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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 11 weeks, 3 days.

Combo-Control

Tournaments Only
Season 22 ▾
1. All
2. 33
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo-Control	685	1280–1113	53.5	6	54	30
Curses	12	9–28	24.3
Burning Vengeance	2	4–6	40.0
Cruel Combo-Control	1	0–1	0.0
Battle of Wits	11	17–22	43.6
Shared Fate	1	0–1	0.0
Pickles	15	14–17	45.2
Mindcrank	137	289–195	59.7	1	8	12
Yosei Vat	3	4–8	33.3
Lich's Mastery	8	14–11	56.0
Hive Mind	30	43–56	43.4	0	1
Zur's Weirding	8	11–9	55.0
Plasma Swans	16	24–22	52.2			1
Liliana's Contract	2	1–1	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	436	850–731	53.8	5	45	17
Wildfire	73	137–133	50.7	0	3	2
Thryx-Wildfire	2	3–5	37.5
Borderpost Wildfire	5	7–10	41.2
Jokulhaups Control	363	713–598	54.4	5	42	15
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	247	475–395	54.6	5	32	8
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	10	19–19	50.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	24	43–38	53.1			2
Jund Jokulhaups Control	16	40–30	57.1
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	40	92–75	55.1	0	5	4
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	15	26–29	47.3	0	4
Resurgent Belief	3	0–5	0.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	203–274	42.6
Mono Black Aggro	8–11	42.1
Heroic	29–24	54.7
Mono White Heroic	10–5	66.7
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	14–18	43.8
Boros Heroic	4–1	80.0
Red Deck Wins	28–50	35.9
Goblins	9–12	42.9
Tokens	11–3	78.6
Selesnya Tokens	7–2	77.8
Mono Green Stompy	16–29	35.6
White Weenie	10–24	29.4
Quest for the Holy Relic	4–0	100.0
Soldiers	0–1	0.0
Elves	7–10	41.2
Rogues	2–1	66.7
Zombies	0–1	0.0
Gruul Aggro	4–3	57.1
Merfolk	5–3	62.5
Mono Red Swarm	1–2	33.3
Artifact Aggro	32–61	34.4
Affinity	22–47	31.9
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	4–4	50.0
Mono Blue Architect	5–10	33.3
Mono Blue Aggro	0–1	0.0
Madness	6–8	42.9
Gruul Madness	1–1	50.0
Golgari Madness	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Madness	3–3	50.0
Jund Madness	1–3	25.0
Voltron	13–11	54.2
Hexproof	9–9	50.0
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
Hateful Auras	4–1	80.0
Slivers	2–1	66.7
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
Knights	6–6	50.0
AggroSlide	5–7	41.7
Boros Aggro	1–1	50.0
Humans	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Humans	1–2	33.3
Shamans	4–3	57.1
Combo	181–124	59.3
Storm	22–14	61.1
Hazoret Storm	9–2	81.8
Grixis Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Stormpost	0–2	0.0
Izzet Storm	6–6	50.0
Song Storm	4–3	57.1
Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Oriss Genesis	4–1	80.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	7–3	70.0
Dubious Challenge	4–2	66.7
Warp World	5–1	83.3
Maniac Combo	4–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	5–0	100.0
Runeflare	2–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–1	50.0
Upheaval Colossus	0–1	0.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Eggs	1–1	50.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	1–3	25.0
Izzet Ascension	18–25	41.9
Ominous Good	1–1	50.0
Jokulhaups Combo	2–0	100.0
Soulflayer	12–15	44.4
Breakfast	50–35	58.8
Oops All Spells	50–35	58.8
Oops All Lands	3–0	100.0
Dredge	10–9	52.6
Polymorph	3–0	100.0
Dice Factory	4–4	50.0
Storm Herald	3–3	50.0
Enduring Ideal	4–1	80.0
GreenTwin	1–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	4–4	50.0
Restore Balance	4–1	80.0
Control	207–111	65.1
Esper Control	4–3	57.1
Demonic Rising	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Control	2–0	100.0
Dimir Control	17–16	51.5
Azorius Control	50–45	52.6
Cawblade	9–16	36.0
Turbo Fog	8–2	80.0
Izzet Control	3–1	75.0
Mardu Control	3–0	100.0
Mill	8–1	88.9
Boros Control	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Control	21–8	72.4
Azorius Cloudpost Control	4–0	100.0
