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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, 5 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Aggro	559	1165–1087–1	51.7	40	246
Mono Black Aggro	2	4–5	44.4	0	2
Heroic	105	216–197–1	52.3	9	46
Mono White Heroic	98	211–182–1	53.7	9	44
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	4	2–9	18.2	0	2
Red Deck Wins	29	61–57	51.7	0	14
Goblins	4	8–8	50.0	0	2
Tokens	1	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Tokens	1	1–2	33.3
Mono Green Stompy	3	5–6	45.5
White Weenie	11	20–22	47.6	0	4
Quest for the Holy Relic	5	10–9	52.6	0	2
Kithkin	1	0–1	0.0
Elves	73	130–147	46.9	3	33
Warriors	1	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1	1–3	25.0	0	1
Zombies	16	15–34	30.6	0	4
Gruul Aggro	3	6–8	42.9	0	2
Merfolk	13	33–30	52.4	1	5
Artifact Aggro	176	475–319	59.8	19	97
Affinity	166	465–304	60.5	19	93
Hush-finity	9	28–18	60.9	1	3
Tempered Steel	7	3–8	27.3	0	2
Mono Blue Architect	3	7–7	50.0	0	2
Voltron	2	1–6	14.3
Hexproof	2	1–6	14.3
Slivers	6	5–18	21.7	0	1
Naya Zoo	1	0–2	0.0
Knights	2	0–3	0.0
AggroSlide	100	170–196	46.4	8	29
Cats	2	2–5	28.6
Selesnya Cats	2	2–5	28.6
Rakdos Aggro	4	5–10	33.3	0	2
Shamans	1	1–2	33.3	0	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	362–362	50.0
Mono Black Aggro	1–2	33.3
Heroic	59–82	41.8
Mono White Heroic	55–80	40.7
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	3–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	16–14	53.3
Goblins	2–3	40.0
Tokens	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–2	50.0
White Weenie	5–8	38.5
Quest for the Holy Relic	3–5	37.5
Elves	62–37	62.6
Warriors	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–1	50.0
Zombies	11–5	68.8
Gruul Aggro	1–1	50.0
Merfolk	13–11	54.2
Artifact Aggro	111–157	41.4
Affinity	104–156	40.0
Hush-finity	5–8	38.5
Tempered Steel	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Architect	4–1	80.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Slivers	3–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	67–33	67.0
Cats	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Cats	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Aggro	2–1	66.7
Shamans	0–1	0.0
Combo	163–160	50.5
Storm	12–4	75.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	5–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	4–2	66.7
Swath Storm	1–2	33.3
Reanimator	8–8	50.0
Worldgorger Dragon	8–7	53.3
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	15–21	41.7
Hypergenesis	10–12	45.5
Jeskai Ascendancy	21–32	39.6
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	14–22	38.9
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	7–10	41.2
"Twin"	1–0	100.0
Jeskai "Twin"	1–0	100.0
Combo Post	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–1	50.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Eggs	43–53	44.8
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	2–1	66.7
Soulflayer	8–5	61.5
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Dice Factory	5–2	71.4
Storm Herald	5–1	83.3
Enduring Ideal	14–5	73.7
Ad Nauseam	13–13	50.0
Ad Swanseam	5–6	45.5
Control	137–117	53.9
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	24–16	60.0
Azorius Control	38–57	40.0
Cawblade	21–51	29.2
Turbo Fog	2–0	100.0
Izzet Control	2–2	50.0
Mardu Control	3–1	75.0
Boros Control	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	4–5	44.4
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	3–3	50.0
Grixis Control	12–6	66.7
Cruel Control	10–4	71.4
Stax	3–2	60.0
Chandra Nalaar	6–3	66.7
Jeskai Control	4–3	57.1
Dragon Control	5–3	62.5
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Ponza	10–2	83.3
Mono White Control	3–3	50.0
Life is Ez	2–2	50.0
Dynavolt Tower	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	5–7	41.7
Astral Slide	5–7	41.7
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	4–1	80.0
Sultai Ultimatum	4–1	80.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	7–6	53.8
Aggro-Combo	140–136	50.7
Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Golgari Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	37–47	44.0
Infect	10–16	38.5
Simic Infect	2–1	66.7
Blazing Shoal Infect	8–15	34.8
Trickbind Dreadnought	3–4	42.9
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–4	20.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	12–11	52.2
Hushnought	14–9	60.9
Liquimetal Fishing	6–4	60.0
Combo Goblins	58–44	56.9
Goblin Persist	58–44	56.9
Aggro-Control	78–56	58.2
Izzet Tempo	20–14	58.8
Wizards	16–12	57.1
Ninjas	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	22–24	47.8
Mono Blue Faeries	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	6–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	8–2	80.0
Combo-Control	104–99	51.2
Curses	1–1	50.0
Battle of Wits	1–1	50.0
Mindcrank	39–28	58.2
Dragoncrank	1–2	33.3
Hedron Alignment	4–0	100.0
Lich's Mastery	3–1	75.0
Hive Mind	2–0	100.0
Solar Flare	2–3	40.0
Plasma Swans	26–43	37.7
Mass Land Destruction	26–22	54.2
Wildfire	26–22	54.2
Thryx-Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Borderpost Wildfire	25–21	54.3
Midrange	144–124–1	53.7
The Rock	2–2	50.0
Golgari Citadel	1–2	33.3
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Blink	27–44	38.0
Graveyard Value	4–5	44.4
Séance	0–1	0.0
Varolz Dreadnought	4–4	50.0
Enchantments Matter	0–1	0.0
Allies	22–23	48.9
Mardu Allies	1–0	100.0
Boros Allies	4–6	40.0
Esper Allies	17–17	50.0
Fake-Rack	2–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–2	33.3
Vampires	7–5	58.3
Mono Black Vampires	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Vampires	6–4	60.0
Legends Midrange	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Legends	2–2	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	14–4	77.8
Mono Black Midrange	24–13	64.9
Mono Black Devotion	20–9	69.0
Dimir Midrange	11–2	84.6
Angel Tribal	4–2	66.7
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	6–2	75.0
Jeskai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–2–1	33.3
Orzhov Hero	1–2	33.3
Clerics	1–3	25.0
Ramp	37–33	52.9
Villainous Wealth	4–0	100.0
Rofellos Ramp	7–8	46.7
Cloudpost Ramp	23–24	48.9
Greenpost	21–24	46.7