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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.

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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.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	1026	1697–1614	51.3	24	158	51
Mono Black Aggro	31	28–42	40.0	1	8
Heroic	51	104–55	65.4	1	2	8
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2	2–2	50.0
Boros Heroic	49	102–53	65.8	1	2	8
Red Deck Wins	82	116–126	47.9	0	10	5
Goblins	61	75–83	47.5	3	7	1
Tokens	14	8–26	23.5
Selesnya Tokens	7	8–16	33.3
Mono White Tokens	3	0–3	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	22	31–42	42.5
White Weenie	96	167–155	51.9	1	12	6
Soldiers	44	91–74	55.2	0	6	4
Kithkin	1	0–1	0.0
Elves	19	15–38	28.3			1
Selesnya Little Kid	4	4–6	40.0	0	2
Zombies	13	12–22	35.3
Gruul Aggro	27	36–42	46.2	0	2
Merfolk	1	0–3	0.0
Mono Red Swarm	3	7–3	70.0
Artifact Aggro	67	91–102	47.2	1	3	2
Affinity	26	25–40	38.5	0	1
Salvage Titan	1
Tempered Steel	9	9–14	39.1
Mono Blue Architect	21	40–30	57.1	1	2	1
Mono Blue Aggro	2	0–4	0.0
Illusions	2	0–4	0.0
Madness	8	7–9	43.8
Golgari Madness	3	5–6	45.5
Rakdos Madness	5	2–3	40.0
Voltron	32	61–55	52.6	0	3	1
Equipment Aggro	30	60–51	54.1	0	3	1
Hateful Auras	2	1–4	20.0
Slivers	1	0–1	0.0
Knights	42	62–67	48.1	0	2	3
AggroSlide	26	44–50	46.8	1	8	1
Cats	22	36–30	54.5	0	3	4
Mono White Cats	1	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Cats	21	36–28	56.3	0	3	4
Rakdos Aggro	10	11–15	42.3
Boros Aggro	4	5–6	45.5	1	2
Humans	53	86–109	44.1	3	18	1
Selesnya Humans	2	2–3	40.0
Boros Humans	40	71–68	51.1	3	16	1
Mono Red Eldrazi	33	71–50	58.7	0	7
Legends Aggro	279	590–431	57.8	12	67	18
Boros Legends Aggro	271	579–421	57.9	12	67	18
Selesnya Legends Aggro	4	6–4	60.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	395–395	50.0
Mono Black Aggro	14–7	66.7
Heroic	6–21	22.2
Boros Heroic	6–21	22.2
Red Deck Wins	29–29	50.0
Goblins	22–17	56.4
Tokens	9–3	75.0
Selesnya Tokens	6–3	66.7
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	7–6	53.8
White Weenie	28–46	37.8
Soldiers	13–21	38.2
Elves	7–4	63.6
Selesnya Little Kid	2–2	50.0
Zombies	3–3	50.0
Gruul Aggro	7–3	70.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–5	16.7
Artifact Aggro	26–11	70.3
Affinity	7–4	63.6
Tempered Steel	5–2	71.4
Mono Blue Architect	10–3	76.9
Madness	3–1	75.0
Golgari Madness	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	14–13	51.9
Equipment Aggro	12–13	48.0
Hateful Auras	2–0	100.0
Knights	13–16	44.8
AggroSlide	20–12	62.5
Cats	6–7	46.2
Mono White Cats	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	4–7	36.4
Rakdos Aggro	3–1	75.0
Boros Aggro	4–0	100.0
Humans	31–23	57.4
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Boros Humans	19–21	47.5
Mono Red Eldrazi	9–17	34.6
Legends Aggro	120–140	46.2
Boros Legends Aggro	117–137	46.1
Selesnya Legends Aggro	1–1	50.0
Combo	315–242	56.6
Storm	33–14	70.2
Dragonstorm	5–3	62.5
Citadel Storm	28–11	71.8
Reanimator	4–2	66.7
Traditional Reanimator	4–2	66.7
Necro Combo	14–18	43.8
Necrotic Ooze Combo	11–11	50.0
Mono Green Stormless Storm	1–1	50.0
Warp World	3–1	75.0
Maniac Combo	1–1	50.0
Hypergenesis	3–2	60.0
New Perspectives	4–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	31–24	56.4
Anvil Colossus	23–20	53.5
Seismic Swans	2–1	66.7
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	3–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	42–29	59.2
Quest for Ula's Temple	0–1	0.0
Izzet Ascension	9–6	60.0
Soulflayer	2–1	66.7
Oops All Lands	12–17	41.4
Polymorph	1–1	50.0
Protean Hulk Combo	1–2	33.3
Dice Factory	4–0	100.0
