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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.

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
Aggro	2624	5095–4531	52.9	32	187	126
Artifact Aggro	184	293–354	45.3	0	3	2
Tempered Steel	87	160–160	50.0	0	3	2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	26–38	40.6
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	2–1	66.7
Mono White Heroic	1–1	50.0
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	3–12	20.0
Goblins	1–1	50.0
White Weenie	2–4	33.3
Quest for the Holy Relic	2–2	50.0
Soldiers	0–1	0.0
Elves	1–3	25.0
Warriors	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Counters	1–2	33.3
Zombies	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	3–1	75.0
8 Whack	3–1	75.0
Artifact Aggro	4–1	80.0
Affinity	3–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Knights	3–1	75.0
AggroSlide	0–4	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–4	20.0
Shamans	0–1	0.0
Combo	24–33	42.1
Storm	3–5	37.5
Dragonstorm	2–3	40.0
Izzet Storm	1–1	50.0
Swath Storm	1–1	50.0
Reanimator	8–4	66.7
Traditional Reanimator	8–4	66.7
Mono Black Reanimator	8–4	66.7
Oriss Genesis	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	1–3	25.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–3	25.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Anvil Colossus	1–0	100.0
Eggs	1–1	50.0
Izzet Ascension	5–0	100.0
Soulflayer	0–2	0.0
Reanim8 Rack	0–2	0.0
Breakfast	2–13	13.3
Oops All Spells	0–1	0.0
Neoform Hermit	2–11	15.4
Polymorph	2–0	100.0
Stuffy Doll	0–1	0.0
Control	34–20	63.0
Esper Control	6–2	75.0
Dimir Control	1–3	25.0
Azorius Control	2–6	25.0
Turbo Fog	0–1	0.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	4–2	66.7
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Grixis Control	4–0	100.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	2–0	100.0
Dragon Control	4–1	80.0
Izzet Dragons	4–1	80.0
Ponza	1–2	33.3
Five Color Control	2–0	100.0
Shrines	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	2–0	100.0
Sultai Ultimatum	2–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	2–0	100.0
Pox	1–3	25.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	15–11	57.7
Aristocrats	6–4	60.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	3–2	60.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Burn	1–0	100.0
Infect	1–0	100.0
Golgari Infect	1–0	100.0
Pummeler	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Hushnought	3–3	50.0
Combo Goblins	1–2	33.3
Goblin Persist	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Control	20–11	64.5
Izzet Tempo	13–4	76.5
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
Wizards	0–2	0.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–1	0.0
Dimir Tempo	3–3	50.0
Dimir Faeries	0–1	0.0
Sultai Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	2–4	33.3
Battle of Wits	1–1	50.0
Zur's Weirding	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–2	33.3
Wildfire	1–2	33.3
Borderpost Wildfire	1–2	33.3
Midrange	32–38	45.7
The Rock	1–3	25.0
Abzan Midrange	1–3	25.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	0–2	0.0
Blink	1–2	33.3
Wave Blink	1–2	33.3
Esper Wave	0–1	0.0
Azorius Wave	0–1	0.0
Abzan Wave	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	3–3	50.0
Séance	0–2	0.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Allies	0–2	0.0
Boros Allies	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	0–2	0.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Legends	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Midrange	2–2	50.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–3	25.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–1	50.0
Dimir Midrange	2–1	66.7
Toughness Matters	1–2	33.3
Sultai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Sultai Emerge	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Prophet Glare	1–2	33.3
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	0–1	0.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	0–1	0.0
Neoform	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	5–1	83.3
Hero of Precinct One	3–3	50.0
Mardu Hero	1–1	50.0
Esper Hero	1–2	33.3
Gruul Obosh	2–0	100.0
Clerics	0–1	0.0
Ramp	7–5	58.3
Cloudpost Ramp	5–5	50.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	4–5	44.4
Domain	1–0	100.0