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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 6 days, 4 hours.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	1065	1900–1777	51.7	27	261	34
Mono Black Aggro	129	289–200	59.1	5	41	6
Heroic	61	113–100	53.1	0	2	3
Mono White Heroic	26	53–39	57.6	0	1	2
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	29	50–52	49.0	0	1	1
Boros Heroic	2	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Heroic	3	4–8	33.3
Red Deck Wins	319	634–523	54.8	12	115	13
Mono Red Devotion	4	14–9	60.9	0	3
Proliferate Red	1	2–0	100.0
Goblins	29	36–65	35.6
Tokens	28	22–38	36.7	0	2
Selesnya Tokens	28	22–38	36.7	0	2
Mono Green Stompy	4	5–9	35.7	0	1
White Weenie	143	260–243	51.7	1	22	5
Odric Keywords	9	5–13	27.8
Quest for the Holy Relic	9	13–5	72.2
Soldiers	20	27–47	36.5
Kithkin	1	0–2	0.0
Elves	67	85–141	37.6	0	9	2
Werewolves	7	21–10	67.7
Minotaurs	3	0–3	0.0
Warriors	1
Selesnya Little Kid	2	0–2	0.0
Rogues	1	1–2	33.3	0	1
Zombies	43	98–68	59.0	3	19	1
Mono Red Swarm	13	16–18	47.1	0	1
Artifact Aggro	147	252–233	52.0	6	42	4
Affinity	16	21–34	38.2
Salvage Titan	2	1–5	16.7
Tempered Steel	126	222–191	53.8	6	42	4
Mono Blue Architect	3	8–3	72.7
Devoid Aggro	2
Mono Blue Aggro	6	6–7	46.2
Illusions	1	0–1	0.0
Voltron	4	1–6	14.3
Equipment Aggro	2	1–3	25.0
Slivers	11	5–14	26.3
Naya Zoo	1
Knights	4	2–7	22.2
Cats	12	21–18	53.8	0	4
Mono White Cats	2	1–1	50.0	0	1
Selesnya Cats	10	20–17	54.1	0	3
Rakdos Aggro	1	0–3	0.0
Humans	8	15–14	51.7	0	2
Gruul Humans	1	0–3	0.0	0	1
Selesnya Humans	7	15–11	57.7	0	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	522–522	50.0
Mono Black Aggro	78–77	50.3
Heroic	29–23	55.8
Mono White Heroic	10–11	47.6
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	17–10	63.0
Selesnya Heroic	2–2	50.0
Red Deck Wins	174–171	50.4
Mono Red Devotion	4–5	44.4
Goblins	17–5	77.3
Tokens	11–7	61.1
Selesnya Tokens	11–7	61.1
Mono Green Stompy	4–3	57.1
White Weenie	56–79	41.5
Odric Keywords	3–2	60.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–4	20.0
Soldiers	7–2	77.8
Kithkin	2–0	100.0
Elves	40–21	65.6
Werewolves	0–3	0.0
Minotaurs	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Zombies	16–37	30.2
Mono Red Swarm	4–3	57.1
Artifact Aggro	63–71	47.0
Affinity	7–3	70.0
Salvage Titan	2–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	53–65	44.9
Mono Blue Architect	1–3	25.0
Mono Blue Aggro	3–0	100.0
Slivers	4–1	80.0
Knights	1–2	33.3
Cats	2–10	16.7
Mono White Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	2–9	18.2
Rakdos Aggro	2–0	100.0
Humans	5–4	55.6
Gruul Humans	3–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	2–4	33.3
Combo	222–197	53.0
Storm	41–8	83.7
Hazoret Storm	4–0	100.0
Simic Storm	1–4	20.0
Stormpost	6–1	85.7
Mono Blue Post Desire	6–1	85.7
Izzet Storm	3–1	75.0
Channel Storm	14–1	93.3
Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Dubious Challenge	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	27–50	35.1
Myr Incubator	10–0	100.0
Combo Post	6–1	85.7
Eggs	41–40	50.6
Saffi Combo	1–0	100.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	7–3	70.0
Breakfast	52–82	38.8
