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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.

Top 8 finishers on each month's league leaderboard win credit with Cardhoarder.

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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 1 week, 1 day.

The Penny Dreadful 500 is on Nov 16th with free entry and $500 in prizes!

Mono Blue Control

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	5859	10749–11891–43	47.5	269	2496
Mono Blue Control	105	185–219	45.8	6	47

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	49–76	39.2
Mono Black Aggro	1–1	50.0
Heroic	8–9	47.1
Mono White Heroic	4–5	44.4
Azorius Heroic	3–2	60.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–2	33.3
Red Deck Wins	14–12	53.8
Mono Red Devotion	0–1	0.0
Goblins	0–3	0.0
Tokens	1–5	16.7
Selesnya Tokens	0–3	0.0
Mono White Tokens	1–2	33.3
Mono Green Stompy	1–1	50.0
White Weenie	6–7	46.2
Soldiers	1–1	50.0
Elves	4–9	30.8
Werewolves	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–1	50.0
Zombies	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	2–4	33.3
Artifact Aggro	2–5	28.6
Affinity	2–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	0–5	0.0
Madness	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	1–2	33.3
Hexproof	0–1	0.0
Equipment Aggro	1–1	50.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Knights	3–0	100.0
AggroSlide	0–11	0.0
Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Humans	4–2	66.7
Jeskai Humans	3–1	75.0
Boros Humans	1–0	100.0
Combo	32–36	47.1
Storm	10–17	37.0
Dimir Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Dragonstorm	0–1	0.0
Hazoret Storm	2–0	100.0
High Tide	2–5	28.6
Channel Storm	6–10	37.5
Reanimator	6–6	50.0
Recurring Nightmare	3–1	75.0
Dragon Nightmare	2–1	66.7
Worldgorger Dragon	1–1	50.0
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	2–3	40.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–2	33.3
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–3	40.0
Hypergenesis	1–1	50.0
Hyperwave	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Combo	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	3–2	60.0
Cephalid Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Oops All Spells	3–0	100.0
Neoform Hermit	0–1	0.0
Dice Factory	0–1	0.0
Storm Herald	0–1	0.0
Intruder Alarm	2–1	66.7
Restore Balance	2–1	66.7
Amalia Combo	1–1	50.0
Control	27–28	49.1
Mono Black Control	0–1	0.0
Esper Control	2–4	33.3
Demonic Rising	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	6–6	50.0
Dimir Control	3–0	100.0
Azorius Control	0–7	0.0
Cawblade	0–1	0.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	2–1	66.7
Cruel Control	2–1	66.7
Stax	0–1	0.0
Birthday Stax	0–1	0.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	1–2	33.3
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Ponza	1–3	25.0
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	0–1	0.0
Pox	0–1	0.0
Seasons Past Control	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	1–1	50.0
Prison	2–0	100.0
Enchantress	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	13–10	56.5
Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Burn	2–3	40.0
Infect	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–1	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	4–2	66.7
Mono Blue Dreadnought	3–2	60.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–2	33.3
Hushnought	1–1	50.0
Combo Goblins	2–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	1–0	100.0
Dirty Kitty	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	22–20	52.4
Izzet Tempo	6–4	60.0
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Blue Madness	0–1	0.0
Simic Madness	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	9–9	50.0
Mono Blue Faeries	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Librarians	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	3–3	50.0
Dimir Tempo	1–1	50.0
Combo-Control	5–11	31.3
Curses	0–2	0.0
Cruel Combo-Control	0–2	0.0
Displace Loop	1–2	33.3
Peregrine Drake	1–2	33.3
Plasma Swans	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	4–4	50.0
Wildfire	0–2	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	4–2	66.7
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	2–1	66.7
Temur Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Midrange	34–33	50.7
Temur Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
The Rock	3–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	0–3	0.0
Jund	3–4	42.9
Blink	0–3	0.0
Orzhov Blink	0–1	0.0
Allies	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Allies	0–1	0.0
Mardu Allies	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	2–0	100.0
Selvala Morningstar	0–1	0.0
Vampires	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–1	50.0
Card Advantage White	1–0	100.0
Big Red	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–0	100.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Angels	1–0	100.0
Mono White Angels	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	6–2	75.0
Martyr's Grace	6–2	75.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–1	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	6–5	54.5
Mardu Hero	0–1	0.0
Five Color Hero	1–1	50.0
Naya Hero	2–2	50.0
Simic Snow	3–6	33.3
Artifact Midrange	1–1	50.0
Ramp	3–5	37.5
Cloudpost Ramp	2–4	33.3
Greenpost	2–3	40.0
Gruul Post	0–1	0.0
Devoid Cruelty	1–0	100.0