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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.

Current League
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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
Aggro	1120	1867–1853	50.2	19	143	35
Red Deck Wins	256	559–408	57.8	9	47	8

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	125–95	56.8
Mono Black Aggro	4–1	80.0
Heroic	2–2	50.0
Azorius Heroic	0–2	0.0
Boros Heroic	2–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	35–35	50.0
Goblins	4–1	80.0
Tokens	12–15	44.4
Mono White Tokens	10–13	43.5
Mono Green Stompy	11–10	52.4
White Weenie	13–3	81.3
Soldiers	10–1	90.9
Warriors	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Counters	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	2–1	66.7
Merfolk	3–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	12–8	60.0
Artifact Aggro	3–0	100.0
Affinity	3–0	100.0
Voltron	5–9	35.7
Hexproof	1–2	33.3
Hateful Auras	0–3	0.0
Knights	13–6	68.4
Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Combo	26–17	60.5
Storm	4–1	80.0
Simic Storm	4–1	80.0
Reclamation Storm	4–1	80.0
Reanimator	13–11	54.2
Traditional Reanimator	13–11	54.2
Mono Black Reanimator	10–9	52.6
Grixis Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Oriss Genesis	2–0	100.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	5–5	50.0
Retraction Helix Combo	2–0	100.0
Control	166–137	54.8
Mono Black Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	35–24	59.3
Azorius Control	6–1	85.7
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	11–10	52.4
Grixis Control	6–5	54.5
Cycling Control	27–6	81.8
Astral Slide	27–6	81.8
Sultai Control	7–1	87.5
Guildgate Control	59–79	42.8
Temur Reclamation	14–9	60.9
Orzhov Control	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	47–23	67.1
Aristocrats	44–22	66.7
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Food	37–18	67.3
Rakdos Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Burn	2–1	66.7
Infect	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	63–50	55.8
Izzet Tempo	16–19	45.7
Azorius Skies	5–3	62.5
Blue Madness	5–3	62.5
Simic Madness	4–2	66.7
Temur Madness	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	16–7	69.6
Izzet Spells	12–12	50.0
Dimir Tempo	8–4	66.7
Combo-Control	1–2	33.3
Burning Vengeance	0–1	0.0
Midrange	120–81	59.7
The Rock	2–2	50.0
Graveyard Value	7–4	63.6
Fake-Rack	6–1	85.7
Elementals	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	4–1	80.0
Mono Black Midrange	57–47	54.8
Mono Black Devotion	56–45	55.4
Dimir Midrange	9–10	47.4
Toughness Matters	8–4	66.7
Lifegain Midrange	8–5	61.5
Adventures	1–1	50.0
Neoform	2–1	66.7
Sultai Neoform	1–0	100.0
UBRG Neoform	1–0	100.0
Ramp	11–3	78.6
Applejacks	3–3	50.0