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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 6 days, 3 hours.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Aggro	911	1982–1815	52.2	58	393
Mono Black Aggro	2	1–3	25.0
Heroic	133	325–242	57.3	12	61
Mono White Heroic	127	319–231	58.0	12	60
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	5	3–10	23.1
Red Deck Wins	179	411–354	53.7	11	77
Mono Red Devotion	2	2–5	28.6
Goblins	8	7–20	25.9	0	1
Tokens	10	19–22	46.3	0	6
Selesnya Tokens	2	4–4	50.0	0	2
Mono White Tokens	7	11–16	40.7	0	3
Mono Green Stompy	39	68–81	45.6	1	18
White Weenie	34	50–79	38.8	0	12
Odric Keywords	1	2–2	50.0
Soldiers	4	7–10	41.2	0	1
Elves	38	73–80	47.7	2	18
Werewolves	1	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	11	18–21	46.2	0	4
Rogues	6	7–15	31.8	0	1
Zombies	4	11–8	57.9	1	1
Gruul Aggro	2	3–6	33.3
Merfolk	73	167–150	52.7	4	32
Mono Red Swarm	4	2–10	16.7
Artifact Aggro	189	469–357	56.8	20	94
Affinity	172	441–323	57.7	20	91
Tempered Steel	15	22–30	42.3	0	2
Mono Blue Architect	2	6–4	60.0	0	1
Madness	10	18–23	43.9	0	2
Golgari Madness	10	18–23	43.9	0	2
Voltron	29	47–67	41.2	1	11
Hexproof	24	41–56	42.3	1	11
Equipment Aggro	5	6–11	35.3
Knights	2	4–6	40.0
AggroSlide	92	222–180	55.2	5	41
Cats	13	17–28	37.8	0	2
Selesnya Cats	13	17–28	37.8	0	2
Rakdos Aggro	21	34–38	47.2	1	10
Boros Aggro	2	1–5	16.7

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	777–777	50.0
Mono Black Aggro	2–0	100.0
Heroic	90–161	35.9
Mono White Heroic	85–156	35.3
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	4–3	57.1
Red Deck Wins	133–159	45.5
Mono Red Devotion	2–2	50.0
Goblins	8–5	61.5
Tokens	8–11	42.1
Selesnya Tokens	1–3	25.0
Mono White Tokens	7–6	53.8
Mono Green Stompy	35–26	57.4
White Weenie	38–18	67.9
Odric Keywords	0–1	0.0
Soldiers	2–2	50.0
Elves	34–37	47.9
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	7–5	58.3
Rogues	3–1	75.0
Zombies	2–4	33.3
Gruul Aggro	1–2	33.3
Merfolk	83–66	55.7
Mono Red Swarm	6–1	85.7
Artifact Aggro	157–160	49.5
Affinity	148–154	49.0
Tempered Steel	6–4	60.0
Mono Blue Architect	3–2	60.0
Madness	9–6	60.0
Golgari Madness	9–6	60.0
Voltron	24–21	53.3
Hexproof	19–19	50.0
Equipment Aggro	5–2	71.4
Knights	4–1	80.0
AggroSlide	86–71	54.8
Cats	14–7	66.7
Selesnya Cats	14–7	66.7
Rakdos Aggro	19–12	61.3
Boros Aggro	4–1	80.0
Combo	272–276	49.6
Storm	58–70	45.3
Dimir Tendrils	51–67	43.2
Grixis Tendrils	6–2	75.0
Izzet Storm	1–1	50.0
Reanimator	75–113	39.9
Worldgorger Dragon	28–64	30.4
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	3–2	60.0
Traditional Reanimator	44–47	48.4
Rakdos Reanimator	3–0	100.0
Dimir Reanimator	3–3	50.0
Mono Black Reanimator	38–44	46.3
Oriss Genesis	2–1	66.7
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–1	0.0
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Warp World	1–1	50.0
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	3–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	30–14	68.2
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	15–9	62.5
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	15–5	75.0
Myr Incubator	4–2	66.7
Seismic Swans	4–0	100.0
Eggs	2–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	10–9	52.6
Quest for Ula's Temple	2–2	50.0
Izzet Ascension	10–12	45.5
Ominous Good	2–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Combo	0–2	0.0
Soulflayer	1–2	33.3
Breakfast	2–3	40.0
Oops All Spells	2–3	40.0
Oops All Lands	2–0	100.0
Dredge	49–39	55.7
