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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

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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 14 weeks, 5 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Aggro	11205	22844–21824–65	51.1	688	5346
Humans	93	181–195	48.1	7	48
Gruul Humans	6	8–12	40.0	0	3
Selesnya Humans	9	11–21	34.4	0	4
Bant Humans	5	11–12	47.8	0	3
Jeskai Humans	38	84–83	50.3	4	17
Boros Humans	26	49–50	49.5	3	17

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	47–70	40.2
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	5–5	50.0
Mono White Heroic	1–2	33.3
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	3–3	50.0
Red Deck Wins	10–16	38.5
Goblins	2–3	40.0
Tokens	2–2	50.0
Mono White Tokens	2–1	66.7
White Weenie	3–5	37.5
Soldiers	0–3	0.0
Elves	2–14	12.5
Warriors	1–0	100.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	4–4	50.0
Affinity	2–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	1–4	20.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Voltron	0–1	0.0
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
Knights	1–1	50.0
AggroSlide	1–6	14.3
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Humans	5–5	50.0
Jeskai Humans	3–4	42.9
Boros Humans	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Eldrazi	0–1	0.0
Legends Aggro	7–5	58.3
Boros Legends Aggro	7–5	58.3
Combo	32–27	54.2
Storm	14–12	53.8
High Tide	4–5	44.4
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Channel Storm	9–7	56.3
Reanimator	5–4	55.6
Recurring Nightmare	4–4	50.0
Dragon Nightmare	3–4	42.9
Worldgorger Dragon	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	2–2	50.0
Anvil Colossus	1–2	33.3
Blazing Shoal Combo	3–1	75.0
Izzet Ascension	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Oops All Spells	0–1	0.0
Oops All Lands	2–2	50.0
Protean Hulk Combo	1–0	100.0
Dice Factory	1–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	0–1	0.0
Restore Balance	2–0	100.0
Belcher	1–0	100.0
Midnight Mass	1–2	33.3
Control	39–35	52.7
Esper Control	5–2	71.4
Demonic Rising	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	2–4	33.3
Dimir Control	2–0	100.0
Azorius Control	4–6	40.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	1–3	25.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	2–3	40.0
Cruel Control	2–3	40.0
Stax	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	3–1	75.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Ponza	1–1	50.0
Mono White Control	2–1	66.7
Life is Ez	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	1–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Control	8–12	40.0
Prison	1–1	50.0
Enchantress	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	7–7	50.0
Aristocrats	3–3	50.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Boros Bombardment	1–0	100.0
Burn	3–2	60.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Combo Goblins	0–1	0.0
Dirty Kitty	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	16–22	42.1
Izzet Tempo	2–4	33.3
Ninjas	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	8–5	61.5
Mono Blue Faeries	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	2–3	40.0
Dimir Tempo	0–2	0.0
Dimir Faeries	0–1	0.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	6–5	54.5
Battle of Wits	0–1	0.0
Displace Loop	1–0	100.0
Peregrine Drake	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	0–2	0.0
Solar Flare	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	3–1	75.0
Wildfire	2–1	66.7
Borderpost Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Resurgent Belief	1–1	50.0
Midrange	32–28	53.3
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	1–1	50.0
Jund	2–3	40.0
Blink	1–2	33.3
Wave Blink	1–0	100.0
Azorius Wave	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Naya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	8–9	47.1
Necro Midrange	5–7	41.7
Mono Black Devotion	0–1	0.0
Hellion Whip	0–2	0.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Angel Tribal	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–0	100.0
Martyr's Grace	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	1–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	0–1	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	2–1	66.7
Five Color Hero	1–0	100.0
Naya Hero	0–1	0.0
Clerics	1–1	50.0
Simic Snow	5–5	50.0
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Ramp	2–1	66.7
Rofellos Ramp	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	0–1	0.0
Greenpost	0–1	0.0