Hypergenesis

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

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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 22 hours, 34 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
Combo	1863	3061–3244	48.5	15	124	72
Hypergenesis	84	160–151	51.4	0	7	5

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	47–37	56.0
Mono Black Aggro	2–1	66.7
Heroic	2–0	100.0
Mono White Heroic	2–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	11–11	50.0
Mono Red Devotion	0–1	0.0
Goblins	2–1	66.7
Tokens	5–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	4–4	50.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	0–1	0.0
Kithkin	0–1	0.0
Elves	2–6	25.0
Werewolves	0–1	0.0
Zombies	4–6	40.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	1–0	100.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Knights	1–2	33.3
AggroSlide	10–5	66.7
Combo	27–34	44.3
Storm	8–10	44.4
Dimir Tendrils	5–8	38.5
Simic Storm	2–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
Grixis Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	4–11	26.7
Recurring Nightmare	2–4	33.3
Dragon Nightmare	2–4	33.3
Traditional Reanimator	2–7	22.2
Rakdos Reanimator	0–3	0.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–3	25.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–1	50.0
Hypergenesis	4–4	50.0
"Twin"	0–2	0.0
Naya "Twin"	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–3	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–1	50.0
Izzet Ascension	5–0	100.0
Ominous Good	0–2	0.0
Jokulhaups Combo	2–0	100.0
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Control	14–26	35.0
Mono Black Control	1–1	50.0
Esper Control	1–0	100.0
Demonic Rising	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	1–4	20.0
Azorius Control	3–4	42.9
Turbo Fog	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	1–1	50.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Ponza	2–12	14.3
Mono White Control	1–1	50.0
Life is Ez	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	8–3	72.7
Aristocrats	4–2	66.7
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Food	2–0	100.0
Burn	1–0	100.0
Pummeler	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Dreadnought	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Control	3–11	21.4
Izzet Tempo	1–0	100.0
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Blue Madness	0–1	0.0
Simic Madness	0–1	0.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–2	0.0
Izzet Spells	1–5	16.7
Dimir Tempo	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	10–6	62.5
Cruel Combo-Control	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	1–2	33.3
Hive Mind	2–2	50.0
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–2	50.0
Wildfire	2–2	50.0
Thryx-Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Midrange	42–27	60.9
The Rock	2–0	100.0
Grenzo	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Value Town	1–1	50.0
Jund	4–0	100.0
Blink	1–6	14.3
Wave Blink	1–6	14.3
Esper Wave	1–4	20.0
Azorius Wave	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Wave	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	5–3	62.5
Séance	2–1	66.7
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	4–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	2–2	50.0
Mono Black Vampires	2–2	50.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	1–0	100.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–5	28.6
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	4–4	50.0
Mono Black Devotion	0–2	0.0
Davriel Braids	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	2–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	3–0	100.0
Mutate	3–1	75.0
Zur the Enchanter	1–0	100.0
Neoform	1–0	100.0
Temur Neoform	1–0	100.0
Coinflip Tribal	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	2–3	40.0
Ramp	9–7	56.3
Rofellos Ramp	2–2	50.0
Wild Pair	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	3–4	42.9
Greenpost	2–1	66.7
Domain	1–0	100.0
Reclamation at Wake	2–0	100.0
Sarkhan's Unsealing Ramp	1–0	100.0