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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 23 hours, 17 minutes.

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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-Combo	241	418–470	47.1	2	17	6
Infect	59	129–108	54.4	1	4
Blazing Shoal Infect	45	106–88	54.6	1	4
Golgari Infect	1	1–4	20.0
Mono Black Infect	3	7–4	63.6

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	28–31	47.5
Heroic	1–3	25.0
Azorius Heroic	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–2	33.3
Red Deck Wins	6–12	33.3
Mono Red Devotion	1–0	100.0
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	3–1	75.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono White Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Little Kid	1–2	33.3
Zombies	5–9	35.7
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Voltron	4–1	80.0
Hexproof	4–1	80.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Cats	1–1	50.0
Mono White Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Humans	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Combo	18–10	64.3
Storm	7–2	77.8
Dimir Tendrils	3–2	60.0
Simic Storm	1–0	100.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Zubera Tribal	1–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	2–2	50.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
Myr Incubator	1–0	100.0
Umbral Mantle	2–0	100.0
"Twin"	1–1	50.0
Jeskai "Twin"	1–1	50.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–1	50.0
Taking Turns	1–2	33.3
Control	26–26	50.0
Mono Black Control	0–2	0.0
Esper Control	0–3	0.0
Demonic Rising	1–3	25.0
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Control	3–5	37.5
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Control	6–1	85.7
Ponza	2–0	100.0
Cycling Control	6–0	100.0
Astral Slide	6–0	100.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	1–6	14.3
Guildgate Control	0–1	0.0
Bant Control	1–1	50.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	7–5	58.3
Aristocrats	4–3	57.1
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Abzan Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Burn	1–0	100.0
Infect	2–2	50.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Infect	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	4–6	40.0
Simic Flash	1–0	100.0
Azorius Skies	0–3	0.0
Ninjas	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	1–1	50.0
Combo-Control	12–11	52.2
Curses	2–4	33.3
Cruel Combo-Control	1–1	50.0
Battle of Wits	2–2	50.0
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	1–1	50.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	0–1	0.0
Plasma Swans	1–2	33.3
Mass Land Destruction	4–0	100.0
Wildfire	4–0	100.0
Midrange	30–17	63.8
Abzan Midrange	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–3	25.0
Selesnya Value Town	1–2	33.3
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	9–4	69.2
Graveyard Value	2–0	100.0
Allies	6–1	85.7
Mardu Allies	4–1	80.0
Mono White Allies	1–0	100.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–1	50.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	0–2	0.0
Dimir Midrange	1–1	50.0
Dimir Vat	0–1	0.0
Angel Tribal	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	1–2	33.3
Sultai Emerge	1–1	50.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Ramp	4–2	66.7
Rofellos Ramp	0–1	0.0
Wild Pair	0–1	0.0
Domain	1–0	100.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	3–1	75.0