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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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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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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	1405	2660–2418–1	52.4	30	171	59
Mono Black Aggro	73	148–116–1	56.1	2	5	3
Heroic	40	48–75	39.0	0	4
Mono White Heroic	16	21–33	38.9	0	1
Azorius Heroic	15	18–30	37.5	0	2
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1	0–1	0.0
Boros Heroic	7	8–10	44.4	0	1
Red Deck Wins	289	772–438	63.8	16	61	26
Mono Red Devotion	78	204–123	62.4	2	9	5
Goblins	74	178–133	57.2	8	23	3
Tokens	129	183–229	44.4	0	16	2
Selesnya Tokens	105	153–182	45.7	0	13	2
Mardu Tokens	1	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	39	63–64	49.6	0	4	1
White Weenie	156	304–245	55.4	1	7	8
Odric Keywords	61	108–98	52.4	1	4	3
Soldiers	10	8–11	42.1
Kithkin	9	10–13	43.5
Elves	10	21–24	46.7
Werewolves	9	19–18	51.4
Minotaurs	12	17–19	47.2	0	1
Warriors	2	0–5	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	15	29–23	55.8	0	1	2
Rogues	9	16–19	45.7	0	3
Zombies	49	84–78	51.9	1	10
Gruul Aggro	33	53–57	48.2	0	3	1
Merfolk	96	160–174	47.9	0	1	4
Artifact Aggro	95	138–191	41.9	0	5	1
Affinity	24	36–51	41.4	0	1
Boros Vehicles	27	44–57	43.6	0	1	1
Salvage Titan	31	45–59	43.3	0	1
Devoid Aggro	10	9–9	50.0
Mono Blue Aggro	19	25–33	43.1	0	2	1
Illusions	1
Devastating Dreams	51	149–83	64.2	2	16	5
Madness	31	64–56	53.3	0	1
Gruul Madness	8	18–13	58.1	0	1
Golgari Madness	2	2–3	40.0
Rakdos Madness	5	7–8	46.7
Jund Madness	5	10–11	47.6
Voltron	62	67–125	34.9	0	5
Hexproof	1	0–4	0.0
Boros Auras	22	25–49	33.8	0	2
Equipment Aggro	17	12–32	27.3	0	2
Slivers	3	1–10	9.1
Naya Zoo	5	6–4	60.0
Rakdos Aggro	5	7–7	50.0
Rakdos Hellbent	5	7–7	50.0
Boros Aggro	2	3–4	42.9
Humans	4	4–9	30.8	0	1
Selesnya Humans	3	3–7	30.0	0	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	740–740	50.0
Mono Black Aggro	45–36	55.6
Heroic	21–14	60.0
Mono White Heroic	5–8	38.5
Azorius Heroic	11–5	68.8
Boros Heroic	4–1	80.0
Red Deck Wins	154–213	42.0
Mono Red Devotion	35–59	37.2
Goblins	29–61	32.2
Tokens	76–63	54.7
Selesnya Tokens	61–56	52.1
Mono Green Stompy	14–22	38.9
White Weenie	68–84	44.7
Odric Keywords	26–30	46.4
Soldiers	3–2	60.0
Kithkin	4–2	66.7
Elves	4–8	33.3
Werewolves	6–3	66.7
Minotaurs	6–8	42.9
Warriors	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	5–11	31.3
Rogues	9–5	64.3
Zombies	29–15	65.9
Gruul Aggro	20–13	60.6
Merfolk	48–27	64.0
Artifact Aggro	56–32	63.6
Affinity	14–8	63.6
Boros Vehicles	19–9	67.9
Salvage Titan	15–11	57.7
Devoid Aggro	3–4	42.9
Mono Blue Aggro	10–7	58.8
Devastating Dreams	24–46	34.3
Madness	17–21	44.7
Gruul Madness	2–8	20.0
Golgari Madness	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Madness	2–1	66.7
Jund Madness	3–4	42.9
Voltron	46–20	69.7
Hexproof	3–0	100.0
Boros Auras	12–9	57.1
Equipment Aggro	15–2	88.2
Slivers	4–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Hellbent	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Humans	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Combo	217–159	57.7
Storm	91–42	68.4
Sultai Tendrils	8–4	66.7
Dimir Tendrils	62–27	69.7
Dragonstorm	2–5	28.6
Hazoret Storm	2–0	100.0
Reanimator	26–37	41.3
Traditional Reanimator	26–37	41.3
Grixis Reanimator	7–4	63.6
