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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.
How do I find or brew a decklist?

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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How do I get a game and find other Penny Dreadful players?

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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How do I enter the league?

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.

Top 8 finishers on each month's league leaderboard win credit with Cardhoarder.

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

They are hosted on Gatherling along with a lot of other player-run Magic Online events.

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What happens if a card goes above 2¢? How does rotation work? When is the next rotation? How long are cards legal for?

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, 5 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro-Combo	367	669–605–1	52.5	4	35	20
Aristocrats	39	64–63	50.4	0	7	2
Mono Black Aristocrats	2	3–2	60.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	4	9–4	69.2
Golgari Aristocrats	1	0–1	0.0
Mardu Aristocrats	7	11–12	47.8	0	1
Rakdos Aristocrats	21	36–36	50.0	0	5	2
Boros Bombardment	3	3–5	37.5	0	1
Burn	29	49–45	52.1	0	1	2
Infect	52	54–109	33.1
Blazing Shoal Infect	7	4–12	25.0
Golgari Infect	3	6–4	60.0
Mono Black Infect	1	0–2	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	183	398–273	59.3	3	21	14
Izzet Dreadnought	21	62–25	71.3	0	2	4
Mono Blue Dreadnought	145	303–219	58.0	3	18	10
Izzet Blitzkrieg	9	16–16	50.0	0	1
Hushnought	41	71–73–1	49.3	1	5	2
Liquimetal Fishing	9	9–17	34.6
Combo Goblins	4	5–7	41.7
Dirty Kitty	4	5–7	41.7

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	137–133–1	50.7
Mono Black Aggro	4–2	66.7
Heroic	8–4	66.7
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–2	33.3
Boros Heroic	7–2	77.8
Red Deck Wins	15–19	44.1
Goblins	2–2	50.0
Tokens	3–7	30.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono White Tokens	2–6	25.0
Mono Green Stompy	8–12	40.0
White Weenie	28–39–1	41.8
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–1	0.0
Soldiers	0–2	0.0
Elves	18–17	51.4
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Rogues	1–1	50.0
Zombies	1–1	50.0
Gruul Aggro	2–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	3–3	50.0
Artifact Aggro	28–14	66.7
Affinity	20–8	71.4
Tempered Steel	5–6	45.5
Mono Blue Architect	2–0	100.0
Devoid Aggro	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	6–3	66.7
Hexproof	3–1	75.0
Equipment Aggro	1–1	50.0
Hateful Auras	2–1	66.7
Knights	2–0	100.0
AggroSlide	1–3	25.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	2–5	28.6
Combo	154–121	56.0
Storm	58–64	47.5
Dragonstorm	7–2	77.8
High Tide	46–59	43.8
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	2–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	3–3	50.0
Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Warp World	3–1	75.0
Hypergenesis	7–2	77.8
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	3–5	37.5
Retraction Helix Combo	0–1	0.0
Izzet Ascension	1–1	50.0
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	11–7	61.1
Oops All Spells	3–4	42.9
Unctus	8–3	72.7
Dredge	38–23	62.3
Polymorph	5–2	71.4
GreenTwin	1–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	2–0	100.0
Restore Balance	1–1	50.0
Gyruda	2–1	66.7
Belcher	16–13	55.2
Control	77–68	53.1
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	1–2	33.3
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	1–2	33.3
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	4–6	40.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	0–4	0.0
Mill	4–2	66.7
Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Blackpost	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–3	25.0
Stax	5–3	62.5
Ponza	2–0	100.0
Mono White Control	8–13	38.1
Life is Ez	1–3	25.0
Cycling Control	4–1	80.0
Astral Slide	4–1	80.0
Five Color Control	2–0	100.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–0	100.0
Shrines	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	2–0	100.0
Pox	11–5	68.8
Enchantments Control	5–7	41.7
Orzhov Control	14–14	50.0
Prison	7–6	53.8
Enchantress	6–6	50.0
Aggro-Combo	55–55	50.0
Aristocrats	5–4	55.6
Mardu Aristocrats	4–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–4	20.0
Burn	8–4	66.7
Infect	8–5	61.5
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	22–36	37.9
Izzet Dreadnought	5–8	38.5
Mono Blue Dreadnought	14–25	35.9
Izzet Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Hushnought	8–5	61.5
Liquimetal Fishing	2–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	1–0	100.0
Dirty Kitty	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	47–43	52.2
Simic Flash	2–1	66.7
Izzet Tempo	12–12	50.0
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	0–2	0.0
Wizards	5–5	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	4–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	3–2	60.0
Dimir Tempo	14–13	51.9
Azorius Tempo	2–2	50.0
Combo-Control	59–49	54.6
Battle of Wits	7–4	63.6
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Liliana's Contract	4–1	80.0
Mass Land Destruction	19–12	61.3
Wildfire	2–1	66.7
Jokulhaups Control	17–11	60.7
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	3–0	100.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	4–4	50.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Thopter-Sword	25–32	43.9
Azorius Thopter-Sword	11–14	44.0
Dimir Thopter-Sword	9–10	47.4
Esper Thopter-Sword	3–6	33.3
Resurgent Belief	2–0	100.0
Midrange	111–121	47.8
The Rock	4–3	57.1
Grenzo	1–1	50.0
Abzan Midrange	2–6	25.0
Selesnya Midrange	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Value Town	1–0	100.0
Jund	3–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	6–5	54.5
Séance	1–3	25.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Allies	4–2	66.7
Fake-Rack	4–2	66.7
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	4–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	4–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–1	66.7
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	17–13	56.7
Mono Black Devotion	5–6	45.5
Angel Tribal	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–11	15.4
Martyr's Grace	2–11	15.4
Adventures	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	5–2	71.4
Fight Rigging	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Midrange	21–51	29.2
Owling Mine	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Midrange	3–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	0–6	0.0
Abzan Hero	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Hero	0–3	0.0
Clerics	2–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	8–5	61.5
Coinflip Tribal	5–1	83.3
Ramp	29–15	65.9
Cloudpost Ramp	20–10	66.7
Eldrazipost	1–0	100.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	1–1	50.0
Greenpost	9–4	69.2
Gruul Post	5–3	62.5
Simic Post	3–2	60.0
Defenders	0–1	0.0
Carth Superfriends	3–1	75.0
Jund Carth	2–0	100.0