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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, 6 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	566	946–1034	47.8	6	48	31
Storm	156	232–294	44.1	0	10	5
Sultai Tendrils	10	10–20	33.3
Dimir Tendrils	46	77–93	45.3	0	6	2
Dragonstorm	7	4–10	28.6	0	1
Simic Storm	11	12–20	37.5	0	1
Grixis Tendrils	31	49–47	51.0	0	1	2
Reanimator	48	68–91	42.8	0	1	2
Grozoth	9	18–15	54.5
Traditional Reanimator	39	50–76	39.7	0	1	2
Mono Black Reanimator	5	5–6	45.5
Biovisionary	2	1–7	12.5
Necrotic Ooze Combo	9	15–12	55.6
Warp World	1	0–3	0.0
Zubera Tribal	4	4–10	28.6
Maniac Combo	25	55–37	59.8			4
Jeskai Ascendancy	76	181–124	59.3	5	16	7
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	53	135–90	60.0	5	16	6
Myr Incubator	4	0–10	0.0
Umbral Mantle	26	53–34	60.9			5
"Twin"	53	112–81	58.0	1	10	5
Jeskai "Twin"	53	112–81	58.0	1	10	5
Infinite Infinite Combos	2	3–6	33.3	0	1
Eggs	4	2–10	16.7
Turntimber Ranger	4	6–9	40.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	29	40–58	40.8	0	3	1
Blazing Shoal Combo	14	27–34	44.3	0	2
Retraction Helix Combo	1	0–2	0.0
Taking Turns	39	75–66	53.2	0	2	2
Quest for Ula's Temple	5	3–13	18.8
Oops All Lands	5	6–15	28.6
Polymorph	8	5–16	23.8

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	202–267	43.1
Mono Black Aggro	8–7	53.3
Heroic	6–15	28.6
Mono White Heroic	0–4	0.0
Azorius Heroic	1–1	50.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	5–10	33.3
Red Deck Wins	40–86	31.7
Prisoner	0–1	0.0
Proliferate Red	1–0	100.0
Goblins	5–2	71.4
Tokens	18–6	75.0
Selesnya Tokens	6–2	75.0
Mono White Tokens	7–2	77.8
Mono Green Stompy	10–16	38.5
White Weenie	28–36	43.8
Odric Keywords	0–1	0.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–1	50.0
Soldiers	4–6	40.0
Elves	0–1	0.0
Warriors	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	2–0	100.0
Rogues	2–3	40.0
Zombies	33–55	37.5
Gruul Aggro	0–2	0.0
Merfolk	10–7	58.8
Mono Red Swarm	1–2	33.3
Artifact Aggro	11–14	44.0
Affinity	6–6	50.0
Salvage Titan	2–2	50.0
Devastating Dreams	1–3	25.0
Madness	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	10–4	71.4
Hexproof	7–2	77.8
Equipment Aggro	1–2	33.3
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	0–1	0.0
Cats	4–2	66.7
Mono White Cats	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Cats	3–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	1–1	50.0
Humans	4–3	57.1
Selesnya Humans	4–3	57.1
Brushwaggs	2–1	66.7
Combo	122–122	50.0
Storm	33–28	54.1
Sultai Tendrils	2–2	50.0
Dimir Tendrils	10–10	50.0
Simic Storm	0–2	0.0
Grixis Tendrils	7–6	53.8
Reanimator	9–11	45.0
Grozoth	3–3	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	6–8	42.9
Mono Black Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Biovisionary	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	3–4	42.9
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Zubera Tribal	1–1	50.0
Maniac Combo	3–1	75.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	15–16	48.4
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	13–9	59.1
Umbral Mantle	7–11	38.9
"Twin"	11–18	37.9
Jeskai "Twin"	11–18	37.9
Infinite Infinite Combos	4–0	100.0
Eggs	3–1	75.0
Turntimber Ranger	2–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	7–7	50.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	2–3	40.0
Taking Turns	9–10	47.4
Quest for Ula's Temple	2–0	100.0
Oops All Lands	0–1	0.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Control	215–206	51.1
Mono Black Control	4–4	50.0
Esper Control	9–4	69.2
Demonic Rising	4–8	33.3
Paradox Haze Lock	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	11–6	64.7
Dimir Control	3–3	50.0
Azorius Control	38–45	45.8
Turbo Fog	2–4	33.3
Izzet Control	2–3	40.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	3–0	100.0
Grixis Control	14–9	60.9
Cruel Control	8–6	57.1
Stax	0–3	0.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–2	33.3
Stagnant Control	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Control	24–32	42.9
Galleon Control	1–0	100.0
Ponza	22–17	56.4
Mono White Control	5–4	55.6
Dynavolt Tower	3–0	100.0
Cycling Control	23–21	52.3
Astral Slide	23–21	52.3
Five Color Control	3–1	75.0
Sultai Control	8–14	36.4
Guildgate Control	16–9	64.0
Bant Control	3–6	33.3
Enchantments Control	0–1	0.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	2–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	2–1	66.7
Prison	3–5	37.5
Enchantress	3–5	37.5
Aggro-Combo	50–53	48.5
Aristocrats	33–24	57.9
Mono Black Aristocrats	9–14	39.1
Orzhov Aristocrats	14–5	73.7
Abzan Aristocrats	10–4	71.4
Burn	5–6	45.5
Infect	10–18	35.7
Blazing Shoal Infect	7–15	31.8
Golgari Infect	1–0	100.0
Pummeler	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Control	50–57	46.7
Simic Flash	0–2	0.0
Izzet Tempo	14–9	60.9
Azorius Skies	8–9	47.1
Blue Madness	7–7	50.0
Simic Madness	6–4	60.0
Temur Madness	1–3	25.0
Wizards	4–5	44.4
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	12–25	32.4
Combo-Control	43–65	39.8
Curses	6–6	50.0
Burning Vengeance	5–1	83.3
Cruel Combo-Control	5–6	45.5
Battle of Wits	6–0	100.0
Shared Fate	0–1	0.0
Pickles	4–5	44.4
Mindcrank	7–32	17.9
Lich's Mastery	0–1	0.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	4–4	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	4–7	36.4
Wildfire	4–7	36.4
Borderpost Wildfire	1–3	25.0
Midrange	240–246	49.4
Temur Ascendancy	8–7	53.3
Prophet Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
The Rock	4–5	44.4
Abzan Midrange	4–4	50.0
Selesnya Midrange	15–12	55.6
Selesnya Value Town	14–11	56.0
Jund	7–2	77.8
Blink	62–57	52.1
Anti-Persecution	3–3	50.0
Graveyard Value	13–8	61.9
Enchantments Matter	1–1	50.0
Allies	17–34	33.3
Orzhov Allies	1–1	50.0
Mardu Allies	10–24	29.4
Mono White Allies	3–5	37.5
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	1–1	50.0
Fake-Rack	2–2	50.0
Mardu Midrange	2–3	40.0
Yisan-Prophet	1–0	100.0
Vampires	12–11	52.2
Mono Black Vampires	8–7	53.3
Orzhov Vampires	4–4	50.0
Legends Midrange	2–1	66.7
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	9–8	52.9
Naya Midrange	9–16	36.0
Big Red	2–5	28.6
Mono Black Midrange	22–27	44.9
Davriel Braids	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	6–7	46.2
Dimir Vat	2–1	66.7
Temur Energy	2–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	3–2	60.0
Sultai Emerge	3–2	60.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–1	50.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	2–1	66.7
Ordealbreak	4–3	57.1
Death Cloud	2–3	40.0
Ramp	24–18	57.1
Domain	0–2	0.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	8–11	42.1