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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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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.

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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.

The next rotation is in 12 weeks, 5 days.

Control

Tournaments Only
Season 13▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
7. 31
8. 30
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10. 28
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12. 26
13. 25
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26. 12
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33. 5
34. 4
35. 3
36. 2
37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	1122	1804–2055	46.7	7	71	46
Mono Black Control	17	26–32	44.8
Esper Control	38	41–75	35.3	0	1
Demonic Rising	30	64–48	57.1			1
Paradox Haze Lock	15	6–22	21.4	0	1
Mono Blue Control	47	60–95	38.7			1
Dimir Control	29	33–67	33.0	0	1
Watery Oath	1	0–3	0.0
Azorius Control	211	400–362	52.5	4	18	15
Turbo Fog	21	28–34	45.2	0	5
Izzet Control	12	19–27	41.3	0	2
Mardu Control	7	5–12	29.4	0	1
Mill	11	4–34	10.5
Grixis Control	48	63–104	37.7	0	1
Cruel Control	34	44–71	38.3	0	1
Stax	5	7–12	36.8
Chandra Nalaar	8	19–10	65.5			1
Stagnant Control	5	10–7	58.8	0	2
Jeskai Control	135	249–222	52.9	1	8	7
Dragon Control	2	2–6	25.0
Izzet Dragons	1	1–4	20.0
Galleon Control	6	4–10	28.6
Runeflare	6	5–12	29.4	0	1
Ponza	102	140–199	41.3	0	4	4
Mono White Control	16	30–27	52.6	0	3	1
Dynavolt Tower	5	3–11	21.4
Cycling Control	130	237–221	51.7	1	5	10
Astral Slide	128	236–214	52.4	1	5	10
Five Color Control	16	16–33	32.7	0	1	1
Shrines	1	1–2	33.3
Sultai Control	44	77–91	45.8	0	1	1
Guildgate Control	50	80–92	46.5	1	5	1
Bant Control	26	59–36	62.1	0	1	2
Enchantments Control	4	7–8	46.7
Four Color Counter Ghazi	14	30–18	62.5	0	6
Seasons Past Control	10	11–16	40.7
Orzhov Control	1	0–2	0.0
Prison	10	20–20	50.0
Enchantress	10	20–20	50.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	475–498	48.8
Mono Black Aggro	15–8	65.2
Heroic	21–19	52.5
Mono White Heroic	1–4	20.0
Azorius Heroic	7–4	63.6
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	13–11	54.2
Red Deck Wins	104–158	39.7
Mono Red Devotion	3–1	75.0
Prisoner	4–5	44.4
Proliferate Red	2–1	66.7
Goblins	8–4	66.7
Tokens	32–17	65.3
Selesnya Tokens	3–1	75.0
Mono White Tokens	13–7	65.0
Mono Green Stompy	23–40	36.5
White Weenie	72–42	63.2
Odric Keywords	1–1	50.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	5–1	83.3
Soldiers	12–9	57.1
Kithkin	3–0	100.0
Chroma White	3–0	100.0
Elves	3–1	75.0
Warriors	2–3	40.0
Selesnya Little Kid	10–10	50.0
Rogues	7–3	70.0
Zombies	79–110	41.8
Gruul Aggro	11–4	73.3
Merfolk	10–11	47.6
Mono Red Swarm	1–2	33.3
Artifact Aggro	13–19	40.6
Affinity	6–8	42.9
Salvage Titan	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Aggro	2–1	66.7
Illusions	1–0	100.0
Devastating Dreams	5–12	29.4
Madness	3–1	75.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	22–15	59.5
Hexproof	21–14	60.0
Equipment Aggro	1–1	50.0
Slivers	2–1	66.7
Naya Zoo	0–3	0.0
Cats	6–4	60.0
Mono White Cats	4–4	50.0
Selesnya Cats	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–1	0.0
Boros Aggro	1–1	50.0
Humans	11–5	68.8
Selesnya Humans	10–4	71.4
Brushwaggs	6–2	75.0
Combo	206–215	48.9
Storm	52–65	44.4
Sultai Tendrils	4–2	66.7
Dimir Tendrils	18–25	41.9
Dragonstorm	1–2	33.3
Simic Storm	1–2	33.3
Grixis Tendrils	6–11	35.3
Reanimator	27–14	65.9
Grozoth	4–7	36.4
Traditional Reanimator	23–7	76.7
Mono Black Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Biovisionary	2–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	3–4	42.9
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Actual Warp World	1–0	100.0
Zubera Tribal	3–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	8–4	66.7
Jeskai Ascendancy	23–40	36.5
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	8–9	47.1
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	14–30	31.8
