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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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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.

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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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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, 6 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Aggro	541	1159–1079	51.8	32	187
Mono Black Aggro	8	15–16	48.4	1	3
Heroic	29	45–68	39.8	0	6
Mono White Heroic	14	21–29	42.0	0	2
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1	2–2	50.0	0	1
Boros Heroic	14	22–37	37.3	0	3
Red Deck Wins	147	348–279	55.5	10	65
Mono Red Devotion	1	0–2	0.0
Prisoner	1	1–2	33.3
Goblins	10	24–24	50.0	0	2
Tokens	27	48–46	51.1	1	9
Selesnya Tokens	1	0–1	0.0
Mono White Tokens	18	42–31	57.5	1	8
Mono Green Stompy	10	13–20	39.4	0	1
White Weenie	11	11–23	32.4	0	2
Quest for the Holy Relic	3	3–6	33.3
Soldiers	1	0–1	0.0
Elves	30	43–56	43.4	1	7
Selesnya Little Kid	10	26–20	56.5	0	4
Selesnya Counters	4	13–7	65.0	0	2
Rogues	4	4–9	30.8
Zombies	10	23–21	52.3	0	4
Gruul Aggro	1	0–2	0.0
Gruul Landfall	1	0–2	0.0
Merfolk	3	1–3	25.0
Mono Red Swarm	33	58–78	42.6	0	10
8 Whack	32	57–76	42.9	0	10
Artifact Aggro	28	42–65	39.3	0	3
Affinity	11	11–26	29.7
Boros Vehicles	1	0–2	0.0
Tempered Steel	13	24–29	45.3	0	3
Devastating Dreams	2	2–3	40.0
Madness	3	11–8	57.9
Golgari Madness	1	5–2	71.4
Jund Madness	2	6–6	50.0
Voltron	1	1–2	33.3
Hexproof	1	1–2	33.3
Slivers	5	5–12	29.4
Naya Zoo	1	2–3	40.0	0	1
Knights	15	16–29	35.6	1	2
AggroSlide	122	363–219	62.4	17	62
Cats	20	40–45	47.1	1	5
Mono White Cats	1	3–2	60.0
Selesnya Cats	19	37–43	46.3	1	5
Rakdos Aggro	5	13–13	50.0	0	1
Boros Aggro	2	0–6	0.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	305–305	50.0
Mono Black Aggro	6–3	66.7
Heroic	18–10	64.3
Mono White Heroic	9–3	75.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	8–7	53.3
Red Deck Wins	87–95	47.8
Prisoner	1–0	100.0
Goblins	9–3	75.0
Tokens	11–14	44.0
Mono White Tokens	10–12	45.5
Mono Green Stompy	6–5	54.5
White Weenie	7–3	70.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	2–2	50.0
Elves	15–5	75.0
Selesnya Little Kid	3–8	27.3
Selesnya Counters	2–4	33.3
Rogues	0–1	0.0
Zombies	6–3	66.7
Mono Red Swarm	22–11	66.7
8 Whack	22–11	66.7
Artifact Aggro	16–8	66.7
Affinity	6–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	9–5	64.3
Madness	2–6	25.0
Golgari Madness	1–3	25.0
Jund Madness	1–3	25.0
Slivers	4–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	0–2	0.0
Knights	13–6	68.4
AggroSlide	63–101	38.4
Cats	11–14	44.0
Mono White Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	11–13	45.8
Rakdos Aggro	3–5	37.5
Combo	183–237	43.6
Storm	14–17	45.2
Dragonstorm	13–15	46.4
Izzet Storm	1–2	33.3
Swath Storm	1–2	33.3
Reanimator	22–38	36.7
Traditional Reanimator	22–38	36.7
Rakdos Reanimator	1–2	33.3
Dimir Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Reanimator	19–35	35.2
Oriss Genesis	2–1	66.7
Maniac Combo	2–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	5–3	62.5
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	18–13	58.1
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	9–8	52.9
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	5–1	83.3
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	4–4	50.0
"Twin"	5–1	83.3
Jeskai "Twin"	1–1	50.0
Naya "Twin"	4–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	32–40	44.4
Anvil Colossus	29–36	44.6
Upheaval Colossus	3–4	42.9
Eggs	5–7	41.7
Izzet Ascension	4–2	66.7
Ominous Good	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Combo	2–0	100.0
