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.

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 6 days, 17 hours.

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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
Combo	346	807–685	54.1	23	123
Soulflayer	31	98–62	61.3	3	16
Reanim8 Rack	22	81–42	65.9	3	16

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	29–13	69.0
Heroic	3–0	100.0
Mono White Heroic	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	2–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	4–6	40.0
Mono Red Devotion	1–0	100.0
Goblins	0–1	0.0
Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono White Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–1	0.0
White Weenie	1–0	100.0
Elves	3–1	75.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	2–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	2–0	100.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	8–2	80.0
Cats	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	2–0	100.0
Combo	19–13	59.4
Storm	1–1	50.0
Dragonstorm	1–1	50.0
Reanimator	5–1	83.3
Traditional Reanimator	5–1	83.3
Mono Black Reanimator	5–1	83.3
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	4–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	3–0	100.0
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–4	20.0
Anvil Colossus	1–4	20.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	1–1	50.0
Jokulhaups Combo	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	1–6	14.3
Neoform Hermit	1–6	14.3
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Control	8–13	38.1
Esper Control	1–4	20.0
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	1–4	20.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	1–2	33.3
Grixis Control	0–1	0.0
Cruel Control	0–1	0.0
Galleon Control	0–1	0.0
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	1–2	33.3
Guildgate Control	0–1	0.0
Pox	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	5–2	71.4
Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–0	100.0
Hushnought	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	1–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	9–4	69.2
Izzet Tempo	4–1	80.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–1	66.7
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Sultai Tempo	2–1	66.7
Midrange	22–15	59.5
The Rock	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Blink	1–4	20.0
Wave Blink	1–4	20.0
Azorius Wave	0–4	0.0
Bant Wave	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Legends	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	7–4	63.6
Hellion Whip	1–1	50.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–0	100.0
Owling Mine	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	2–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–1	50.0
Esper Hero	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Hero	1–0	100.0
Gruul Obosh	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	1–1	50.0
Ramp	6–2	75.0
Cloudpost Ramp	6–2	75.0
Golgari Post	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	4–2	66.7