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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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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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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 4 weeks, 4 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	1406	2693–2326	53.7	18	151	73
Mono Black Aggro	30	50–54	48.1	0	2	1
Heroic	221	456–338	57.4	5	29	16
Mono White Heroic	58	118–103	53.4	3	19	1
Azorius Heroic	5	6–11	35.3
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	155	331–219	60.2	2	10	15
Boros Heroic	2	1–3	25.0
Red Deck Wins	201	440–305	59.1	4	27	13
Mono Red Devotion	1	2–3	40.0
Goblins	28	43–48	47.3	0	1
Tokens	36	60–73	45.1	1	7	1
Selesnya Tokens	5	6–14	30.0
Mono White Tokens	25	52–48	52.0	1	7	1
Mono Green Stompy	20	22–35	38.6			1
White Weenie	82	167–118	58.6	0	7	4
Quest for the Holy Relic	10	16–18	47.1	0	2
Soldiers	3	3–9	25.0
Kithkin	4	10–10	50.0
Chroma White	1	2–0	100.0
Elves	187	399–311	56.2	5	24	11
Warriors	1	1–3	25.0
Selesnya Little Kid	13	14–27	34.1			1
Rogues	12	15–16	48.4
Zombies	31	42–63	40.0	0	2
Gruul Aggro	6	4–11	26.7
Merfolk	30	48–58	45.3			1
Mono Red Swarm	3	2–6	25.0	0	1
Artifact Aggro	180	350–280	55.6	0	6	11
Affinity	63	117–92	56.0			7
Salvage Titan	18	23–31	42.6
Tempered Steel	58	120–90	57.1	0	6	1
Mono Blue Architect	26	53–44	54.6			2
Mono Blue Aggro	7	12–15	44.4
Illusions	7	12–15	44.4
Madness	31	38–64	37.3
Rakdos Madness	24	36–56	39.1
Voltron	8	16–16	50.0
Hexproof	7	15–12	55.6
Equipment Aggro	1	1–4	20.0
Wizards	3	3–6	33.3
Slivers	22	23–49	31.9	0	2
Naya Zoo	8	15–22	40.5
Knights	39	80–69	53.7	0	4	3
AggroSlide	45	73–58	55.7	0	16	1
Cats	2	2–6	25.0
Selesnya Cats	2	2–6	25.0
Rakdos Aggro	2	2–2	50.0
Boros Aggro	36	74–68	52.1	0	3	2
Humans	118	237–196	54.7	3	20	7
Selesnya Humans	4	4–4	50.0
Bant Humans	44	89–62	58.9	0	3	4
Jeskai Humans	49	106–99	51.7	3	14	2

