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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 14 weeks, 5 days.

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The Season Kick Off is on May 4th with free entry and over 100 tix in prizes to 32nd place!

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Control	425	890–834	51.6	22	167
Mono Black Control	1	1–1	50.0
Esper Control	1	3–3	50.0	0	1
Dimir Control	67	135–130	50.9	5	29
Azorius Control	8	10–13	43.5	0	3
Turbo Fog	3	2–7	22.2
Izzet Control	18	31–34	47.7	2	4
Mill	1	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	1	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1	2–2	50.0
Grixis Control	18	61–36	62.9	1	8
Jeskai Control	7	13–12	52.0	0	5
Ponza	2	1–5	16.7
Cycling Control	34	65–68	48.9	1	9
Astral Slide	34	65–68	48.9	1	9
Sultai Control	11	27–19	58.7	1	7
Guildgate Control	211	466–407	53.4	10	90
Bant Control	2	2–7	22.2
Temur Reclamation	38	71–82	46.4	2	11
Orzhov Control	2	0–7	0.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	199–187	51.6
Mono Black Aggro	4–2	66.7
Heroic	2–0	100.0
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	60–69	46.5
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	27–17	61.4
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	21–16	56.8
Mono Green Stompy	22–25	46.8
White Weenie	9–10	47.4
Soldiers	4–7	36.4
Selesnya Little Kid	7–1	87.5
Selesnya Counters	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	4–3	57.1
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	33–38	46.5
Artifact Aggro	1–1	50.0
Affinity	1–1	50.0
Devoid Aggro	3–0	100.0
Voltron	15–9	62.5
Hexproof	3–3	50.0
Boros Auras	0–3	0.0
Hateful Auras	5–2	71.4
Knights	6–8	42.9
Cats	4–4	50.0
Mono White Cats	4–4	50.0
Combo	24–29	45.3
Storm	2–5	28.6
Simic Storm	2–5	28.6
Reclamation Storm	2–5	28.6
Reanimator	13–19	40.6
Traditional Reanimator	13–19	40.6
Dimir Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	10–14	41.7
Grixis Reanimator	3–1	75.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	7–5	58.3
Retraction Helix Combo	1–0	100.0
Control	282–282	50.0
Esper Control	0–2	0.0
Dimir Control	30–39	43.5
Azorius Control	3–2	60.0
Turbo Fog	1–1	50.0
Izzet Control	12–6	66.7
Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Grixis Control	13–15	46.4
Jeskai Control	2–1	66.7
Ponza	2–0	100.0
Cycling Control	30–22	57.7
Astral Slide	30–22	57.7
Sultai Control	6–8	42.9
Guildgate Control	145–165	46.8
Bant Control	3–2	60.0
Temur Reclamation	31–17	64.6
Orzhov Control	4–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	72–39	64.9
Aristocrats	61–33	64.9
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	4–2	66.7
Food	50–31	61.7
Burn	8–5	61.5
Infect	3–1	75.0
Aggro-Control	135–108	55.6
Izzet Tempo	53–44	54.6
Azorius Skies	7–9	43.8
Blue Madness	5–2	71.4
Simic Madness	4–1	80.0
Temur Madness	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	36–31	53.7
Izzet Spells	21–16	56.8
Dimir Tempo	2–2	50.0
Combo-Control	4–0	100.0
Burning Vengeance	2–0	100.0
Midrange	164–180	47.7
The Rock	3–0	100.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	9–2	81.8
Fake-Rack	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	7–2	77.8
Mono Black Midrange	103–138	42.7
Mono Black Devotion	100–136	42.4
Dimir Midrange	20–25	44.4
Toughness Matters	6–5	54.5
Lifegain Midrange	2–2	50.0
Adventures	6–1	85.7
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Neoform	1–0	100.0
UBRG Neoform	1–0	100.0
Ramp	10–9	52.6
Applejacks	6–7	46.2