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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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How do I get a game and find other Penny Dreadful players?

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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How do I enter the league?

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.

The next rotation is in 4 days, 2 hours.

Congratulations to thewatchwander, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 34)

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	888	1521–1445	51.3	12	81	41
Mono Black Control	35	72–64	52.9	1	4	1
Esper Control	14	19–19	50.0	0	2	1
Mono Blue Control	9	12–16	42.9	0	1
Dimir Control	93	172–124	58.1	1	7	8
Azorius Control	107	204–154	57.0	0	5	8
Turbo Fog	14	3–18	14.3
Izzet Control	4	2–7	22.2
Mardu Control	3	3–3	50.0
Mill	22	14–35	28.6
Boros Control	14	21–24	46.7			1
Cloudpost Control	218	399–348	53.4	2	25	13
Azorius Cloudpost Control	5	5–8	38.5
Blackpost	13	16–27	37.2	0	1
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	79	139–112	55.4	0	4	4
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	4	4–7	36.4
Mono White Cloudpost Control	109	226–180	55.7	2	20	9
Grixis Control	11	12–22	35.3
Cruel Control	2	1–8	11.1
Stax	33	49–77	38.9
Jeskai Control	9	13–14	48.1
Dragon Control	8	8–15	34.8
Runeflare	5	8–15	34.8
Ponza	5	3–8	27.3
Mono White Control	4	6–11	35.3
Life is Ez	3	4–9	30.8
Dynavolt Tower	1	0–2	0.0
Five Color Control	6	5–11	31.3
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1	0–1	0.0
Last Stand Control	4	4–10	28.6
Sultai Control	2	4–3	57.1
Guildgate Control	6	1–10	9.1
Bant Control	2	2–3	40.0
Pox	25	34–44	43.6	0	1
Enchantments Control	1	2–3	40.0	0	1
Seasons Past Control	11	15–26	36.6
Orzhov Control	181	378–297	56.0	7	34	9
Prison	38	48–63	43.2	1	1
Enchantress	35	45–54	45.5	1	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	297–336	46.9
Mono Black Aggro	25–12	67.6
Heroic	23–22	51.1
Azorius Heroic	6–5	54.5
Boros Heroic	16–16	50.0
Selesnya Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	68–149	31.3
Goblins	4–0	100.0
Tokens	10–7	58.8
Selesnya Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Tokens	6–7	46.2
Mono Green Stompy	23–15	60.5
White Weenie	12–9	57.1
Quest for the Holy Relic	6–4	60.0
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Elves	10–3	76.9
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	0–2	0.0
Rogues	1–2	33.3
Zombies	4–2	66.7
Gruul Aggro	10–10	50.0
Gruul Landfall	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	33–32	50.8
Affinity	33–32	50.8
Hardened Scales Affinity	28–31	47.5
Mono Blue Aggro	2–0	100.0
Illusions	1–0	100.0
Madness	5–4	55.6
Golgari Madness	3–4	42.9
Jund Madness	2–0	100.0
Voltron	8–6	57.1
Equipment Aggro	6–5	54.5
Hateful Auras	2–1	66.7
Naya Zoo	1–4	20.0
Knights	16–12	57.1
AggroSlide	17–27	38.6
Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	8–8	50.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Humans	1–1	50.0
Legends Aggro	6–7	46.2
Bard Class	6–7	46.2
Rats	7–1	87.5
Combo	319–299	51.6
Storm	40–78	33.9
Dimir Tendrils	14–18	43.8
Citadel Storm	24–58	29.3
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	33–35	48.5
Warp World	1–1	50.0
Four Color Glimpse	1–1	50.0
Maniac Combo	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	54–33	62.1
Jeskai Ascendancy	9–16	36.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	7–15	31.8
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	2–1	66.7
Metalwork Colossus	4–4	50.0
Anvil Colossus	1–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	6–6	50.0
Eggs	2–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	4–0	100.0
Taking Turns	0–3	0.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–1	50.0
Izzet Ascension	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	13–8	61.9
Reanim8 Rack	7–4	63.6
Breakfast	4–5	44.4
Unctus	0–1	0.0
