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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.

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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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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.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	1755	3155–3004	51.2	15	170	68
Mono Black Aggro	120	221–212	51.0	1	19	1
Heroic	182	375–301	55.5	4	20	12
Mono White Heroic	139	308–210	59.5	3	16	10
Azorius Heroic	15	21–48	30.4	0	1
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1	0–1	0.0
Boros Heroic	26	43–40	51.8	1	3	2
Red Deck Wins	380	803–580	58.1	2	46	32
Mono Red Devotion	3	3–5	37.5
Goblins	23	27–50	35.1	0	1
Tokens	39	61–63	49.2
Selesnya Tokens	11	9–22	29.0
Mono White Tokens	24	45–35	56.3
Mono Green Stompy	91	166–157	51.4	2	9	4
White Weenie	117	242–203	54.4	2	15	6
Quest for the Holy Relic	6	10–10	50.0
Soldiers	3	5–9	35.7
Kithkin	1	1–1	50.0
Chroma White	5	8–10	44.4
Elves	116	201–225	47.2	0	8	1
Werewolves	22	24–58	29.3
Warriors	5	6–10	37.5
Selesnya Little Kid	11	13–16	44.8	0	2
Rogues	13	20–27	42.6
Zombies	9	5–16	23.8
Gruul Aggro	48	92–84	52.3			1
Gruul Landfall	9	10–20	33.3
Merfolk	41	34–64	34.7
Mono Red Swarm	1	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	248	403–436	48.0	3	30	2
Affinity	178	281–305	48.0	3	26	2
Hush-finity	20	35–32	52.2	0	1	1
Salvage Titan	7	5–16	23.8
Tempered Steel	54	102–100	50.5	0	4
Mono Blue Architect	8	15–14	51.7
Mono Blue Aggro	6	3–10	23.1
Illusions	6	3–10	23.1
Madness	25	38–49	43.7			2
Gruul Madness	1	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Madness	24	38–48	44.2			2
Voltron	29	39–62	38.6	0	6
Hexproof	18	26–39	40.0	0	2
Equipment Aggro	9	13–21	38.2	0	4
Slivers	31	54–53	50.5	0	3	1
Naya Zoo	3	3–3	50.0
Knights	39	74–72	50.7	0	1	1
AggroSlide	38	82–60	57.7	1	7	1
Cats	10	11–17	39.3			1
Selesnya Cats	7	9–10	47.4			1
Rakdos Aggro	41	75–59	56.0			2
Boros Aggro	23	31–41	43.1	0	2
Humans	3	4–4	50.0
Shamans	3	2–6	25.0
Brushwaggs	18	22–28	44.0	0	1	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	543–543	50.0
Mono Black Aggro	41–43	48.8
Heroic	55–76	42.0
Mono White Heroic	34–60	36.2
Azorius Heroic	10–3	76.9
Boros Heroic	10–11	47.6
Red Deck Wins	120–114	51.3
Mono Red Devotion	1–0	100.0
Goblins	8–1	88.9
Tokens	8–13	38.1
Selesnya Tokens	2–1	66.7
Mono White Tokens	5–10	33.3
Mono Green Stompy	26–30	46.4
White Weenie	45–52	46.4
Quest for the Holy Relic	2–2	50.0
Soldiers	5–2	71.4
Kithkin	0–1	0.0
Chroma White	1–0	100.0
Elves	35–41	46.1
Werewolves	13–3	81.3
Warriors	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	3–3	50.0
Rogues	6–1	85.7
Zombies	5–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	16–12	57.1
Gruul Landfall	2–2	50.0
Merfolk	9–6	60.0
Artifact Aggro	62–71	46.6
Affinity	43–49	46.7
Hush-finity	9–3	75.0
Salvage Titan	2–1	66.7
Tempered Steel	14–18	43.8
Mono Blue Architect	3–3	50.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Illusions	1–0	100.0
Madness	7–2	77.8
Rakdos Madness	7–2	77.8
Voltron	18–9	66.7
Hexproof	12–6	66.7
Equipment Aggro	6–3	66.7
Slivers	7–7	50.0
Naya Zoo	1–1	50.0
Knights	9–16	36.0
AggroSlide	13–21	38.2
Cats	5–1	83.3
Selesnya Cats	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Aggro	10–9	52.6
Boros Aggro	6–4	60.0