Soulflayer	13–29	31.0
Reanim8 Rack	11–21	34.4
Breakfast	45–76	37.2
Hermit Dredge	0–1	0.0
Oops All Spells	5–16	23.8
Neoform Hermit	40–59	40.4
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	5–4	55.6
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Stuffy Doll	5–6	45.5
Control	181–110	62.2
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	21–10	67.7
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	8–1	88.9
Azorius Control	28–20	58.3
Turbo Fog	4–1	80.0
Mardu Control	2–1	66.7
Mill	5–2	71.4
Cloudpost Control	20–15	57.1
Azorius Cloudpost Control	6–4	60.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	5–1	83.3
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	3–2	60.0
Grixis Control	12–4	75.0
Cruel Control	6–2	75.0
Stax	3–2	60.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Control	1–3	25.0
Dragon Control	17–12	58.6
Izzet Dragons	17–12	58.6
Galleon Control	2–2	50.0
Ponza	6–2	75.0
Mono White Control	14–9	60.9
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	3–0	100.0
Sultai Ultimatum	3–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	2–0	100.0
Bant Control	6–8	42.9
Pox	14–11	56.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	9–5	64.3
Aggro-Combo	89–75	54.3
Aristocrats	22–17	56.4
Mono Black Aristocrats	15–13	53.6
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Golgari Aristocrats	3–2	60.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	8–7	53.3
Infect	10–5	66.7
Simic Infect	2–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	2–3	40.0
Golgari Infect	6–2	75.0
Hermit Humans	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	6–6	50.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Chancellor of the Forge Combo	1–0	100.0
Hushnought	34–39	46.6
Combo Goblins	7–1	87.5
Goblin Persist	7–1	87.5
Aggro-Control	91–62	59.5
Izzet Tempo	24–14	63.2
Azorius Skies	1–2	33.3
Wizards	0–1	0.0
Ninjas	4–1	80.0
Mono Blue Tempo	27–17	61.4
Izzet Spells	1–1	50.0
Dimir Tempo	19–17	52.8
Sultai Tempo	6–4	60.0
Combo-Control	13–12	52.0
Battle of Wits	3–2	60.0
Pickles	1–2	33.3
Hedron Alignment	2–0	100.0
Yosei Vat	1–2	33.3
Hive Mind	0–2	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	4–4	50.0
Wildfire	4–4	50.0
Thryx-Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Borderpost Wildfire	3–3	50.0
Midrange	278–257	52.0
The Rock	9–13	40.9
Golgari Citadel	0–1	0.0
Grenzo	1–1	50.0
Abzan Midrange	18–23	43.9
Jund	5–2	71.4
Blink	15–21	41.7
Wave Blink	15–21	41.7
Esper Wave	0–2	0.0
Azorius Wave	13–18	41.9
Bant Wave	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	13–4	76.5
Varolz Dreadnought	8–2	80.0
Allies	2–0	100.0
Mardu Allies	1–0	100.0
Boros Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–1	50.0
Selvala Morningstar	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	10–12	45.5
Legends Midrange	18–14	56.3
Orzhov Legends	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Legends	17–14	54.8
Rakdos Midrange	56–69	44.8
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	3–4	42.9
Mono Black Midrange	13–9	59.1
Mono Black Devotion	11–5	68.8
Hellion Whip	3–4	42.9
Dimir Midrange	2–6	25.0
Toughness Matters	2–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	6–2	75.0
Orzhov Midrange	5–8	38.5
Owling Mine	4–4	50.0
Jeskai Midrange	3–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	4–3	57.1
Enigmatic Incarnation	4–3	57.1
Fires of Invention	21–13	61.8
Hero of Precinct One	38–34	52.8
Abzan Hero	10–10	50.0
Mardu Hero	6–3	66.7
Esper Hero	8–5	61.5
Orzhov Hero	14–15	48.3
Five Color Hero	0–1	0.0
Gruul Obosh	3–2	60.0
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	3–3	50.0
Ramp	19–21	47.5
Cloudpost Ramp	18–21	46.2
Golgari Post	1–2	33.3
Greenpost	14–18	43.8
Gruul Post	1–1	50.0