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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

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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 16 weeks, 3 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro-Combo	123	254–188	57.5	1	16	7
Aristocrats	18	36–31	53.7	0	1	2
Orzhov Aristocrats	3	7–5	58.3			1
Golgari Aristocrats	1	1–2	33.3
Mardu Aristocrats	1	2–2	50.0
Food	1	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	3	4–5	44.4
Abiding Bombardment	8	22–13	62.9	0	1	1
Burn	14	26–21	55.3	0	1	1
Infect	12	6–16	27.3
Trickbind Dreadnought	62	151–85	64.0	1	14	4
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1	0–1	0.0
Hushnought	7	16–12	57.1
Liquimetal Fishing	3	3–12	20.0
Combo Goblins	6	16–10	61.5
Goblin Persist	6	16–10	61.5

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	55–56	49.5
Mono Black Aggro	3–1	75.0
Heroic	2–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	2–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	10–16	38.5
Tokens	2–0	100.0
White Weenie	4–2	66.7
Elves	2–2	50.0
Zombies	0–2	0.0
Merfolk	9–7	56.3
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	7–13	35.0
Affinity	6–4	60.0
Tempered Steel	0–9	0.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	5–5	50.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	4–5	44.4
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	8–8	50.0
Combo	62–36	63.3
Storm	28–19	59.6
Dimir Tendrils	1–1	50.0
Dragonstorm	1–1	50.0
Simic Storm	2–2	50.0
Stormpost	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Post Desire	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	23–15	60.5
Reanimator	2–2	50.0
Worldgorger Dragon	2–2	50.0
Double Dragon	0–2	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	5–3	62.5
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	4–1	80.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	5–5	50.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	5–5	50.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Polymorph	1–1	50.0
Storm Herald	1–2	33.3
Ad Nauseam	1–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	2–0	100.0
Restore Balance	6–3	66.7
Control	20–19	51.3
Esper Control	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Control	0–4	0.0
Dimir Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Control	2–4	33.3
Cawblade	1–0	100.0
Turbo Fog	0–2	0.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–1	50.0
Stax	2–0	100.0
Ponza	6–3	66.7
Five Color Control	0–1	0.0
Pox	5–1	83.3
Sigil Control	1–0	100.0
Sigil Prison	1–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	16–16	50.0
Aristocrats	0–3	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Abiding Bombardment	0–1	0.0
Burn	3–0	100.0
Infect	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	12–10	54.5
Hushnought	0–2	0.0
Combo Goblins	0–1	0.0
Goblin Persist	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	13–12	52.0
Izzet Tempo	2–0	100.0
Blue Madness	0–3	0.0
Simic Madness	0–3	0.0
Ninjas	2–4	33.3
Mono Blue Tempo	1–1	50.0
Izzet Spells	4–3	57.1
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	9–3	75.0
Curses	5–1	83.3
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	3–2	60.0
Jokulhaups Control	3–2	60.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	2–0	100.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Midrange	76–46	62.3
The Rock	6–2	75.0
Selesnya Midrange	0–2	0.0
Jund	11–3	78.6
Blink	6–9	40.0
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Séance	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	2–0	100.0
Allies	2–0	100.0
Mono White Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	0–1	0.0
Mardu Midrange	4–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–3	0.0
Naya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	8–7	53.3
Mono Black Devotion	3–2	60.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Midrange	6–5	54.5
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	13–6	68.4
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Naya Hero	9–5	64.3
Artifact Midrange	3–1	75.0
Coinflip Tribal	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	3–2	60.0
Ramp	2–0	100.0