Blackpost	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	10–5	66.7
Grixis Control	13–8	61.9
Stax	1–0	100.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	1–1	50.0
Dragon Control	3–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	3–0	100.0
Ponza	18–5	78.3
Mono White Control	10–1	90.9
Life is Ez	6–1	85.7
Cycling Control	8–6	57.1
Astral Slide	8–6	57.1
Five Color Control	3–0	100.0
Shrines	2–0	100.0
Sultai Control	5–0	100.0
Sultai Ultimatum	2–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	2–1	66.7
Bant Control	2–2	50.0
Seasons Past Control	15–7	68.2
Prison	4–1	80.0
Enchantress	4–1	80.0
Aggro-Combo	184–194	48.7
Aristocrats	44–46	48.9
Mono Black Aristocrats	4–19	17.4
Orzhov Aristocrats	11–13	45.8
Golgari Aristocrats	4–2	66.7
Abzan Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Food	19–7	73.1
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Boros Bombardment	1–2	33.3
Burn	8–17	32.0
Infect	26–22	54.2
Simic Infect	13–18	41.9
Blazing Shoal Infect	13–4	76.5
Trickbind Dreadnought	7–4	63.6
Izzet Dreadnought	4–1	80.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	3–3	50.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	13–6	68.4
Hushnought	36–42	46.2
Liquimetal Fishing	12–12	50.0
Combo Goblins	36–39	48.0
Goblin Persist	36–39	48.0
Aggro-Control	70–72	49.3
Simic Flash	0–1	0.0
Izzet Tempo	25–16	61.0
Azorius Skies	4–2	66.7
Blue Madness	1–1	50.0
Simic Madness	1–1	50.0
Lich Aggro-Control	3–2	60.0
Wizards	5–1	83.3
Ninjas	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Tempo	6–9	40.0
Izzet Spells	0–1	0.0
Dimir Tempo	13–11	54.2
Ensoul Aggro-Control	8–18	30.8
Combo-Control	153–153	50.0
Curses	5–0	100.0
Burning Vengeance	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	7–1	87.5
Pickles	1–1	50.0
Mindcrank	32–35	47.8
Lich's Mastery	2–1	66.7
Hive Mind	6–4	60.0
Zur's Weirding	3–4	42.9
Plasma Swans	1–1	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	95–106	47.3
Wildfire	13–18	41.9
Borderpost Wildfire	2–1	66.7
Jokulhaups Control	82–88	48.2
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	58–61	48.7
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	2–6	25.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	3–3	50.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	7–2	77.8
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	7–12	36.8
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	5–3	62.5
Midrange	188–135	58.2
Temur Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
The Rock	5–4	55.6
Golgari Citadel	2–2	50.0
Grenzo	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	5–1	83.3
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	30–27	52.6
Graveyard Value	8–11	42.1
Séance	2–6	25.0
Varolz Dreadnought	2–5	28.6
Enchantments Matter	4–1	80.0
Allies	6–6	50.0
Orzhov Allies	1–2	33.3
Boros Allies	0–3	0.0
Mono White Allies	1–0	100.0
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Vampires	5–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	7–7	50.0
Naya Midrange	3–0	100.0
Big Red	3–5	37.5
Mono Black Midrange	8–4	66.7
Mono Black Devotion	7–4	63.6
Dimir Midrange	10–8	55.6
Dimir Vat	1–1	50.0
Angel Tribal	1–1	50.0
Toughness Matters	3–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	6–3	66.7
Martyr's Grace	4–1	80.0
Sultai Midrange	3–0	100.0
Sultai Energy	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	7–8	46.7
Jeskai Midrange	4–4	50.0
Ordealbreak	1–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–0	100.0
Mythic Colossification	1–1	50.0
Fires of Invention	14–7	66.7
Hero of Precinct One	22–22	50.0
Mardu Hero	3–6	33.3
Orzhov Hero	14–13	51.9
Boros Hero	5–3	62.5
Simic Snow	1–0	100.0
Coinflip Tribal	5–1	83.3
Death Cloud	1–2	33.3
Ramp	94–50	65.3
Villainous Wealth	1–0	100.0
Rofellos Ramp	26–18	59.1
Cloudpost Ramp	47–20	70.1
Greenpost	10–4	71.4
Gruul Post	26–14	65.0
Simic Post	10–2	83.3
Sarkhan's Unsealing Ramp	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	6–4	60.0
Applejacks	1–1	50.0