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Penny Dreadful. The ultra-budget, thousands-of-cards Magic Online brewer's paradise with powerful cards, six free weekly tournaments, free 24/7 league, prizes, quarterly rotations, and a super friendly community.

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How do I get started with Magic Online?

Check out the guide to Magic Online.
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?

The best way to build decks is to use a search engine that supports Penny Dreadful legality (f:pd) like Scryfall.

Browse Decklists from tournaments, leagues and elsewhere

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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.

To find the Penny Dreadful community join the Discord.
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 MTGO Traders.

When you complete a five match league run for the first time ever you will get 1 tik credit with MTGO Traders (at the end of the month).

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How do I enter a tournament?

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, 4 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	684	1078–1173	47.9	8	68	24
Mono Black Aggro	4	6–9	40.0
Heroic	59	106–97	52.2	1	6	3
Mono White Heroic	46	91–73	55.5	1	6	3
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	6	8–12	40.0
Boros Heroic	7	7–12	36.8
Red Deck Wins	162	300–249	54.6	4	27	5
Mono Red Devotion	1	1–1	50.0
Goblins	53	59–90	39.6	0	4
Tokens	4	1–8	11.1
Mono White Tokens	1	0–4	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	7	10–14	41.7
White Weenie	59	97–89	52.2	1	7	3
Quest for the Holy Relic	5	4–7	36.4	0	2
Soldiers	26	53–36	59.6	1	3	1
Kithkin	1	0–1	0.0
Elves	50	99–84	54.1	2	5	2
Werewolves	1	2–3	40.0
Minotaurs	1	0–2	0.0
Warriors	2	0–4	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	8	15–15	50.0
Rogues	1	0–2	0.0
Zombies	7	9–13	40.9
Gruul Aggro	11	23–21	52.3			1
Merfolk	18	28–29	49.1	0	2	2
Mono Red Swarm	2	3–4	42.9
Artifact Aggro	170	236–322	42.3	0	15	7
Affinity	107	128–219	36.9	0	10	3
Salvage Titan	7	2–16	11.1
Tempered Steel	53	104–78	57.1	0	5	4
Mono Blue Architect	3	2–9	18.2
Madness	8	11–19	36.7
Golgari Madness	2	7–3	70.0
Rakdos Madness	3	4–11	26.7
Voltron	5	8–8	50.0
Hexproof	4	5–6	45.5
Equipment Aggro	1	3–2	60.0
Knights	13	23–22	51.1			1
AggroSlide	13	14–15	48.3	0	1
Rakdos Aggro	11	12–28	30.0
Boros Aggro	2	3–3	50.0
Humans	9	12–18	40.0	0	1
Jeskai Humans	1	3–3	50.0	0	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	261–261	50.0
Mono Black Aggro	2–2	50.0
Heroic	18–36	33.3
Mono White Heroic	15–32	31.9
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–1	66.7
Boros Heroic	1–3	25.0
Red Deck Wins	56–75	42.7
Mono Red Devotion	1–1	50.0
Goblins	27–11	71.1
Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	4–4	50.0
White Weenie	18–29	38.3
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–2	33.3
Soldiers	9–15	37.5
Kithkin	1–0	100.0
Elves	19–20	48.7
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Minotaurs	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	2–2	50.0
Zombies	5–3	62.5
Gruul Aggro	5–8	38.5
Merfolk	4–3	57.1
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	71–49	59.2
Affinity	50–26	65.8
Salvage Titan	4–1	80.0
Tempered Steel	15–22	40.5
Mono Blue Architect	2–0	100.0
Madness	2–4	33.3
Golgari Madness	0–3	0.0
Rakdos Madness	1–1	50.0
Voltron	2–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Knights	3–7	30.0
AggroSlide	5–3	62.5
Rakdos Aggro	5–1	83.3
Boros Aggro	2–1	66.7
Humans	5–3	62.5
Jeskai Humans	1–1	50.0
Combo	199–229	46.5
Storm	48–34	58.5
Sultai Tendrils	3–2	60.0
Dragonstorm	3–1	75.0
Hazoret Storm	35–29	54.7
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	4–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	3–2	60.0
Reanimator	67–102	39.6
Recurring Nightmare	6–6	50.0
Dragon Nightmare	5–5	50.0
Four Color Powerful Magic	1–0	100.0
Worldgorger Dragon	4–13	23.5
Traditional Reanimator	56–83	40.3
Rakdos Reanimator	1–2	33.3
Dimir Reanimator	2–2	50.0
Mono Black Reanimator	52–79	39.7
Grixis Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Biovisionary	2–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	5–34	12.8
