Battle of Wits

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 2 days, 21 hours.

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Congratulations to chickeninthebrain, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 32)

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo-Control	658	1262–1123	52.9	5	30	41
Battle of Wits	62	113–135	45.6

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	24–27	47.1
Heroic	1–3	25.0
Mono White Heroic	1–3	25.0
Red Deck Wins	1–3	25.0
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–2	50.0
White Weenie	1–2	33.3
Elves	4–2	66.7
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Counters	1–0	100.0
Rogues	1–1	50.0
Zombies	0–2	0.0
Merfolk	1–5	16.7
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	5–7	41.7
Affinity	2–5	28.6
Tempered Steel	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Architect	0–2	0.0
Cats	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	26–29	47.3
Storm	3–3	50.0
Dimir Tendrils	1–1	50.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–1	50.0
Stormpost	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	4–7	36.4
Worldgorger Dragon	0–3	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	4–4	50.0
Rakdos Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Dimir Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	3–3	50.0
Oriss Genesis	0–1	0.0
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Warp World	0–1	0.0
Runeflare	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	0–2	0.0
Taking Turns	1–1	50.0
Izzet Ascension	5–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Combo	2–1	66.7
Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Oops All Spells	0–1	0.0
Dredge	5–6	45.5
Polymorph	0–1	0.0
Dice Factory	0–1	0.0
Control	28–19	59.6
Esper Control	0–2	0.0
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	3–1	75.0
Azorius Control	5–8	38.5
Cawblade	1–0	100.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	4–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Ponza	4–1	80.0
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	0–1	0.0
Astral Slide	0–1	0.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–0	100.0
Pox	4–4	50.0
Enchantments Control	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	7–8	46.7
Aristocrats	4–5	44.4
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Food	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	2–3	40.0
Burn	0–2	0.0
Infect	2–1	66.7
Simic Infect	1–1	50.0
Combo Goblins	1–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	5–15	25.0
Izzet Tempo	2–11	15.4
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–3	0.0
Izzet Spells	1–1	50.0
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	2–4	33.3
Curses	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	0–1	0.0
Zur's Weirding	1–2	33.3
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Midrange	21–22	48.8
The Rock	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	0–2	0.0
Séance	0–1	0.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Boros Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	0–2	0.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–3	0.0
Big Red	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–6	33.3
Mono Black Devotion	2–2	50.0
Dimir Midrange	0–1	0.0
Toughness Matters	2–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	3–2	60.0
Jeskai Midrange	2–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	0–1	0.0
Ordealbreak	0–1	0.0
Neoform	1–0	100.0
Simic Neoform	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	1–1	50.0
Ramp	0–11	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	0–9	0.0
Greenpost	0–8	0.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	0–1	0.0