Myr Incubator	1–0	100.0
Umbral Mantle	9–11	45.0
Fake-Twin	15–19	44.1
Jeskai Fake-Twin	15–19	44.1
Infinite Infinite Combos	0–2	0.0
Eggs	2–0	100.0
Turntimber Ranger	0–4	0.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	10–10	50.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	12–5	70.6
Retraction Helix Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	5–20	20.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–1	50.0
Oops All Lands	1–2	33.3
Polymorph	5–1	83.3
Control	372–372	50.0
Mono Black Control	3–4	42.9
Esper Control	12–6	66.7
Demonic Rising	13–18	41.9
Paradox Haze Lock	4–1	80.0
Mono Blue Control	15–17	46.9
Dimir Control	15–5	75.0
Azorius Control	63–75	45.7
Turbo Fog	8–2	80.0
Izzet Control	6–3	66.7
Mardu Control	2–1	66.7
Mill	7–2	77.8
Grixis Control	14–11	56.0
Cruel Control	9–6	60.0
Stax	3–0	100.0
Chandra Nalaar	2–5	28.6
Stagnant Control	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Control	49–45	52.1
Dragon Control	0–1	0.0
Galleon Control	0–2	0.0
Runeflare	2–0	100.0
Ponza	33–37	47.1
Mono White Control	4–7	36.4
Dynavolt Tower	6–1	85.7
Cycling Control	35–49	41.7
Astral Slide	34–48	41.5
Five Color Control	5–4	55.6
Shrines	1–1	50.0
Sultai Control	16–16	50.0
Guildgate Control	14–13	51.9
Bant Control	7–17	29.2
Enchantments Control	1–5	16.7
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–11	8.3
Seasons Past Control	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Control	2–0	100.0
Prison	6–5	54.5
Enchantress	6–5	54.5
Aggro-Combo	92–84	52.3
Aristocrats	50–51	49.5
Mono Black Aristocrats	15–24	38.5
Orzhov Aristocrats	23–16	59.0
Golgari Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Abzan Aristocrats	9–10	47.4
Burn	7–6	53.8
Infect	26–26	50.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	21–20	51.2
Golgari Infect	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Infect	0–2	0.0
Pummeler	3–1	75.0
Aggro-Control	95–117	44.8
Simic Flash	0–2	0.0
Izzet Tempo	15–20	42.9
Azorius Skies	14–28	33.3
Blue Madness	24–24	50.0
Simic Madness	12–14	46.2
Temur Madness	10–7	58.8
Grixis Madness	1–1	50.0
Wizards	9–10	47.4
Ninjas	2–3	40.0
Izzet Spells	25–27	48.1
Azorius Tempo	1–1	50.0
Combo-Control	105–147	41.7
Curses	22–16	57.9
Burning Vengeance	9–4	69.2
Cruel Combo-Control	12–12	50.0
Battle of Wits	7–3	70.0
Shared Fate	2–2	50.0
Pickles	3–18	14.3
Mindcrank	14–69	16.9
Hedron Alignment	2–0	100.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	1–5	16.7
Plasma Swans	12–7	63.2
Mass Land Destruction	19–7	73.1
Wildfire	19–7	73.1
Borderpost Wildfire	4–3	57.1
Midrange	419–573	42.2
Temur Ascendancy	10–18	35.7
The Rock	9–7	56.3
Abzan Midrange	20–11	64.5
Selesnya Midrange	21–50	29.6
Selesnya Value Town	16–48	25.0
Jund	11–8	57.9
Blink	73–175	29.4
Anti-Persecution	2–2	50.0
Graveyard Value	11–30	26.8
Séance	2–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	4–0	100.0
Allies	36–67	35.0
Mardu Allies	24–53	31.2
Mono White Allies	4–5	44.4
Esper Allies	1–5	16.7
BRGW Allies	2–2	50.0
Treefolk	4–4	50.0
Fake-Rack	3–4	42.9
Mardu Midrange	1–2	33.3
Yisan-Prophet	2–0	100.0
Vampires	19–7	73.1
Mono Black Vampires	11–4	73.3
Rakdos Vampires	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Vampires	7–2	77.8
Legends Midrange	5–0	100.0
Elementals	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	24–13	64.9
Naya Midrange	23–24	48.9
Big Red	17–6	73.9
Mono Black Midrange	38–44	46.3
Davriel Braids	2–8	20.0
Hellion Whip	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	12–11	52.2
Dimir Vat	2–3	40.0
Temur Energy	2–5	28.6
Angels	2–1	66.7
Mono White Angels	2–1	66.7
Toughness Matters	1–1	50.0
Lifegain Midrange	4–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	4–19	17.4
Sultai Emerge	1–17	5.6
Orzhov Midrange	2–5	28.6
Heartless Summoning Stompy	4–5	44.4
Ordealbreak	2–4	33.3
Artifact Midrange	1–3	25.0
Coinflips	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	4–2	66.7
Ramp	40–49	44.9
Villainous Wealth	1–0	100.0
Rofellos Ramp	1–2	33.3
Wild Pair	1–2	33.3
Domain	5–5	50.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	18–23	43.9