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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 1 week.

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The Penny Dreadful 500 is on Apr 20th with free entry and $500 in prizes!

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	4103	8145–7092	53.5	58	393	203
Voltron	139	182–269	40.4	1	11	1
Hexproof	98	136–199	40.6	1	11
Equipment Aggro	28	28–50	35.9
Hateful Auras	12	17–16	51.5			1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	62–77	44.6
Mono Black Aggro	1–1	50.0
Heroic	2–15	11.8
Mono White Heroic	2–10	16.7
Azorius Heroic	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–4	0.0
Red Deck Wins	13–5	72.2
Goblins	2–2	50.0
Tokens	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–4	20.0
White Weenie	5–3	62.5
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Elves	2–5	28.6
Selesnya Little Kid	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Counters	2–0	100.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	4–4	50.0
Mono Red Swarm	3–3	50.0
Artifact Aggro	12–22	35.3
Affinity	10–18	35.7
Tempered Steel	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–3	25.0
Voltron	5–5	50.0
Hexproof	2–2	50.0
Equipment Aggro	2–1	66.7
Hateful Auras	1–2	33.3
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	3–1	75.0
Cats	1–3	25.0
Selesnya Cats	1–3	25.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	29–48	37.7
Storm	4–15	21.1
Dimir Tendrils	3–12	20.0
Grixis Tendrils	0–2	0.0
Reanimator	6–11	35.3
Worldgorger Dragon	2–6	25.0
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	4–4	50.0
Rakdos Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	4–3	57.1
Oriss Genesis	1–3	25.0
Maniac Combo	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	2–2	50.0
Runeflare	3–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Seismic Swans	1–1	50.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	2–2	50.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	0–1	0.0
Dredge	1–9	10.0
Polymorph	3–0	100.0
Protean Hulk Combo	1–0	100.0
Dice Factory	1–0	100.0
Possibility Storm	1–0	100.0
Control	22–47	31.9
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	0–4	0.0
Demonic Rising	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	1–3	25.0
Azorius Control	0–10	0.0
Cawblade	0–2	0.0
Turbo Fog	1–2	33.3
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	2–3	40.0
Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Blackpost	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	0–2	0.0
Cruel Control	0–2	0.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Ponza	6–5	54.5
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	1–1	50.0
Astral Slide	1–1	50.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Shrines	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	0–1	0.0
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	5–8	38.5
Enchantments Control	0–1	0.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–1	0.0
Prison	0–1	0.0
Enchantress	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	20–15	57.1
Aristocrats	11–4	73.3
Mono Black Aristocrats	3–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Mardu Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Food	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	5–2	71.4
Burn	2–1	66.7
Infect	6–4	60.0
Simic Infect	4–2	66.7
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–3	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–2	0.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	0–2	0.0
Combo Goblins	1–1	50.0
Goblin Persist	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Control	16–20	44.4
Izzet Tempo	5–10	33.3
Azorius Skies	1–1	50.0
Lich Aggro-Control	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	5–3	62.5
Izzet Spells	1–2	33.3
Dimir Tempo	3–1	75.0
Combo-Control	2–8	20.0
Curses	0–2	0.0
Mindcrank	1–3	25.0
Dragoncrank	0–2	0.0
Yosei Vat	0–1	0.0
Zur's Weirding	1–1	50.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Midrange	22–39	36.1
Temur Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
The Rock	1–2	33.3
Abzan Midrange	1–1	50.0
Blink	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	1–2	33.3
Séance	0–1	0.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	0–1	0.0
Mardu Midrange	1–8	11.1
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	4–2	66.7
Big Red	3–2	60.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–7	12.5
Mono Black Devotion	1–1	50.0
Heart of Darkness	0–3	0.0
Dimir Midrange	2–0	100.0
Angel Tribal	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–4	20.0
Neoform	0–3	0.0
Sultai Neoform	0–2	0.0
Party	1–1	50.0
Ramp	9–15	37.5
Cloudpost Ramp	7–10	41.2
Greenpost	4–10	28.6
Gruul Post	2–0	100.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	0–4	0.0
Historic Bloom	0–2	0.0