Oops All Lands	18–14	56.3
Dredge	11–2	84.6
Polymorph	24–5	82.8
Storm Herald	3–3	50.0
Enduring Ideal	11–23	32.4
Ad Nauseam	2–3	40.0
Tibalt's Trickery	0–1	0.0
Calibrated Blast	2–2	50.0
Restore Balance	3–3	50.0
Gyruda	3–2	60.0
Belcher	8–12	40.0
Possibility Storm	1–1	50.0
Phoenix Altar	3–1	75.0
Actual Twin	21–23	47.7
Izzet Twin	18–21	46.2
Boros Twin	2–1	66.7
Control	316–316	50.0
Mono Black Control	22–15	59.5
Esper Control	5–5	50.0
Mono Blue Control	5–4	55.6
Dimir Control	26–44	37.1
Azorius Control	32–31	50.8
Turbo Fog	3–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	6–4	60.0
Boros Control	4–3	57.1
Cloudpost Control	61–90	40.4
Azorius Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Blackpost	7–2	77.8
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	12–30	28.6
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	36–56	39.1
Grixis Control	7–2	77.8
Cruel Control	3–0	100.0
Stax	17–10	63.0
Jeskai Control	1–3	25.0
Dragon Control	8–2	80.0
Runeflare	2–3	40.0
Ponza	1–2	33.3
Mono White Control	3–1	75.0
Life is Ez	3–1	75.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Last Stand Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	0–1	0.0
Guildgate Control	0–1	0.0
Bant Control	1–1	50.0
Pox	11–4	73.3
Enchantments Control	1–1	50.0
Seasons Past Control	3–3	50.0
Orzhov Control	85–77	52.5
Prison	10–7	58.8
Enchantress	6–6	50.0
Aggro-Combo	69–106	39.4
Aristocrats	50–85	37.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	8–9	47.1
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Golgari Aristocrats	6–8	42.9
Rakdos Aristocrats	31–66	32.0
Boros Bombardment	1–0	100.0
Burn	17–20	45.9
Hushnought	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Control	60–74	44.8
Simic Flash	2–2	50.0
Izzet Tempo	3–1	75.0
Azorius Skies	3–4	42.9
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	6–9	40.0
Mono Blue Tempo	18–20	47.4
Mono Blue Librarians	13–12	52.0
Izzet Spells	3–1	75.0
Dimir Tempo	21–30	41.2
Dimir Faeries	3–10	23.1
Dimir Librarians	9–11	45.0
Azorius Tempo	2–7	22.2
Combo-Control	65–53	55.1
Curses	3–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	12–5	70.6
Yosei Vat	1–1	50.0
Solar Flare	26–27	49.1
Archfiend Alteration	18–13	58.1
Resurgent Belief	3–0	100.0
Greasefang	0–5	0.0
Esper Greasefang	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Greasefang	0–4	0.0
Midrange	297–199	59.9
The Rock	14–5	73.7
Golgari Citadel	0–1	0.0
Grenzo	3–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	19–6	76.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Value Town	0–2	0.0
Jund	10–7	58.8
Blink	1–6	14.3
Orzhov Blink	1–3	25.0
Anti-Persecution	3–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	2–4	33.3
Séance	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	2–0	100.0
Allies	3–3	50.0
Orzhov Allies	0–1	0.0
Azorius Allies	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	3–1	75.0
Mardu Midrange	0–7	0.0
Legends Midrange	3–0	100.0
Elementals	2–3	40.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–1	75.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	20–15	57.1
Dimir Midrange	4–2	66.7
Angels	62–43	59.0
Mono White Angels	36–29	55.4
Azorius Angels	11–7	61.1
Orzhov Angels	1–1	50.0
Toughness Matters	14–3	82.4
Lifegain Midrange	22–12	64.7
Sultai Midrange	12–5	70.6
Fight Rigging	9–4	69.2
Orzhov Midrange	13–10	56.5
Jeskai Midrange	1–3	25.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	2–3	40.0
Fires of Invention	6–7	46.2
Hero of Precinct One	4–4	50.0
Orzhov Hero	0–1	0.0
Five Color Hero	3–3	50.0
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	15–15	50.0
Death Cloud	11–2	84.6
Nissa Company	14–15	48.3
Game Objects	6–1	85.7
Ramp	95–62	60.5
Rofellos Ramp	31–26	54.4
Wild Pair	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	15–12	55.6
Eldrazipost	5–1	83.3
Golgari Post	1–6	14.3
Greenpost	6–5	54.5
Gruul Post	2–0	100.0
Domain	1–2	33.3
Carth Superfriends	10–6	62.5
Applejacks	12–2	85.7
Unclassified	3–0	100.0