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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, 6 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	691	1590–1346	54.2	39	244
Zombies	109	271–194	58.3	6	48

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	95–91	51.1
Heroic	6–12	33.3
Mono White Heroic	4–11	26.7
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	30–15	66.7
Mono Red Devotion	1–0	100.0
Goblins	4–1	80.0
Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–1	66.7
White Weenie	8–14	36.4
Quest for the Holy Relic	2–0	100.0
Soldiers	2–1	66.7
Elves	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Counters	1–1	50.0
Zombies	15–15	50.0
Gruul Aggro	4–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Gruul Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	0–4	0.0
Hexproof	0–2	0.0
Hateful Auras	0–2	0.0
Knights	2–5	28.6
AggroSlide	14–21	40.0
Cats	2–0	100.0
Mono White Cats	2–0	100.0
Combo	43–22	66.2
Storm	15–7	68.2
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	13–7	65.0
Reanimator	5–2	71.4
Worldgorger Dragon	5–2	71.4
Double Dragon	4–2	66.7
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
"Twin"	3–0	100.0
Naya "Twin"	2–0	100.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	3–2	60.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Ominous Good	8–2	80.0
Jokulhaups Combo	2–0	100.0
Soulflayer	0–4	0.0
Breakfast	4–4	50.0
Hermit Gond	2–1	66.7
Neoform Hermit	1–2	33.3
Stuffy Doll	0–1	0.0
Control	40–20	66.7
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	4–2	66.7
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	2–0	100.0
Azorius Control	4–2	66.7
Turbo Fog	1–1	50.0
Mardu Control	1–1	50.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	4–7	36.4
Cruel Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	1–0	100.0
Chandra Nalaar	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Ponza	2–3	40.0
Five Color Control	4–2	66.7
Sultai Control	5–2	71.4
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Temur Reclamation	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	9–3	75.0
Aristocrats	3–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	3–1	75.0
Infect	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Infect	1–0	100.0
Hermit Humans	0–1	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Dreadnought	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Control	22–16	57.9
Izzet Tempo	1–3	25.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	11–6	64.7
Izzet Spells	5–7	41.7
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	12–8	60.0
Cruel Combo-Control	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Pickles	2–1	66.7
Solar Flare	5–2	71.4
Plasma Swans	1–3	25.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–2	50.0
Wildfire	2–2	50.0
Borderpost Wildfire	2–2	50.0
Midrange	32–25	56.1
Jund	2–0	100.0
Blink	2–7	22.2
Wave Blink	2–6	25.0
Azorius Wave	1–3	25.0
Orzhov Wave	1–1	50.0
Bant Wave	0–2	0.0
Graveyard Value	2–0	100.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	4–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Legends	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	4–2	66.7
Big Red	3–5	37.5
Mono Black Midrange	3–2	60.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–2	33.3
Dimir Midrange	7–1	87.5
Lifegain Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	0–3	0.0
Owling Mine	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Neoform	1–0	100.0
Temur Neoform	1–0	100.0
Ramp	17–9	65.4
Cloudpost Ramp	17–8	68.0
Locus Awakening	1–0	100.0
Golgari Post	2–2	50.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	11–6	64.7
Simic Post	2–0	100.0
Domain	0–1	0.0
Unclassified	1–0	100.0