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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, 5 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Combo	333	715–663	51.9	19	140
Storm	74	172–149	53.6	5	28
Dimir Tendrils	67	165–133	55.4	5	26
Grixis Tendrils	6	4–14	22.2	0	1
Izzet Storm	1	3–2	60.0	0	1
Reanimator	108	282–207	57.7	10	62
Worldgorger Dragon	46	156–80	66.1	8	34
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	4	6–7	46.2
Traditional Reanimator	58	120–120	50.0	2	28
Rakdos Reanimator	2	1–4	20.0
Dimir Reanimator	3	9–4	69.2	1	2
Mono Black Reanimator	53	110–112	49.5	1	26
Oriss Genesis	4	5–9	35.7	0	1
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1	1–1	50.0	0	1
Dubious Challenge	1	0–1	0.0
Warp World	2	4–5	44.4	0	1
Hypergenesis	2	1–5	16.7
Runeflare	2	0–6	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	30	49–51	49.0	1	6
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	17	24–27	47.1	0	2
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	13	25–24	51.0	1	4
Myr Incubator	5	11–11	50.0	0	3
Seismic Swans	4	6–9	40.0	1	1
Eggs	1	1–3	25.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1	1–3	25.0
Retraction Helix Combo	1	0–3	0.0
Taking Turns	10	24–21	53.3	0	4
Quest for Ula's Temple	2	3–4	42.9
Izzet Ascension	9	18–20	47.4	0	3
Ominous Good	2	0–5	0.0
Jokulhaups Combo	2	4–3	57.1	0	1
Soulflayer	2	6–4	60.0	0	1
Breakfast	4	6–8	42.9	0	2
Oops All Spells	4	6–8	42.9	0	2
Oops All Lands	1	0–2	0.0
Dredge	54	111–108	50.7	2	23
Polymorph	1	0–1	0.0
Protean Hulk Combo	7	8–18	30.8	0	3
Dice Factory	1	1–2	33.3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	276–272	50.4
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Heroic	40–36	52.6
Mono White Heroic	39–36	52.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	63–56	52.9
Mono Red Devotion	1–0	100.0
Goblins	2–1	66.7
Tokens	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	12–9	57.1
White Weenie	11–12	47.8
Odric Keywords	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	3–2	60.0
Elves	18–8	69.2
Selesnya Little Kid	0–2	0.0
Zombies	2–2	50.0
Merfolk	18–19	48.6
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	52–74	41.3
Affinity	49–69	41.5
Tempered Steel	3–3	50.0
Mono Blue Architect	0–2	0.0
Madness	5–1	83.3
Golgari Madness	5–1	83.3
Voltron	12–4	75.0
Hexproof	10–2	83.3
Equipment Aggro	2–2	50.0
Knights	1–1	50.0
AggroSlide	27–37	42.2
Cats	2–3	40.0
Selesnya Cats	2–3	40.0
Rakdos Aggro	5–4	55.6
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	100–100	50.0
Storm	24–22	52.2
Dimir Tendrils	21–21	50.0
Grixis Tendrils	2–1	66.7
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	33–34	49.3
Worldgorger Dragon	11–15	42.3
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	21–19	52.5
Rakdos Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	19–19	50.0
Oriss Genesis	0–1	0.0
Warp World	1–2	33.3
Hypergenesis	2–1	66.7
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	4–7	36.4
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–3	40.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	2–4	33.3
Myr Incubator	2–3	40.0
Seismic Swans	2–1	66.7
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	3–2	60.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	0–1	0.0
Izzet Ascension	3–1	75.0
Ominous Good	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Combo	2–0	100.0
Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Oops All Spells	1–0	100.0
Dredge	17–21	44.7
Protean Hulk Combo	2–2	50.0
Dice Factory	0–1	0.0
Control	96–58	62.3
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	3–4	42.9
Demonic Rising	5–5	50.0
Mono Blue Control	2–1	66.7
Dimir Control	8–7	53.3
Azorius Control	23–14	62.2
Cawblade	4–0	100.0
Izzet Control	2–0	100.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	3–2	60.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	3–2	60.0
Grixis Control	6–0	100.0
Cruel Control	2–0	100.0
Chandra Nalaar	2–0	100.0
Dragon Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Dragons	0–1	0.0
Ponza	13–5	72.2
Mono White Control	2–1	66.7
Cycling Control	9–8	52.9
Astral Slide	9–8	52.9
Five Color Control	4–3	57.1
Shrines	4–3	57.1
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	4–5	44.4
Four Color Counter Ghazi	3–2	60.0
Prison	3–0	100.0
Enchantress	3–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	33–40	45.2
Aristocrats	16–17	48.5
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Food	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Aristocrats	10–14	41.7
Burn	8–10	44.4
Infect	1–6	14.3
Simic Infect	0–3	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	3–4	42.9
Mono Blue Dreadnought	2–4	33.3
Izzet Blitzkrieg	2–1	66.7
Combo Goblins	2–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	53–45	54.1
Izzet Tempo	23–18	56.1
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	5–6	45.5
Mono Blue Faeries	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	14–15	48.3
Dimir Tempo	6–3	66.7
Azorius Tempo	2–1	66.7
Combo-Control	22–27	44.9
Shared Fate	2–2	50.0
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	7–8	46.7
Dragoncrank	3–2	60.0
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	3–1	75.0
Zur's Weirding	5–14	26.3
Solar Flare	2–1	66.7
Mass Land Destruction	0–1	0.0
Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Thryx-Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Midrange	113–94	54.6
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	1–1	50.0
Anti-Persecution	1–1	50.0
Graveyard Value	0–1	0.0
Allies	4–0	100.0
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	2–3	40.0
-1/-1 Counters	2–1	66.7
Fake-Rack	8–8	50.0
Mardu Midrange	14–15	48.3
Yisan-Prophet	1–0	100.0
Vampires	3–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	20–12	62.5
Naya Midrange	3–0	100.0
Card Advantage White	1–0	100.0
Big Red	4–3	57.1
Mono Black Midrange	9–12	42.9
Mono Black Devotion	0–2	0.0
Heart of Darkness	6–8	42.9
Dimir Midrange	2–3	40.0
Angel Tribal	6–3	66.7
Lifegain Midrange	1–1	50.0
Sultai Midrange	4–3	57.1
Orzhov Midrange	11–17	39.3
Prophet Glare	4–4	50.0
Neoform	0–1	0.0
Clerics	3–2	60.0
Death Cloud	1–2	33.3
Ramp	22–27	44.9
Cloudpost Ramp	12–24	33.3
Greenpost	11–23	32.4
Gruul Post	0–1	0.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	4–2	66.7
Historic Bloom	0–1	0.0