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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 2 days, 20 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	315	385–556	40.9	1	21	4
Storm	58	69–120	36.5	0	5
Simic Storm	54	69–116	37.3	0	5
Reclamation Storm	52	69–115	37.5	0	5
Reanimator	177	225–311	42.0	1	12	3
Traditional Reanimator	177	225–311	42.0	1	12	3
Rakdos Reanimator	1	0–1	0.0
Dimir Reanimator	2	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Reanimator	142	187–242	43.6	1	10	3
Grixis Reanimator	6	8–14	36.4
Oriss Genesis	10	7–21	25.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	41	67–60	52.8	0	4	1
Retraction Helix Combo	19	15–25	37.5

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	75–141	34.7
Mono Black Aggro	0–7	0.0
Heroic	0–1	0.0
Azorius Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	17–26	39.5
Tokens	5–9	35.7
Mono White Tokens	5–9	35.7
Mono Green Stompy	7–18	28.0
White Weenie	2–9	18.2
Soldiers	1–6	14.3
Selesnya Little Kid	5–4	55.6
Selesnya Counters	4–1	80.0
Gruul Aggro	7–3	70.0
Merfolk	1–1	50.0
Mono Red Swarm	8–17	32.0
Artifact Aggro	2–1	66.7
Affinity	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Gruul Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	8–14	36.4
Hexproof	4–0	100.0
Boros Auras	0–3	0.0
Equipment Aggro	0–3	0.0
Hateful Auras	2–6	25.0
Knights	6–24	20.0
Cats	1–2	33.3
Mono White Cats	1–2	33.3
Boros Aggro	1–1	50.0
Combo	33–33	50.0
Storm	9–4	69.2
Simic Storm	9–4	69.2
Reclamation Storm	9–4	69.2
Reanimator	17–23	42.5
Traditional Reanimator	17–23	42.5
Mono Black Reanimator	15–20	42.9
Grixis Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Oriss Genesis	1–1	50.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	3–2	60.0
Retraction Helix Combo	1–3	25.0
Control	107–122	46.7
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	14–19	42.4
Azorius Control	5–6	45.5
Turbo Fog	4–1	80.0
Izzet Control	7–18	28.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–4	20.0
Cycling Control	11–8	57.9
Astral Slide	11–8	57.9
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	50–60	45.5
Bant Control	1–1	50.0
Temur Reclamation	7–4	63.6
Orzhov Control	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	29–51	36.3
Aristocrats	27–46	37.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–3	0.0
Golgari Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Food	26–37	41.3
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Burn	1–5	16.7
Infect	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	38–90	29.7
Izzet Tempo	2–19	9.5
Azorius Skies	3–5	37.5
Blue Madness	5–6	45.5
Simic Madness	3–3	50.0
Temur Madness	2–3	40.0
Mono Blue Tempo	11–30	26.8
Izzet Spells	11–12	47.8
Dimir Tempo	1–4	20.0
Combo-Control	2–1	66.7
Burning Vengeance	1–0	100.0
Midrange	94–116	44.8
The Rock	0–1	0.0
Jund	0–1	0.0
Blink	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	13–8	61.9
Séance	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	2–0	100.0
Vampires	0–2	0.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Vampires	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	10–6	62.5
Mono Black Midrange	25–52	32.5
Mono Black Devotion	19–47	28.8
Dimir Midrange	2–14	12.5
Toughness Matters	6–6	50.0
Lifegain Midrange	7–8	46.7
Adventures	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Neoform	6–5	54.5
Temur Neoform	2–1	66.7
Sultai Neoform	1–0	100.0
UBRG Neoform	3–4	42.9
Ramp	7–2	77.8
Applejacks	4–1	80.0