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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 5 days, 23 hours.

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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
Aggro	294	574–550	51.1	25	168
Heroic	92	214–160	57.2	10	65
Mono White Heroic	77	176–127	58.1	8	56
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	15	38–33	53.5	2	9

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	103–63	62.0
Mono Black Aggro	5–2	71.4
Heroic	26–26	50.0
Mono White Heroic	21–20	51.2
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	5–6	45.5
Red Deck Wins	34–11	75.6
Mono Red Devotion	1–0	100.0
Proliferate Red	1–0	100.0
Goblins	0–1	0.0
Tokens	1–2	33.3
Mono Green Stompy	3–3	50.0
White Weenie	0–1	0.0
Elves	3–1	75.0
Werewolves	3–1	75.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Rogues	2–6	25.0
Zombies	5–4	55.6
Merfolk	6–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	4–3	57.1
Artifact Aggro	3–0	100.0
Affinity	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	3–1	75.0
Illusions	3–1	75.0
Voltron	2–1	66.7
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	20–26	43.5
Storm	4–0	100.0
Simic Storm	2–0	100.0
Stormpost	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Post Desire	2–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	4–4	50.0
Maniac Combo	2–5	28.6
New Perspectives	3–2	60.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
"Twin"	0–3	0.0
Naya "Twin"	0–1	0.0
Combo Post	1–3	25.0
Eggs	3–1	75.0
Saffi Combo	1–2	33.3
Breakfast	1–5	16.7
Hermit Gond	1–5	16.7
Control	23–19	54.8
Mono Black Control	1–2	33.3
Esper Control	2–4	33.3
Demonic Rising	4–2	66.7
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	1–1	50.0
Turbo Fog	0–4	0.0
Izzet Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	1–2	33.3
Dragon Control	1–1	50.0
Galleon Control	1–0	100.0
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	3–0	100.0
Astral Slide	3–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	3–1	75.0
Aggro-Combo	6–4	60.0
Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Infect	6–1	85.7
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	3–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Dimir Faeries	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	7–7	50.0
Burning Vengeance	1–2	33.3
Pickles	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	6–4	60.0
Wildfire	6–4	60.0
Midrange	45–40	52.9
The Rock	2–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	6–4	60.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	7–14	33.3
Wave Blink	4–14	22.2
Azorius Wave	3–12	20.0
Orzhov Wave	0–1	0.0
Abzan Wave	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	3–0	100.0
Anti-Persecution	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Allies	6–14	30.0
Mardu Allies	4–4	50.0
Boros Allies	0–1	0.0
Mono White Allies	0–5	0.0
Treefolk	6–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–5	16.7
Vampires	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	0–1	0.0
Angel Tribal	2–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	2–0	100.0
Sultai Energy	2–0	100.0
Neoform	1–0	100.0
Ramp	7–1	87.5
Rofellos Ramp	5–1	83.3
Cloudpost Ramp	2–0	100.0
Simic Post	1–0	100.0