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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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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.

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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.

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We have six free-to-enter weekly tournaments with prizes from Cardhoarder.

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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.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	2396	4607–4082–1	53.0	40	246	107
Mono Black Aggro	20	29–36	44.6	0	2	1
Heroic	387	822–609–1	57.4	9	46	26
Mono White Heroic	354	762–563–1	57.5	9	44	21
Azorius Heroic	2	3–7	30.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	25	49–29	62.8	0	2	5
Boros Heroic	3	5–4	55.6
Red Deck Wins	151	315–240	56.8	0	14	8
Mono Red Devotion	1	0–2	0.0
Goblins	58	119–99	54.6	0	2	3
Tokens	24	30–44	40.5
Selesnya Tokens	2	3–5	37.5
Mono White Tokens	21	27–38	41.5
Mono Green Stompy	29	36–49	42.4
White Weenie	127	191–214	47.2	0	4	5
Quest for the Holy Relic	74	126–111	53.2	0	2	3
Soldiers	12	17–19	47.2			1
Kithkin	3	0–3	0.0
Chroma White	1	2–2	50.0
Elves	334	616–584	51.3	3	33	12
Werewolves	14	23–29	44.2
Minotaurs	3	1–9	10.0
Warriors	2	3–4	42.9
Selesnya Little Kid	17	26–39	40.0	0	1
Selesnya Counters	2	0–2	0.0
Rogues	30	48–53	47.5			1
Zombies	50	63–93	40.4	0	4	1
Gruul Aggro	60	111–102	52.1	0	2	1
Gruul Landfall	10	18–18	50.0
Merfolk	53	107–105	50.5	1	5
Mono Red Swarm	1	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	615	1366–997	57.8	19	97	33
Affinity	545	1244–878	58.6	19	93	31
Hush-finity	25	58–43	57.4	1	3
Salvage Titan	10	4–15	21.1
Tempered Steel	26	48–47	50.5	0	2
Mono Blue Architect	34	70–57	55.1	0	2	2
Mono Blue Aggro	9	18–17	51.4
Madness	24	36–42	46.2
Gruul Madness	16	28–27	50.9
Golgari Madness	2	3–3	50.0
Rakdos Madness	4	2–8	20.0
Jund Madness	2	3–4	42.9
Voltron	24	13–48	21.3
Hexproof	20	8–41	16.3
Equipment Aggro	1	0–1	0.0
Hateful Auras	3	5–6	45.5
Slivers	40	42–89	32.1	0	1
Naya Zoo	8	13–20	39.4
Knights	21	47–45	51.1
AggroSlide	197	391–328	54.4	8	29	12
Cats	14	17–27	38.6
Selesnya Cats	14	17–27	38.6
Rakdos Aggro	47	80–75	51.6	0	2	4
Boros Aggro	3	5–7	41.7
Humans	2	6–4	60.0
Shamans	1	1–2	33.3	0	1
Brushwaggs	3	0–2	0.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	1055–1055	50.0
Mono Black Aggro	10–7	58.8
Heroic	130–231	36.0
Mono White Heroic	120–221	35.2
Azorius Heroic	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	9–6	60.0
Boros Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	60–58	50.8
Mono Red Devotion	2–0	100.0
Goblins	16–22	42.1
Tokens	14–8	63.6
Selesnya Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono White Tokens	13–7	65.0
Mono Green Stompy	12–6	66.7
White Weenie	47–51	48.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	31–37	45.6
Soldiers	4–2	66.7
Chroma White	0–1	0.0
Elves	150–140	51.7
Werewolves	11–3	78.6
Minotaurs	2–0	100.0
Warriors	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	11–7	61.1
Rogues	10–7	58.8
Zombies	27–7	79.4
Gruul Aggro	29–28	50.9
Gruul Landfall	7–6	53.8
Merfolk	30–17	63.8
Artifact Aggro	300–342	46.7
Affinity	263–321	45.0
Hush-finity	13–12	52.0
Salvage Titan	4–1	80.0
Tempered Steel	15–10	60.0
Mono Blue Architect	18–10	64.3
Mono Blue Aggro	6–1	85.7
