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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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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

View the full legal cards list
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 1 week, 4 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	594	953–884	51.9	7	40	35
Storm	105	165–178	48.1	0	2	5
Sultai Tendrils	6	8–19	29.6
Dragonstorm	2	4–4	50.0	0	1
Hazoret Storm	80	140–126	52.6	0	1	4
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	5	0–13	0.0
Izzet Storm	12	13–16	44.8			1
Reanimator	196	377–286	56.9	2	15	17
Recurring Nightmare	18	20–22	47.6			1
Dragon Nightmare	11	15–16	48.4			1
Four Color Powerful Magic	3	0–3	0.0
Worldgorger Dragon	22	46–30	60.5	0	1	3
Traditional Reanimator	154	307–230	57.2	2	14	13
Rakdos Reanimator	6	10–11	47.6
Dimir Reanimator	7	6–8	42.9			1
Mono Black Reanimator	139	289–207	58.3	2	14	12
Grixis Reanimator	1	2–3	40.0
Biovisionary	1	0–2	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	60	127–51	71.3	3	8	9
Warp World	20	27–22	55.1			1
Hypergenesis	27	40–49	44.9	0	3
Jeskai Ascendancy	33	42–49	46.2	2	5
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	32	42–48	46.7	2	5
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1	0–1	0.0
Twin	2	1–3	25.0
Naya Twin	1	0–2	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	6	8–9	47.1
Anvil Colossus	3	4–3	57.1
Eggs	16	15–25	37.5			1
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	1	0–3	0.0
Taking Turns	3	3–4	42.9
Izzet Ascension	5	12–9	57.1	0	3
Ominous Good	1	1–4	20.0
Jokulhaups Combo	7	11–11	50.0
Breakfast	12	24–15	61.5			1
Oops All Spells	12	24–15	61.5			1
Dredge	21	11–30	26.8
Polymorph	1	0–2	0.0
Ad Nauseam	4	1–13	7.1
GreenTwin	18	21–33	38.9	0	3
Restore Balance	6	7–6	53.8	0	1
Belcher	33	53–46	53.5			1
Endless Belch	17	24–19	55.8			1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	229–199	53.5
Mono Black Aggro	4–2	66.7
Heroic	11–19	36.7
Mono White Heroic	8–16	33.3
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Boros Heroic	2–2	50.0
Red Deck Wins	59–44	57.3
Goblins	14–11	56.0
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	5–3	62.5
White Weenie	22–14	61.1
Quest for the Holy Relic	3–0	100.0
Soldiers	5–8	38.5
Elves	11–22	33.3
Werewolves	0–1	0.0
Minotaurs	1–0	100.0
Warriors	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	7–6	53.8
Zombies	2–3	40.0
Gruul Aggro	4–3	57.1
Merfolk	2–9	18.2
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	56–46	54.9
Affinity	31–22	58.5
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	20–24	45.5
Mono Blue Architect	4–0	100.0
Madness	6–2	75.0
Golgari Madness	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Madness	1–1	50.0
Voltron	1–2	33.3
Hexproof	1–2	33.3
Knights	8–3	72.7
AggroSlide	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	7–5	58.3
Boros Aggro	1–1	50.0
Humans	2–0	100.0
Combo	181–181	50.0
Storm	29–35	45.3
Sultai Tendrils	2–2	50.0
Hazoret Storm	25–32	43.9
Izzet Storm	2–1	66.7
Reanimator	54–70	43.5
Recurring Nightmare	4–3	57.1
Dragon Nightmare	4–2	66.7
Worldgorger Dragon	6–9	40.0
Traditional Reanimator	44–58	43.1
Rakdos Reanimator	3–2	60.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Reanimator	40–54	42.6
Necrotic Ooze Combo	16–20	44.4
Warp World	3–4	42.9
Hypergenesis	11–4	73.3
Jeskai Ascendancy	16–6	72.7
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	16–6	72.7
Twin	1–0	100.0
Naya Twin	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–1	50.0
Eggs	8–4	66.7
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	2–1	66.7
Jokulhaups Combo	1–5	16.7
Breakfast	2–5	28.6
Oops All Spells	2–5	28.6
Dredge	7–0	100.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	5–1	83.3
GreenTwin	5–7	41.7
Restore Balance	4–1	80.0
