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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.

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 2 days, 7 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
Aggro	1662	3293–2713	54.8	33	230	97
Artifact Aggro	532	1299–754	63.3	26	128	40
Tempered Steel	516	1280–721	64.0	26	128	40

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	375–284	56.9
Mono Black Aggro	37–33	52.9
Heroic	6–2	75.0
Mono White Heroic	0–1	0.0
Azorius Heroic	6–1	85.7
Red Deck Wins	41–29	58.6
Mono Red Devotion	2–2	50.0
Goblins	13–4	76.5
Tokens	5–4	55.6
Selesnya Tokens	2–3	40.0
Mono Green Stompy	6–1	85.7
White Weenie	33–42	44.0
Odric Keywords	3–10	23.1
Soldiers	3–2	60.0
Kithkin	1–0	100.0
Chroma White	16–14	53.3
Elves	8–1	88.9
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Minotaurs	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	3–1	75.0
Zombies	3–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	10–4	71.4
Merfolk	2–1	66.7
Artifact Aggro	140–140	50.0
Boros Vehicles	0–1	0.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	139–139	50.0
Devoid Aggro	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	5–3	62.5
Illusions	2–2	50.0
Madness	2–1	66.7
Golgari Madness	1–1	50.0
Voltron	33–12	73.3
Equipment Aggro	31–10	75.6
Slivers	2–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	14–3	82.4
Rakdos Hellbent	14–3	82.4
Boros Aggro	1–1	50.0
Shamans	3–0	100.0
Combo	198–111	64.1
Storm	8–2	80.0
Reanimator	11–0	100.0
Grozoth	2–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	9–0	100.0
Biovisionary	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	28–27	50.9
Maniac Combo	1–0	100.0
New Perspectives	25–5	83.3
Runeflare	18–1	94.7
Mardu Life	4–1	80.0
Metalwork Colossus	35–6	85.4
Eye of the Storm	1–0	100.0
Retraction Helix Combo	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	47–69	40.5
Cephalid Breakfast	47–69	40.5
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	24–32	42.9
Grixis Breakfast	20–30	40.0
Control	261–124	67.8
Mono Black Control	6–3	66.7
Esper Control	1–1	50.0
Demonic Rising	24–9	72.7
Paradox Haze Lock	0–3	0.0
Mono Blue Control	11–5	68.8
Dimir Control	15–7	68.2
Azorius Control	8–3	72.7
Cawblade	2–2	50.0
Turbo Fog	5–2	71.4
Izzet Control	7–1	87.5
Mardu Control	8–1	88.9
Mill	4–0	100.0
Grixis Control	25–11	69.4
Stax	18–3	85.7
Birthday Stax	4–0	100.0
Stagnant Control	3–3	50.0
Jeskai Control	9–5	64.3
Dragon Control	5–1	83.3
Grixis Dragons	5–1	83.3
Galleon Control	2–2	50.0
Ponza	1–1	50.0
Mono White Control	8–2	80.0
Life is Ez	6–2	75.0
Dynavolt Tower	9–1	90.0
Cycling Control	7–3	70.0
Astral Slide	7–3	70.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	59–47	55.7
Guildgate Control	1–2	33.3
Enchantments Control	1–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	15–3	83.3
Orzhov Control	2–3	40.0
Aggro-Combo	66–34	66.0
Aristocrats	55–28	66.3
Mono Black Aristocrats	43–25	63.2
Golgari Aristocrats	10–3	76.9
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Infect	7–2	77.8
Mono Black Infect	2–0	100.0
Pummeler	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Control	41–11	78.8
Simic Flash	2–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	8–5	61.5
Azorius Skies	13–0	100.0
Blue Madness	3–5	37.5
Simic Madness	2–1	66.7
Azorius Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	87–30	74.4
Curses	46–14	76.7
Burning Vengeance	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	3–1	75.0
Pickles	4–0	100.0
Lich's Mastery	13–1	92.9
Mass Land Destruction	18–12	60.0
Wildfire	18–12	60.0
Midrange	238–123	65.9
Temur Ascendancy	8–1	88.9
Prophet Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
The Rock	7–2	77.8
Grenzo	2–3	40.0
Abzan Midrange	22–5	81.5
Jund	20–7	74.1
Blink	21–6	77.8
Acid Trip	12–1	92.3
Anti-Persecution	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	3–4	42.9
Allies	21–21	50.0
Orzhov Allies	4–3	57.1
Mardu Allies	7–11	38.9
Boros Allies	6–4	60.0
Mono White Allies	0–1	0.0
Treefolk	9–11	45.0
-1/-1 Counters	4–1	80.0
Mardu Midrange	6–3	66.7
White Jund	13–8	61.9
Vampires	9–16	36.0
Mono Black Vampires	7–14	33.3
Rakdos Vampires	2–2	50.0
Legends Midrange	26–11	70.3
Boros Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mardu Legends	14–4	77.8
Orzhov Legends	9–6	60.0
Elementals	3–5	37.5
Rakdos Midrange	15–6	71.4
Naya Midrange	4–0	100.0
Card Advantage White	10–3	76.9
Big Red	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	5–2	71.4
Clerics	2–1	66.7
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Ramp	14–4	77.8
Domain	0–1	0.0
Applejacks	1–0	100.0