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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.

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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, 2 days.

The Season Kick Off is on Nov 30th with free entry and over 100 tix in prizes to 32nd place!

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Midrange	6661	12942–13445–34	49.0	357	3096
Vampires	198	345–392–7	46.8	10	94
Mono Black Vampires	138	261–274–7	48.8	10	73

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	92–74–1	55.4
Mono Black Aggro	2–2	50.0
Heroic	21–5–1	80.8
Mono White Heroic	15–5–1	75.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	3–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	26–24	52.0
Mono Red Devotion	2–0	100.0
Proliferate Red	0–1	0.0
Goblins	1–1	50.0
Tokens	4–4	50.0
Selesnya Tokens	4–3	57.1
Mono Green Stompy	2–2	50.0
White Weenie	5–6	45.5
Odric Keywords	0–2	0.0
Soldiers	0–2	0.0
Elves	3–0	100.0
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Warriors	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	0–1	0.0
Zombies	0–2	0.0
Gruul Aggro	1–2	33.3
Merfolk	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	14–7	66.7
Affinity	3–0	100.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	10–7	58.8
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Illusions	1–0	100.0
Devastating Dreams	0–1	0.0
Madness	1–3	25.0
Golgari Madness	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	2–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	2–7	22.2
Legends Aggro	4–3	57.1
Boros Legends Aggro	4–3	57.1
Combo	36–34–2	51.4
Storm	5–12–1	29.4
Sultai Tendrils	3–1–1	75.0
Dimir Tendrils	1–2	33.3
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	0–2	0.0
High Tide	0–1	0.0
Izzet Storm	0–6	0.0
Reanimator	9–8–1	52.9
Recurring Nightmare	2–2	50.0
Dragon Nightmare	0–1	0.0
Four Color Powerful Magic	1–1	50.0
Living Death	2–3	40.0
Traditional Reanimator	5–3–1	62.5
Mono Black Reanimator	1–2	33.3
Oriss Genesis	1–1	50.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	6–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	0–1	0.0
New Perspectives	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Umbral Mantle	1–1	50.0
Eye of the Storm	1–0	100.0
Eggs	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	1–6	14.3
Cephalid Breakfast	1–3	25.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	1–3	25.0
Oops All Spells	0–3	0.0
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	2–1	66.7
Enduring Ideal	1–1	50.0
Gyruda	1–1	50.0
Control	28–46–1	37.8
Mono Black Control	7–0	100.0
Esper Control	2–4	33.3
Demonic Rising	0–1–1	0.0
Mono Blue Control	1–1	50.0
Dimir Control	4–6	40.0
Dreadful Inspiration	2–1	66.7
Azorius Control	2–6	25.0
Turbo Fog	0–1	0.0
Izzet Control	2–2	50.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	1–7	12.5
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Blackpost	0–3	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Grixis Control	1–5	16.7
Cruel Control	0–4	0.0
Stax	0–1	0.0
Dragon Control	0–1	0.0
UBRG Dragons	0–1	0.0
Galleon Control	0–1	0.0
Ponza	1–1	50.0
Cycling Control	1–1	50.0
Astral Slide	1–1	50.0
Five Color Control	0–2	0.0
Sultai Control	2–1	66.7
Guildgate Control	0–1	0.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–3	25.0
Orzhov Control	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	25–28	47.2
Aristocrats	9–17	34.6
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–7	22.2
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–5	28.6
Golgari Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Abzan Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Boros Bombardment	1–0	100.0
Burn	1–2	33.3
Infect	4–0	100.0
Golgari Infect	2–0	100.0
Pummeler	2–0	100.0
Hermit Humans	0–1	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	5–3	62.5
Mono Blue Dreadnought	5–2	71.4
Izzet Blitzkrieg	3–2	60.0
Hushnought	0–1	0.0
Combo Goblins	1–1	50.0
Goblin Persist	0–1	0.0
Dirty Kitty	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	10–7	58.8
Simic Flash	4–1	80.0
Simic Vat	4–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	2–0	100.0
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Wizards	0–2	0.0
Izzet Spells	0–3	0.0
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	15–26–1	36.6
Curses	1–1	50.0
Burning Vengeance	2–0	100.0
Cruel Combo-Control	0–3	0.0
Approach Necro	0–2	0.0
Swarm Intelligence	0–1	0.0
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	0–2	0.0
Displace Loop	3–3–1	50.0
Peregrine Drake	0–0–1
Familiars	3–0	100.0
Hedron Alignment	0–1	0.0
Yosei Vat	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	4–2	66.7
Mass Land Destruction	3–11	21.4
Wildfire	1–5	16.7
Borderpost Wildfire	1–3	25.0
Jokulhaups Control	2–6	25.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	2–0	100.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Midrange	43–55–2	43.9
Temur Ascendancy	0–9	0.0
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Angels and Taxes	3–0	100.0
Grenzo	2–3	40.0
Abzan Midrange	5–2	71.4
Selesnya Midrange	0–0–1
Jund	3–3	50.0
Blink	2–8	20.0
Wave Blink	1–5	16.7
Azorius Wave	1–5	16.7
Orzhov Blink	0–2	0.0
Graveyard Value	2–0	100.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Enchantress	0–1	0.0
Allies	5–2	71.4
Orzhov Allies	4–1	80.0
Mardu Allies	1–1	50.0
Treefolk	1–1	50.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	0–1	0.0
Mardu Midrange	0–2	0.0
White Jund	1–3	25.0
Vampires	4–5	44.4
Mono Black Vampires	4–4	50.0
Rakdos Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	1–3	25.0
Boros Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Mardu Legends	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Legends	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–1	0.0
Card Advantage White	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–4	33.3
Mono Black Devotion	1–0	100.0
Heart of Darkness	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–0	100.0
Martyr's Grace	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	3–1	75.0
Zur the Enchanter	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	0–1	0.0
Ramp	12–4	75.0
Rofellos Ramp	3–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	7–4	63.6
Eldrazipost	2–0	100.0
Greenpost	0–2	0.0
Gruul Post	1–0	100.0
Simic Post	1–1	50.0