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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.

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 10 weeks, 2 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	1236	2070–2040	50.4	10	72	75
Storm	425	770–709	52.1	8	38	27
Sultai Tendrils	1	1–4	20.0
Dimir Tendrils	8	13–16	44.8
Dragonstorm	43	70–56	55.6	1	4	4
Hazoret Storm	3	4–11	26.7
Simic Storm	12	30–26	53.6
Grixis Tendrils	27	44–51	46.3	0	2	1
Stormpost	3	4–4	50.0
Mono Blue Post Desire	3	4–4	50.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1	0–2	0.0
Izzet Storm	316	598–519	53.5	7	32	22
Swath Storm	1	2–1	66.7
Song Storm	5	3–10	23.1
Reanimator	77	115–135	46.0			6
Worldgorger Dragon	51	87–85	50.6			6
Double Dragon	19	39–37	51.3			1
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	2	0–2	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	24	28–48	36.8
Rakdos Reanimator	1	1–1	50.0
Dimir Reanimator	1	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	7	6–11	35.3
Oriss Genesis	5	5–7	41.7
Biovisionary	1	0–2	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	99	203–117	63.4	2	13	8
Mono Green Stormless Storm	2	2–8	20.0
Dubious Challenge	3	2–5	28.6
Warp World	60	85–106	44.5	0	3	2
Maniac Combo	4	6–8	42.9			1
Hypergenesis	66	114–112	50.4	0	2	3
Runeflare	2	0–3	0.0
Splendid Reclamation Combo	1	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	73	135–116	53.8	0	5	6
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	9	10–16	38.5
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	64	125–100	55.6	0	5	6
Myr Incubator	9	15–10	60.0			2
Metalwork Colossus	2	0–4	0.0
Upheaval Colossus	2	0–4	0.0
Seismic Swans	1	0–2	0.0
Eggs	9	10–15	40.0			1
Heartless Summoning Combo	8	8–19	29.6
Taking Turns	38	45–54	45.5			2
Izzet Ascension	11	13–18	41.9
Ominous Good	5	8–8	50.0
Jokulhaups Combo	27	54–36	60.0	0	1	4
Soulflayer	59	94–113	45.4	0	4	3
Reanim8 Rack	38	62–74	45.6	0	3	2
Breakfast	42	87–52	62.6	0	1	2
Oops All Spells	42	87–52	62.6	0	1	2
Oops All Lands	10	6–15	28.6
Dredge	2	1–7	12.5
Polymorph	32	35–56	38.5
Dice Factory	4	4–9	30.8
Storm Herald	12	22–23	48.9
Enduring Ideal	7	12–12	50.0			1
Ad Nauseam	13	13–24	35.1
Ad Swanseam	3	5–8	38.5
Intruder Alarm	25	51–49	51.0	0	3
Calibrated Blast	1	0–3	0.0
Restore Balance	63	124–104	54.4	0	1	7
Stuffy Doll	1	0–5	0.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	435–410	51.5
Mono Black Aggro	17–18	48.6
Heroic	8–14	36.4
Mono White Heroic	1–0	100.0
Azorius Heroic	1–1	50.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	3–8	27.3
Boros Heroic	2–2	50.0
Red Deck Wins	79–73	52.0
Goblins	3–0	100.0
Tokens	16–5	76.2
Selesnya Tokens	4–2	66.7
Mono White Tokens	2–3	40.0
Mono Green Stompy	6–0	100.0
White Weenie	28–36	43.8
Quest for the Holy Relic	9–12	42.9
Soldiers	0–2	0.0
Chroma White	2–2	50.0
Elves	37–27	57.8
Selesnya Little Kid	7–8	46.7
Zombies	12–14	46.2
Gruul Aggro	2–5	28.6
Merfolk	32–55	36.8
Mono Red Swarm	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	88–93	48.6
Affinity	39–25	60.9
Salvage Titan	3–3	50.0
Tempered Steel	42–61	40.8
Mono Blue Architect	4–4	50.0
Madness	5–5	50.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	4–4	50.0
Voltron	19–10	65.5
Equipment Aggro	4–3	57.1
Hateful Auras	15–7	68.2
Wizards	2–0	100.0
Slivers	5–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
Knights	4–9	30.8
AggroSlide	44–28	61.1
Cats	3–2	60.0
Selesnya Cats	3–2	60.0
Rakdos Aggro	5–1	83.3
Boros Aggro	3–3	50.0
Humans	5–3	62.5
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Humans	0–1	0.0
Combo	406–406	50.0
Storm	144–153	48.5
Sultai Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tendrils	4–2	66.7
Dragonstorm	10–19	34.5
Hazoret Storm	3–0	100.0
Simic Storm	7–1	87.5
Grixis Tendrils	10–10	50.0
Stormpost	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Post Desire	1–1	50.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	101–119	45.9
Song Storm	3–0	100.0
Reanimator	22–30	42.3
Worldgorger Dragon	16–23	41.0
Double Dragon	9–12	42.9
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	5–7	41.7
Rakdos Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Oriss Genesis	1–1	50.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	16–38	29.6
Mono Green Stormless Storm	2–0	100.0
Dubious Challenge	0–2	0.0
Warp World	27–11	71.1
Maniac Combo	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	25–23	52.1
Splendid Reclamation Combo	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	23–22	51.1
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	3–4	42.9
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	20–18	52.6