Storm Herald	4–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	3–1	75.0
Chain of Acid	2–0	100.0
Tibalt's Trickery	8–9	47.1
Intruder Alarm	2–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	12–5	70.6
Restore Balance	24–18	57.1
Gyruda	8–17	32.0
Belcher	11–4	73.3
Possibility Storm	1–0	100.0
Midnight Mass	43–51	45.7
Control	341–476	41.7
Mono Black Control	2–1	66.7
Esper Control	35–40	46.7
Mono Blue Control	2–0	100.0
Dimir Control	22–15	59.5
Azorius Control	22–27	44.9
Turbo Fog	0–2	0.0
Izzet Control	2–3	40.0
Mill	1–1	50.0
Boros Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	11–1	91.7
Cruel Control	6–1	85.7
Stax	14–13	51.9
Chandra Nalaar	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	14–14	50.0
Ponza	14–10	58.3
Mono White Control	2–6	25.0
Life is Ez	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	0–2	0.0
Astral Slide	0–2	0.0
Five Color Control	5–1	83.3
Sultai Control	1–2	33.3
Bant Control	3–1	75.0
Enchantments Control	1–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	25–34	42.4
Orzhov Control	146–271	35.0
Prison	15–29	34.1
Enchantress	15–27	35.7
Aggro-Combo	59–33	64.1
Aristocrats	18–14	56.3
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–5	28.6
Golgari Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Food	8–8	50.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	5–0	100.0
Burn	36–11	76.6
Necro Burn	30–8	78.9
Izzet Blitzkrieg	5–6	45.5
Combo Goblins	0–1	0.0
Goblin Persist	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	98–82	54.4
Izzet Tempo	3–2	60.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	11–8	57.9
Mono Blue Tempo	2–3	40.0
Izzet Spells	29–20	59.2
Dimir Tempo	11–11	50.0
Dimir Faeries	10–11	47.6
Sultai Tempo	1–1	50.0
Azorius Tempo	4–0	100.0
Combo-Control	61–32	65.6
Curses	1–4	20.0
Battle of Wits	7–2	77.8
Approach Necro	1–4	20.0
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	15–7	68.2
Plasma Swans	1–2	33.3
Mass Land Destruction	12–4	75.0
Wildfire	12–4	75.0
Borderpost Wildfire	12–4	75.0
Resurgent Belief	16–6	72.7
Midrange	396–342	53.7
Temur Ascendancy	2–3	40.0
The Rock	18–10	64.3
Golgari Citadel	2–1	66.7
Grenzo	3–1	75.0
Abzan Midrange	31–38	44.9
Selesnya Midrange	12–7	63.2
Selesnya Value Town	9–4	69.2
Jund	1–2	33.3
Blink	21–34	38.2
Anti-Persecution	5–3	62.5
Graveyard Value	7–3	70.0
Enchantments Matter	3–6	33.3
Allies	9–4	69.2
Boros Allies	1–1	50.0
Mono White Allies	5–3	62.5
Esper Allies	3–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	3–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–1	50.0
Vampires	13–3	81.3
Mono Black Vampires	13–3	81.3
Legends Midrange	12–8	60.0
Mardu Legends	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	6–4	60.0
Selesnya Legends	2–3	40.0
Elementals	6–5	54.5
Rakdos Midrange	7–1	87.5
Naya Midrange	4–9	30.8
Big Red	15–13	53.6
Mono Black Midrange	36–49	42.4
Necro Midrange	35–48	42.2
Dimir Midrange	12–10	54.5
Angel Tribal	1–1	50.0
Toughness Matters	7–3	70.0
Lifegain Midrange	3–0	100.0
Adventures	1–5	16.7
Sultai Midrange	6–2	75.0
Orzhov Midrange	23–37	38.3
Jeskai Midrange	2–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	7–16	30.4
Zur the Enchanter	0–1	0.0
Ordealbreak	1–1	50.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–1	50.0
Party	3–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	44–29	60.3
Hero of Precinct One	2–1	66.7
Naya Hero	1–1	50.0
Boros Hero	1–0	100.0
Clerics	9–6	60.0
Artifact Midrange	29–17	63.0
Death Cloud	13–4	76.5
Ramp	28–12	70.0
Rofellos Ramp	2–0	100.0
Wild Pair	2–0	100.0
Domain	1–1	50.0
Defenders	3–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	3–1	75.0
Applejacks	2–0	100.0
Unclassified	4–0	100.0