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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, 4 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
Aggro	680	1461–1321	52.5	35	237
Mono Black Aggro	11	27–24	52.9	0	5
Heroic	3	12–6	66.7	0	3
Mono White Heroic	3	12–6	66.7	0	3
Red Deck Wins	216	505–408	55.3	17	85
Mono Red Devotion	2	5–4	55.6
Goblins	60	154–120	56.2	5	21
Tokens	20	36–48	42.9	0	4
Selesnya Tokens	6	10–14	41.7	0	2
Mono White Tokens	11	24–26	48.0	0	2
Mono Green Stompy	5	7–13	35.0	0	1
White Weenie	24	33–50	39.8	1	8
Quest for the Holy Relic	13	23–28	45.1	1	5
Soldiers	1	0–3	0.0
Kithkin	2	1–3	25.0
Elves	45	70–89	44.0	0	9
Minotaurs	2	4–5	44.4
Selesnya Little Kid	4	5–7	41.7
Rogues	1	1–1	50.0
Zombies	67	138–125	52.5	1	21
Gruul Aggro	2	5–6	45.5	0	1
Merfolk	15	19–39	32.8	0	1
Mono Red Swarm	4	8–2	80.0	1	1
Artifact Aggro	14	16–29	35.6	0	5
Tempered Steel	13	15–27	35.7	0	5
Madness	1	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Madness	1	1–2	33.3
Voltron	4	10–8	55.6	0	2
Hateful Auras	4	10–8	55.6	0	2
Naya Zoo	2	1–4	20.0
Knights	23	40–41	49.4	1	6
AggroSlide	149	363–280	56.5	9	63
Cats	4	3–6	33.3
Mono White Cats	1	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Cats	1	2–3	40.0
Rakdos Aggro	1	1–3	25.0
Boros Aggro	2	1–4	20.0	0	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	597–597	50.0
Mono Black Aggro	10–12	45.5
Heroic	3–6	33.3
Mono White Heroic	3–6	33.3
Red Deck Wins	166–208	44.4
Mono Red Devotion	3–3	50.0
Goblins	57–64	47.1
Tokens	23–16	59.0
Selesnya Tokens	6–4	60.0
Mono White Tokens	12–11	52.2
Mono Green Stompy	6–2	75.0
White Weenie	17–13	56.7
Quest for the Holy Relic	9–11	45.0
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Kithkin	1–0	100.0
Elves	31–26	54.4
Minotaurs	3–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	3–2	60.0
Rogues	1–1	50.0
Zombies	68–50	57.6
Gruul Aggro	3–2	60.0
Merfolk	18–10	64.3
Mono Red Swarm	2–5	28.6
Artifact Aggro	7–5	58.3
Tempered Steel	7–5	58.3
Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	4–6	40.0
Hateful Auras	4–6	40.0
Naya Zoo	0–1	0.0
Knights	18–23	43.9
AggroSlide	148–144	50.7
Cats	3–0	100.0
Mono White Cats	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	2–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	2–1	66.7
Combo	311–275	53.1
Storm	81–55	59.6
Sultai Tendrils	1–1	50.0
Dimir Tendrils	57–40	58.8
Simic Storm	10–4	71.4
Citadel Storm	8–7	53.3
Grixis Tendrils	4–1	80.0
Stormpost	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	155–165	48.4
Recurring Nightmare	83–98	45.9
Dragon Nightmare	77–92	45.6
Grozoth	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	72–66	52.2
Rakdos Reanimator	36–38	48.6
Dimir Reanimator	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Reanimator	34–25	57.6
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–4	20.0
Dubious Challenge	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	10–16	38.5
"Twin"	5–2	71.4
Jeskai "Twin"	1–1	50.0
Metalwork Colossus	17–11	60.7
Upheaval Colossus	4–1	80.0
Seismic Swans	0–1	0.0
Eggs	1–1	50.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	2–1	66.7
Taking Turns	2–3	40.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	3–1	75.0
Izzet Ascension	7–2	77.8
Ominous Good	5–4	55.6
Jokulhaups Combo	10–2	83.3
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Oops All Lands	0–2	0.0
Polymorph	2–1	66.7
