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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 14 weeks, 5 days.

Don't show me this again

The Season Kick Off is on May 4th with free entry and over 100 tix in prizes to 32nd place!

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Aggro	334	649–608	51.6	23	173
Red Deck Wins	106	201–201	50.0	7	49
Prisoner	3	9–6	60.0	0	2
Proliferate Red	1	0–2	0.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	51–85	37.5
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	3–1	75.0
Mono White Heroic	1–1	50.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	21–21	50.0
Goblins	0–2	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–6	14.3
White Weenie	3–3	50.0
Soldiers	0–1	0.0
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Rogues	2–0	100.0
Zombies	12–44	21.4
Gruul Aggro	1–2	33.3
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	2–0	100.0
Affinity	2–0	100.0
Devastating Dreams	1–4	20.0
Voltron	0–1	0.0
Hexproof	0–1	0.0
Cats	1–1	50.0
Mono White Cats	1–1	50.0
Brushwaggs	1–0	100.0
Combo	19–15	55.9
Storm	5–1	83.3
Dimir Tendrils	2–1	66.7
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–4	33.3
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	2–4	33.3
Umbral Mantle	1–0	100.0
"Twin"	6–4	60.0
Jeskai "Twin"	6–4	60.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	2–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	0–3	0.0
Taking Turns	0–2	0.0
Control	40–32	55.6
Mono Black Control	2–3	40.0
Dimir Control	2–0	100.0
Watery Oath	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	10–11	47.6
Turbo Fog	0–1	0.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–1	50.0
Cruel Control	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Control	3–3	50.0
Ponza	6–0	100.0
Cycling Control	1–2	33.3
Astral Slide	1–2	33.3
Five Color Control	1–2	33.3
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	2–5	28.6
Bant Control	1–1	50.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–2	0.0
Seasons Past Control	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	13–6	68.4
Aristocrats	5–5	50.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–5	28.6
Abzan Aristocrats	3–0	100.0
Burn	3–0	100.0
Infect	4–1	80.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	4–1	80.0
Aggro-Control	10–6	62.5
Simic Flash	1–0	100.0
Azorius Skies	4–2	66.7
Blue Madness	1–1	50.0
Simic Madness	0–1	0.0
Temur Madness	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	4–3	57.1
Combo-Control	17–15	53.1
Curses	0–2	0.0
Cruel Combo-Control	3–4	42.9
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	10–5	66.7
Curious Niv-Mizzet	0–1	0.0
Plasma Swans	0–2	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–1	66.7
Wildfire	2–1	66.7
Midrange	46–40	53.5
Temur Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
The Rock	1–1	50.0
Abzan Midrange	5–1	83.3
Selesnya Midrange	5–4	55.6
Selesnya Value Town	5–4	55.6
Blink	15–15	50.0
Graveyard Value	0–1	0.0
Allies	9–7	56.3
Mardu Allies	5–7	41.7
BRGW Allies	2–0	100.0
Azorius Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Vampires	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–1	0.0
Naya Midrange	0–3	0.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–1	50.0
Davriel Braids	1–1	50.0
Dimir Midrange	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	1–1	50.0
Coinflip Tribal	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Ramp	5–2	71.4
Summer Bloom Ramp	4–0	100.0