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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.

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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 14 weeks, 6 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Combo	346	807–685	54.1	23	123
Breakfast	88	245–164	59.9	9	39
Hermit Dredge	1	3–2	60.0
Oops All Spells	16	35–29	54.7	1	5
Neoform Hermit	70	207–131	61.2	8	34

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	76–45	62.8
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Heroic	6–1	85.7
Mono White Heroic	3–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	3–1	75.0
Red Deck Wins	15–19	44.1
Goblins	1–1	50.0
Tokens	6–1	85.7
Mono White Tokens	3–1	75.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	1–0	100.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Elves	4–1	80.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Counters	1–0	100.0
Zombies	1–1	50.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Gruul Landfall	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	5–7	41.7
8 Whack	5–7	41.7
Artifact Aggro	9–1	90.0
Affinity	3–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	5–1	83.3
Slivers	1–1	50.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	17–11	60.7
Cats	3–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	3–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	2–0	100.0
Combo	38–22	63.3
Storm	3–0	100.0
Dragonstorm	2–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Swath Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	7–2	77.8
Traditional Reanimator	7–2	77.8
Mono Black Reanimator	7–2	77.8
Hypergenesis	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	4–2	66.7
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	3–0	100.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Metalwork Colossus	6–4	60.0
Anvil Colossus	6–4	60.0
Eggs	2–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	0–2	0.0
Soulflayer	6–1	85.7
Reanim8 Rack	5–1	83.3
Breakfast	8–8	50.0
Oops All Spells	1–1	50.0
Neoform Hermit	7–7	50.0
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
Stuffy Doll	1–2	33.3
Control	37–27	57.8
Esper Control	3–6	33.3
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	2–2	50.0
Azorius Control	5–6	45.5
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	4–4	50.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	1–1	50.0
Izzet Dragons	1–1	50.0
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	6–2	75.0
Sultai Control	1–1	50.0
Sultai Ultimatum	1–1	50.0
Guildgate Control	2–1	66.7
Bant Control	2–2	50.0
Pox	5–1	83.3
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	13–19	40.6
Aristocrats	7–8	46.7
Mono Black Aristocrats	7–5	58.3
Golgari Aristocrats	0–3	0.0
Burn	1–0	100.0
Infect	0–3	0.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–2	0.0
Golgari Infect	0–1	0.0
Hermit Humans	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Hushnought	3–6	33.3
Aggro-Control	17–9	65.4
Izzet Tempo	3–1	75.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	6–4	60.0
Dimir Tempo	3–1	75.0
Sultai Tempo	0–3	0.0
Combo-Control	2–1	66.7
Battle of Wits	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–0	100.0
Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Midrange	57–40	58.8
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	3–2	60.0
Jund	1–1	50.0
Blink	6–4	60.0
Wave Blink	6–4	60.0
Esper Wave	0–1	0.0
Azorius Wave	6–3	66.7
Graveyard Value	0–1	0.0
Varolz Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mardu Midrange	2–0	100.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	2–3	40.0
Orzhov Legends	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Legends	0–3	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	10–15	40.0
Big Red	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–1	50.0
Hellion Whip	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	3–2	60.0
Sultai Emerge	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–1	50.0
Owling Mine	2–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	8–1	88.9
Hero of Precinct One	8–5	61.5
Abzan Hero	1–2	33.3
Mardu Hero	2–0	100.0
Esper Hero	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Hero	1–3	25.0
Five Color Hero	1–0	100.0
Boros Hero	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	3–0	100.0
Ramp	5–1	83.3
Cloudpost Ramp	4–1	80.0
Greenpost	3–1	75.0
Gruul Post	1–0	100.0