Life is Ez

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
Control	2564	3976–4758	45.5	6	78	89
Mono White Control	134	233–206	53.1	0	3	8
Life is Ez	65	99–89	52.7			7

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	28–19	59.6
Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono White Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	4–2	66.7
Tokens	1–2	33.3
Mono White Tokens	0–2	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–1	50.0
White Weenie	1–2	33.3
Kithkin	1–0	100.0
Elves	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Little Kid	3–0	100.0
Selesnya Counters	2–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–1	50.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	10–6	62.5
Affinity	7–3	70.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Architect	2–3	40.0
Madness	3–1	75.0
Golgari Madness	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Cats	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–1	0.0
Combo	11–17	39.3
Storm	2–4	33.3
Dimir Tendrils	2–3	40.0
Grixis Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	3–3	50.0
Worldgorger Dragon	0–2	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	3–1	75.0
Mono Black Reanimator	3–1	75.0
Oriss Genesis	1–0	100.0
Warp World	0–2	0.0
Maniac Combo	1–1	50.0
Runeflare	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	2–1	66.7
Ominous Good	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Oops All Spells	0–1	0.0
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Possibility Storm	0–1	0.0
Control	17–16	51.5
Esper Control	0–1	0.0
Demonic Rising	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Control	3–1	75.0
Turbo Fog	2–0	100.0
Mill	2–2	50.0
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Blackpost	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	1–2	33.3
Cruel Control	1–2	33.3
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Ponza	1–5	16.7
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	1–1	50.0
Astral Slide	1–1	50.0
Pox	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	6–4	60.0
Aristocrats	2–3	40.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Burn	1–0	100.0
Infect	1–0	100.0
Simic Infect	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	2–1	66.7
Goblin Persist	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Control	9–6	60.0
Izzet Tempo	3–2	60.0
Blue Madness	2–0	100.0
Temur Madness	2–0	100.0
Ninjas	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–2	50.0
Izzet Spells	0–1	0.0
Dimir Tempo	2–0	100.0
Combo-Control	7–6	53.8
Curses	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	1–1	50.0
Displace Loop	0–1	0.0
Zur's Weirding	5–1	83.3
Solar Flare	0–2	0.0
Midrange	18–17	51.4
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	2–0	100.0
Séance	2–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–1	50.0
Mardu Midrange	2–5	28.6
Rakdos Midrange	2–2	50.0
Big Red	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–2	60.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–2	33.3
Dimir Midrange	2–1	66.7
Lifegain Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Midrange	0–3	0.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Ramp	3–4	42.9
Cloudpost Ramp	3–3	50.0
Greenpost	2–3	40.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	0–1	0.0
Historic Bloom	0–1	0.0