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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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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 4 weeks, 4 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	1355	2398–2167	52.5	20	86	100
Storm	721	1491–1054	58.6	19	62	82
Sultai Tendrils	2	2–5	28.6
Dimir Tendrils	1	0–2	0.0
Dragonstorm	16	18–34	34.6	0	1
Hazoret Storm	6	10–11	47.6
Citadel Storm	13	7–34	17.1
High Tide	391	740–586	55.8	6	23	43
Grixis Tendrils	2	1–3	25.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	5	4–7	36.4
Izzet Storm	1	0–5	0.0
Song Storm	1	0–2	0.0
Channel Storm	269	699–338	67.4	13	38	39
Reanimator	259	421–431	49.4	1	16	10
Recurring Nightmare	192	341–316	51.9	1	14	9
Dragon Nightmare	123	238–207	53.5	1	12	5
Jund Nightmare	1	1–2	33.3
Four Color Powerful Magic	1	0–4	0.0
Worldgorger Dragon	26	41–42	49.4	0	2	1
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	1	2–2	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	40	37–71	34.3
Rakdos Reanimator	1	0–1	0.0
Dimir Reanimator	20	20–37	35.1
Mono Black Reanimator	14	17–25	40.5
Oriss Genesis	14	18–16	52.9			1
Biovisionary	1	0–1	0.0
Dubious Challenge	7	12–10	54.5
Warp World	66	114–127	47.3			3
Zubera Tribal	1	0–2	0.0
Maniac Combo	2	1–3	25.0
Hypergenesis	17	23–30	43.4			1
New Perspectives	1	1–2	33.3
Runeflare	6	4–12	25.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	11	21–20	51.2
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	7	9–12	42.9
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	4	12–8	60.0
Combo Post	1	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	13	17–24	41.5
Upheaval Colossus	5	12–9	57.1
Seismic Swans	3	5–9	35.7
Eggs	6	1–18	5.3
Heartless Myr	2	1–4	20.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	11	12–16	42.9	0	1
Taking Turns	8	3–15	16.7
Ominous Good	2	2–6	25.0
Soulflayer	7	14–16	46.7
Reanim8 Rack	2	5–5	50.0
Breakfast	44	69–79	46.6	0	2	1
Hermit Gond	5	13–7	65.0
Oops All Spells	11	18–18	50.0	0	2
Oops All Lands	3	2–6	25.0
Dredge	7	13–6	68.4			1
Polymorph	5	6–11	35.3
Protean Hulk Combo	10	16–19	45.7	0	1
Dice Factory	18	27–27	50.0	0	1	1
Storm Herald	2	3–5	37.5
Enduring Ideal	20	24–33	42.1
Ad Nauseam	7	2–13	13.3
Ad Swanseam	2	1–3	25.0
GreenTwin	12	13–27	32.5
Intruder Alarm	2	1–6	14.3
Calibrated Blast	4	5–8	38.5

