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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.

The next rotation is in 14 weeks, 1 day.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Combo-Control	112	241–206	53.9	6	54
Curses	1	0–3	0.0
Battle of Wits	1	0–2	0.0
Mindcrank	16	44–33	57.1	1	8
Yosei Vat	1	0–2	0.0
Hive Mind	1	3–2	60.0	0	1
Plasma Swans	4	7–7	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	88	187–157	54.4	5	45
Wildfire	4	11–8	57.9	0	3
Jokulhaups Control	84	176–149	54.2	5	42
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	63	142–112	55.9	5	32
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	1	1–1	50.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	3	5–6	45.5
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	9	12–17	41.4	0	5
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	6	14–10	58.3	0	4

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	36–48	42.9
Mono Black Aggro	2–2	50.0
Heroic	5–4	55.6
Mono White Heroic	3–1	75.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–3	25.0
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	6–13	31.6
Goblins	1–6	14.3
Tokens	3–1	75.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	10–12	45.5
White Weenie	1–1	50.0
Elves	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	4–2	66.7
Affinity	3–2	60.0
Tempered Steel	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Jund Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	0–1	0.0
Hexproof	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	2–4	33.3
Shamans	1–0	100.0
Combo	37–21	63.8
Storm	2–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–0	100.0
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	2–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	2–5	28.6
Soulflayer	2–1	66.7
Breakfast	22–14	61.1
Oops All Spells	22–14	61.1
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Dredge	2–0	100.0
Dice Factory	0–1	0.0
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
Control	39–18	68.4
Dimir Control	2–4	33.3
Azorius Control	7–6	53.8
Cawblade	2–2	50.0
Turbo Fog	2–1	66.7
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Grixis Control	5–2	71.4
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	2–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	2–0	100.0
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	3–0	100.0
Life is Ez	3–0	100.0
Cycling Control	6–5	54.5
Astral Slide	6–5	54.5
Seasons Past Control	4–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	39–45	46.4
Aristocrats	3–9	25.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–5	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Food	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Boros Bombardment	0–1	0.0
Burn	1–4	20.0
Infect	5–5	50.0
Simic Infect	3–4	42.9
Blazing Shoal Infect	2–1	66.7
Trickbind Dreadnought	4–1	80.0
Izzet Dreadnought	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	2–1	66.7
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Hushnought	11–17	39.3
Combo Goblins	14–9	60.9
Goblin Persist	14–9	60.9
Aggro-Control	16–9	64.0
Izzet Tempo	6–2	75.0
Azorius Skies	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–2	0.0
Dimir Tempo	6–1	85.7
Ensoul Aggro-Control	3–3	50.0
Combo-Control	41–41	50.0
Battle of Wits	2–0	100.0
Mindcrank	5–6	45.5
Hive Mind	0–2	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	34–33	50.7
Wildfire	0–4	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	34–29	54.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	29–23	55.8
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	2–3	40.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	2–2	50.0
Midrange	21–17	55.3
The Rock	2–1	66.7
Golgari Citadel	2–0	100.0
Blink	3–1	75.0
Graveyard Value	1–2	33.3
Séance	1–1	50.0
Varolz Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Allies	1–1	50.0
Boros Allies	0–1	0.0
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–1	75.0
Mono Black Devotion	3–1	75.0
Dimir Midrange	1–4	20.0
Angel Tribal	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–2	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	5–4	55.6
Orzhov Hero	5–4	55.6
Ramp	12–7	63.2
Rofellos Ramp	1–2	33.3
Cloudpost Ramp	11–5	68.8
Greenpost	1–0	100.0
Gruul Post	9–5	64.3
Simic Post	1–0	100.0