Goblins	46–38	54.8
Goblin Persist	46–38	54.8
Aggro-Control	126–83	60.3
Simic Flash	1–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	37–27	57.8
Azorius Skies	7–5	58.3
Blue Madness	2–4	33.3
Simic Madness	2–4	33.3
Lich Aggro-Control	1–1	50.0
Wizards	5–0	100.0
Ninjas	1–3	25.0
Mono Blue Tempo	17–6	73.9
Dimir Tempo	25–13	65.8
Ensoul Aggro-Control	19–19	50.0
Azorius Tempo	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	194–184	51.3
Curses	3–0	100.0
Burning Vengeance	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	4–3	57.1
Pickles	1–2	33.3
Mindcrank	33–38	46.5
Yosei Vat	2–0	100.0
Hive Mind	9–9	50.0
Zur's Weirding	1–1	50.0
Plasma Swans	1–6	14.3
Mass Land Destruction	138–125	52.5
Wildfire	29–19	60.4
Borderpost Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Jokulhaups Control	109–106	50.7
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	67–70	48.9
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	3–3	50.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	9–5	64.3
Jund Jokulhaups Control	4–5	44.4
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	16–14	53.3
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	9–6	60.0
Resurgent Belief	1–0	100.0
Midrange	244–139	63.7
Temur Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
The Rock	8–5	61.5
Golgari Citadel	6–1	85.7
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	7–2	77.8
Blink	42–18	70.0
Graveyard Value	11–10	52.4
Séance	4–3	57.1
Varolz Dreadnought	3–7	30.0
Enchantments Matter	5–8	38.5
Allies	7–3	70.0
Orzhov Allies	2–0	100.0
Boros Allies	4–3	57.1
Mardu Midrange	4–2	66.7
Vampires	8–1	88.9
Mono Black Vampires	6–1	85.7
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Legends	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Midrange	12–6	66.7
Big Red	7–2	77.8
Mono Black Midrange	9–2	81.8
Mono Black Devotion	6–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	14–5	73.7
Dimir Vat	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	1–1	50.0
Lifegain Midrange	6–5	54.5
Martyr's Grace	5–4	55.6
Adventures	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	7–8	46.7
Jeskai Midrange	6–4	60.0
Ordealbreak	1–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–0	100.0
Mythic Colossification	4–1	80.0
Fires of Invention	16–8	66.7
Hero of Precinct One	26–27	49.1
Mardu Hero	3–0	100.0
Esper Hero	4–0	100.0
Orzhov Hero	19–26	42.2
Boros Hero	0–1	0.0
Simic Snow	1–0	100.0
Coinflip Tribal	7–1	87.5
Death Cloud	1–3	25.0
Ramp	124–69	64.2
Villainous Wealth	2–1	66.7
Rofellos Ramp	38–28	57.6
Cloudpost Ramp	65–36	64.4
Greenpost	20–9	69.0
Gruul Post	32–26	55.2
Simic Post	13–1	92.9
Sarkhan's Unsealing Ramp	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	6–1	85.7
Applejacks	2–1	66.7
Unclassified	3–0	100.0