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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

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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 14 weeks, 6 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Aggro	691	1590–1346	54.2	39	244
Heroic	65	143–131	52.2	1	27
Mono White Heroic	51	118–101	53.9	1	22
Azorius Heroic	3	3–7	30.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	7	19–15	55.9	0	3
Boros Heroic	1	0–2	0.0
Red Deck Wins	136	345–270	56.1	8	49
Mono Red Devotion	4	8–8	50.0	0	2
Goblins	10	8–21	27.6	0	1
Tokens	15	11–31	26.2	0	3
Selesnya Tokens	1	0–1	0.0
Mono White Tokens	13	10–28	26.3	0	2
Mono Green Stompy	18	28–41	40.6	0	3
White Weenie	49	122–101	54.7	1	22
Quest for the Holy Relic	2	3–4	42.9	0	1
Soldiers	11	25–23	52.1	0	4
Elves	33	60–70	46.2	3	4
Selesnya Little Kid	7	12–15	44.4	1	1
Selesnya Counters	3	7–6	53.8	1	1
Rogues	2	6–4	60.0	0	2
Zombies	109	271–194	58.3	6	48
Gruul Aggro	10	16–23	41.0
Mono Red Swarm	7	12–13	48.0	0	2
Artifact Aggro	13	17–26	39.5	0	4
Affinity	1	0–2	0.0
Salvage Titan	1	1–3	25.0
Tempered Steel	10	16–19	45.7	0	4
Mono Blue Architect	1	0–2	0.0
Madness	2	1–7	12.5
Gruul Madness	1	0–3	0.0
Rakdos Madness	1	1–4	20.0
Voltron	13	29–33	46.8	1	4
Hexproof	5	15–11	57.7	1	3
Hateful Auras	5	8–13	38.1	0	1
Naya Zoo	1	1–3	25.0
Knights	38	87–73	54.4	0	10
AggroSlide	148	402–262	60.5	18	61
Cats	7	12–11	52.2	0	1
Mono White Cats	7	12–11	52.2	0	1
Boros Aggro	4	5–9	35.7	0	2
Humans	1	0–3	0.0
Selesnya Humans	1	0–3	0.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	563–563	50.0
Heroic	46–49	48.4
Mono White Heroic	33–37	47.1
Azorius Heroic	4–2	66.7
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	5–8	38.5
Boros Heroic	2–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	118–125	48.6
Mono Red Devotion	5–1	83.3
Goblins	11–3	78.6
Tokens	10–3	76.9
Mono White Tokens	10–2	83.3
Mono Green Stompy	16–7	69.6
White Weenie	47–54	46.5
Quest for the Holy Relic	3–2	60.0
Soldiers	9–9	50.0
Elves	26–27	49.1
Selesnya Little Kid	6–4	60.0
Selesnya Counters	2–2	50.0
Rogues	3–1	75.0
Zombies	91–95	48.9
Gruul Aggro	11–4	73.3
Mono Red Swarm	6–3	66.7
Artifact Aggro	10–8	55.6
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	8–8	50.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Madness	2–0	100.0
Gruul Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	13–10	56.5
Hexproof	4–6	40.0
Hateful Auras	6–3	66.7
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
Knights	26–32	44.8
AggroSlide	108–129	45.6
Cats	4–6	40.0
Mono White Cats	4–6	40.0
Boros Aggro	2–2	50.0
Humans	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	2–0	100.0
Combo	239–205	53.8
Storm	72–68	51.4
Dragonstorm	3–2	60.0
Hazoret Storm	2–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	4–1	80.0
High Tide	63–65	49.2
Reanimator	30–33	47.6
Worldgorger Dragon	26–30	46.4
Double Dragon	22–27	44.9
Traditional Reanimator	3–2	60.0
Dimir Reanimator	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Dubious Challenge	10–11	47.6
Jeskai Ascendancy	5–1	83.3
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	5–1	83.3
"Twin"	12–10	54.5
Jeskai "Twin"	1–0	100.0
Naya "Twin"	10–9	52.6
Metalwork Colossus	4–2	66.7
Seismic Swans	1–1	50.0
Eggs	4–1	80.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	2–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–1	50.0
Taking Turns	23–11	67.6
Quest for Ula's Temple	2–1	66.7
Izzet Ascension	2–0	100.0
Ominous Good	26–18	59.1