Cephalid Breakfast	52–82	38.8
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	49–82	37.4
Oops All Lands	1–1	50.0
Control	228–198	53.5
Mono Black Control	2–0	100.0
Esper Control	48–38	55.8
Demonic Rising	17–16	51.5
Mono Blue Control	7–1	87.5
Dimir Control	11–13	45.8
Azorius Control	14–19	42.4
Turbo Fog	12–17	41.4
Izzet Control	3–7	30.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	5–0	100.0
Boros Control	4–5	44.4
Cloudpost Control	24–21	53.3
Azorius Cloudpost Control	5–7	41.7
Blackpost	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	14–11	56.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	2–2	50.0
Grixis Control	2–2	50.0
Cruel Control	2–2	50.0
Stax	33–25	56.9
Pollute the Planet	6–8	42.9
Jeskai Control	6–8	42.9
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Ponza	3–0	100.0
Mono White Control	11–10	52.4
Life is Ez	5–10	33.3
Cycling Control	3–2	60.0
Astral Slide	2–2	50.0
Five Color Control	16–12	57.1
Bant Control	0–1	0.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	74–59	55.6
Aristocrats	30–34	46.9
Mono Black Aristocrats	22–30	42.3
Abzan Aristocrats	5–2	71.4
Food	0–1	0.0
Burn	8–0	100.0
Infect	13–3	81.3
Pummeler	7–4	63.6
Hermit Humans	12–18	40.0
Combo Goblins	1–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	181–126	59.0
Izzet Tempo	19–12	61.3
Blue Madness	29–23	55.8
Simic Madness	28–23	54.9
Wizards	1–0	100.0
12 Pest	2–1	66.7
Ninjas	23–14	62.2
Mono Blue Gush	46–30	60.5
Izzet Spells	30–35	46.2
Combo-Control	24–11	68.6
Cruel Combo-Control	1–1	50.0
Battle of Wits	6–0	100.0
Pickles	2–0	100.0
Displace Loop	1–0	100.0
Familiars	1–0	100.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	2–1	66.7
Mass Land Destruction	0–2	0.0
Wildfire	0–2	0.0
Midrange	271–211	56.2
Temur Ascendancy	8–0	100.0
Prophet Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
The Rock	2–2	50.0
Abzan Midrange	2–0	100.0
Jund	5–11	31.3
Blink	53–78	40.5
Wave Blink	44–75	37.0
Azorius Wave	42–73	36.5
Acid Trip	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	1–2	33.3
Graveyard Value	17–12	58.6
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Allies	17–17	50.0
Orzhov Allies	12–9	57.1
Mardu Allies	0–4	0.0
Boros Allies	2–1	66.7
Mono White Allies	1–1	50.0
Treefolk	9–4	69.2
Fake-Rack	7–5	58.3
Mardu Midrange	4–4	50.0
White Jund	0–2	0.0
Vampires	4–7	36.4
Mono Black Vampires	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Vampires	3–5	37.5
Elementals	4–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	8–3	72.7
Big Red	3–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	46–38	54.8
Dimir Midrange	6–5	54.5
Temur Energy	3–6	33.3
Angel Tribal	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	24–6	80.0
Lifegain Midrange	4–2	66.7
Sultai Midrange	2–0	100.0
Sultai Emerge	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	5–2	71.4
Owling Mine	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Midrange	3–0	100.0
Clerics	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	1–1	50.0
Coinflip Tribal	1–0	100.0
Ramp	368–451	44.9
Rofellos Ramp	353–442	44.4
Channel-Rofellos	347–437	44.3
Cloudpost Ramp	11–8	57.9
Greenpost	3–1	75.0
Unclassified	10–2	83.3