Madness	9–8	52.9
Gruul Madness	9–5	64.3
Rakdos Madness	0–2	0.0
Jund Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	9–3	75.0
Hexproof	9–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	0–3	0.0
Slivers	21–5	80.8
Naya Zoo	4–2	66.7
Knights	5–13	27.8
AggroSlide	97–59	62.2
Cats	8–3	72.7
Selesnya Cats	8–3	72.7
Rakdos Aggro	16–16	50.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	2–1	66.7
Shamans	0–1	0.0
Brushwaggs	1–0	100.0
Combo	788–649	54.8
Storm	106–41	72.1
Sultai Tendrils	2–0	100.0
Dimir Tendrils	10–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	18–10	64.3
Simic Storm	2–1	66.7
Citadel Storm	7–5	58.3
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Stormpost	2–2	50.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	26–6	81.3
Izzet Storm	13–7	65.0
Swath Storm	2–2	50.0
Song Storm	7–2	77.8
Reanimator	58–63	47.9
Worldgorger Dragon	45–50	47.4
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	6–9	40.0
Traditional Reanimator	7–4	63.6
Dimir Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Grixis Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Oriss Genesis	1–2	33.3
Biovisionary	2–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	42–62	40.4
Dubious Challenge	2–1	66.7
Zubera Tribal	2–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	8–7	53.3
Hypergenesis	43–54	44.3
New Perspectives	3–0	100.0
Runeflare	5–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	63–119	34.6
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	53–106	33.3
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	10–13	43.5
"Twin"	2–1	66.7
Jeskai "Twin"	1–0	100.0
Naya "Twin"	1–1	50.0
Combo Post	3–6	33.3
Metalwork Colossus	6–1	85.7
Seismic Swans	2–1	66.7
Eggs	95–112	45.9
Heartless Summoning Combo	5–9	35.7
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	2–1	66.7
Blazing Shoal Combo	14–1	93.3
Taking Turns	8–6	57.1
Quest for Ula's Temple	5–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	18–4	81.8
Jokulhaups Combo	16–4	80.0
Soulflayer	19–14	57.6
Breakfast	2–0	100.0
Oops All Spells	2–0	100.0
Oops All Lands	14–3	82.4
Dredge	11–4	73.3
Polymorph	4–3	57.1
Dice Factory	48–31	60.8
Storm Herald	17–1	94.4
Enduring Ideal	35–31	53.0
Ad Nauseam	79–57	58.1
Ad Swanseam	12–18	40.0
Control	653–517	55.8
Mono Black Control	11–8	57.9
Esper Control	75–63	54.3
Demonic Rising	4–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	2–1	66.7
Dimir Control	11–5	68.8
Azorius Control	124–169	42.3
Cawblade	48–94	33.8
Turbo Fog	10–10	50.0
Izzet Control	7–4	63.6
Mardu Control	13–5	72.2
Mill	29–1	96.7
Boros Control	9–8	52.9
Cloudpost Control	58–46	55.8
Azorius Cloudpost Control	23–25	47.9
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	28–19	59.6
Dimir Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	40–30	57.1
Cruel Control	32–20	61.5
Stax	68–30	69.4
Pollute the Planet	3–0	100.0
Chandra Nalaar	8–3	72.7
Jeskai Control	9–6	60.0
Dragon Control	10–9	52.6
Izzet Dragons	4–5	44.4
Ponza	32–11	74.4
Mono White Control	32–55	36.8
Life is Ez	23–41	35.9
Dynavolt Tower	4–5	44.4
Cycling Control	20–10	66.7
Astral Slide	18–10	64.3
Five Color Control	13–4	76.5
Shrines	4–0	100.0
Sultai Control	24–12	66.7
Sultai Ultimatum	22–11	66.7
Bant Control	6–1	85.7
Pox	8–3	72.7
Four Color Counter Ghazi	14–14	50.0
Prison	8–3	72.7
Enchantress	8–3	72.7
Aggro-Combo	448–411	52.2
Aristocrats	33–21	61.1
Mono Black Aristocrats	5–7	41.7