Biovisionary	2–0	100.0
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	2–1	66.7
New Perspectives	1–2	33.3
Monumental Ignus	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	39–38	50.6
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	3–1	75.0
Myr Incubator	8–17	32.0
Cruel Combo	12–12	50.0
Breakfast	1–1	50.0
Cephalid Breakfast	1–1	50.0
Polymorph	0–1	0.0
Control	514–494–1	51.0
Mono Black Control	7–8	46.7
Esper Control	74–67	52.5
Demonic Rising	88–114–1	43.6
Mono Blue Control	23–8	74.2
Dimir Control	30–4	88.2
Azorius Control	46–36	56.1
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	20–23	46.5
Mardu Control	23–23	50.0
Mill	9–0	100.0
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	2–2	50.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	2–2	50.0
Grixis Control	48–72	40.0
Cruel Control	16–26	38.1
Chandra Nalaar	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Control	2–2	50.0
Galleon Control	1–8	11.1
Ponza	3–2	60.0
Mono White Control	2–3	40.0
Dynavolt Tower	16–30	34.8
Cycling Control	19–9	67.9
Astral Slide	19–8	70.4
Five Color Control	2–0	100.0
Sultai Control	3–6	33.3
Bant Control	43–42	50.6
Enchantments Control	7–9	43.8
Orzhov Control	8–6	57.1
Aggro-Combo	139–99	58.4
Aristocrats	57–53	51.8
Mono Black Aristocrats	4–2	66.7
Golgari Aristocrats	23–24	48.9
Abzan Aristocrats	16–17	48.5
Mardu Aristocrats	9–7	56.3
Rakdos Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Burn	11–8	57.9
Infect	24–2	92.3
Pummeler	40–27	59.7
Aggro-Control	160–91	63.7
Simic Flash	5–4	55.6
Izzet Tempo	61–38	61.6
Azorius Skies	3–2	60.0
Blue Madness	16–10	61.5
Simic Madness	3–1	75.0
Temur Madness	5–2	71.4
Grixis Madness	4–6	40.0
Lich Aggro-Control	5–0	100.0
Wizards	18–10	64.3
Tetsukotog	13–8	61.9
Izzet Spells	1–3	25.0
Azorius Tempo	7–2	77.8
Combo-Control	149–131	53.2
Curses	5–6	45.5
Burning Vengeance	1–2	33.3
Cruel Combo-Control	49–70	41.2
Battle of Wits	37–15	71.2
Shared Fate	6–5	54.5
Sunforger	6–4	60.0
Pickles	11–9	55.0
Hedron Alignment	7–0	100.0
Lich's Mastery	2–2	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	10–9	52.6
Wildfire	10–9	52.6
Midrange	599–586	50.5
Temur Ascendancy	71–67	51.4
Prophet Ascendancy	17–10	63.0
The Rock	8–5	61.5
Grenzo	5–3	62.5
Abzan Midrange	44–38	53.7
Knights of Windgrace	7–10	41.2
Jund	100–132	43.1
Blink	29–12	70.7
Anti-Persecution	2–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	17–9	65.4
Enchantments Matter	16–6	72.7
Orzhov Enchantress	14–6	70.0
Allies	28–24	53.8
Orzhov Allies	4–1	80.0
Boros Allies	2–1	66.7
Esper Allies	6–8	42.9
BRGW Allies	2–1	66.7
-1/-1 Counters	22–16	57.9
Mardu Midrange	16–5	76.2
Leave // Chance Midrange	10–2	83.3
Yisan-Prophet	31–25	55.4
White Jund	17–29	37.0
Vampires	17–19	47.2
Mono Black Vampires	4–3	57.1
Rakdos Vampires	13–16	44.8
Legends Midrange	9–35	20.5
Boros Legends Midrange	9–35	20.5
Elementals	9–4	69.2
Rakdos Midrange	7–8	46.7
Naya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Big Red	0–5	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	5–1	83.3
Verdant Succession	1–1	50.0
Temur Energy	0–2	0.0
Sultai Midrange	46–51	47.4
Sultai Emerge	42–49	46.2
Orzhov Midrange	28–13	68.3
Prophet Glare	3–13	18.8
Clerics	2–0	100.0
Ramp	142–118	54.6
Villainous Wealth	12–3	80.0
Cloudpost Ramp	13–6	68.4
Eldrazipost	6–1	85.7
Gruul Post	6–5	54.5
Simic Post	1–0	100.0
Domain	12–22	35.3
Temur Bombardment	6–5	54.5