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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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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	1087	1740–1814	49.0	10	103	38
Mono Black Aggro	26	37–45	45.1	0	1	1
Heroic	20	22–28	44.0	0	2	1
Mono White Heroic	4	3–8	27.3	0	1
Azorius Heroic	8	11–9	55.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1	2–2	50.0	0	1
Boros Heroic	6	6–8	42.9			1
Red Deck Wins	27	26–42	38.2	0	1
Mono Red Devotion	4	3–4	42.9
Goblins	27	41–43	48.8	1	4	2
Tokens	23	23–46	33.3
Selesnya Tokens	13	12–23	34.3
Mono White Tokens	5	4–11	26.7
Mono Green Stompy	7	8–18	30.8
White Weenie	280	528–453	53.8	7	58	7
Quest for the Holy Relic	2	1–3	25.0
Soldiers	171	357–280	56.0	6	50	2
Mono White Humans	89	146–143	50.5	1	8	5
Elves	44	44–95	31.7	0	1	1
Werewolves	2	0–3	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	12	10–30	25.0
Rogues	1	1–4	20.0
Zombies	29	56–47	54.4			2
Gruul Aggro	67	121–111	52.2	0	4	5
Merfolk	29	41–40	50.6	0	2	2
Mono Red Swarm	50	74–85	46.5	0	3	3
Artifact Aggro	87	112–125	47.3	0	4	5
Affinity	23	37–39	48.7			2
Tempered Steel	7	2–9	18.2
Mono Blue Architect	50	63–65	49.2	0	3	3
Mono Blue Aggro	10	14–18	43.8
Illusions	2	1–4	20.0
Madness	37	68–82	45.3			1
Gruul Madness	2	0–3	0.0
Golgari Madness	29	64–63	50.4			1
Rakdos Madness	1	0–4	0.0
Jund Madness	4	4–7	36.4
Voltron	54	71–90	44.1	0	3	1
Hexproof	1	2–2	50.0
Equipment Aggro	46	54–75	41.9	0	3
Hateful Auras	7	15–13	53.6			1
Slivers	2	1–1	50.0
Naya Zoo	4	4–9	30.8
Knights	14	30–29	50.8	0	1
AggroSlide	70	129–104	55.4	2	15	3
Rakdos Aggro	15	19–32	37.3
Humans	50	91–82	52.6			1
Selesnya Humans	1	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Humans	14	30–20	60.0			1
Boros Humans	12	27–19	58.7
Shamans	2	1–2	33.3
Legends Aggro	83	148–130	53.2	0	3	1
Boros Legends Aggro	42	62–65	48.8	0	3	1
Selesnya Legends Aggro	4	9–10	47.4
Bard Class	26	57–40	58.8

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	336–336	50.0
Mono Black Aggro	17–11	60.7
Heroic	5–5	50.0
Mono White Heroic	2–1	66.7
Azorius Heroic	2–2	50.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Boros Heroic	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	9–7	56.3
Goblins	8–7	53.3
Tokens	8–9	47.1
Selesnya Tokens	4–7	36.4
Mono White Tokens	3–1	75.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	69–89	43.7
Soldiers	52–60	46.4
Mono White Humans	14–25	35.9
Elves	15–9	62.5
Selesnya Little Kid	6–1	85.7
Rogues	2–0	100.0
Zombies	11–10	52.4
Gruul Aggro	30–25	54.5
Merfolk	13–7	65.0
Mono Red Swarm	15–13	53.6
Artifact Aggro	19–18	51.4
Affinity	4–4	50.0
Tempered Steel	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Architect	13–14	48.1
Mono Blue Aggro	1–4	20.0
Madness	22–16	57.9
Gruul Madness	1–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	17–14	54.8
Rakdos Madness	2–0	100.0
Jund Madness	1–2	33.3
Voltron	14–13	51.9
Equipment Aggro	13–10	56.5
Hateful Auras	1–3	25.0
Naya Zoo	1–1	50.0
Knights	2–8	20.0
AggroSlide	17–27	38.6
Rakdos Aggro	9–4	69.2
Humans	14–17	45.2
Jeskai Humans	3–4	42.9
Boros Humans	3–6	33.3
Legends Aggro	26–29	47.3
Boros Legends Aggro	13–13	50.0
Selesnya Legends Aggro	0–1	0.0
Bard Class	9–11	45.0
Combo	378–520	42.1
Storm	15–10	60.0
Dimir Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Dragonstorm	12–7	63.2
Hazoret Storm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	8–1	88.9
Recurring Nightmare	2–0	100.0
Four Color Powerful Magic	2–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	5–1	83.3
Necrotic Ooze Combo	23–29	44.2
Warp World	53–99	34.9
Maniac Combo	0–2	0.0
Hypergenesis	15–21	41.7
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	3–2	60.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–2	50.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
"Twin"	1–2	33.3
Metalwork Colossus	1–1	50.0
Anvil Colossus	1–1	50.0
Seismic Swans	9–5	64.3
Eggs	3–0	100.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	14–5	73.7
Taking Turns	2–2	50.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	7–7	50.0
Soulflayer	15–13	53.6
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Dredge	9–9	50.0
Protean Hulk Combo	1–1	50.0
