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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.

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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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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	1192	2039–2073	49.6	12	155	54
Mono Black Aggro	12	13–26	33.3
Heroic	70	108–108	50.0	1	6	5
Mono White Heroic	7	16–9	64.0			1
Azorius Heroic	1	1–4	20.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2	1–1	50.0
Boros Heroic	14	14–20	41.2	0	1
Selesnya Heroic	46	76–74	50.7	1	5	4
Red Deck Wins	230	419–395	51.5	3	31	11
Mono Red Devotion	8	6–7	46.2
Goblins	88	141–149	48.6	1	5	2
Tokens	11	6–17	26.1
Selesnya Tokens	4	3–4	42.9
Mono White Tokens	5	2–9	18.2
Mono Green Stompy	24	43–38	53.1			2
White Weenie	48	69–98	41.3	0	3
Quest for the Holy Relic	4	9–10	47.4
Soldiers	3	0–4	0.0
Kithkin	5	4–13	23.5
Chroma White	7	8–16	33.3
Elves	106	189–191	49.7	0	4	4
Warriors	1	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	17	25–34	42.4
Selesnya Counters	14	22–30	42.3
Zombies	3	2–8	20.0
Gruul Aggro	71	131–123	51.6	0	8	7
Merfolk	5	3–9	25.0
Artifact Aggro	83	134–132	50.4	3	14	2
Affinity	34	47–58	44.8	0	2
Tempered Steel	46	83–71	53.9	3	11	2
Mono Blue Architect	2	4–2	66.7	0	1
Madness	8	21–13	61.8			1
Golgari Madness	7	20–13	60.6			1
Jund Madness	1	1–0	100.0
Voltron	15	22–36	37.9	1	4
Hexproof	5	8–12	40.0
Equipment Aggro	10	14–24	36.8	1	4
Slivers	1	0–3	0.0
Naya Zoo	3	7–5	58.3
Knights	27	31–50	38.3	0	2	1
AggroSlide	35	85–59	59.0	0	9	2
Cats	11	23–19	54.8	0	2	1
Selesnya Cats	11	23–19	54.8	0	2	1
Rakdos Aggro	31	22–62	26.2	0	4
Boros Aggro	23	19–31	38.0	0	1
Humans	7	0–11	0.0
Jeskai Humans	1	0–2	0.0
Legends Aggro	259	520–451	53.6	3	62	15
Boros Legends Aggro	214	460–366	55.7	3	61	13
Selesnya Legends Aggro	18	29–39	42.6	0	1	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	496–496	50.0
Mono Black Aggro	5–1	83.3
Heroic	20–25	44.4
Mono White Heroic	2–4	33.3
Azorius Heroic	2–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	4–6	40.0
Selesnya Heroic	12–15	44.4
Red Deck Wins	93–121	43.5
Goblins	32–22	59.3
Tokens	3–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	3–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	7–9	43.8
White Weenie	31–15	67.4
Quest for the Holy Relic	4–0	100.0
Soldiers	2–0	100.0
Kithkin	2–0	100.0
Chroma White	4–0	100.0
Elves	44–51	46.3
Selesnya Little Kid	7–4	63.6
Selesnya Counters	5–3	62.5
Gruul Aggro	22–38	36.7
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	35–37	48.6
Affinity	17–10	63.0
Tempered Steel	16–25	39.0
Mono Blue Architect	2–2	50.0
Madness	1–2	33.3
Golgari Madness	1–2	33.3
Voltron	14–9	60.9
Hexproof	4–3	57.1
Equipment Aggro	10–6	62.5
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	0–5	0.0
Knights	13–10	56.5
AggroSlide	17–24	41.5
Cats	6–2	75.0
Selesnya Cats	6–2	75.0
Rakdos Aggro	17–4	81.0
Boros Aggro	5–8	38.5
Humans	4–0	100.0
Jeskai Humans	2–0	100.0
Legends Aggro	116–108	51.8
Boros Legends Aggro	97–92	51.3
Selesnya Legends Aggro	9–8	52.9
Combo	347–334	51.0
Storm	106–116	47.7
Dragonstorm	12–10	54.5
Hazoret Storm	14–4	77.8
High Tide	75–102	42.4
Grixis Tendrils	3–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	2–0	100.0
Reanimator	48–49	49.5
Worldgorger Dragon	10–12	45.5
Starlit Graves	4–3	57.1
Traditional Reanimator	30–28	51.7
Dimir Reanimator	3–2	60.0
Mono Black Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Oriss Genesis	4–6	40.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	5–9	35.7
Hypergenesis	2–2	50.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	7–2	77.8
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	7–2	77.8
Umbral Mantle	1–1	50.0
Metalwork Colossus	3–2	60.0
Anvil Colossus	1–0	100.0
Upheaval Colossus	1–0	100.0
Eggs	6–4	60.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–1	50.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	3–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	32–30	51.6
Retraction Helix Combo	3–0	100.0
Taking Turns	4–1	80.0
Soulflayer	4–4	50.0