Humans	1–0	100.0
Shamans	1–0	100.0
Brushwaggs	4–6	40.0
Combo	533–612	46.6
Storm	184–182	50.3
Sultai Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tendrils	92–103	47.2
Dark Tide	13–19	40.6
Dragonstorm	5–4	55.6
Hazoret Storm	10–15	40.0
Simic Storm	11–20	35.5
Citadel Storm	5–1	83.3
High Tide	2–0	100.0
Grixis Tendrils	4–7	36.4
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	2–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	38–22	63.3
Song Storm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	43–23	65.2
Recurring Nightmare	39–22	63.9
Dragon Nightmare	4–2	66.7
Traditional Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Dimir Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	3–3	50.0
Warp World	7–5	58.3
Maniac Combo	0–2	0.0
Hypergenesis	18–30	37.5
New Perspectives	2–0	100.0
Runeflare	16–3	84.2
Jeskai Ascendancy	26–18	59.1
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	7–3	70.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	19–15	55.9
Umbral Mantle	4–2	66.7
"Twin"	1–1	50.0
Metalwork Colossus	7–3	70.0
Anvil Colossus	5–3	62.5
Seismic Swans	8–3	72.7
Heartless Summoning Combo	2–2	50.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	5–6	45.5
Retraction Helix Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	16–7	69.6
Izzet Ascension	5–1	83.3
Ominous Good	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	8–11	42.1
Breakfast	96–246	28.1
Oops All Spells	92–244	27.4
Unctus	4–2	66.7
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Dredge	3–3	50.0
Polymorph	8–2	80.0
Storm Herald	8–4	66.7
Enduring Ideal	2–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	18–24	42.9
Ad Swanseam	0–1	0.0
Chain of Acid	2–2	50.0
Intruder Alarm	6–1	85.7
Calibrated Blast	4–1	80.0
Restore Balance	9–8	52.9
Gyruda	3–3	50.0
Belcher	8–9	47.1
Control	578–492	54.0
Mono Black Control	3–3	50.0
Esper Control	46–25	64.8
Mono Blue Control	5–0	100.0
Dimir Control	23–13	63.9
Dreadful Inspiration	2–1	66.7
Azorius Control	138–188	42.3
Cawblade	4–10	28.6
Turbo Fog	3–0	100.0
Izzet Control	5–2	71.4
Mill	8–2	80.0
Boros Control	4–4	50.0
Cloudpost Control	25–20	55.6
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–3	25.0
Blackpost	3–7	30.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	17–9	65.4
Izzet Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	3–0	100.0
Grixis Control	18–10	64.3
Cruel Control	2–0	100.0
Stax	27–24	52.9
Jeskai Control	3–1	75.0
Dragon Control	8–2	80.0
Izzet Dragons	4–2	66.7
Ponza	36–17	67.9
Mono White Control	26–39	40.0
Life is Ez	4–8	33.3
Cycling Control	84–62	57.5
Astral Slide	84–62	57.5
Five Color Control	16–6	72.7
Five Color Collected Conjuring	2–0	100.0
Shrines	3–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	4–2	66.7
Bant Control	5–2	71.4
Pox	26–8	76.5
Enchantments Control	5–5	50.0
Seasons Past Control	25–8	75.8
Orzhov Control	24–21	53.3
Prison	10–28	26.3
Enchantress	7–20	25.9
Aggro-Combo	320–321	49.9
Aristocrats	25–44	36.2
Mono Black Aristocrats	4–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	5–15	25.0
Golgari Aristocrats	2–5	28.6
Abzan Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Mardu Aristocrats	2–6	25.0
Food	2–2	50.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	3–2	60.0
Boros Bombardment	6–9	40.0
Burn	43–38	53.1
Infect	68–58	54.0
Simic Infect	53–50	51.5