Warp World	5–3	62.5
Hypergenesis	8–13	38.1
Jeskai Ascendancy	13–7	65.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	13–7	65.0
Twin	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–4	20.0
Anvil Colossus	0–1	0.0
Eggs	6–0	100.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	2–1	66.7
Izzet Ascension	4–7	36.4
Ominous Good	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Combo	3–1	75.0
Breakfast	5–7	41.7
Oops All Spells	5–7	41.7
Dredge	4–3	57.1
Ad Nauseam	2–0	100.0
GreenTwin	6–4	60.0
Restore Balance	1–0	100.0
Belcher	7–9	43.8
Endless Belch	1–4	20.0
Control	164–216	43.2
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	33–53	38.4
Demonic Rising	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Control	3–9	25.0
Dimir Control	15–21	41.7
Azorius Control	21–48	30.4
Turbo Fog	2–1	66.7
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Boros Control	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	16–11	59.3
Blackpost	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	9–2	81.8
Grixis Control	2–4	33.3
Cruel Control	1–2	33.3
Stax	8–11	42.1
Dragon Control	4–1	80.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Dimir Dragons	1–0	100.0
Ponza	16–8	66.7
Mono White Control	8–24	25.0
Life is Ez	3–7	30.0
Cycling Control	4–6	40.0
Astral Slide	3–6	33.3
Five Color Control	16–8	66.7
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	2–3	40.0
Bant Control	2–1	66.7
Pox	2–3	40.0
Aggro-Combo	107–132	44.8
Aristocrats	21–12	63.6
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Golgari Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Food	4–2	66.7
Rakdos Aristocrats	4–1	80.0
Abiding Bombardment	11–8	57.9
Burn	13–12	52.0
Infect	7–2	77.8
Trickbind Dreadnought	38–75	33.6
Izzet Blitzkrieg	17–11	60.7
Hushnought	6–17	26.1
Combo Goblins	2–2	50.0
Goblin Persist	2–1	66.7
Dirty Kitty	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	51–37	58.0
Izzet Tempo	19–12	61.3
Azorius Skies	3–0	100.0
Blue Madness	2–0	100.0
Simic Madness	2–0	100.0
Wizards	4–7	36.4
Ninjas	6–7	46.2
Mono Blue Tempo	9–5	64.3
Mono Blue Faeries	1–1	50.0
Izzet Spells	3–1	75.0
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	1–4	20.0
Combo-Control	93–88	51.4
Curses	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	29–11	72.5
Mindcrank	16–16	50.0
Hive Mind	1–1	50.0
Zur's Weirding	1–1	50.0
Solar Flare	0–4	0.0
Plasma Swans	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	45–54	45.5
Wildfire	0–2	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	45–52	46.4
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	9–9	50.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	18–28	39.1
Temur Jokulhaups Control	2–1	66.7
Jund Jokulhaups Control	12–5	70.6
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	2–3	40.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	1–4	20.0
Midrange	138–160	46.3
Temur Ascendancy	2–1	66.7
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	8–8	50.0
Selesnya Midrange	2–5	28.6
Jund	3–0	100.0
Blink	5–4	55.6
Graveyard Value	2–5	28.6
Séance	0–1	0.0
Varolz Dreadnought	2–4	33.3
Enchantments Matter	8–10	44.4
Allies	1–6	14.3
Boros Allies	1–2	33.3
Mono White Allies	0–3	0.0
Azorius Allies	0–1	0.0
Treefolk	2–1	66.7
-1/-1 Counters	1–2	33.3
Fake-Rack	5–1	83.3
Mardu Midrange	1–1	50.0
Vampires	6–12	33.3
Mono Black Vampires	5–11	31.3
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	14–8	63.6
Mono Black Midrange	14–18	43.8
Mono Black Devotion	6–5	54.5
Dimir Midrange	4–0	100.0
Angel Tribal	1–1	50.0
Lifegain Midrange	4–16	20.0
Martyr's Grace	4–16	20.0
Adventures	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	10–10	50.0
Owling Mine	1–0	100.0
Zur the Enchanter	0–1	0.0
Mythic Colossification	0–1	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	22–36	37.9
Mardu Hero	2–1	66.7
Five Color Hero	19–30	38.8
Clerics	6–6	50.0
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Ramp	65–50	56.5
Cloudpost Ramp	51–42	54.8
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	3–2	60.0
Greenpost	45–38	54.2
Domain	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	2–2	50.0