Hive Mind

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 1 week.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo-Control	362	634–634	50.0	3	22	18
Hive Mind	78	168–121	58.1	2	9	8

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	46–43	51.7
Mono Black Aggro	2–1	66.7
Heroic	0–3	0.0
Mono White Heroic	0–2	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	18–13	58.1
Mono Red Devotion	1–0	100.0
Goblins	2–3	40.0
Tokens	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	3–3	50.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–1	0.0
Kithkin	2–1	66.7
Elves	1–1	50.0
Werewolves	2–0	100.0
Zombies	2–4	33.3
Artifact Aggro	2–2	50.0
Affinity	1–1	50.0
Tempered Steel	1–1	50.0
Knights	3–4	42.9
AggroSlide	7–8	46.7
Cats	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	30–27	52.6
Storm	10–7	58.8
Dimir Tendrils	9–7	56.3
Simic Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	7–15	31.8
Recurring Nightmare	2–2	50.0
Dragon Nightmare	0–2	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	5–13	27.8
Rakdos Reanimator	4–7	36.4
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	0–6	0.0
Hypergenesis	2–2	50.0
Myr Incubator	1–0	100.0
"Twin"	2–1	66.7
Naya "Twin"	1–1	50.0
Metalwork Colossus	2–1	66.7
Izzet Ascension	2–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Combo	1–1	50.0
Oops All Lands	2–0	100.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Control	19–8	70.4
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	1–0	100.0
Demonic Rising	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	1–1	50.0
Azorius Control	3–3	50.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Ponza	4–2	66.7
Mono White Control	3–1	75.0
Cycling Control	0–1	0.0
Astral Slide	0–1	0.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	12–2	85.7
Aristocrats	6–1	85.7
Mono Black Aristocrats	3–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Food	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Burn	2–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	3–1	75.0
Combo Goblins	1–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	4–3	57.1
Izzet Tempo	1–1	50.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–1	50.0
Izzet Spells	0–1	0.0
Azorius Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	11–6	64.7
Battle of Wits	4–0	100.0
Swarm Intelligence	1–0	100.0
Yosei Vat	1–1	50.0
Hive Mind	3–3	50.0
Plasma Swans	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–1	66.7
Wildfire	2–1	66.7
Thryx-Wildfire	2–1	66.7
Midrange	37–24	60.7
The Rock	0–1	0.0
Jund	2–1	66.7
Blink	5–3	62.5
Wave Blink	5–3	62.5
Esper Wave	1–1	50.0
Azorius Wave	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Wave	2–2	50.0
Graveyard Value	2–4	33.3
Séance	1–1	50.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–3	25.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	0–1	0.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	4–6	40.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	7–3	70.0
Mono Black Devotion	2–3	40.0
Davriel Braids	2–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	2–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mutate	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Zur the Enchanter	1–1	50.0
Mythic Colossification	0–1	0.0
Neoform	0–1	0.0
Temur Neoform	0–1	0.0
Death Cloud	2–0	100.0
Ramp	9–8	52.9
Rofellos Ramp	3–1	75.0
Wild Pair	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	3–6	33.3
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	1–3	25.0
Greenpost	2–0	100.0
Simic Post	0–1	0.0
Reclamation at Wake	3–1	75.0