Intruder Alarm

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 1 week.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	34832	58011–59646–18	49.3	393	2512	1572
Intruder Alarm	114	163–221	42.4	0	7

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	30–37	44.8
Mono Black Aggro	1–4	20.0
Heroic	1–2	33.3
Mono White Heroic	0–1	0.0
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	2–3	40.0
Mono Red Devotion	0–1	0.0
Goblins	2–1	66.7
Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono White Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	4–4	50.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–1	0.0
Soldiers	3–2	60.0
Elves	1–3	25.0
Selesnya Little Kid	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Counters	2–0	100.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	6–6	50.0
Affinity	0–1	0.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	3–4	42.9
Mono Blue Architect	2–1	66.7
Madness	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Madness	1–1	50.0
Voltron	3–3	50.0
Hexproof	1–1	50.0
Equipment Aggro	1–1	50.0
Hateful Auras	1–1	50.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	1–3	25.0
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Humans	1–1	50.0
Bant Humans	0–1	0.0
Boros Humans	1–0	100.0
Legends Aggro	1–3	25.0
Boros Legends Aggro	0–3	0.0
Selesnya Legends Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	33–52	38.8
Storm	9–9	50.0
Dragonstorm	1–1	50.0
Hazoret Storm	1–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	0–1	0.0
High Tide	2–1	66.7
Izzet Storm	5–6	45.5
Reanimator	2–2	50.0
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–4	0.0
Warp World	3–5	37.5
Hypergenesis	3–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Myr Incubator	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–3	25.0
Taking Turns	0–2	0.0
Izzet Ascension	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Combo	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	1–1	50.0
Reanim8 Rack	1–1	50.0
Breakfast	2–1	66.7
Oops All Spells	2–1	66.7
Dredge	2–1	66.7
Polymorph	0–2	0.0
Storm Herald	0–1	0.0
Intruder Alarm	1–1	50.0
Restore Balance	3–0	100.0
Belcher	0–2	0.0
Possibility Storm	2–2	50.0
Midnight Mass	0–1	0.0
Phoenix Altar	1–3	25.0
Actual Twin	0–6	0.0
Izzet Twin	0–6	0.0
Control	33–40	45.2
Esper Control	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Control	2–3	40.0
Dimir Control	3–4	42.9
Azorius Control	5–7	41.7
Izzet Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	1–4	20.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Blackpost	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	2–1	66.7
Cruel Control	2–0	100.0
Stax	3–3	50.0
Jeskai Control	0–1	0.0
Dragon Control	0–1	0.0
Ponza	5–2	71.4
Mono White Control	3–2	60.0
Life is Ez	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	3–0	100.0
Astral Slide	3–0	100.0
Five Color Control	0–1	0.0
Bant Control	0–3	0.0
Pox	1–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	0–1	0.0
Prison	3–3	50.0
Enchantress	3–3	50.0
Aggro-Combo	9–13	40.9
Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Food	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Burn	0–3	0.0
Infect	1–0	100.0
Simic Infect	1–0	100.0
Hermit Humans	0–1	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	5–5	50.0
Izzet Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	4–4	50.0
Combo Goblins	0–2	0.0
Goblin Persist	0–2	0.0
Aggro-Control	11–13	45.8
Izzet Tempo	0–3	0.0
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Wizards	1–1	50.0
Ninjas	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Librarians	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	0–4	0.0
Dimir Tempo	2–1	66.7
Azorius Tempo	2–1	66.7
Combo-Control	6–9	40.0
Curses	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	2–1	66.7
Yosei Vat	1–1	50.0
Hive Mind	0–1	0.0
Zur's Weirding	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–4	33.3
Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Borderpost Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	2–3	40.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Thopter-Sword	0–1	0.0
Dimir Thopter-Sword	0–1	0.0
Midrange	37–41	47.4
The Rock	0–4	0.0
Abzan Midrange	2–1	66.7
Jund	3–3	50.0
Blink	1–5	16.7
Wave Blink	0–3	0.0
Azorius Wave	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Wave	0–1	0.0
Enchantments Matter	0–1	0.0
Allies	1–1	50.0
Mardu Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	0–2	0.0
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
White Jund	0–2	0.0
Vampires	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	2–1	66.7
Boros Legends Midrange	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Legends	1–0	100.0
Elementals	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–3	25.0
Lifegain Midrange	3–0	100.0
Martyr's Grace	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	5–2	71.4
Owling Mine	2–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	2–1	66.7
Party	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	1–2	33.3
Hero of Precinct One	4–4	50.0
Mardu Hero	0–1	0.0
Five Color Hero	1–2	33.3
Naya Hero	3–1	75.0
Clerics	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	3–1	75.0
Death Cloud	0–1	0.0
Ramp	4–16	20.0
Rofellos Ramp	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	4–11	26.7
Eldrazipost	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	2–7	22.2
Simic Post	1–3	25.0
Carth Superfriends	0–1	0.0
Jund Carth	0–1	0.0