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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 1 day, 4 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
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

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	32–84	27.6
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Heroic	0–6	0.0
Mono White Heroic	0–3	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–3	0.0
Red Deck Wins	6–30	16.7
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	4–2	66.7
Mono White Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–4	33.3
White Weenie	4–9	30.8
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	1–1	50.0
Warriors	1–0	100.0
Zombies	3–13	18.8
Gruul Aggro	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	3–2	60.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	1–5	16.7
Affinity	1–0	100.0
Salvage Titan	0–1	0.0
Devastating Dreams	0–2	0.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	3–2	60.0
Hexproof	3–1	75.0
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
Naya Zoo	0–1	0.0
Cats	1–2	33.3
Mono White Cats	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	1–1	50.0
Humans	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Humans	0–2	0.0
Brushwaggs	0–1	0.0
Combo	28–33	45.9
Storm	8–8	50.0
Dimir Tendrils	2–4	33.3
Simic Storm	0–1	0.0
Grixis Tendrils	3–3	50.0
Reanimator	2–6	25.0
Grozoth	1–1	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–5	16.7
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–6	25.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Umbral Mantle	1–3	25.0
"Twin"	2–1	66.7
Jeskai "Twin"	2–1	66.7
Infinite Infinite Combos	2–0	100.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	0–2	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	4–1	80.0
Control	65–52	55.6
Mono Black Control	0–1	0.0
Esper Control	5–1	83.3
Demonic Rising	1–4	20.0
Mono Blue Control	3–1	75.0
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	12–9	57.1
Turbo Fog	0–2	0.0
Izzet Control	1–1	50.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	3–3	50.0
Cruel Control	2–2	50.0
Stax	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Control	8–10	44.4
Galleon Control	1–0	100.0
Ponza	6–8	42.9
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	10–4	71.4
Astral Slide	10–4	71.4
Five Color Control	0–1	0.0
Sultai Control	2–3	40.0
Guildgate Control	4–1	80.0
Bant Control	1–1	50.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	1–0	100.0
Prison	1–0	100.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	12–14	46.2
Aristocrats	6–3	66.7
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–0	100.0
Abzan Aristocrats	3–2	60.0
Burn	3–3	50.0
Infect	2–7	22.2
Blazing Shoal Infect	2–6	25.0
Pummeler	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	13–19	40.6
Izzet Tempo	5–4	55.6
Azorius Skies	0–3	0.0
Blue Madness	1–2	33.3
Simic Madness	1–1	50.0
Temur Madness	0–1	0.0
Wizards	0–4	0.0
Izzet Spells	6–6	50.0
Combo-Control	17–21	44.7
Curses	4–1	80.0
Burning Vengeance	3–0	100.0
Cruel Combo-Control	3–3	50.0
Battle of Wits	2–0	100.0
Pickles	1–3	25.0
Mindcrank	1–11	8.3
Plasma Swans	2–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–3	25.0
Wildfire	1–3	25.0
Borderpost Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Midrange	58–62	48.3
Temur Ascendancy	2–1	66.7
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Midrange	6–4	60.0
Selesnya Value Town	6–4	60.0
Jund	3–0	100.0
Blink	6–13	31.6
Anti-Persecution	1–1	50.0
Graveyard Value	7–5	58.3
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Allies	2–12	14.3
Orzhov Allies	0–1	0.0
Mardu Allies	0–9	0.0
Mono White Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	0–1	0.0
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Yisan-Prophet	1–0	100.0
Vampires	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	1–1	50.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–0	100.0
Naya Midrange	3–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	9–8	52.9
Dimir Midrange	2–3	40.0
Dimir Vat	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	0–1	0.0
Ordealbreak	0–1	0.0
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Ramp	7–9	43.8
Summer Bloom Ramp	3–7	30.0