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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.

Current League
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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, 5 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Aggro	691	1590–1346	54.2	39	244
Red Deck Wins	136	345–270	56.1	8	49
Mono Red Devotion	4	8–8	50.0	0	2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	125–118	51.4
Heroic	13–9	59.1
Mono White Heroic	8–5	61.5
Azorius Heroic	1–1	50.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	3–3	50.0
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	19–19	50.0
Mono Red Devotion	1–0	100.0
Goblins	1–1	50.0
Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	5–3	62.5
White Weenie	10–11	47.6
Soldiers	0–2	0.0
Elves	8–3	72.7
Selesnya Little Kid	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Counters	1–0	100.0
Zombies	15–30	33.3
Gruul Aggro	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	3–3	50.0
Tempered Steel	3–3	50.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	2–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	1–0	100.0
Knights	9–7	56.3
AggroSlide	33–30	52.4
Humans	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	2–0	100.0
Combo	52–29	64.2
Storm	16–14	53.3
Hazoret Storm	1–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	14–14	50.0
Reanimator	6–6	50.0
Worldgorger Dragon	6–6	50.0
Double Dragon	5–5	50.0
Dubious Challenge	4–2	66.7
"Twin"	2–0	100.0
Jeskai "Twin"	1–0	100.0
Naya "Twin"	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	6–0	100.0
Ominous Good	6–2	75.0
Jokulhaups Combo	3–2	60.0
Soulflayer	5–1	83.3
Breakfast	3–2	60.0
Hermit Gond	0–1	0.0
Hermit Dredge	2–1	66.7
Control	34–35	49.3
Esper Control	4–4	50.0
Dimir Control	6–3	66.7
Azorius Control	1–1	50.0
Turbo Fog	2–1	66.7
Mardu Control	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	2–9	18.2
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	1–2	33.3
Chandra Nalaar	1–3	25.0
Jeskai Control	3–2	60.0
Jeskai Approach	0–1	0.0
Ponza	3–7	30.0
Sultai Control	8–1	88.9
Guildgate Control	1–1	50.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	18–9	66.7
Aristocrats	6–5	54.5
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	5–5	50.0
Burn	10–4	71.4
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	27–18	60.0
Izzet Tempo	3–7	30.0
Blue Madness	0–1	0.0
Simic Madness	0–1	0.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	16–6	72.7
Izzet Spells	5–4	55.6
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	16–14	53.3
Cruel Combo-Control	2–1	66.7
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	2–0	100.0
Solar Flare	2–6	25.0
Plasma Swans	2–4	33.3
Mass Land Destruction	6–3	66.7
Wildfire	6–3	66.7
Thryx-Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	4–3	57.1
Midrange	59–41	59.0
Temur Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Jund	4–5	44.4
Blink	7–11	38.9
Wave Blink	6–9	40.0
Azorius Wave	2–4	33.3
Orzhov Wave	4–3	57.1
Bant Wave	0–2	0.0
Graveyard Value	2–0	100.0
Varolz Dreadnought	2–0	100.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	2–1	66.7
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	6–5	54.5
Big Red	5–4	55.6
Mono Black Midrange	10–4	71.4
Mono Black Devotion	7–2	77.8
Dimir Midrange	10–2	83.3
Angel Tribal	1–2	33.3
Toughness Matters	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Emerge	1–0	100.0
Owling Mine	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Ramp	14–6	70.0
Cloudpost Ramp	13–6	68.4
Golgari Post	5–0	100.0
Greenpost	5–5	50.0
Simic Post	1–0	100.0