Protean Hulk Combo	9–4	69.2
Dice Factory	1–0	100.0
Control	212–170	55.5
Esper Control	9–3	75.0
Demonic Rising	8–5	61.5
Mono Blue Control	5–4	55.6
Dimir Control	17–20	45.9
Azorius Control	46–49	48.4
Cawblade	7–11	38.9
Turbo Fog	1–1	50.0
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	9–7	56.3
Boros Control	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Control	6–2	75.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	3–2	60.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	3–0	100.0
Grixis Control	6–3	66.7
Cruel Control	2–2	50.0
Chandra Nalaar	3–2	60.0
Jeskai Control	2–1	66.7
Dragon Control	3–1	75.0
Dimir Dragons	3–0	100.0
Ponza	25–17	59.5
Mono White Control	2–7	22.2
Cycling Control	7–22	24.1
Astral Slide	7–22	24.1
Five Color Control	8–2	80.0
Shrines	8–2	80.0
Sultai Control	3–3	50.0
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	3–1	75.0
Pox	25–8	75.8
Enchantments Control	1–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	15–9	62.5
Prison	2–1	66.7
Enchantress	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Combo	93–90	50.8
Aristocrats	33–45	42.3
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Aristocrats	5–5	50.0
Golgari Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Food	1–5	16.7
Rakdos Aristocrats	23–30	43.4
Burn	22–13	62.9
Infect	16–6	72.7
Simic Infect	9–1	90.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	9–15	37.5
Mono Blue Dreadnought	7–15	31.8
Izzet Blitzkrieg	9–10	47.4
Hushnought	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	2–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	126–99	56.0
Izzet Tempo	51–51	50.0
Azorius Skies	2–3	40.0
Wizards	2–0	100.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	33–20	62.3
Mono Blue Faeries	2–1	66.7
Izzet Spells	24–19	55.8
Dimir Tempo	11–5	68.8
Azorius Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	79–60	56.8
Curses	4–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	4–0	100.0
Shared Fate	1–2	33.3
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	17–24	41.5
Dragoncrank	5–9	35.7
Hedron Alignment	3–0	100.0
Yosei Vat	0–2	0.0
Hive Mind	4–2	66.7
Zur's Weirding	39–27	59.1
Solar Flare	3–1	75.0
Mass Land Destruction	3–2	60.0
Wildfire	3–2	60.0
Thryx-Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–2	33.3
Midrange	334–263	55.9
Grenzo	3–4	42.9
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Value Town	1–0	100.0
Jund	3–2	60.0
Blink	7–2	77.8
Anti-Persecution	5–4	55.6
Graveyard Value	6–2	75.0
Séance	2–0	100.0
Varolz Dreadnought	2–2	50.0
Allies	3–1	75.0
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	3–1	75.0
-1/-1 Counters	3–1	75.0
Fake-Rack	22–16	57.9
Mardu Midrange	49–26	65.3
Vampires	5–1	83.3
Mono Black Vampires	5–1	83.3
Rakdos Midrange	61–58	51.3
Naya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Card Advantage White	3–2	60.0
Big Red	12–7	63.2
Mono Black Midrange	44–48	47.8
Mono Black Devotion	13–11	54.2
Heart of Darkness	25–36	41.0
Dimir Midrange	5–3	62.5
Angel Tribal	16–24	40.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	4–1	80.0
Sultai Midrange	14–19	42.4
Orzhov Midrange	23–18	56.1
Prophet Glare	3–3	50.0
Ordealbreak	0–1	0.0
Neoform	5–1	83.3
Temur Neoform	1–0	100.0
Sultai Neoform	2–0	100.0
Party	4–2	66.7
Clerics	8–1	88.9
Death Cloud	0–2	0.0
Ramp	89–80	52.7
Cloudpost Ramp	76–71	51.7
Golgari Post	1–1	50.0
Greenpost	67–65	50.8
Gruul Post	3–0	100.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	5–3	62.5
Historic Bloom	3–2	60.0