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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?

Minimum 60 cards. Any number of basic lands. Max four of any other legal card. Sideboard of up to fifteen cards.

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 Cardhoarder.

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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 14 weeks, 6 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro-Control	2070	3915–4253–3	47.9	82	888
Wizards	87	153–179	46.1	3	34

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	38–49	43.7
Heroic	4–2	66.7
Mono White Heroic	2–2	50.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	8–12	40.0
Goblins	2–5	28.6
Tokens	3–0	100.0
Selesnya Tokens	3–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–1	50.0
White Weenie	1–3	25.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	0–2	0.0
Elves	2–2	50.0
Werewolves	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Zombies	2–2	50.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Gruul Landfall	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	5–11	31.3
Affinity	3–8	27.3
Hush-finity	0–1	0.0
Tempered Steel	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–3	25.0
Devastating Dreams	1–1	50.0
Voltron	1–2	33.3
Boros Auras	0–1	0.0
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
Hateful Auras	1–0	100.0
Knights	1–1	50.0
AggroSlide	3–5	37.5
Combo	21–23	47.7
Storm	1–3	25.0
Dragonstorm	0–2	0.0
High Tide	1–1	50.0
Reanimator	4–2	66.7
Worldgorger Dragon	1–0	100.0
Double Dragon	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	3–2	60.0
Mono Black Reanimator	3–2	60.0
Oriss Genesis	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–1	50.0
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Umbral Mantle	1–0	100.0
Eggs	1–1	50.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Combo	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	2–6	25.0
Oops All Spells	2–5	28.6
Neoform Hermit	0–1	0.0
Dice Factory	1–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	0–1	0.0
Ad Swanseam	0–1	0.0
GreenTwin	0–1	0.0
Restore Balance	1–1	50.0
Phoenix Altar	1–1	50.0
Actual Twin	0–2	0.0
Izzet Twin	0–2	0.0
Control	20–24	45.5
Mono Black Control	0–1	0.0
Esper Control	3–0	100.0
Demonic Rising	0–2	0.0
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	8–4	66.7
Cawblade	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	0–4	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–3	0.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	1–1	50.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Chandra Nalaar	0–3	0.0
Jeskai Control	0–1	0.0
Dragon Control	0–1	0.0
Izzet Dragons	0–1	0.0
Ponza	0–1	0.0
Mono White Control	1–2	33.3
Cycling Control	0–1	0.0
Astral Slide	0–1	0.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Ultimatum	1–0	100.0
Pox	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	10–17	37.0
Aristocrats	2–3	40.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	0–3	0.0
Infect	2–1	66.7
Simic Infect	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Infect	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	3–4	42.9
Mono Blue Dreadnought	3–3	50.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Hushnought	0–1	0.0
Liquimetal Fishing	0–1	0.0
Combo Goblins	2–3	40.0
Goblin Persist	2–3	40.0
Aggro-Control	12–21	36.4
Izzet Tempo	0–5	0.0
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Wizards	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–6	25.0
Izzet Spells	0–4	0.0
Dimir Tempo	1–1	50.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	3–1	75.0
Azorius Tempo	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	11–19	36.7
Battle of Wits	1–1	50.0
Pickles	0–1	0.0
Mindcrank	2–7	22.2
Hedron Alignment	0–1	0.0
Lich's Mastery	0–1	0.0
Plasma Swans	1–1	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	7–7	50.0
Jokulhaups Control	7–7	50.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	3–4	42.9
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	3–1	75.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Midrange	32–23	58.2
Temur Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	1–1	50.0
Jund	3–1	75.0
Blink	3–6	33.3
Wave Blink	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Wave	0–1	0.0
Allies	1–1	50.0
Mardu Allies	0–1	0.0
Vampires	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	2–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Boros Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–1	50.0
Naya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–0	100.0
Mono Black Devotion	2–0	100.0
Angel Tribal	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–1	50.0
Martyr's Grace	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Fight Rigging	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	8–6	57.1
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Hero	0–1	0.0
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Ramp	9–3	75.0
Rofellos Ramp	2–2	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	5–1	83.3
Greenpost	5–1	83.3