Jokulhaups Combo	11–12	47.8
Soulflayer	14–13	51.9
Breakfast	17–20	45.9
Hermit Gond	5–10	33.3
Hermit Dredge	3–3	50.0
Neoform Hermit	4–6	40.0
Protean Hulk Combo	2–0	100.0
Stuffy Doll	1–2	33.3
Control	204–150	57.6
Mono Black Control	6–6	50.0
Esper Control	21–19	52.5
Demonic Rising	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Control	2–0	100.0
Dimir Control	18–12	60.0
Azorius Control	15–8	65.2
Turbo Fog	5–8	38.5
Mardu Control	2–6	25.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	6–4	60.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	3–1	75.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Grixis Control	19–27	41.3
Cruel Control	4–4	50.0
Stax	9–7	56.3
Chandra Nalaar	6–6	50.0
Jeskai Control	16–4	80.0
Jeskai Approach	1–1	50.0
Ponza	26–14	65.0
Cycling Control	3–1	75.0
Astral Slide	2–0	100.0
Five Color Control	8–9	47.1
Sultai Control	26–11	70.3
Guildgate Control	3–3	50.0
Bant Control	3–1	75.0
Temur Reclamation	4–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	65–48	57.5
Aristocrats	16–15	51.6
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	4–1	80.0
Food	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	11–13	45.8
Burn	36–23	61.0
Infect	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Infect	1–0	100.0
Pummeler	1–0	100.0
Hermit Humans	3–2	60.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	6–8	42.9
Mono Blue Dreadnought	6–8	42.9
Combo Goblins	1–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	126–92	57.8
Izzet Tempo	22–13	62.9
Blue Madness	5–5	50.0
Simic Madness	5–5	50.0
Wizards	1–2	33.3
Ninjas	7–2	77.8
Mono Blue Tempo	53–42	55.8
Izzet Spells	29–28	50.9
Dimir Tempo	3–0	100.0
Combo-Control	62–70	47.0
Cruel Combo-Control	4–5	44.4
Battle of Wits	4–1	80.0
Shared Fate	2–0	100.0
Pickles	4–5	44.4
Zur's Weirding	6–3	66.7
Solar Flare	17–17	50.0
Plasma Swans	7–15	31.8
Mass Land Destruction	18–24	42.9
Wildfire	18–24	42.9
Thryx-Wildfire	3–3	50.0
Borderpost Wildfire	12–19	38.7
Midrange	258–169	60.4
Temur Ascendancy	2–0	100.0
The Rock	3–0	100.0
Golgari Citadel	1–0	100.0
Grenzo	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Midrange	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Value Town	0–2	0.0
Jund	23–14	62.2
Blink	34–36	48.6
Wave Blink	31–32	49.2
Esper Wave	0–1	0.0
Azorius Wave	19–17	52.8
Orzhov Wave	10–8	55.6
Bant Wave	2–6	25.0
Graveyard Value	8–3	72.7
Varolz Dreadnought	6–3	66.7
Allies	2–2	50.0
Esper Allies	2–2	50.0
Fake-Rack	5–3	62.5
Mardu Midrange	2–3	40.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Legends	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Midrange	24–14	63.2
Big Red	23–21	52.3
Mono Black Midrange	38–24	61.3
Mono Black Devotion	27–21	56.3
Dimir Midrange	42–17	71.2
Angel Tribal	5–2	71.4
Toughness Matters	2–2	50.0
Lifegain Midrange	5–2	71.4
Mutate	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	2–5	28.6
Sultai Emerge	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Owling Mine	6–2	75.0
Jeskai Midrange	4–1	80.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–1	50.0
Zur the Enchanter	2–1	66.7
Neoform	1–1	50.0
Temur Neoform	1–1	50.0
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Ramp	71–49	59.2
Villainous Wealth	0–1	0.0
Rofellos Ramp	1–1	50.0
Wild Pair	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	63–44	58.9
Locus Awakening	2–0	100.0
Golgari Post	10–5	66.7
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	38–35	52.1
Simic Post	8–1	88.9
Domain	0–1	0.0
Eureka!	3–1	75.0
Unclassified	2–0	100.0