Belcher	11–13	45.8
Endless Belch	5–7	41.7
Control	123–138	47.1
Mono Black Control	2–1	66.7
Esper Control	25–34	42.4
Demonic Rising	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Control	3–2	60.0
Dimir Control	10–18	35.7
Azorius Control	22–28	44.0
Cawblade	0–1	0.0
Izzet Control	0–1	0.0
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	3–0	100.0
Boros Control	3–1	75.0
Cloudpost Control	7–6	53.8
Blackpost	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–4	0.0
Grixis Control	3–3	50.0
Cruel Control	3–3	50.0
Stax	4–3	57.1
Dragon Control	2–3	40.0
Izzet Dragons	0–1	0.0
Dimir Dragons	1–0	100.0
Ponza	6–2	75.0
Mono White Control	7–7	50.0
Life is Ez	2–3	40.0
Dynavolt Tower	1–1	50.0
Cycling Control	5–8	38.5
Astral Slide	5–7	41.7
Five Color Control	7–7	50.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	0–1	0.0
Sultai Control	5–2	71.4
Bant Control	1–1	50.0
Pox	3–4	42.9
Aggro-Combo	103–99	51.0
Aristocrats	18–17	51.4
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Mardu Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Food	5–4	55.6
Rakdos Aristocrats	5–3	62.5
Abiding Bombardment	5–7	41.7
Burn	16–8	66.7
Infect	2–3	40.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	42–50	45.7
Izzet Blitzkrieg	11–11	50.0
Hushnought	8–9	47.1
Liquimetal Fishing	4–1	80.0
Combo Goblins	2–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	1–0	100.0
Dirty Kitty	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	34–31	52.3
Izzet Tempo	13–9	59.1
Azorius Skies	1–1	50.0
Blue Madness	2–0	100.0
Simic Madness	2–0	100.0
Wizards	3–3	50.0
Ninjas	7–7	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–9	10.0
Mono Blue Faeries	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	1–2	33.3
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	4–0	100.0
Combo-Control	94–74	56.0
Curses	0–1	0.0
Cruel Combo-Control	3–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	26–10	72.2
Mindcrank	13–14	48.1
Lich's Mastery	0–2	0.0
Zur's Weirding	2–3	40.0
Solar Flare	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	1–1	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	48–43	52.7
Jokulhaups Control	48–43	52.7
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	11–10	52.4
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	16–21	43.2
Temur Jokulhaups Control	4–0	100.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	5–3	62.5
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	5–3	62.5
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	4–3	57.1
Midrange	137–111	55.2
Temur Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	13–5	72.2
Selesnya Midrange	3–0	100.0
Jund	7–2	77.8
Blink	4–2	66.7
Graveyard Value	4–0	100.0
Séance	2–0	100.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	5–3	62.5
Allies	1–1	50.0
Mono White Allies	0–1	0.0
Azorius Allies	1–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	9–1	90.0
Mardu Midrange	2–0	100.0
Vampires	8–6	57.1
Mono Black Vampires	8–6	57.1
Legends	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	10–11	47.6
Big Red	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Midrange	5–8	38.5
Mono Black Devotion	0–2	0.0
Dimir Midrange	0–1	0.0
Toughness Matters	3–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	4–8	33.3
Martyr's Grace	4–8	33.3
Adventures	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Midrange	5–14	26.3
Zur the Enchanter	1–1	50.0
Mythic Colossification	0–1	0.0
Party	0–1	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	23–27	46.0
Mardu Hero	5–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	16–26	38.1
Naya Hero	0–1	0.0
Clerics	8–8	50.0
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Ramp	52–51	50.5
Cloudpost Ramp	44–41	51.8
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	1–1	50.0
Greenpost	41–33	55.4