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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 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	5–0s
Midrange	38379	62768–67791–34	48.1	294	2698	1464
Blink	3571	7097–5589	55.9	79	360	248
Wave Blink	1622	3486–2414	59.1	53	222	126
Bant Wave	93	198–152	56.6	0	3	8

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	39–32	54.9
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	5–0	100.0
Mono White Heroic	4–0	100.0
Selesnya Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	3–7	30.0
Goblins	3–1	75.0
Tokens	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–2	33.3
White Weenie	3–1	75.0
Chroma White	1–0	100.0
Elves	0–5	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Counters	1–0	100.0
Zombies	4–3	57.1
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Gruul Landfall	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	6–2	75.0
Salvage Titan	0–1	0.0
Tempered Steel	5–0	100.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–1	50.0
Madness	3–3	50.0
Rakdos Madness	3–3	50.0
Voltron	1–1	50.0
Hexproof	1–1	50.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	2–5	28.6
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	42–27	60.9
Storm	13–12	52.0
Dimir Tendrils	7–3	70.0
Dragonstorm	1–1	50.0
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	3–8	27.3
Reanimator	3–2	60.0
Worldgorger Dragon	0–1	0.0
Double Dragon	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	3–1	75.0
Rakdos Reanimator	3–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Oriss Genesis	1–1	50.0
Runeflare	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
"Twin"	1–0	100.0
Naya "Twin"	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	2–1	66.7
Anvil Colossus	0–1	0.0
Upheaval Colossus	1–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	4–0	100.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Ominous Good	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	0–2	0.0
Breakfast	1–3	25.0
Hermit Gond	1–1	50.0
Oops All Spells	0–1	0.0
Neoform Hermit	0–1	0.0
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Dice Factory	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	2–0	100.0
Chain of Acid	2–1	66.7
GreenTwin	0–1	0.0
Tibalt's Trickery	1–0	100.0
Stuffy Doll	1–0	100.0
Control	24–22	52.2
Esper Control	3–5	37.5
Dimir Control	2–5	28.6
Azorius Control	2–2	50.0
Turbo Fog	0–1	0.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	3–2	60.0
Blackpost	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–1	50.0
Cruel Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	0–1	0.0
Izzet Dragons	0–1	0.0
Ponza	1–2	33.3
Cycling Control	2–1	66.7
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	2–0	100.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	1–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	3–0	100.0
Prison	0–1	0.0
Enchantress	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	13–12	52.0
Aristocrats	4–3	57.1
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Boros Bombardment	0–2	0.0
Burn	3–1	75.0
Infect	1–5	16.7
Simic Infect	0–3	0.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–2	0.0
Golgari Infect	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	2–0	100.0
Hushnought	1–1	50.0
Combo Goblins	0–1	0.0
Dirty Kitty	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	9–12	42.9
Simic Flash	0–1	0.0
Izzet Tempo	1–2	33.3
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Wizards	2–0	100.0
Ninjas	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Librarians	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	2–2	50.0
Dimir Tempo	2–3	40.0
Dimir Faeries	1–2	33.3
Sultai Tempo	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	5–14	26.3
Burning Vengeance	2–0	100.0
Cruel Combo-Control	0–2	0.0
Battle of Wits	0–1	0.0
Hive Mind	0–1	0.0
Zur's Weirding	0–1	0.0
Solar Flare	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	1–1	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–8	11.1
Wildfire	0–2	0.0
Borderpost Wildfire	0–2	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	1–6	14.3
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	0–3	0.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Midrange	54–27	66.7
The Rock	3–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	1–2	33.3
Jund	8–1	88.9
Blink	8–4	66.7
Wave Blink	6–3	66.7
Azorius Wave	4–1	80.0
Bant Wave	1–1	50.0
Graveyard Value	3–0	100.0
Séance	1–0	100.0
Varolz Dreadnought	2–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	3–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Legends	1–0	100.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	5–5	50.0
Mono Black Devotion	4–3	57.1
Dimir Midrange	6–3	66.7
Sultai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	3–1	75.0
Owling Mine	0–1	0.0
Prophet Glare	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–1	50.0
Neoform	0–1	0.0
Sultai Neoform	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	3–1	75.0
Hero of Precinct One	2–2	50.0
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Esper Hero	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Hero	1–0	100.0
Boros Hero	0–1	0.0
Simic Snow	1–1	50.0
Coinflip Tribal	1–0	100.0
Ramp	12–6	66.7
Rofellos Ramp	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	6–4	60.0
Golgari Post	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	4–4	50.0
Domain	1–0	100.0
Eureka!	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	4–0	100.0
Applejacks	0–1	0.0