High Tide

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

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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 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 2 days, 13 hours.

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Congratulations to chickeninthebrain, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 32)

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Combo	5300	11191–10291–18	52.1	394	2522
Storm	1085	2268–2068–4	52.3	94	469
High Tide	245	577–428	57.4	28	107

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	210–150	58.3
Mono Black Aggro	0–2	0.0
Heroic	20–15	57.1
Mono White Heroic	14–10	58.3
Azorius Heroic	1–1	50.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–4	33.3
Red Deck Wins	48–28	63.2
Mono Red Devotion	0–1	0.0
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	1–2	33.3
Mono White Tokens	1–2	33.3
Mono Green Stompy	2–2	50.0
White Weenie	31–37	45.6
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	4–1	80.0
Elves	24–13	64.9
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Zombies	9–13	40.9
Gruul Aggro	3–2	60.0
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	14–11	56.0
Affinity	5–5	50.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	8–6	57.1
Voltron	1–1	50.0
Hateful Auras	1–0	100.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	0–1	0.0
Knights	9–6	60.0
AggroSlide	34–10	77.3
Boros Aggro	3–0	100.0
Humans	5–4	55.6
Jeskai Humans	5–4	55.6
Legends Aggro	3–2	60.0
Boros Legends Aggro	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Legends Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	78–59	56.9
Storm	30–30	50.0
Dragonstorm	2–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	1–1	50.0
High Tide	21–21	50.0
Channel Storm	6–8	42.9
Reanimator	7–7	50.0
Recurring Nightmare	2–5	28.6
Dragon Nightmare	1–5	16.7
Worldgorger Dragon	3–1	75.0
Double Dragon	3–1	75.0
Traditional Reanimator	2–1	66.7
Dubious Challenge	2–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–2	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	2–0	100.0
"Twin"	0–2	0.0
Jeskai "Twin"	0–1	0.0
Naya "Twin"	0–1	0.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	2–1	66.7
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	2–1	66.7
Ominous Good	0–3	0.0
Jokulhaups Combo	1–1	50.0
Soulflayer	2–0	100.0
Breakfast	9–3	75.0
Hermit Gond	1–1	50.0
Hermit Dredge	0–1	0.0
Oops All Spells	2–0	100.0
Neoform Hermit	2–0	100.0
Unctus	4–1	80.0
Dredge	6–2	75.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Protean Hulk Combo	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	1–0	100.0
Belcher	6–2	75.0
Tameshi Bloom	1–4	20.0
Control	89–48	65.0
Esper Control	10–9	52.6
Mono Blue Control	5–2	71.4
Dimir Control	3–2	60.0
Azorius Control	11–1	91.7
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	2–0	100.0
Mardu Control	1–1	50.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	3–7	30.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–5	28.6
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Grixis Control	8–0	100.0
Stax	3–5	37.5
Jeskai Control	8–0	100.0
Jeskai Approach	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	0–1	0.0
Izzet Dragons	0–1	0.0
Ponza	4–6	40.0
Mono White Control	4–0	100.0
Cycling Control	2–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	2–1	66.7
Sultai Control	3–1	75.0
Pox	2–0	100.0
Enchantments Control	4–5	44.4
Seasons Past Control	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	4–6	40.0
Prison	6–1	85.7
Enchantress	6–1	85.7
Aggro-Combo	32–31	50.8
Aristocrats	6–6	50.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	4–4	50.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Burn	9–8	52.9
Infect	3–5	37.5
Golgari Infect	2–5	28.6
Trickbind Dreadnought	9–8	52.9
Izzet Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	8–7	53.3
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Hushnought	3–2	60.0
Combo Goblins	1–1	50.0
Dirty Kitty	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Control	35–53	39.8
Izzet Tempo	8–12	40.0
Blue Madness	2–1	66.7
Simic Madness	2–1	66.7
Wizards	1–1	50.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	11–19	36.7
Izzet Spells	5–3	62.5
Dimir Tempo	2–7	22.2
Ensoul Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Tempo	0–5	0.0
Combo-Control	19–19	50.0
Cruel Combo-Control	1–0	100.0
Pickles	0–2	0.0
Yosei Vat	0–2	0.0
Zur's Weirding	3–0	100.0
Solar Flare	1–7	12.5
Plasma Swans	0–2	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	11–5	68.8
Wildfire	3–3	50.0
Thryx-Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–2	33.3
Jokulhaups Control	8–2	80.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	2–1	66.7
Jund Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Thopter-Sword	3–1	75.0
Azorius Thopter-Sword	2–0	100.0
Dimir Thopter-Sword	0–1	0.0
Esper Thopter-Sword	1–0	100.0
Midrange	105–64	62.1
The Rock	4–1	80.0
Abzan Midrange	1–1	50.0
Jund	6–2	75.0
Blink	6–3	66.7
Wave Blink	4–2	66.7
Esper Wave	1–0	100.0
Azorius Wave	1–1	50.0
Bant Wave	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Wave Blink	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	4–2	66.7
Séance	1–0	100.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Enchantments Matter	2–0	100.0
Allies	2–0	100.0
Azorius Allies	2–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	2–2	50.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	1–3	25.0
Orzhov Legends	1–3	25.0
Rakdos Midrange	9–2	81.8
Big Red	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Midrange	10–7	58.8
Mono Black Devotion	6–4	60.0
Dimir Midrange	1–4	20.0
Angel Tribal	3–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	3–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	3–7	30.0
Martyr's Grace	3–5	37.5
Sultai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	12–18	40.0
Owling Mine	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Zur the Enchanter	1–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	0–1	0.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	0–1	0.0
Neoform	1–0	100.0
Temur Neoform	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	6–1	85.7
Hero of Precinct One	2–1	66.7
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	1–1	50.0
Clerics	3–0	100.0
Simic Snow	8–4	66.7
Artifact Midrange	5–1	83.3
Ramp	9–4	69.2
Rofellos Ramp	0–1	0.0
Wild Pair	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	7–2	77.8
Greenpost	3–2	60.0
Gruul Post	1–0	100.0
Simic Post	3–0	100.0
Eureka!	1–1	50.0