Soulflayer

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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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	2344	4194–4012	51.1	23	123	132
Soulflayer	96	197–175	53.0	3	16	2
Reanim8 Rack	43	117–86	57.6	3	16

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	51–38	57.3
Heroic	4–1	80.0
Mono White Heroic	2–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Boros Heroic	2–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	9–10	47.4
Mono Red Devotion	1–0	100.0
Goblins	0–2	0.0
Tokens	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono White Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	3–2	60.0
White Weenie	1–2	33.3
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–1	0.0
Elves	4–6	40.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Counters	0–1	0.0
Rogues	2–1	66.7
Zombies	1–3	25.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–1	50.0
8 Whack	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	2–1	66.7
Tempered Steel	2–0	100.0
Voltron	3–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	2–0	100.0
Knights	4–0	100.0
AggroSlide	10–2	83.3
Cats	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	2–1	66.7
Humans	1–1	50.0
Combo	38–33	53.5
Storm	4–1	80.0
Dragonstorm	2–1	66.7
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Swath Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	9–6	60.0
Traditional Reanimator	9–6	60.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	8–6	57.1
Oriss Genesis	0–1	0.0
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	0–1	0.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	6–5	54.5
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	4–0	100.0
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–5	28.6
Metalwork Colossus	2–7	22.2
Anvil Colossus	1–7	12.5
Upheaval Colossus	1–0	100.0
Eggs	2–0	100.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	1–1	50.0
Jokulhaups Combo	2–0	100.0
Breakfast	3–11	21.4
Hermit Gond	1–0	100.0
Oops All Spells	0–2	0.0
Neoform Hermit	2–9	18.2
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Stuffy Doll	2–0	100.0
Control	23–24	48.9
Esper Control	1–6	14.3
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	3–3	50.0
Turbo Fog	0–1	0.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	2–5	28.6
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	1–2	33.3
Grixis Control	1–1	50.0
Cruel Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	0–1	0.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Galleon Control	0–1	0.0
Ponza	4–0	100.0
Mono White Control	1–2	33.3
Dynavolt Tower	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	2–0	100.0
Astral Slide	2–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	0–1	0.0
Pox	3–2	60.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	9–11	45.0
Aristocrats	1–4	20.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–3	0.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	0–1	0.0
Infect	1–3	25.0
Simic Infect	0–2	0.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–1	50.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Chancellor of the Forge Combo	0–1	0.0
Hushnought	2–2	50.0
Combo Goblins	2–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	14–11	56.0
Izzet Tempo	6–1	85.7
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Wizards	0–1	0.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–3	40.0
Izzet Spells	0–1	0.0
Dimir Tempo	2–1	66.7
Dimir Faeries	1–0	100.0
Sultai Tempo	2–1	66.7
Combo-Control	3–3	50.0
Battle of Wits	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	3–1	75.0
Wildfire	3–1	75.0
Thryx-Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Midrange	51–51	50.0
Temur Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
The Rock	1–3	25.0
Abzan Midrange	5–4	55.6
Jund	3–0	100.0
Blink	2–8	20.0
Wave Blink	2–8	20.0
Esper Wave	0–1	0.0
Azorius Wave	0–7	0.0
Bant Wave	2–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	1–2	33.3
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Mardu Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	1–3	25.0
Selesnya Legends	1–3	25.0
Rakdos Midrange	11–11	50.0
Big Red	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Devotion	0–1	0.0
Hellion Whip	1–1	50.0
Dimir Midrange	2–2	50.0
Toughness Matters	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Midrange	3–3	50.0
Owling Mine	1–1	50.0
Zur the Enchanter	1–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	0–1	0.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	4–1	80.0
Hero of Precinct One	2–4	33.3
Mardu Hero	0–1	0.0
Esper Hero	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Hero	1–0	100.0
Boros Hero	0–1	0.0
Gruul Obosh	1–1	50.0
Clerics	0–1	0.0
Death Cloud	1–1	50.0
Ramp	8–4	66.7
Cloudpost Ramp	8–4	66.7
Golgari Post	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	5–4	55.6