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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 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	5–0s
Aggro	50320	94009–84190–65	52.8	736	5770	2366
Humans	717	1338–1170	53.3	12	95	35
Boros Humans	198	413–292	58.6	7	47	11

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	102–57	64.2
Mono Black Aggro	4–1	80.0
Heroic	6–5	54.5
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–2	33.3
Boros Heroic	5–3	62.5
Red Deck Wins	28–5	84.8
Goblins	5–4	55.6
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	7–7	50.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–1	0.0
Soldiers	5–3	62.5
Mono White Humans	1–3	25.0
Elves	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	5–8	38.5
Affinity	4–6	40.0
Hardened Scales Affinity	4–6	40.0
Tempered Steel	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–1	50.0
Voltron	5–4	55.6
Hexproof	2–1	66.7
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
Hateful Auras	3–2	60.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	3–3	50.0
Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	2–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	6–4	60.0
Boros Humans	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Humans	5–2	71.4
Mono Red Eldrazi	0–2	0.0
Legends Aggro	12–8	60.0
Boros Legends Aggro	10–7	58.8
Bard Class	2–0	100.0
Permanent Vacation	3–1	75.0
Pirates	5–2	71.4
Combo	82–49	62.6
Storm	10–5	66.7
Dragonstorm	0–1	0.0
Citadel Storm	4–1	80.0
High Tide	4–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	2–0	100.0
Channel Storm	0–3	0.0
Reanimator	0–2	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	0–2	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	3–1	75.0
Warp World	22–10	68.8
Temur Glimpse	9–2	81.8
Boros Glimpse	13–8	61.9
Hypergenesis	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	3–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	3–0	100.0
Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	3–3	50.0
Anvil Colossus	1–2	33.3
Upheaval Colossus	1–0	100.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	2–2	50.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	0–1	0.0
Izzet Ascension	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	3–0	100.0
Oops All Spells	2–0	100.0
Oops All Lands	5–6	45.5
Dredge	5–4	55.6
Insidious Roots Dredge	4–4	50.0
Dice Factory	1–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	2–0	100.0
Tibalt's Trickery	1–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	1–1	50.0
Calibrated Blast	2–2	50.0
Restore Balance	2–1	66.7
Gyruda	2–0	100.0
Belcher	5–0	100.0
Midnight Mass	1–3	25.0
Phoenix Altar	1–0	100.0
Actual Twin	1–5	16.7
Izzet Twin	0–3	0.0
Boros Twin	1–2	33.3
Control	60–41	59.4
Esper Control	10–4	71.4
Demonic Rising	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Control	0–2	0.0
Dimir Control	2–0	100.0
Azorius Control	20–12	62.5
Cawblade	0–2	0.0
Turbo Fog	2–1	66.7
Izzet Control	1–3	25.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	6–6	50.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Blackpost	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	2–2	50.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	4–1	80.0
Cruel Control	3–1	75.0
Stax	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Control	3–1	75.0
Dragon Control	0–1	0.0
Izzet Dragons	0–1	0.0
Runeflare	2–0	100.0
Ponza	2–2	50.0
Mono White Control	1–4	20.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Last Stand Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	0–1	0.0
Seasons Past Control	2–0	100.0
Prison	1–1	50.0
Enchantress	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	19–18	51.4
Aristocrats	16–15	51.6
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–3	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	15–12	55.6
Burn	1–0	100.0
Infect	2–1	66.7
Simic Infect	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–0	100.0
Golgari Infect	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Dwarf Combo	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	17–21	44.7
Izzet Tempo	4–4	50.0
Blue Madness	0–1	0.0
Temur Madness	0–1	0.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	6–7	46.2
Mono Blue Faeries	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Librarians	0–5	0.0
Izzet Spells	1–1	50.0
Dimir Tempo	1–1	50.0
Dimir Faeries	1–1	50.0
Azorius Tempo	1–3	25.0
Combo-Control	17–9	65.4
Curses	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	5–1	83.3
Sunforger	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–0	100.0
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Thopter-Sword	0–1	0.0
Esper Thopter-Sword	0–1	0.0
Resurgent Belief	2–2	50.0
Greasefang	5–3	62.5
Esper Greasefang	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Greasefang	3–2	60.0
Coveted Falcon Combo	1–1	50.0
Midrange	95–90	51.4
The Rock	3–7	30.0
Abzan Midrange	5–3	62.5
Selesnya Midrange	1–2	33.3
Blink	22–33	40.0
Wave Blink	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Blink	18–28	39.1
Graveyard Value	2–0	100.0
Allies	1–2	33.3
Fake-Rack	3–1	75.0
Vampires	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Legends	3–1	75.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–2	33.3
Naya Midrange	0–2	0.0
Big Red	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	6–6	50.0
Necro Midrange	5–6	45.5
Dimir Midrange	3–1	75.0
Angels	1–2	33.3
Mono White Angels	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Angels	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Fight Rigging	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	5–2	71.4
Heartless Summoning Stompy	7–9	43.8
Ordealbreak	1–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	1–1	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	2–1	66.7
Five Color Hero	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Hero	0–1	0.0
Clerics	2–3	40.0
Simic Snow	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	7–2	77.8
Death Cloud	2–4	33.3
Nissa Company	1–1	50.0
Illness in the Ranks	3–0	100.0
Game Objects	2–1	66.7
Laelia Cascade	1–0	100.0
Ramp	21–7	75.0
Cloudpost Ramp	2–1	66.7
Greenpost	1–1	50.0
Simic Post	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	2–1	66.7
Applejacks	2–0	100.0
Field Ramp	11–5	68.8