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Penny Dreadful. The ultra-budget, thousands-of-cards Magic Online brewer's paradise with powerful cards, seven 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 seven 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 5 weeks, 6 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	539	1089–848	56.2	3	25	28
Mono Black Aggro	13	26–24	52.0	0	1
Heroic	64	120–104	53.6	0	1	4
Mono White Heroic	35	63–58	52.1	0	1
Azorius Heroic	1	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	23	54–34	61.4			4
Boros Heroic	5	3–11	21.4
Red Deck Wins	119	285–175	62.0	1	14	8
Goblins	18	39–26	60.0	0	2	2
Tokens	21	27–35	43.5	0	1
Selesnya Tokens	19	25–31	44.6	0	1
Mono White Tokens	2	2–4	33.3
Mono Green Stompy	63	138–92	60.0	2	3	5
White Weenie	32	79–39	66.9			3
Quest for the Holy Relic	5	6–8	42.9
Soldiers	1	3–1	75.0
Elves	17	29–26	52.7
Selesnya Little Kid	2	3–3	50.0
Zombies	1	3–2	60.0
Gruul Aggro	10	12–24	33.3
Merfolk	6	6–14	30.0
Mono Red Swarm	5	8–5	61.5
Artifact Aggro	81	180–135	57.1	0	1	4
Affinity	61	140–99	58.6			4
Tempered Steel	12	19–20	48.7	0	1
Mono Blue Architect	7	20–12	62.5
Mono Blue Aggro	2	3–3	50.0
Madness	15	13–22	37.1
Gruul Madness	2	2–2	50.0
Rakdos Madness	2	2–4	33.3
Voltron	16	29–24	54.7
Hexproof	12	18–15	54.5
Hateful Auras	4	11–9	55.0
Wizards	9	9–21	30.0
Naya Zoo	2	0–2	0.0
Knights	19	28–29	49.1			1
AggroSlide	19	43–35	55.1	0	2	1
Rakdos Aggro	1	3–2	60.0
Boros Aggro	3	4–4	50.0

Most Common Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	226–226	50.0
Mono Black Aggro	11–4	73.3
Heroic	18–37	32.7
Mono White Heroic	6–26	18.8
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	8–9	47.1
Boros Heroic	4–2	66.7
Red Deck Wins	50–48	51.0
Goblins	10–7	58.8
Tokens	7–2	77.8
Selesnya Tokens	5–2	71.4
Mono White Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	26–38	40.6
White Weenie	8–10	44.4
Soldiers	0–1	0.0
Elves	7–10	41.2
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	7–1	87.5
Merfolk	3–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	0–2	0.0
Artifact Aggro	36–37	49.3
Affinity	28–25	52.8
Tempered Steel	4–10	28.6
Mono Blue Architect	4–2	66.7
Mono Blue Aggro	2–0	100.0
Madness	7–1	87.5
Gruul Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	6–10	37.5
Hexproof	5–6	45.5
Hateful Auras	1–4	20.0
Wizards	5–2	71.4
Knights	5–6	45.5
AggroSlide	15–9	62.5
Boros Aggro	1–2	33.3
Combo	196–155	55.8
Storm	16–2	88.9
Dimir Tendrils	2–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	4–0	100.0
Grixis Tendrils	3–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	2–2	50.0
Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Oriss Genesis	1–1	50.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	5–10	33.3
Dubious Challenge	1–3	25.0
Maniac Combo	1–2	33.3
Eggs	2–1	66.7
Heartless Myr	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	2–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	30–30	50.0
Ominous Good	7–1	87.5
Jokulhaups	73–53	57.9
Soulflayer	7–12	36.8
Breakfast	12–30	28.6
Oops All Spells	12–30	28.6
Dredge	13–1	92.9
Polymorph	0–2	0.0
Protean Hulk Combo	1–0	100.0
Dice Factory	2–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	7–2	77.8
Control	209–131	61.5
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	8–4	66.7
Demonic Rising	5–3	62.5
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	13–11	54.2
Azorius Control	30–30	50.0
Cawblade	9–5	64.3
Turbo Fog	7–5	58.3
Izzet Control	15–2	88.2
Mill	10–1	90.9
Boros Control	2–2	50.0
Cloudpost Control	29–19	60.4
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Blackpost	10–7	58.8
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	11–6	64.7
Grixis Control	11–3	78.6
Stax	2–0	100.0
Chandra Nalaar	4–3	57.1
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Ponza	45–29	60.8
Wildfire	21–17	55.3
Thryx-Wildfire	5–1	83.3
Borderpost Wildfire	0–3	0.0
Mono White Control	8–9	47.1
Life is Ez	5–5	50.0
Cycling Control	5–2	71.4
Astral Slide	4–2	66.7
Five Color Control	2–0	100.0
Shrines	2–0	100.0
Sultai Control	3–0	100.0
Sultai Ultimatum	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	0–2	0.0
Sigil Control	1–2	33.3
Sigil Prison	1–2	33.3
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–1	50.0
Seasons Past Control	5–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	108–105	50.7
Aristocrats	39–29	57.4
Mono Black Aristocrats	7–3	70.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	11–6	64.7
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Food	19–19	50.0
Abiding Bombardment	0–1	0.0
Burn	7–3	70.0
Infect	17–9	65.4
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–10	16.7
Izzet Blitzkrieg	9–9	50.0
Hushnought	5–8	38.5
Liquimetal Fishing	8–2	80.0
Combo Goblins	21–35	37.5
Goblin Persist	21–35	37.5
Aggro-Control	74–46	61.7
Simic Flash	1–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	28–10	73.7
Azorius Skies	6–9	40.0
Blue Madness	3–0	100.0
Simic Madness	2–0	100.0
Grixis Madness	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	4–1	80.0
Mono Blue Tempo	10–7	58.8
Izzet Spells	2–1	66.7
Dimir Tempo	15–14	51.7
Combo-Control	39–23	62.9
Curses	2–1	66.7
Battle of Wits	1–2	33.3
Mindcrank	27–12	69.2
Lich's Mastery	1–2	33.3
Hive Mind	2–4	33.3
Plasma Swans	6–2	75.0
Midrange	179–129	58.1
The Rock	10–3	76.9
Golgari Citadel	6–1	85.7
Abzan Midrange	1–4	20.0
Jund	4–0	100.0
Blink	28–23	54.9
Graveyard Value	18–16	52.9
Séance	3–5	37.5
Varolz Dreadnought	4–10	28.6
Enchantments Matter	2–1	66.7
Allies	2–0	100.0
Mono White Allies	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	2–0	100.0
Vampires	3–2	60.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Vampires	3–1	75.0
Rakdos Midrange	16–10	61.5
Naya Midrange	3–2	60.0
Mono Black Midrange	8–6	57.1
Mono Black Devotion	7–6	53.8
Dimir Midrange	9–6	60.0
Dimir Vat	1–1	50.0
Angel Tribal	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	8–7	53.3
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Energy	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	4–8	33.3
Jeskai Midrange	4–3	57.1
Ordealbreak	1–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–0	100.0
Mythic Colossification	4–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	4–5	44.4
Hero of Precinct One	19–12	61.3
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Esper Hero	8–5	61.5
Orzhov Hero	10–7	58.8
Ramp	58–33	63.7
Rofellos Ramp	14–11	56.0
Cloudpost Ramp	33–19	63.5
Greenpost	31–19	62.0
Carth Superfriends	1–1	50.0

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