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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.

They are hosted on Gatherling along with a lot of other player-run Magic Online events.

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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 3 days, 2 hours.

Congratulations to vagstor, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 35)

Blazing Shoal Combo

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	5758	12115–11178–18	52.0	430	2788
Blazing Shoal Combo	94	116–179	39.3	3	34

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	35–61	36.5
Mono Black Aggro	1–4	20.0
Heroic	0–2	0.0
Mono White Heroic	0–2	0.0
Red Deck Wins	8–7	53.3
Goblins	0–5	0.0
Tokens	3–1	75.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	2–6	25.0
Soldiers	1–6	14.3
Elves	4–1	80.0
Zombies	2–3	40.0
Merfolk	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	2–2	50.0
Affinity	0–2	0.0
Hardened Scales Affinity	0–1	0.0
Tempered Steel	2–0	100.0
Madness	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	1–2	33.3
Equipment Aggro	1–1	50.0
Hateful Auras	0–1	0.0
Knights	0–2	0.0
AggroSlide	1–4	20.0
Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Humans	2–3	40.0
Boros Humans	2–2	50.0
Mono Red Eldrazi	1–0	100.0
Legends Aggro	6–15	28.6
Boros Legends Aggro	6–15	28.6
Rats	1–1	50.0
Combo	26–28	48.1
Storm	2–3	40.0
Dimir Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	1–2	33.3
Reanimator	3–2	60.0
Recurring Nightmare	0–1	0.0
Dragon Nightmare	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	3–1	75.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Necro Combo	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–1	0.0
Warp World	1–3	25.0
Boros Glimpse	1–3	25.0
Hypergenesis	0–2	0.0
New Perspectives	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	3–0	100.0
Anvil Colossus	3–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	5–5	50.0
Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Unctus	1–0	100.0
Oops All Lands	1–1	50.0
Tibalt's Trickery	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	1–1	50.0
Gyruda	0–4	0.0
Tameshi Bloom	1–1	50.0
Midnight Mass	2–1	66.7
Phoenix Altar	1–1	50.0
Actual Twin	2–1	66.7
Izzet Twin	2–0	100.0
Boros Twin	0–1	0.0
Control	13–22	37.1
Esper Control	2–2	50.0
Dimir Control	1–1	50.0
Azorius Control	2–9	18.2
Turbo Fog	0–1	0.0
Izzet Control	0–1	0.0
Boros Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	4–0	100.0
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	3–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	2–1	66.7
Ponza	0–3	0.0
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	0–1	0.0
Seasons Past Control	1–0	100.0
Prison	1–0	100.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	8–12	40.0
Aristocrats	3–4	42.9
Food	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	3–3	50.0
Burn	1–1	50.0
Infect	3–5	37.5
Golgari Infect	3–5	37.5
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–2	0.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	6–8	42.9
Simic Flash	1–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	1–2	33.3
Wizards	0–1	0.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–2	0.0
Izzet Spells	1–1	50.0
Dimir Tempo	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	5–3	62.5
Battle of Wits	0–2	0.0
Solar Flare	3–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	0–1	0.0
Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Thryx-Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Midrange	20–45	30.8
The Rock	1–1	50.0
Abzan Midrange	2–2	50.0
Blink	4–10	28.6
Wave Blink	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Blink	3–9	25.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
White Jund	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–1	0.0
Big Red	0–3	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–12	20.0
Necro Midrange	2–11	15.4
Mono Black Devotion	1–0	100.0
Angels	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Angels	1–1	50.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–1	66.7
Heartless Summoning Stompy	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	1–3	25.0
Hero of Precinct One	2–2	50.0
Five Color Hero	2–2	50.0
Clerics	2–2	50.0
Artifact Midrange	0–2	0.0
Death Cloud	1–1	50.0
Ramp	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	2–0	100.0
Greenpost	1–0	100.0
Gruul Post	1–0	100.0
Unclassified	1–0	100.0