Quest for the Holy Relic

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

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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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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 day, 22 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
Aggro	2624	5095–4531	52.9	32	187	126
White Weenie	190	353–306	53.6	0	2	15
Quest for the Holy Relic	83	176–127	58.1			10

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	32–38	45.7
Mono Black Aggro	5–0	100.0
Heroic	0–3	0.0
Boros Heroic	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	2–6	25.0
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–2	0.0
White Weenie	4–6	40.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	4–4	50.0
Chroma White	0–1	0.0
Elves	2–0	100.0
Minotaurs	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Counters	1–1	50.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	2–1	66.7
Mono Red Swarm	3–3	50.0
8 Whack	3–3	50.0
Artifact Aggro	4–3	57.1
Affinity	1–0	100.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	2–2	50.0
Devastating Dreams	0–1	0.0
Slivers	1–1	50.0
Naya Zoo	0–1	0.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	2–4	33.3
Cats	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–2	33.3
Shamans	0–1	0.0
Combo	33–26	55.9
Storm	7–6	53.8
Dragonstorm	2–3	40.0
Izzet Storm	2–3	40.0
Swath Storm	1–3	25.0
Reanimator	9–5	64.3
Traditional Reanimator	9–5	64.3
Rakdos Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	8–5	61.5
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–3	25.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
"Twin"	2–0	100.0
Jeskai "Twin"	2–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–3	25.0
Anvil Colossus	1–3	25.0
Seismic Swans	0–1	0.0
Eggs	1–1	50.0
Izzet Ascension	1–2	33.3
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	6–3	66.7
Oops All Spells	3–0	100.0
Neoform Hermit	3–3	50.0
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	0–1	0.0
Enduring Ideal	0–1	0.0
Control	32–12	72.7
Esper Control	6–4	60.0
Dimir Control	4–1	80.0
Azorius Control	3–0	100.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Control	1–1	50.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Ponza	4–0	100.0
Mono White Control	0–2	0.0
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	2–0	100.0
Sultai Ultimatum	2–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	3–3	50.0
Aggro-Combo	10–7	58.8
Aristocrats	3–3	50.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–3	0.0
Burn	3–1	75.0
Infect	1–2	33.3
Simic Infect	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–2	0.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Hushnought	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	1–1	50.0
Goblin Persist	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Control	18–9	66.7
Izzet Tempo	3–4	42.9
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
Wizards	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	6–1	85.7
Mono Blue Faeries	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	3–2	60.0
Sultai Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	0–2	0.0
Shared Fate	0–2	0.0
Midrange	42–30	58.3
Temur Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
The Rock	2–2	50.0
Golgari Citadel	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	4–3	57.1
Blink	2–2	50.0
Wave Blink	1–2	33.3
Azorius Wave	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Wave	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	3–3	50.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	3–2	60.0
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Legends	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Legends	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	5–1	83.3
Big Red	5–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–2	33.3
Toughness Matters	3–1	75.0
Sultai Midrange	2–3	40.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	1–1	50.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–1	50.0
Fires of Invention	0–4	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	2–1	66.7
Abzan Hero	1–0	100.0
Esper Hero	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Hero	0–1	0.0
Gruul Obosh	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	3–0	100.0
Ramp	9–3	75.0
Villainous Wealth	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	8–3	72.7
Greenpost	8–2	80.0