Legends Midrange

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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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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.

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
Midrange	1213	1991–2028	49.5	9	96	63
Legends Midrange	100	171–156	52.3	0	4	9
Boros Legends Midrange	2	5–4	55.6
Mardu Legends	4	6–9	40.0
Orzhov Legends	73	129–104	55.4	0	3	9

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	36–37	49.3
Heroic	2–2	50.0
Mono White Heroic	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Heroic	1–2	33.3
Red Deck Wins	9–8	52.9
Goblins	6–3	66.7
Mono Green Stompy	0–1	0.0
White Weenie	4–1	80.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Kithkin	1–0	100.0
Elves	3–2	60.0
Selesnya Little Kid	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Counters	0–1	0.0
Gruul Aggro	2–2	50.0
Merfolk	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	2–3	40.0
Affinity	0–2	0.0
Tempered Steel	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Architect	0–1	0.0
Madness	0–2	0.0
Golgari Madness	0–2	0.0
Knights	2–1	66.7
AggroSlide	0–2	0.0
Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	2–0	100.0
Legends Aggro	4–7	36.4
Boros Legends Aggro	4–5	44.4
Selesnya Legends Aggro	0–1	0.0
Combo	28–26	51.9
Storm	8–5	61.5
Dragonstorm	0–1	0.0
Hazoret Storm	2–1	66.7
High Tide	6–3	66.7
Reanimator	6–5	54.5
Worldgorger Dragon	1–1	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	5–4	55.6
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Oriss Genesis	0–2	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–1	50.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–1	0.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	2–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Reanim8 Rack	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	2–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	1–1	50.0
Intruder Alarm	0–1	0.0
Calibrated Blast	0–1	0.0
Gyruda	1–2	33.3
Tameshi Bloom	2–6	25.0
Possibility Storm	1–0	100.0
Control	33–31	51.6
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	2–3	40.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	2–2	50.0
Azorius Control	2–3	40.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	9–9	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Izzet Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	4–8	33.3
Stax	3–1	75.0
Jeskai Control	0–1	0.0
Dragon Control	1–2	33.3
Izzet Dragons	0–1	0.0
Esper Dragons	1–1	50.0
Ponza	4–2	66.7
Mono White Control	1–3	25.0
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	4–5	44.4
Prison	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	7–5	58.3
Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Food	1–0	100.0
Burn	2–1	66.7
Infect	2–4	33.3
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–0	100.0
Golgari Infect	1–4	20.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	7–6	53.8
Simic Flash	2–0	100.0
Blue Madness	0–1	0.0
Simic Madness	0–1	0.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–2	0.0
Izzet Spells	2–1	66.7
Dimir Tempo	1–2	33.3
Dimir Faeries	0–2	0.0
Combo-Control	11–4	73.3
Battle of Wits	6–1	85.7
Yosei Vat	3–2	60.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–0	100.0
Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Midrange	41–41	50.0
Temur Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
The Rock	1–1	50.0
Abzan Midrange	2–2	50.0
Jund	3–2	60.0
Blink	3–10	23.1
Wave Blink	2–7	22.2
Azorius Wave	2–5	28.6
Orzhov Wave	0–2	0.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	0–3	0.0
Graveyard Value	4–3	57.1
Enchantments Matter	1–1	50.0
Legends Midrange	5–5	50.0
Orzhov Legends	5–4	55.6
Rakdos Midrange	1–1	50.0
Naya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Big Red	3–1	75.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–0	100.0
Angel Tribal	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	0–3	0.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–2	33.3
Fires of Invention	9–3	75.0
Hero of Precinct One	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Hero	1–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	1–0	100.0
Clerics	0–2	0.0
Death Cloud	1–1	50.0
Ramp	8–6	57.1
Cloudpost Ramp	2–4	33.3
Greenpost	1–1	50.0
Gruul Post	1–3	25.0
Carth Superfriends	4–2	66.7