Battle of Wits

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 1 week.

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The Penny Dreadful 500 is on Apr 20th with free entry and $500 in prizes!

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo-Control	1729	3501–3423–13	50.6	98	812
Battle of Wits	78	85–173	32.9	0	20

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	22–56	28.2
Mono Black Aggro	2–2	50.0
Heroic	0–3	0.0
Mono White Heroic	0–2	0.0
Boros Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	6–25	19.4
Mono Red Devotion	0–2	0.0
Goblins	0–2	0.0
Tokens	0–5	0.0
Selesnya Tokens	0–3	0.0
Mono White Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–3	25.0
White Weenie	1–3	25.0
Odric Keywords	0–1	0.0
Elves	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Zombies	0–3	0.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Gruul Landfall	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	4–2	66.7
Affinity	2–2	50.0
Boros Vehicles	1–0	100.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–1	50.0
Voltron	0–1	0.0
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	2–0	100.0
Cats	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Cats	1–1	50.0
Humans	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Humans	1–0	100.0
Legends Aggro	0–1	0.0
Boros Legends Aggro	0–1	0.0
Combo	10–23	30.3
Storm	3–11	21.4
Sultai Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Dimir Tendrils	1–5	16.7
Hazoret Storm	0–2	0.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Channel Storm	0–2	0.0
Reanimator	2–8	20.0
Worldgorger Dragon	0–2	0.0
Double Dragon	0–1	0.0
Living Death	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	2–5	28.6
Rakdos Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Dimir Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Monumental Ignus	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	2–0	100.0
Soulflayer	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	2–1	66.7
Cephalid Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Oops All Spells	0–1	0.0
Neoform Hermit	1–0	100.0
Control	24–28	46.2
Mono Black Control	2–0	100.0
Esper Control	0–4	0.0
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	1–2	33.3
Dreadful Inspiration	0–1	0.0
Azorius Control	5–6	45.5
Turbo Fog	0–1	0.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	3–2	60.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Blackpost	1–0	100.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Stax	1–2	33.3
Pollute the Planet	0–1	0.0
Birthday Stax	1–0	100.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	0–1	0.0
Ponza	2–0	100.0
Cycling Control	2–1	66.7
Astral Slide	2–1	66.7
Sultai Control	0–1	0.0
Guildgate Control	1–1	50.0
Bant Control	1–1	50.0
Seasons Past Control	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	1–3	25.0
Prison	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	6–9	40.0
Aristocrats	2–5	28.6
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–3	25.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Golgari Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	1–1	50.0
Infect	2–1	66.7
Blazing Shoal Infect	2–1	66.7
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Combo Goblins	1–1	50.0
Goblin Persist	1–0	100.0
Dirty Kitty	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	0–13	0.0
Izzet Tempo	0–6	0.0
Blue Madness	0–1	0.0
Simic Madness	0–1	0.0
Wizards	0–1	0.0
Tetsukotog	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	0–2	0.0
Combo-Control	2–8	20.0
Curses	0–1	0.0
Burning Vengeance	0–2	0.0
Mindcrank	1–2	33.3
Plasma Swans	1–1	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	0–2	0.0
Wildfire	0–2	0.0
Midrange	19–29	39.6
Temur Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Grenzo	0–2	0.0
Abzan Midrange	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Value Town	1–0	100.0
Jund	2–4	33.3
Blink	1–5	16.7
Graveyard Value	0–1	0.0
Allies	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
Mardu Allies	1–2	33.3
Fake-Rack	0–1	0.0
Vampires	2–2	50.0
Rakdos Vampires	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–1	0.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	0–2	0.0
Mono Black Devotion	0–1	0.0
Toughness Matters	1–1	50.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–1	0.0
Zur the Enchanter	1–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	0–1	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–1	50.0
Five Color Hero	1–0	100.0
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Simic Snow	1–0	100.0
Ramp	2–7	22.2
Rofellos Ramp	0–2	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	0–2	0.0
Greenpost	0–2	0.0
Domain	0–1	0.0
Applejacks	1–0	100.0