Orzhov Aristocrats	6–2	75.0
Golgari Aristocrats	9–7	56.3
Abzan Aristocrats	13–5	72.2
Burn	73–69	51.4
Infect	44–58	43.1
Simic Infect	6–5	54.5
Blazing Shoal Infect	36–52	40.9
Trickbind Dreadnought	27–28	49.1
Izzet Dreadnought	3–4	42.9
Mono Blue Dreadnought	18–20	47.4
Izzet Blitzkrieg	66–76	46.5
Hushnought	55–29	65.5
Liquimetal Fishing	28–20	58.3
Combo Goblins	121–108	52.8
Goblin Persist	121–108	52.8
Aggro-Control	341–277	55.2
Izzet Tempo	116–110	51.3
Azorius Skies	8–8	50.0
Blue Madness	16–8	66.7
Simic Madness	14–8	63.6
Temur Madness	2–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	2–0	100.0
Wizards	38–22	63.3
Ninjas	7–1	87.5
Mono Blue Tempo	71–80	47.0
Mono Blue Faeries	10–7	58.8
Izzet Spells	20–6	76.9
Dimir Tempo	27–22	55.1
Dimir Faeries	3–0	100.0
Azorius Tempo	0–2	0.0
Combo-Control	344–345	49.9
Curses	8–1	88.9
Burning Vengeance	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	12–6	66.7
Shared Fate	1–0	100.0
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	114–95	54.5
Dragoncrank	9–8	52.9
Hedron Alignment	4–0	100.0
Lich's Mastery	17–15	53.1
Hive Mind	14–13	51.9
Zur's Weirding	4–6	40.0
Solar Flare	6–15	28.6
Plasma Swans	66–113	36.9
Liliana's Contract	0–2	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	91–77	54.2
Wildfire	91–77	54.2
Thryx-Wildfire	16–10	61.5
Borderpost Wildfire	75–66	53.2
Midrange	741–625–1	54.2
Temur Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
The Rock	25–9	73.5
Golgari Citadel	10–4	71.4
Grenzo	11–6	64.7
Abzan Midrange	20–10	66.7
Selesnya Midrange	5–3	62.5
Selesnya Value Town	1–2	33.3
Jund	10–5	66.7
Blink	141–163	46.4
Graveyard Value	45–46	49.5
Séance	7–15	31.8
Varolz Dreadnought	29–31	48.3
Enchantments Matter	10–3	76.9
Constellation	4–1	80.0
Allies	42–41	50.6
Orzhov Allies	1–2	33.3
Mardu Allies	4–2	66.7
Boros Allies	5–9	35.7
Mono White Allies	0–1	0.0
Esper Allies	22–19	53.7
BRGW Allies	3–0	100.0
Treefolk	7–2	77.8
-1/-1 Counters	0–2	0.0
Fake-Rack	7–1	87.5
Mardu Midrange	8–2	80.0
Vampires	22–14	61.1
Mono Black Vampires	12–7	63.2
Rakdos Vampires	10–6	62.5
Orzhov Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	22–18	55.0
Orzhov Legends	4–1	80.0
Selesnya Legends	16–15	51.6
Elementals	3–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	64–55	53.8
Naya Midrange	2–0	100.0
Big Red	14–18	43.8
Mono Black Midrange	55–53	50.9
Mono Black Devotion	47–47	50.0
Dimir Midrange	43–22	66.2
Angel Tribal	6–2	75.0
Toughness Matters	2–2	50.0
Lifegain Midrange	20–25	44.4
Sultai Midrange	10–6	62.5
Orzhov Midrange	13–9	59.1
Owling Mine	3–0	100.0
Jeskai Midrange	12–22	35.3
Heartless Summoning Stompy	2–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	7–7	50.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	4–7	36.4
Mythic Colossification	5–2	71.4
Party	1–1	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	27–36–1	42.9
Abzan Hero	7–2	77.8
Mardu Hero	2–1	66.7
Esper Hero	3–5	37.5
Orzhov Hero	5–5	50.0
Five Color Hero	5–6	45.5
Clerics	6–10	37.5
Simic Snow	1–0	100.0
Coinflip Tribal	8–0	100.0
Ramp	237–203	53.9
Villainous Wealth	22–9	71.0
Rofellos Ramp	34–48	41.5
Wild Pair	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	149–131	53.2
Locus Awakening	1–0	100.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	12–13	48.0
Greenpost	121–112	51.9
Simic Post	7–4	63.6
Domain	7–4	63.6
Summer Bloom Ramp	8–3	72.7
Historic Bloom	2–0	100.0
Defenders	1–0	100.0
Applejacks	2–3	40.0