Enduring Ideal	4–1	80.0
Control	179–162	52.5
Mono Black Control	0–1	0.0
Esper Control	4–4	50.0
Demonic Rising	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	6–5	54.5
Azorius Control	32–26	55.2
Turbo Fog	9–13	40.9
Izzet Control	6–5	54.5
Mardu Control	0–2	0.0
Mill	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	22–13	62.9
Azorius Cloudpost Control	15–8	65.2
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	3–2	60.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	11–8	57.9
Cruel Control	10–3	76.9
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Ponza	37–28	56.9
Mono White Control	11–22	33.3
Cycling Control	4–2	66.7
Astral Slide	3–0	100.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	19–16	54.3
Bant Control	4–3	57.1
Temur Reclamation	1–11	8.3
Orzhov Control	5–1	83.3
Aggro-Combo	35–19	64.8
Aristocrats	13–9	59.1
Mono Black Aristocrats	5–4	55.6
Orzhov Aristocrats	4–1	80.0
Abzan Aristocrats	3–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–3	0.0
Burn	10–3	76.9
Turbo Myth	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	6–6	50.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	6–6	50.0
Combo Goblins	2–1	66.7
Goblin Persist	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Control	47–35	57.3
Izzet Tempo	6–7	46.2
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	2–3	40.0
Simic Madness	2–2	50.0
Ninjas	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	11–2	84.6
Izzet Spells	17–23	42.5
Dimir Tempo	6–0	100.0
Combo-Control	64–56	53.3
Cruel Combo-Control	4–10	28.6
Battle of Wits	5–0	100.0
Shared Fate	2–1	66.7
Swarm Intelligence	2–2	50.0
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Yosei Vat	7–3	70.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	4–2	66.7
Hive Mind	20–21	48.8
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Liliana's Contract	2–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	15–16	48.4
Wildfire	15–16	48.4
Thryx-Wildfire	12–13	48.0
Borderpost Wildfire	0–2	0.0
Midrange	171–133	56.3
Temur Ascendancy	2–1	66.7
The Rock	3–1	75.0
Golgari Citadel	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Midrange	3–4	42.9
Selesnya Value Town	2–3	40.0
Jund	4–3	57.1
Blink	18–20	47.4
Wave Blink	18–20	47.4
Esper Wave	13–16	44.8
Azorius Wave	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Wave	2–4	33.3
Graveyard Value	11–16	40.7
Séance	4–1	80.0
Varolz Dreadnought	5–15	25.0
Enchantments Matter	6–3	66.7
Treefolk	4–2	66.7
Fake-Rack	6–1	85.7
Mardu Midrange	3–0	100.0
Vampires	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Vampires	0–2	0.0
Legends Midrange	7–2	77.8
Rakdos Midrange	26–19	57.8
Naya Midrange	2–1	66.7
Big Red	4–10	28.6
Mono Black Midrange	29–21	58.0
Mono Black Devotion	21–19	52.5
Davriel Braids	6–1	85.7
Dimir Midrange	1–1	50.0
Toughness Matters	9–4	69.2
Mutate	3–4	42.9
Sultai Midrange	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Zur the Enchanter	1–2	33.3
Mythic Colossification	3–4	42.9
Neoform	1–3	25.0
Temur Neoform	1–3	25.0
Coinflip Tribal	2–0	100.0
Death Cloud	8–6	57.1
Ramp	57–44	56.4
Rofellos Ramp	23–29	44.2
Wild Pair	5–9	35.7
Cloudpost Ramp	15–10	60.0
Golgari Post	0–1	0.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	5–3	62.5
Greenpost	4–5	44.4
Simic Post	1–1	50.0
Domain	5–1	83.3
Reclamation at Wake	2–0	100.0
Sarkhan's Unsealing Ramp	4–1	80.0