Chain of Acid

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 6 days, 7 hours.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	34832	58011–59646–18	49.3	393	2512	1572
Chain of Acid	128	170–189	47.4	1	3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	36–46	43.9
Heroic	3–5	37.5
Mono White Heroic	0–5	0.0
Boros Heroic	3–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	3–5	37.5
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	4–1	80.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	2–1	66.7
Mono Green Stompy	0–3	0.0
White Weenie	3–3	50.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Elves	3–2	60.0
Werewolves	0–1	0.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	3–4	42.9
Gruul Aggro	1–3	25.0
Merfolk	2–1	66.7
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	4–2	66.7
Tempered Steel	4–2	66.7
Madness	2–9	18.2
Gruul Madness	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Madness	2–6	25.0
Voltron	1–1	50.0
Hexproof	1–1	50.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Knights	1–1	50.0
AggroSlide	2–1	66.7
Cats	1–1	50.0
Mono White Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Eldrazi	0–1	0.0
Legends Aggro	0–1	0.0
Boros Legends Aggro	0–1	0.0
Combo	32–39	45.1
Storm	15–12	55.6
Dimir Tendrils	5–5	50.0
Dragonstorm	0–4	0.0
Simic Storm	2–2	50.0
Citadel Storm	2–0	100.0
High Tide	1–0	100.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–1	50.0
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	4–7	36.4
Worldgorger Dragon	3–0	100.0
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–6	14.3
Rakdos Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–5	16.7
Oriss Genesis	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–1	0.0
Upheaval Colossus	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	1–1	50.0
Izzet Ascension	1–1	50.0
Soulflayer	1–1	50.0
Breakfast	1–2	33.3
Oops All Spells	1–2	33.3
Dredge	3–4	42.9
Enduring Ideal	1–2	33.3
Ad Nauseam	0–1	0.0
Chain of Acid	3–3	50.0
GreenTwin	1–0	100.0
Control	23–22	51.1
Esper Control	0–1	0.0
Demonic Rising	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	4–3	57.1
Azorius Control	5–3	62.5
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Mill	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	2–2	50.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	1–1	50.0
Stax	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	0–1	0.0
Astral Slide	0–1	0.0
Five Color Control	2–1	66.7
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–1	50.0
Pox	1–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	3–4	42.9
Orzhov Control	0–1	0.0
Prison	1–0	100.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	18–15	54.5
Aristocrats	6–4	60.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	5–1	83.3
Golgari Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Boros Bombardment	0–1	0.0
Burn	2–1	66.7
Infect	2–3	40.0
Simic Infect	1–3	25.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–3	25.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–3	25.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Hushnought	1–0	100.0
Liquimetal Fishing	0–1	0.0
Combo Goblins	5–2	71.4
Dirty Kitty	5–2	71.4
Aggro-Control	7–15	31.8
Simic Flash	0–1	0.0
Izzet Tempo	1–4	20.0
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–4	20.0
Mono Blue Faeries	0–1	0.0
Dimir Tempo	3–5	37.5
Dimir Faeries	0–3	0.0
Combo-Control	6–12	33.3
Curses	1–1	50.0
Mindcrank	0–1	0.0
Zur's Weirding	1–1	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	4–9	30.8
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	3–9	25.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	0–3	0.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	2–2	50.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Midrange	44–36	55.0
Jund	4–4	50.0
Blink	7–12	36.8
Wave Blink	7–11	38.9
Azorius Wave	5–4	55.6
Abzan Wave	1–5	16.7
Bant Wave	1–2	33.3
Anti-Persecution	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	3–6	33.3
Varolz Dreadnought	3–6	33.3
Fake-Rack	3–1	75.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	5–4	55.6
Mono Black Devotion	3–4	42.9
Dimir Midrange	2–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Midrange	6–1	85.7
Owling Mine	2–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	2–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	0–1	0.0
Five Color Hero	0–1	0.0
Simic Snow	1–1	50.0
Artifact Midrange	2–1	66.7
Ramp	4–4	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	1–1	50.0
Greenpost	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	2–1	66.7
Applejacks	0–1	0.0