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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, 4 days.

Don't show me this again

The Season Kick Off is on May 4th with free entry and over 100 tix in prizes to 32nd place!

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Aggro	911	1982–1815	52.2	58	393
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

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	161–90	64.1
Heroic	20–20	50.0
Mono White Heroic	18–18	50.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–1	66.7
Red Deck Wins	31–23	57.4
Mono Red Devotion	2–0	100.0
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	7–4	63.6
White Weenie	9–4	69.2
Soldiers	0–1	0.0
Elves	7–0	100.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	14–7	66.7
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	28–18	60.9
Affinity	28–18	60.9
Madness	2–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	2–0	100.0
Voltron	10–1	90.9
Hexproof	6–1	85.7
Equipment Aggro	4–0	100.0
Knights	2–1	66.7
AggroSlide	20–6	76.9
Cats	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Cats	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Aggro	5–4	55.6
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	36–40	47.4
Storm	11–13	45.8
Dimir Tendrils	8–13	38.1
Grixis Tendrils	2–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	9–16	36.0
Worldgorger Dragon	4–11	26.7
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	4–5	44.4
Rakdos Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	2–5	28.6
Jeskai Ascendancy	3–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	2–0	100.0
Myr Incubator	2–0	100.0
Taking Turns	1–2	33.3
Quest for Ula's Temple	2–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	1–1	50.0
Jokulhaups Combo	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	1–1	50.0
Oops All Spells	1–1	50.0
Dredge	5–5	50.0
Protean Hulk Combo	1–1	50.0
Control	18–31	36.7
Demonic Rising	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	1–7	12.5
Azorius Control	5–5	50.0
Cawblade	3–2	60.0
Mill	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Chandra Nalaar	0–1	0.0
Ponza	4–2	66.7
Mono White Control	0–2	0.0
Cycling Control	0–5	0.0
Astral Slide	0–5	0.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Shrines	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	0–2	0.0
Pox	4–1	80.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–2	0.0
Aggro-Combo	13–12	52.0
Aristocrats	5–5	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Food	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	4–1	80.0
Burn	2–1	66.7
Infect	1–2	33.3
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–2	0.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	4–2	66.7
Aggro-Control	13–10	56.5
Izzet Tempo	7–6	53.8
Mono Blue Tempo	3–1	75.0
Izzet Spells	3–3	50.0
Combo-Control	8–10	44.4
Shared Fate	0–1	0.0
Mindcrank	1–2	33.3
Dragoncrank	0–2	0.0
Hive Mind	0–1	0.0
Zur's Weirding	5–6	45.5
Solar Flare	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–0	100.0
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Thryx-Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Midrange	59–38	60.8
Grenzo	1–1	50.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Anti-Persecution	2–2	50.0
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	5–2	71.4
Mardu Midrange	7–5	58.3
Rakdos Midrange	10–6	62.5
Big Red	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	14–9	60.9
Mono Black Devotion	3–2	60.0
Heart of Darkness	9–7	56.3
Dimir Midrange	0–1	0.0
Angel Tribal	4–4	50.0
Sultai Midrange	1–5	16.7
Orzhov Midrange	2–0	100.0
Clerics	3–0	100.0
Death Cloud	0–1	0.0
Ramp	17–11	60.7
Cloudpost Ramp	16–10	61.5
Greenpost	16–10	61.5
Summer Bloom Ramp	1–1	50.0
Historic Bloom	1–0	100.0