Most Common Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	517–564	47.8
Mono Black Aggro	7–12	36.8
Heroic	78–114	40.6
Mono White Heroic	29–27	51.8
Azorius Heroic	4–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	44–86	33.8
Boros Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	58–87	40.0
Mono Red Devotion	1–0	100.0
Goblins	11–10	52.4
Tokens	18–11	62.1
Selesnya Tokens	5–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	12–11	52.2
Mono Green Stompy	10–5	66.7
White Weenie	38–33	53.5
Quest for the Holy Relic	6–0	100.0
Soldiers	2–1	66.7
Kithkin	5–1	83.3
Chroma White	0–1	0.0
Elves	74–70	51.4
Selesnya Little Kid	3–1	75.0
Rogues	1–2	33.3
Zombies	16–7	69.6
Gruul Aggro	1–1	50.0
Merfolk	15–11	57.7
Artifact Aggro	58–69	45.7
Affinity	20–21	48.8
Salvage Titan	3–8	27.3
Tempered Steel	21–21	50.0
Mono Blue Architect	8–11	42.1
Mono Blue Aggro	3–5	37.5
Illusions	3–5	37.5
Madness	14–6	70.0
Rakdos Madness	13–6	68.4
Voltron	4–3	57.1
Hexproof	4–2	66.7
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
Wizards	2–0	100.0
Slivers	13–4	76.5
Naya Zoo	6–3	66.7
Knights	21–12	63.6
AggroSlide	15–9	62.5
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	18–21	46.2
Humans	29–66	30.5
Selesnya Humans	1–2	33.3
Bant Humans	13–28	31.7
Jeskai Humans	12–26	31.6
Combo	468–468	50.0
Storm	227–294	43.6
Sultai Tendrils	3–0	100.0
Dragonstorm	11–3	78.6
Hazoret Storm	1–3	25.0
Citadel Storm	11–2	84.6
High Tide	126–145	46.5
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Song Storm	1–0	100.0
Channel Storm	65–141	31.6
Reanimator	95–78	54.9
Recurring Nightmare	77–63	55.0
Dragon Nightmare	48–38	55.8
Jund Nightmare	1–1	50.0
Worldgorger Dragon	5–7	41.7
Traditional Reanimator	13–8	61.9
Dimir Reanimator	7–4	63.6
Mono Black Reanimator	4–4	50.0
Oriss Genesis	5–1	83.3
Dubious Challenge	1–3	25.0
Warp World	17–20	45.9
Maniac Combo	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	7–2	77.8
Runeflare	3–1	75.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	5–2	71.4
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	3–1	75.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–1	50.0
Upheaval Colossus	1–1	50.0
Seismic Swans	5–0	100.0
Eggs	2–0	100.0
Heartless Myr	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	3–6	33.3
Taking Turns	4–1	80.0
Ominous Good	2–0	100.0
Soulflayer	4–2	66.7
Reanim8 Rack	1–1	50.0
Breakfast	12–20	37.5
Hermit Gond	2–5	28.6
Oops All Spells	6–4	60.0
Oops All Lands	3–1	75.0
Dredge	1–4	20.0
Polymorph	5–0	100.0
Protean Hulk Combo	7–3	70.0
Dice Factory	7–6	53.8
Storm Herald	1–1	50.0
Enduring Ideal	5–4	55.6
Ad Nauseam	5–1	83.3
Ad Swanseam	1–1	50.0
GreenTwin	10–3	76.9
Calibrated Blast	1–2	33.3
Control	430–333	56.4
Mono Black Control	18–14	56.3
Esper Control	50–69	42.0
Demonic Rising	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Control	34–25	57.6
Dimir Control	25–15	62.5
Azorius Control	91–76	54.5
Cawblade	0–1	0.0
Turbo Fog	8–4	66.7
Izzet Control	8–10	44.4
Mill	6–2	75.0
Boros Control	3–2	60.0
Cloudpost Control	38–20	65.5
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Blackpost	3–3	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	33–17	66.0
Grixis Control	5–2	71.4
Cruel Control	2–1	66.7
Stax	19–18	51.4
Jeskai Control	11–5	68.8
Dragon Control	8–5	61.5
Izzet Dragons	7–5	58.3
Ponza	18–14	56.3
Mono White Control	13–13	50.0
Life is Ez	10–12	45.5
Dynavolt Tower	2–0	100.0
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	4–0	100.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	3–0	100.0
Shrines	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	26–13	66.7
Bant Control	3–1	75.0
Pox	16–13	55.2
Sigil Control	12–3	80.0
Sigil Prison	11–2	84.6
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	7–1	87.5
Aggro-Combo	138–113	55.0
Aristocrats	52–31	62.7
Mono Black Aristocrats	10–8	55.6
Orzhov Aristocrats	20–16	55.6
Golgari Aristocrats	4–2	66.7
Abzan Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Food	4–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Burn	31–25	55.4
Infect	11–12	47.8
Hermit Humans	4–5	44.4
Trickbind Dreadnought	5–11	31.3
Izzet Blitzkrieg	14–11	56.0
Hushnought	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	19–15	55.9
Goblin Persist	8–6	57.1
Dirty Kitty	11–9	55.0
Aggro-Control	230–263	46.7
Izzet Tempo	49–55	47.1
Azorius Skies	4–3	57.1
Blue Madness	9–9	50.0
Simic Madness	9–9	50.0
Lich Aggro-Control	3–0	100.0
Ninjas	10–10	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	67–92	42.1
Izzet Spells	30–36	45.5
Dimir Tempo	32–20	61.5
Sultai Tempo	1–2	33.3
Ensoul Aggro-Control	7–5	58.3
Combo-Control	46–43	51.7
Curses	5–0	100.0
Burning Vengeance	1–0	100.0
Cruel Combo-Control	0–1	0.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Pickles	2–2	50.0
Hive Mind	6–2	75.0
Zur's Weirding	5–4	55.6
Solar Flare	1–4	20.0
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	24–25	49.0
Wildfire	2–5	28.6
Borderpost Wildfire	2–4	33.3
Jokulhaups Control	22–20	52.4
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	13–17	43.3
Jund Jokulhaups Control	3–2	60.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	4–0	100.0
Midrange	474–334	58.7
The Rock	24–18	57.1
Grenzo	2–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Midrange	2–2	50.0
Jund	15–14	51.7
Blink	1–0	100.0
Acid Trip	1–0	100.0
Anti-Persecution	5–1	83.3
Graveyard Value	12–12	50.0
Varolz Dreadnought	7–6	53.8
Enchantments Matter	3–4	42.9
Allies	17–16	51.5
Mardu Allies	1–1	50.0
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	17–30	36.2
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	2–2	50.0
Rakdos Vampires	2–2	50.0
Legends	2–0	100.0
Mardu Legends	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	49–39	55.7
Big Red	3–1	75.0
Mono Black Midrange	31–13	70.5
Mono Black Devotion	16–3	84.2
Dimir Midrange	13–2	86.7
Angel Tribal	3–1	75.0
Toughness Matters	9–4	69.2
Lifegain Midrange	6–1	85.7
Sultai Midrange	11–3	78.6
Orzhov Midrange	21–10	67.7
Owling Mine	9–2	81.8
Jeskai Midrange	2–3	40.0
Zur the Enchanter	2–1	66.7
Ordealbreak	19–13	59.4
Enigmatic Incarnation	19–13	59.4
Mythic Colossification	0–1	0.0
Party	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	13–10	56.5
Hero of Precinct One	55–68	44.7
Mardu Hero	3–3	50.0
Five Color Hero	28–39	41.8
Gruul Obosh	2–1	66.7
Simic Snow	89–41	68.5
Artifact Midrange	5–1	83.3
Coinflip Tribal	7–2	77.8
Ramp	63–26	70.8
Cloudpost Ramp	45–19	70.3
Greenpost	34–14	70.8
Domain	3–2	60.0
Carth Superfriends	6–0	100.0

Penny Dreadful Magic

Combo

Archetype Tree

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