Reanim8 Rack	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	2–0	100.0
Oops All Spells	2–0	100.0
Dredge	2–0	100.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	9–4	69.2
Enduring Ideal	5–9	35.7
Chain of Acid	1–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	4–5	44.4
Calibrated Blast	1–2	33.3
Restore Balance	0–1	0.0
Gyruda	26–30	46.4
Belcher	2–3	40.0
Endless Belch	2–0	100.0
Tameshi Bloom	46–42	52.3
Possibility Storm	7–8	46.7
Control	380–417	47.7
Mono Black Control	1–2	33.3
Esper Control	47–62	43.1
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	2–2	50.0
Dimir Control	25–27	48.1
Azorius Control	29–61	32.2
Turbo Fog	0–1	0.0
Izzet Control	6–4	60.0
Mardu Control	1–3	25.0
Mill	3–1	75.0
Cloudpost Control	86–70	55.1
Blackpost	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	22–12	64.7
Dimir Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	19–5	79.2
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	30–43	41.1
Grixis Control	9–1	90.0
Cruel Control	3–0	100.0
Stax	21–20	51.2
Jeskai Control	6–4	60.0
Dragon Control	10–24	29.4
Izzet Dragons	6–19	24.0
Esper Dragons	3–3	50.0
Ponza	23–15	60.5
Mono White Control	9–10	47.4
Cycling Control	0–1	0.0
Five Color Control	13–9	59.1
Five Color Collected Conjuring	2–0	100.0
Bant Control	14–10	58.3
Pox	10–3	76.9
Seasons Past Control	26–30	46.4
Orzhov Control	15–25	37.5
Prison	20–30	40.0
Enchantress	13–24	35.1
Aggro-Combo	75–103	42.1
Aristocrats	21–7	75.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	9–3	75.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Food	8–1	88.9
Rakdos Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Burn	13–5	72.2
Infect	38–85	30.9
Blazing Shoal Infect	6–6	50.0
Golgari Infect	29–79	26.9
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Combo Goblins	2–5	28.6
Goblin Persist	2–5	28.6
Aggro-Control	79–55	59.0
Simic Flash	9–2	81.8
Izzet Tempo	11–7	61.1
Blue Madness	2–1	66.7
Simic Madness	2–1	66.7
Wizards	8–8	50.0
Ninjas	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	7–15	31.8
Izzet Spells	8–2	80.0
Dimir Tempo	25–13	65.8
Dimir Faeries	22–13	62.9
Combo-Control	104–108	49.1
Burning Vengeance	1–1	50.0
Battle of Wits	32–19	62.7
Pickles	4–1	80.0
Displace Loop	3–2	60.0
Familiars	3–2	60.0
Yosei Vat	8–6	57.1
Hive Mind	9–12	42.9
Zur's Weirding	3–8	27.3
Solar Flare	39–54	41.9
Mass Land Destruction	2–5	28.6
Wildfire	2–5	28.6
Resurgent Belief	2–0	100.0
Midrange	442–484	47.7
Temur Ascendancy	3–2	60.0
The Rock	9–9	50.0
Grenzo	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	19–18	51.4
Selesnya Midrange	2–1	66.7
Jund	32–31	50.8
Blink	80–141	36.2
Wave Blink	56–97	36.6
Azorius Wave	39–66	37.1
Orzhov Wave	14–29	32.6
Abzan Wave	2–1	66.7
Bant Wave	1–1	50.0
Acid Trip	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Wave Blink	13–38	25.5
Graveyard Value	25–24	51.0
Séance	1–2	33.3
Enchantments Matter	5–5	50.0
Allies	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Allies	0–1	0.0
Treefolk	0–2	0.0
Fake-Rack	2–0	100.0
Vampires	7–21	25.0
Mono Black Vampires	7–21	25.0
Legends Midrange	37–36	50.7
Boros Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mardu Legends	5–2	71.4
Orzhov Legends	23–26	46.9
Elementals	8–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	6–10	37.5
Naya Midrange	4–3	57.1
Big Red	16–16	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	24–22	52.2
Mono Black Devotion	18–15	54.5
Angel Tribal	8–1	88.9
Sultai Midrange	12–12	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	3–4	42.9
Heartless Summoning Stompy	11–7	61.1
Fires of Invention	62–63	49.6
Hero of Precinct One	25–27	48.1
Mardu Hero	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Hero	3–8	27.3
Five Color Hero	14–13	51.9
Naya Hero	1–1	50.0
Boros Hero	1–2	33.3
Clerics	12–6	66.7
Artifact Midrange	1–2	33.3
Death Cloud	10–11	47.6
Ramp	116–76	60.4
Cloudpost Ramp	82–50	62.1
Eldrazipost	8–2	80.0
Golgari Post	2–1	66.7
Greenpost	27–3	90.0
Gruul Post	15–16	48.4
Simic Post	30–28	51.7
Domain	1–1	50.0
Defenders	1–1	50.0
Carth Superfriends	10–16	38.5
Jund Carth	1–2	33.3