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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 1 week, 2 days.

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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
Aggro	911	1982–1815	52.2	58	393
Artifact Aggro	189	469–357	56.8	20	94
Affinity	172	441–323	57.7	20	91

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	154–148	51.0
Mono Black Aggro	2–0	100.0
Heroic	18–28	39.1
Mono White Heroic	17–28	37.8
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	21–35	37.5
Goblins	2–2	50.0
Tokens	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Tokens	0–2	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	7–3	70.0
White Weenie	7–4	63.6
Odric Keywords	0–1	0.0
Soldiers	1–1	50.0
Elves	7–9	43.8
Selesnya Little Kid	3–0	100.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	1–1	50.0
Merfolk	17–16	51.5
Mono Red Swarm	2–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	24–25	49.0
Affinity	21–21	50.0
Tempered Steel	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Architect	2–2	50.0
Madness	2–1	66.7
Golgari Madness	2–1	66.7
Voltron	6–4	60.0
Hexproof	5–4	55.6
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	20–15	57.1
Cats	6–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	6–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	4–2	66.7
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	69–49	58.5
Storm	12–15	44.4
Dimir Tendrils	12–14	46.2
Grixis Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	25–20	55.6
Worldgorger Dragon	9–10	47.4
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	14–10	58.3
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	13–10	56.5
Oriss Genesis	0–1	0.0
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	11–1	91.7
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	7–1	87.5
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	4–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	2–2	50.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	0–1	0.0
Izzet Ascension	3–2	60.0
Soulflayer	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Oops All Spells	0–1	0.0
Dredge	8–4	66.7
Protean Hulk Combo	1–1	50.0
Control	51–25	67.1
Esper Control	4–1	80.0
Demonic Rising	3–0	100.0
Dimir Control	7–2	77.8
Azorius Control	9–8	52.9
Mill	2–0	100.0
Boros Control	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	2–1	66.7
Cruel Control	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Dragons	1–0	100.0
Ponza	4–3	57.1
Mono White Control	1–1	50.0
Cycling Control	1–1	50.0
Astral Slide	1–1	50.0
Five Color Control	2–1	66.7
Shrines	2–1	66.7
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	5–2	71.4
Four Color Counter Ghazi	5–2	71.4
Prison	0–1	0.0
Enchantress	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	22–19	53.7
Aristocrats	7–7	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	5–6	45.5
Burn	4–4	50.0
Infect	2–2	50.0
Simic Infect	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	6–2	75.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	5–2	71.4
Izzet Blitzkrieg	2–4	33.3
Aggro-Control	33–20	62.3
Izzet Tempo	11–7	61.1
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	7–5	58.3
Izzet Spells	9–7	56.3
Dimir Tempo	5–1	83.3
Combo-Control	19–6	76.0
Battle of Wits	2–0	100.0
Mindcrank	4–3	57.1
Dragoncrank	2–2	50.0
Hedron Alignment	2–0	100.0
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	10–2	83.3
Mass Land Destruction	0–1	0.0
Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Borderpost Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Midrange	75–46	62.0
Jund	0–1	0.0
Blink	2–0	100.0
Anti-Persecution	1–0	100.0
Allies	2–0	100.0
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	1–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	5–1	83.3
Mardu Midrange	11–7	61.1
Vampires	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	17–6	73.9
Big Red	4–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	7–9	43.8
Mono Black Devotion	3–2	60.0
Heart of Darkness	3–6	33.3
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Angel Tribal	6–6	50.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–1	50.0
Sultai Midrange	1–4	20.0
Orzhov Midrange	5–5	50.0
Prophet Glare	0–1	0.0
Neoform	2–1	66.7
Temur Neoform	1–0	100.0
Sultai Neoform	1–0	100.0
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	0–1	0.0
Ramp	18–10	64.3
Cloudpost Ramp	17–9	65.4
Greenpost	14–8	63.6
Gruul Post	2–0	100.0