Most Common Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	612–612	50.0
Mono Black Aggro	12–9	57.1
Heroic	81–101	44.5
Mono White Heroic	16–32	33.3
Azorius Heroic	2–2	50.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	62–67	48.1
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	82–115	41.6
Mono Red Devotion	0–1	0.0
Goblins	9–6	60.0
Tokens	23–14	62.2
Selesnya Tokens	3–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	12–14	46.2
Mono Green Stompy	7–3	70.0
White Weenie	26–33	44.1
Quest for the Holy Relic	6–4	60.0
Soldiers	4–0	100.0
Kithkin	1–2	33.3
Elves	90–105	46.2
Warriors	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Little Kid	9–2	81.8
Rogues	6–2	75.0
Zombies	18–10	64.3
Gruul Aggro	3–2	60.0
Merfolk	12–5	70.6
Mono Red Swarm	2–1	66.7
Artifact Aggro	86–72	54.4
Affinity	30–25	54.5
Salvage Titan	4–5	44.4
Tempered Steel	30–24	55.6
Mono Blue Architect	16–9	64.0
Mono Blue Aggro	4–3	57.1
Illusions	4–3	57.1
Madness	12–8	60.0
Rakdos Madness	9–8	52.9
Voltron	4–5	44.4
Hexproof	3–5	37.5
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Slivers	15–6	71.4
Naya Zoo	6–3	66.7
Knights	16–18	47.1
AggroSlide	20–20	50.0
Cats	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Cats	2–2	50.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–1	0.0
Boros Aggro	13–15	46.4
Humans	50–50	50.0
Selesnya Humans	0–1	0.0
Bant Humans	14–10	58.3
Jeskai Humans	27–34	44.3
Combo	564–517	52.2
Storm	269–327	45.1
Sultai Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Dimir Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Dragonstorm	9–7	56.3
Hazoret Storm	2–6	25.0
Citadel Storm	7–2	77.8
High Tide	142–138	50.7
Grixis Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Channel Storm	102–168	37.8
Reanimator	102–89	53.4
Recurring Nightmare	83–75	52.5
Dragon Nightmare	56–59	48.7
Four Color Powerful Magic	1–0	100.0
Worldgorger Dragon	9–6	60.0
Traditional Reanimator	10–8	55.6
Rakdos Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Dimir Reanimator	9–4	69.2
Mono Black Reanimator	0–4	0.0
Oriss Genesis	6–2	75.0
Dubious Challenge	2–3	40.0
Warp World	42–20	67.7
Hypergenesis	6–8	42.9
New Perspectives	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	5–6	45.5
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–3	40.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	3–3	50.0
Metalwork Colossus	9–5	64.3
Upheaval Colossus	5–4	55.6
Seismic Swans	3–3	50.0
Eggs	4–0	100.0
Heartless Myr	2–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	4–3	57.1
Taking Turns	4–0	100.0
Ominous Good	1–1	50.0
Soulflayer	6–2	75.0
Reanim8 Rack	2–2	50.0
Breakfast	21–17	55.3
Hermit Gond	0–2	0.0
Oops All Spells	7–6	53.8
Dredge	3–1	75.0
Polymorph	2–2	50.0
Protean Hulk Combo	5–4	55.6
Dice Factory	10–4	71.4
Storm Herald	2–1	66.7
Enduring Ideal	11–6	64.7
Ad Nauseam	1–0	100.0
Ad Swanseam	1–0	100.0
GreenTwin	8–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	2–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	2–2	50.0
Control	473–407	53.8
Mono Black Control	21–24	46.7
Esper Control	48–73	39.7
Demonic Rising	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Control	34–42	44.7
Dimir Control	34–25	57.6
Azorius Control	87–111	43.9
Cawblade	2–1	66.7
Turbo Fog	6–3	66.7
Izzet Control	6–6	50.0
Mill	14–2	87.5
Boros Control	2–6	25.0
Cloudpost Control	35–20	63.6
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–3	25.0
Blackpost	4–4	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	30–13	69.8
Grixis Control	13–6	68.4
Cruel Control	5–1	83.3
Stax	30–12	71.4
Jeskai Control	14–15	48.3
Dragon Control	7–1	87.5
Izzet Dragons	6–1	85.7
Ponza	29–11	72.5
Mono White Control	10–20	33.3
Life is Ez	7–15	31.8
Dynavolt Tower	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	3–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	4–2	66.7
Five Color Collected Conjuring	4–2	66.7
Guildgate Control	30–7	81.1
Bant Control	3–2	60.0
Pox	22–6	78.6
Sigil Control	4–7	36.4
Sigil Prison	4–7	36.4
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–2	0.0
Seasons Past Control	6–2	75.0
Aggro-Combo	147–127	53.6
Aristocrats	51–33	60.7
Mono Black Aristocrats	7–3	70.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	23–17	57.5
Golgari Aristocrats	6–1	85.7
Abzan Aristocrats	3–2	60.0
Mardu Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Food	2–2	50.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	5–3	62.5
Burn	28–29	49.1
Infect	21–15	58.3
Hermit Humans	9–8	52.9
Trickbind Dreadnought	12–11	52.2
Izzet Blitzkrieg	5–14	26.3
Combo Goblins	20–15	57.1
Goblin Persist	7–5	58.3
Dirty Kitty	13–10	56.5
Aggro-Control	292–206	58.6
Izzet Tempo	53–55	49.1
Azorius Skies	4–1	80.0
Blue Madness	6–3	66.7
Simic Madness	6–3	66.7
Lich Aggro-Control	1–1	50.0
Ninjas	11–8	57.9
Mono Blue Tempo	111–85	56.6
Izzet Spells	30–29	50.8
Dimir Tempo	36–11	76.6
Sultai Tempo	3–1	75.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	3–3	50.0
Combo-Control	57–39	59.4
Curses	2–2	50.0
Battle of Wits	5–2	71.4
Pickles	3–0	100.0
Hive Mind	6–1	85.7
Zur's Weirding	7–5	58.3
Solar Flare	4–2	66.7
Mass Land Destruction	28–25	52.8
Wildfire	6–3	66.7
Borderpost Wildfire	4–3	57.1
Jokulhaups Control	22–22	50.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	11–17	39.3
Jund Jokulhaups Control	4–1	80.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	3–3	50.0
Midrange	449–351	56.1
The Rock	22–26	45.8
Abzan Midrange	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Midrange	2–0	100.0
Jund	20–8	71.4
Anti-Persecution	6–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	20–20	50.0
Varolz Dreadnought	11–19	36.7
Enchantments Matter	2–2	50.0
Allies	6–15	28.6
Mardu Allies	1–1	50.0
Treefolk	0–2	0.0
Fake-Rack	34–17	66.7
Vampires	4–2	66.7
Rakdos Vampires	4–2	66.7
Elementals	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	35–42	45.5
Big Red	5–6	45.5
Mono Black Midrange	33–16	67.3
Mono Black Devotion	11–5	68.8
Dimir Midrange	7–4	63.6
Angel Tribal	5–4	55.6
Toughness Matters	5–2	71.4
Lifegain Midrange	5–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	9–8	52.9
Orzhov Midrange	9–8	52.9
Owling Mine	8–5	61.5
Jeskai Midrange	2–3	40.0
Zur the Enchanter	4–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	18–9	66.7
Enigmatic Incarnation	18–9	66.7
Mythic Colossification	1–1	50.0
Party	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	23–12	65.7
Hero of Precinct One	70–52	57.4
Mardu Hero	3–2	60.0
Five Color Hero	37–34	52.1
Gruul Obosh	0–1	0.0
Simic Snow	53–66	44.5
Artifact Midrange	3–2	60.0
Coinflip Tribal	11–0	100.0
Ramp	62–28	68.9
Cloudpost Ramp	44–18	71.0
Golgari Post	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	32–12	72.7
Domain	1–1	50.0
Carth Superfriends	7–0	100.0

Penny Dreadful Magic

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