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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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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.

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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.
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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.

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 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 10 weeks, 2 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	1353	2469–2232	52.5	14	124	63
Mono Black Aggro	44	73–87	45.6	2	6	2
Heroic	33	51–64	44.3			1
Mono White Heroic	1	1–4	20.0
Azorius Heroic	7	5–13	27.8
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	17	30–29	50.8			1
Boros Heroic	5	5–13	27.8
Red Deck Wins	229	431–375	53.5	2	23	9
Goblins	12	10–20	33.3	0	4
Tokens	41	50–86	36.8	0	2	2
Selesnya Tokens	16	22–38	36.7	0	2
Mono White Tokens	15	23–16	59.0			2
Mono Green Stompy	11	3–22	12.0
White Weenie	101	175–152	53.5	1	11	4
Quest for the Holy Relic	29	52–33	61.2	0	2	3
Soldiers	2	5–1	83.3
Chroma White	4	7–10	41.2
Elves	88	162–141	53.5	1	4	3
Werewolves	2	0–2	0.0
Minotaurs	1	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	27	57–42	57.6			4
Selesnya Counters	1	0–1	0.0
Rogues	4	2–9	18.2
Zombies	37	70–63	52.6			3
Gruul Aggro	18	20–26	43.5	0	1	1
Merfolk	129	274–203	57.4	1	9	8
Mono Red Swarm	3	5–5	50.0
Artifact Aggro	278	567–436	56.5	1	16	19
Affinity	105	199–168	54.2	1	11	7
Salvage Titan	10	14–19	42.4
Tempered Steel	150	342–225	60.3	0	5	12
Mono Blue Architect	13	12–24	33.3
Devoid Aggro	3	0–4	0.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1	0–1	0.0
Madness	23	31–31	50.0			1
Golgari Madness	3	5–6	45.5
Rakdos Madness	19	25–25	50.0			1
Voltron	58	113–98	53.6	0	2	1
Hexproof	1	0–2	0.0
Equipment Aggro	15	23–26	46.9	0	1	1
Hateful Auras	42	90–70	56.3	0	1
Wizards	1	1–4	20.0
Slivers	7	2–21	8.7
Naya Zoo	3	0–6	0.0
Knights	24	42–38	52.5	0	1	2
AggroSlide	141	287–230	55.5	6	43	3
Cats	5	10–13	43.5	0	1
Selesnya Cats	5	10–13	43.5	0	1
Rakdos Aggro	9	14–16	46.7	0	1
Boros Aggro	8	11–16	40.7
Humans	7	5–13	27.8
Selesnya Humans	2	0–3	0.0
Jeskai Humans	1	2–2	50.0
Shamans	2	0–1	0.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	481–481	50.0
Mono Black Aggro	22–10	68.8
Heroic	14–11	56.0
Mono White Heroic	1–1	50.0
Azorius Heroic	2–1	66.7
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	6–6	50.0
Boros Heroic	4–1	80.0
Red Deck Wins	79–83	48.8
Goblins	8–2	80.0
Tokens	17–11	60.7
Selesnya Tokens	9–4	69.2
Mono White Tokens	2–6	25.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–1	50.0
White Weenie	34–24	58.6
Quest for the Holy Relic	8–7	53.3
Chroma White	3–0	100.0
Elves	25–33	43.1
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Minotaurs	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	13–10	56.5
Selesnya Counters	1–0	100.0
Rogues	3–1	75.0
Zombies	10–11	47.6
Gruul Aggro	4–2	66.7
Merfolk	54–42	56.3
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	90–121	42.7
Affinity	36–45	44.4
Salvage Titan	2–2	50.0
Tempered Steel	45–73	38.1
Mono Blue Architect	7–1	87.5
Devoid Aggro	1–0	100.0
Madness	7–7	50.0
Golgari Madness	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Madness	6–5	54.5
Voltron	23–23	50.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	7–4	63.6
Hateful Auras	15–19	44.1
Slivers	5–1	83.3
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
Knights	8–8	50.0
AggroSlide	49–75	39.5
Cats	3–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	3–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	2–4	33.3
Boros Aggro	3–0	100.0
Humans	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Shamans	1–0	100.0
Combo	410–435	48.5
Storm	146–175	45.5
Dimir Tendrils	3–4	42.9
Dragonstorm	14–16	46.7
Hazoret Storm	3–1	75.0
Simic Storm	4–5	44.4
Grixis Tendrils	9–12	42.9
Izzet Storm	111–136	44.9
Swath Storm	1–1	50.0
Reanimator	23–21	52.3
Worldgorger Dragon	17–13	56.7
Double Dragon	7–8	46.7
Traditional Reanimator	6–8	42.9
Mono Black Reanimator	2–2	50.0
Oriss Genesis	3–3	50.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	27–44	38.0
Mono Green Stormless Storm	3–0	100.0
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Warp World	17–11	60.7
Hypergenesis	21–30	41.2
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	21–28	42.9
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	3–1	75.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	18–27	40.0
Myr Incubator	4–1	80.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Upheaval Colossus	1–0	100.0
Eggs	3–2	60.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	3–2	60.0