Blazing Shoal Infect	8–1	88.9
Golgari Infect	0–2	0.0
Turbo Myth	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	131–129	50.4
Izzet Dreadnought	58–57	50.4
Mono Blue Dreadnought	65–67	49.2
Izzet Blitzkrieg	2–0	100.0
Hushnought	23–36	39.0
Liquimetal Fishing	8–1	88.9
Combo Goblins	18–15	54.5
Dirty Kitty	18–15	54.5
Aggro-Control	176–128	57.9
Izzet Tempo	70–60	53.8
Azorius Skies	3–4	42.9
Blue Madness	5–1	83.3
Simic Madness	2–0	100.0
Temur Madness	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Wizards	15–4	78.9
Ninjas	29–21	58.0
Mono Blue Tempo	21–23	47.7
Mono Blue Faeries	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Librarians	4–3	57.1
Izzet Spells	4–3	57.1
Dimir Tempo	7–2	77.8
Ensoul Aggro-Control	5–5	50.0
Combo-Control	307–259	54.2
Curses	12–13	48.0
Battle of Wits	58–27	68.2
Shared Fate	2–0	100.0
Mindcrank	24–33	42.1
Displace Loop	2–1	66.7
Familiars	2–1	66.7
Hedron Alignment	3–0	100.0
Hive Mind	2–3	40.0
Solar Flare	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	7–3	70.0
Mass Land Destruction	176–163	51.9
Wildfire	7–4	63.6
Borderpost Wildfire	1–2	33.3
Jokulhaups Control	169–159	51.5
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	47–34	58.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	19–25	43.2
Temur Jokulhaups Control	35–32	52.2
Jund Jokulhaups Control	4–4	50.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	12–8	60.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	21–32	39.6
Archfiend Alteration	5–11	31.3
Resurgent Belief	9–4	69.2
Midrange	549–549	50.0
The Rock	19–20	48.7
Grenzo	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	29–13	69.0
Selesnya Midrange	3–2	60.0
Jund	24–19	55.8
Blink	12–9	57.1
Anti-Persecution	2–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	10–8	55.6
Séance	1–1	50.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	8–3	72.7
Allies	6–13	31.6
Orzhov Allies	1–4	20.0
Azorius Allies	3–2	60.0
Fake-Rack	25–13	65.8
Mardu Midrange	1–7	12.5
Vampires	5–3	62.5
Mono Black Vampires	2–2	50.0
Rakdos Vampires	2–1	66.7
Legends Midrange	6–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	13–12	52.0
Naya Midrange	7–1	87.5
Big Red	14–5	73.7
Mono Black Midrange	18–8	69.2
Mono Black Devotion	6–5	54.5
Dimir Midrange	9–1	90.0
Angel Tribal	3–5	37.5
Toughness Matters	15–10	60.0
Lifegain Midrange	34–46	42.5
Martyr's Grace	32–46	41.0
Sultai Midrange	6–0	100.0
Fight Rigging	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	114–143	44.4
Orzhov Capenna	10–17	37.0
Owling Mine	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Midrange	4–8	33.3
Heartless Summoning Stompy	7–7	50.0
Ordealbreak	1–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–0	100.0
Mythic Colossification	1–1	50.0
Party	3–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	39–68	36.4
Mardu Hero	14–41	25.5
Orzhov Hero	1–1	50.0
Five Color Hero	22–21	51.2
Naya Hero	0–4	0.0
Boros Hero	1–0	100.0
Clerics	0–2	0.0
Artifact Midrange	63–95	39.9
Coinflip Tribal	6–5	54.5
Death Cloud	10–4	71.4
Ramp	148–100	59.7
Cloudpost Ramp	101–72	58.4
Golgari Post	3–3	50.0
Greenpost	90–60	60.0
Gruul Post	0–6	0.0
Simic Post	7–3	70.0
Domain	5–0	100.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	7–7	50.0
Defenders	2–1	66.7
Carth Superfriends	8–2	80.0
Jund Carth	2–0	100.0
Applejacks	2–1	66.7
Unclassified	1–0	100.0