Channel Storm

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.

Current League
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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, 5 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Combo	5304	11200–10298–18	52.1	395	2525
Storm	1085	2268–2068–4	52.3	94	469
Channel Storm	87	253–144	63.7	14	51

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	77–59	56.6
Mono Black Aggro	1–3	25.0
Heroic	13–8	61.9
Mono White Heroic	7–4	63.6
Azorius Heroic	2–1	66.7
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	4–3	57.1
Red Deck Wins	18–17	51.4
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	4–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	4–0	100.0
White Weenie	7–5	58.3
Quest for the Holy Relic	2–0	100.0
Elves	8–3	72.7
Rogues	0–1	0.0
Zombies	1–2	33.3
Merfolk	0–2	0.0
Artifact Aggro	5–5	50.0
Affinity	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	2–5	28.6
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Slivers	3–0	100.0
Knights	3–0	100.0
AggroSlide	4–3	57.1
Boros Aggro	1–1	50.0
Humans	7–9	43.8
Bant Humans	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Humans	6–7	46.2
Combo	36–23	61.0
Storm	21–18	53.8
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	8–6	57.1
Channel Storm	12–12	50.0
Reanimator	6–4	60.0
Recurring Nightmare	6–3	66.7
Dragon Nightmare	5–3	62.5
Traditional Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Warp World	2–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Eggs	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	2–0	100.0
Oops All Spells	1–0	100.0
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Dice Factory	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	2–0	100.0
Control	42–14	75.0
Esper Control	8–2	80.0
Mono Blue Control	10–6	62.5
Dimir Control	1–1	50.0
Azorius Control	4–2	66.7
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	3–1	75.0
Grixis Control	0–1	0.0
Cruel Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Control	2–0	100.0
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	3–0	100.0
Life is Ez	3–0	100.0
Dynavolt Tower	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	2–0	100.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	2–0	100.0
Prison	1–0	100.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	18–6	75.0
Aristocrats	4–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	4–0	100.0
Burn	4–4	50.0
Infect	1–1	50.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–1	50.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	3–1	75.0
Combo Goblins	4–0	100.0
Dirty Kitty	4–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	25–23	52.1
Izzet Tempo	3–1	75.0
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	12–10	54.5
Mono Blue Faeries	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	6–6	50.0
Dimir Tempo	1–1	50.0
Azorius Tempo	1–5	16.7
Combo-Control	9–1	90.0
Battle of Wits	2–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Plasma Swans	2–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	4–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	4–0	100.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	3–0	100.0
Midrange	45–14	76.3
The Rock	2–0	100.0
Jund	1–2	33.3
Graveyard Value	3–0	100.0
Varolz Dreadnought	2–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	4–2	66.7
Mono Black Devotion	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	2–1	66.7
Angel Tribal	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–1	0.0
Martyr's Grace	0–1	0.0
Owling Mine	0–2	0.0
Ordealbreak	1–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	3–3	50.0
Five Color Hero	0–1	0.0
Simic Snow	24–2	92.3
Ramp	1–4	20.0
Rofellos Ramp	1–4	20.0
Channel-Rofellos	1–4	20.0