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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 20 hours, 38 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	1065	1900–1777	51.7	27	261	34
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

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	171–174	49.6
Mono Black Aggro	24–24	50.0
Heroic	7–4	63.6
Mono White Heroic	1–2	33.3
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	6–2	75.0
Red Deck Wins	60–60	50.0
Mono Red Devotion	1–2	33.3
Goblins	4–1	80.0
Tokens	4–4	50.0
Selesnya Tokens	4–4	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–1	50.0
White Weenie	22–16	57.9
Odric Keywords	1–0	100.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–2	33.3
Soldiers	2–2	50.0
Kithkin	1–0	100.0
Elves	12–6	66.7
Werewolves	0–2	0.0
Minotaurs	1–0	100.0
Zombies	2–19	9.5
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	23–29	44.2
Affinity	2–0	100.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	20–29	40.8
Mono Blue Aggro	2–0	100.0
Slivers	2–0	100.0
Knights	0–2	0.0
Cats	1–3	25.0
Mono White Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	1–2	33.3
Humans	1–1	50.0
Gruul Humans	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	0–1	0.0
Combo	72–65	52.6
Storm	12–3	80.0
Stormpost	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Post Desire	2–1	66.7
Izzet Storm	1–1	50.0
Channel Storm	4–1	80.0
Hypergenesis	10–21	32.3
Myr Incubator	4–0	100.0
Combo Post	2–1	66.7
Eggs	8–19	29.6
Quest for Ula's Temple	0–2	0.0
Breakfast	24–14	63.2
Cephalid Breakfast	24–14	63.2
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	22–14	61.1
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Control	78–41	65.5
Esper Control	22–12	64.7
Demonic Rising	8–6	57.1
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	6–3	66.7
Azorius Control	2–3	40.0
Turbo Fog	2–2	50.0
Izzet Control	1–1	50.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Boros Control	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	5–5	50.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	3–3	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Dimir Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	11–4	73.3
Pollute the Planet	4–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	3–2	60.0
Mono White Control	4–1	80.0
Life is Ez	1–1	50.0
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	7–2	77.8
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	19–15	55.9
Aristocrats	8–13	38.1
Mono Black Aristocrats	6–13	31.6
Abzan Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Burn	2–0	100.0
Infect	2–1	66.7
Pummeler	1–0	100.0
Hermit Humans	6–1	85.7
Aggro-Control	53–31	63.1
Izzet Tempo	8–2	80.0
Blue Madness	6–6	50.0
Simic Madness	5–6	45.5
12 Pest	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	8–2	80.0
Mono Blue Gush	17–10	63.0
Izzet Spells	7–9	43.8
Combo-Control	3–6	33.3
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	0–2	0.0
Wildfire	0–2	0.0
Midrange	84–52	61.8
Temur Ascendancy	2–0	100.0
Prophet Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Jund	2–4	33.3
Blink	15–13	53.6
Wave Blink	14–12	53.8
Azorius Wave	14–11	56.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	2–5	28.6
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Allies	4–3	57.1
Orzhov Allies	3–1	75.0
Mardu Allies	0–1	0.0
Boros Allies	0–1	0.0
Treefolk	1–1	50.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	2–0	100.0
White Jund	0–1	0.0
Vampires	1–3	25.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–3	25.0
Elementals	3–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–2	60.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	20–12	62.5
Dimir Midrange	4–1	80.0
Temur Energy	1–4	20.0
Toughness Matters	9–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Coinflip Tribal	1–0	100.0
Ramp	149–139	51.7
Rofellos Ramp	145–138	51.2
Channel-Rofellos	142–134	51.4
Cloudpost Ramp	2–0	100.0
Greenpost	2–0	100.0
Unclassified	5–0	100.0