Storm Herald	3–3	50.0
Enduring Ideal	3–8	27.3
Ad Nauseam	8–10	44.4
Intruder Alarm	4–9	30.8
Calibrated Blast	5–4	55.6
Restore Balance	6–1	85.7
Gyruda	1–1	50.0
Belcher	1–1	50.0
Possibility Storm	1–0	100.0
Midnight Mass	13–23	36.1
Phoenix Altar	51–61	45.5
Actual Twin	91–182	33.3
Izzet Twin	82–157	34.3
Boros Twin	9–25	26.5
Control	320–376	46.0
Esper Control	23–21	52.3
Mono Blue Control	4–0	100.0
Dimir Control	22–36	37.9
Azorius Control	48–75	39.0
Cawblade	14–14	50.0
Izzet Control	3–3	50.0
Mardu Control	4–3	57.1
Mill	10–3	76.9
Boros Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	61–70	46.6
Azorius Cloudpost Control	24–42	36.4
Blackpost	1–3	25.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	11–7	61.1
Dimir Cloudpost Control	3–2	60.0
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	10–10	50.0
Grixis Control	19–14	57.6
Cruel Control	6–7	46.2
Stax	3–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	5–0	100.0
Dragon Control	7–3	70.0
Izzet Dragons	2–0	100.0
Esper Dragons	1–1	50.0
Mono White Control	20–14	58.8
Life is Ez	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	3–1	75.0
Astral Slide	3–1	75.0
Five Color Control	12–5	70.6
Five Color Collected Conjuring	4–2	66.7
Sultai Control	3–3	50.0
Pox	10–10	50.0
Seasons Past Control	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Control	25–45	35.7
Prison	38–67	36.2
Enchantress	36–67	35.0
Aggro-Combo	90–56	61.6
Aristocrats	51–38	57.3
Mono Black Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Abzan Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Food	1–3	25.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	44–32	57.9
Boros Bombardment	0–1	0.0
Burn	3–2	60.0
Infect	28–15	65.1
Blazing Shoal Infect	15–5	75.0
Mono Black Infect	11–8	57.9
Izzet Blitzkrieg	5–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	119–106	52.9
Simic Flash	3–1	75.0
Izzet Tempo	3–1	75.0
Blue Madness	1–2	33.3
Grixis Madness	0–2	0.0
Wizards	9–5	64.3
Ninjas	8–2	80.0
Mono Blue Tempo	25–31	44.6
Mono Blue Librarians	12–24	33.3
Izzet Spells	23–19	54.8
Dimir Tempo	11–11	50.0
Dimir Faeries	2–0	100.0
Azorius Tempo	27–26	50.9
Combo-Control	79–63	55.6
Curses	2–2	50.0
Battle of Wits	15–17	46.9
Shared Fate	1–0	100.0
Sunforger	3–0	100.0
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	21–21	50.0
Zur's Weirding	2–1	66.7
Solar Flare	19–10	65.5
Plasma Swans	2–1	66.7
Liliana's Contract	2–2	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	8–7	53.3
Wildfire	8–7	53.3
Borderpost Wildfire	4–6	40.0
Resurgent Belief	2–2	50.0
Midrange	276–234	54.1
Temur Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
The Rock	10–5	66.7
Grenzo	0–3	0.0
Abzan Midrange	4–1	80.0
Jund	16–26	38.1
Blink	5–5	50.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	3–1	75.0
Graveyard Value	6–3	66.7
Séance	0–1	0.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Allies	3–5	37.5
Fake-Rack	2–1	66.7
Mardu Midrange	3–2	60.0
White Jund	5–3	62.5
Vampires	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	14–8	63.6
Boros Legends Midrange	4–5	44.4
Mardu Legends	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Legends	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Legends	2–0	100.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	11–2	84.6
Naya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Big Red	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	19–14	57.6
Hellion Whip	3–1	75.0
Dimir Midrange	8–2	80.0
Toughness Matters	5–6	45.5
Lifegain Midrange	13–17	43.3
Adventures	2–1	66.7
Sultai Midrange	7–11	38.9
Fight Rigging	4–8	33.3
Orzhov Midrange	33–27	55.0
Owling Mine	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Midrange	5–1	83.3
Heartless Summoning Stompy	5–5	50.0
Fires of Invention	28–37	43.1
Hero of Precinct One	25–22	53.2
Mardu Hero	3–3	50.0
Five Color Hero	18–11	62.1
Naya Hero	2–6	25.0
Boros Hero	2–2	50.0
Clerics	0–2	0.0
Artifact Midrange	12–6	66.7
Coinflip Tribal	1–1	50.0
Death Cloud	14–12	53.8
Ramp	138–123	52.9
Rofellos Ramp	19–24	44.2
Cloudpost Ramp	89–75	54.3
Eldrazipost	3–7	30.0
Greenpost	46–25	64.8
Gruul Post	12–10	54.5
Simic Post	14–19	42.4
Temurpost	11–8	57.9
Carth Superfriends	4–2	66.7
Applejacks	13–19	40.6
Unclassified	4–0	100.0