Myr Incubator	0–5	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Upheaval Colossus	1–0	100.0
Eggs	4–1	80.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	4–1	80.0
Taking Turns	10–9	52.6
Izzet Ascension	6–4	60.0
Ominous Good	1–1	50.0
Jokulhaups Combo	10–10	50.0
Soulflayer	24–17	58.5
Reanim8 Rack	13–14	48.1
Breakfast	10–18	35.7
Oops All Spells	10–18	35.7
Oops All Lands	3–2	60.0
Dredge	2–0	100.0
Polymorph	13–12	52.0
Dice Factory	2–0	100.0
Storm Herald	2–8	20.0
Enduring Ideal	3–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	5–2	71.4
Ad Swanseam	1–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	12–8	60.0
Calibrated Blast	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	20–23	46.5
Control	260–276	48.5
Mono Black Control	4–3	57.1
Esper Control	15–26	36.6
Demonic Rising	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Control	20–18	52.6
Dimir Control	16–18	47.1
Azorius Control	47–59	44.3
Cawblade	1–1	50.0
Turbo Fog	11–1	91.7
Izzet Control	3–3	50.0
Mill	9–7	56.3
Boros Control	1–3	25.0
Cloudpost Control	5–1	83.3
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Blackpost	4–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	10–13	43.5
Cruel Control	2–1	66.7
Stax	27–28	49.1
Jeskai Control	5–0	100.0
Jeskai Approach	2–0	100.0
Dragon Control	3–1	75.0
Grixis Dragons	3–1	75.0
Ponza	46–52	46.9
Mono White Control	6–8	42.9
Cycling Control	2–0	100.0
Astral Slide	2–0	100.0
Five Color Control	0–2	0.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	0–1	0.0
Sultai Control	0–1	0.0
Pox	26–22	54.2
Sigil Control	0–1	0.0
Sigil Prison	0–1	0.0
Seasons Past Control	3–2	60.0
Aggro-Combo	141–229	38.1
Aristocrats	25–22	53.2
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Mardu Aristocrats	3–2	60.0
Food	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	12–17	41.4
Abiding Bombardment	5–2	71.4
Burn	17–32	34.7
Infect	4–7	36.4
Trickbind Dreadnought	78–152	33.9
Hushnought	3–4	42.9
Liquimetal Fishing	10–6	62.5
Combo Goblins	3–6	33.3
Goblin Persist	3–6	33.3
Aggro-Control	104–116	47.3
Izzet Tempo	14–21	40.0
Blue Madness	14–14	50.0
Simic Madness	8–11	42.1
Temur Madness	4–1	80.0
12 Pest	0–1	0.0
Ninjas	17–24	41.5
Mono Blue Tempo	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	42–43	49.4
Dimir Tempo	3–6	33.3
Ensoul Aggro-Control	5–4	55.6
Combo-Control	108–76	58.7
Curses	18–16	52.9
Battle of Wits	22–8	73.3
Pickles	0–2	0.0
Lich's Mastery	4–0	100.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	3–0	100.0
Hive Mind	3–4	42.9
Solar Flare	2–1	66.7
Plasma Swans	2–4	33.3
Liliana's Contract	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	54–39	58.1
Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	54–38	58.7
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	3–6	33.3
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	6–12	33.3
Temur Jokulhaups Control	23–9	71.9
Jund Jokulhaups Control	13–4	76.5
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	6–5	54.5
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Midrange	542–473	53.4
The Rock	8–2	80.0
Abzan Midrange	11–7	61.1
Selesnya Midrange	5–7	41.7
Selesnya Value Town	1–2	33.3
Jund	78–50	60.9
Blink	34–35	49.3
Graveyard Value	12–3	80.0
Séance	3–1	75.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	10–11	47.6
Allies	13–11	54.2
Mardu Allies	5–6	45.5
Mono White Allies	4–0	100.0
Treefolk	3–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	15–20	42.9
Mardu Midrange	5–6	45.5
Vampires	25–21	54.3
Mono Black Vampires	20–12	62.5
Rakdos Vampires	3–2	60.0
Legends	1–0	100.0
Elementals	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	20–20	50.0
Naya Midrange	7–4	63.6
Big Red	7–5	58.3
Mono Black Midrange	81–112	42.0
Mono Black Devotion	16–18	47.1
Dimir Midrange	9–11	45.0
Lifegain Midrange	38–36	51.4
Martyr's Grace	38–36	51.4
Adventures	1–3	25.0
Sultai Midrange	3–2	60.0
Orzhov Midrange	26–16	61.9
Owling Mine	3–0	100.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Prophet Glare	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–4	20.0
Ordealbreak	0–1	0.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	0–1	0.0
Party	3–4	42.9
Hero of Precinct One	53–37	58.9
Mardu Hero	9–7	56.3
Esper Hero	2–0	100.0
Naya Hero	25–19	56.8
Simic Snow	4–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	15–7	68.2
Coinflip Tribal	0–1	0.0
Death Cloud	6–11	35.3
Ramp	74–54	57.8
Villainous Wealth	3–0	100.0
Rofellos Ramp	4–4	50.0
Wild Pair	4–4	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	30–33	47.6
Eldrazipost	2–0	100.0
Greenpost	27–33	45.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	3–1	75.0
Historic Bloom	2–0	100.0
Defenders	3–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	8–7	53.3