Taking Turns	14–13	51.9
Izzet Ascension	7–2	77.8
Ominous Good	3–1	75.0
Jokulhaups Combo	5–9	35.7
Soulflayer	15–24	38.5
Reanim8 Rack	8–12	40.0
Breakfast	10–18	35.7
Oops All Spells	10–18	35.7
Oops All Lands	3–1	75.0
Polymorph	12–3	80.0
Dice Factory	1–1	50.0
Storm Herald	6–2	75.0
Enduring Ideal	3–1	75.0
Ad Nauseam	3–1	75.0
Ad Swanseam	1–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	11–6	64.7
Calibrated Blast	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	18–29	38.3
Stuffy Doll	3–0	100.0
Control	336–253	57.0
Mono Black Control	4–4	50.0
Esper Control	24–20	54.5
Demonic Rising	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Control	16–17	48.5
Dimir Control	26–11	70.3
Azorius Control	62–67	48.1
Cawblade	2–1	66.7
Turbo Fog	12–9	57.1
Izzet Control	1–3	25.0
Mardu Control	2–0	100.0
Mill	8–2	80.0
Cloudpost Control	7–5	58.3
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Blackpost	4–4	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	17–11	60.7
Cruel Control	3–3	50.0
Stax	39–20	66.1
Chandra Nalaar	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Control	6–0	100.0
Jeskai Approach	2–0	100.0
Dragon Control	3–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	2–0	100.0
Grixis Dragons	1–0	100.0
Ponza	49–47	51.0
Mono White Control	4–8	33.3
Cycling Control	1–1	50.0
Astral Slide	1–1	50.0
Five Color Control	5–0	100.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	4–0	100.0
Sultai Control	0–1	0.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	33–16	67.3
Sigil Control	5–1	83.3
Sigil Prison	5–1	83.3
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–1	0.0
Seasons Past Control	5–4	55.6
Aggro-Combo	215–258	45.5
Aristocrats	25–29	46.3
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Mardu Aristocrats	4–6	40.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	10–14	41.7
Abiding Bombardment	7–7	50.0
Burn	38–26	59.4
Infect	14–8	63.6
Trickbind Dreadnought	119–178	40.1
Izzet Blitzkrieg	2–0	100.0
Hushnought	4–2	66.7
Liquimetal Fishing	9–8	52.9
Combo Goblins	4–7	36.4
Goblin Persist	4–7	36.4
Aggro-Control	157–129	54.9
Izzet Tempo	23–31	42.6
Blue Madness	11–10	52.4
Simic Madness	9–7	56.3
Temur Madness	2–2	50.0
12 Pest	4–0	100.0
Ninjas	26–6	81.3
Mono Blue Tempo	7–1	87.5
Izzet Spells	69–69	50.0
Dimir Tempo	4–1	80.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	5–4	55.6
Combo-Control	121–94	56.3
Curses	26–12	68.4
Battle of Wits	14–7	66.7
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Lich's Mastery	3–2	60.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	1–1	50.0
Hive Mind	8–2	80.0
Solar Flare	2–5	28.6
Plasma Swans	4–3	57.1
Liliana's Contract	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	60–60	50.0
Wildfire	3–2	60.0
Jokulhaups Control	57–58	49.6
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	14–10	58.3
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	5–17	22.7
Temur Jokulhaups Control	16–16	50.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	9–6	60.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	7–7	50.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Midrange	667–520	56.2
The Rock	5–1	83.3
Abzan Midrange	13–17	43.3
Selesnya Midrange	14–3	82.4
Selesnya Value Town	1–0	100.0
Jund	79–51	60.8
Blink	47–34	58.0
Graveyard Value	16–4	80.0
Séance	3–2	60.0
Varolz Dreadnought	5–1	83.3
Enchantments Matter	11–9	55.0
Allies	11–5	68.8
Mardu Allies	2–0	100.0
Boros Allies	5–2	71.4
Mono White Allies	1–2	33.3
Treefolk	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	26–10	72.2
Mardu Midrange	15–11	57.7
Vampires	18–31	36.7
Mono Black Vampires	7–23	23.3
Rakdos Vampires	2–3	40.0
Legends	0–3	0.0
Orzhov Legends	0–3	0.0
Elementals	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	24–19	55.8
Naya Midrange	10–4	71.4
Big Red	5–2	71.4
Mono Black Midrange	127–148	46.2
Mono Black Devotion	21–23	47.7
Dimir Midrange	11–8	57.9
Angel Tribal	4–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	30–41	42.3
Martyr's Grace	29–41	41.4
Adventures	1–3	25.0
Mutate	1–1	50.0
Sultai Midrange	6–1	85.7
Orzhov Midrange	24–19	55.8
Owling Mine	5–1	83.3
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	6–5	54.5
Party	4–2	66.7
Hero of Precinct One	62–48	56.4
Mardu Hero	7–6	53.8
Esper Hero	0–3	0.0
Naya Hero	39–36	52.0
Clerics	1–1	50.0
Simic Snow	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	19–12	61.3
Coinflip Tribal	2–1	66.7
Death Cloud	14–7	66.7
Ramp	82–62	56.9
Villainous Wealth	4–1	80.0
Rofellos Ramp	2–5	28.6
Wild Pair	2–5	28.6
Cloudpost Ramp	42–28	60.0
Greenpost	42–28	60.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	1–0	100.0
Defenders	3–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	9–13	40.9