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How do I get started with Magic Online?

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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.

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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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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, 8 hours.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	2396	4607–4082–1	53.0	40	246	107
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

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	231–130	64.0
Mono Black Aggro	2–1	66.7
Heroic	35–35	50.0
Mono White Heroic	33–33	50.0
Azorius Heroic	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–1	66.7
Red Deck Wins	12–10	54.5
Goblins	4–1	80.0
Tokens	3–1	75.0
Mono White Tokens	3–1	75.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–0	100.0
White Weenie	9–11	45.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	5–11	31.3
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Elves	45–4	91.8
Werewolves	4–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	2–0	100.0
Rogues	3–0	100.0
Zombies	5–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	5–7	41.7
Gruul Landfall	2–3	40.0
Merfolk	3–3	50.0
Artifact Aggro	56–43	56.6
Affinity	50–43	53.8
Hush-finity	1–1	50.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Architect	4–0	100.0
Madness	2–2	50.0
Gruul Madness	2–2	50.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Slivers	3–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	1–2	33.3
Knights	1–1	50.0
AggroSlide	22–4	84.6
Cats	3–2	60.0
Selesnya Cats	3–2	60.0
Rakdos Aggro	4–1	80.0
Humans	1–0	100.0
Combo	133–105	55.9
Storm	21–5	80.8
Sultai Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tendrils	2–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	3–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	6–2	75.0
Izzet Storm	1–3	25.0
Swath Storm	1–1	50.0
Song Storm	2–0	100.0
Reanimator	13–10	56.5
Worldgorger Dragon	10–6	62.5
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	1–2	33.3
Traditional Reanimator	2–2	50.0
Grixis Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	7–13	35.0
Maniac Combo	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	6–8	42.9
Jeskai Ascendancy	8–22	26.7
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	8–20	28.6
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	2–0	100.0
Eggs	25–23	52.1
Heartless Summoning Combo	0–3	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	2–1	66.7
Izzet Ascension	2–1	66.7
Jokulhaups Combo	4–0	100.0
Soulflayer	2–2	50.0
Dredge	5–1	83.3
Polymorph	2–1	66.7
Dice Factory	8–2	80.0
Storm Herald	5–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	4–3	57.1
Ad Nauseam	8–8	50.0
Ad Swanseam	2–3	40.0
Control	81–100	44.8
Mono Black Control	4–1	80.0
Esper Control	9–10	47.4
Dimir Control	2–2	50.0
Azorius Control	8–40	16.7
Cawblade	3–24	11.1
Turbo Fog	2–4	33.3
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	4–0	100.0
Boros Control	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Control	12–9	57.1
Azorius Cloudpost Control	4–5	44.4
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	5–3	62.5
Dimir Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	5–3	62.5
Cruel Control	5–1	83.3
Stax	10–4	71.4
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	1–1	50.0
Dragon Control	0–1	0.0
Ponza	5–1	83.3
Mono White Control	4–14	22.2
Life is Ez	3–9	25.0
Dynavolt Tower	1–2	33.3
Cycling Control	2–2	50.0
Astral Slide	2–2	50.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	4–2	66.7
Sultai Ultimatum	4–1	80.0
Bant Control	2–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–3	0.0
Aggro-Combo	88–62	58.7
Aristocrats	6–4	60.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Golgari Aristocrats	3–2	60.0
Abzan Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Burn	21–12	63.6
Infect	10–8	55.6
Simic Infect	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	9–8	52.9
Trickbind Dreadnought	3–4	42.9
Izzet Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	2–3	40.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	11–8	57.9
Hushnought	9–12	42.9
Liquimetal Fishing	3–5	37.5
Combo Goblins	25–9	73.5
Goblin Persist	25–9	73.5
Aggro-Control	63–38	62.4
Izzet Tempo	21–15	58.3
Azorius Skies	3–1	75.0
Blue Madness	3–0	100.0
Simic Madness	2–0	100.0
Temur Madness	1–0	100.0
Wizards	5–4	55.6
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	12–12	50.0
Mono Blue Faeries	1–2	33.3
Izzet Spells	4–1	80.0
Dimir Tempo	8–4	66.7
Dimir Faeries	2–0	100.0
Combo-Control	51–52	49.5
Curses	2–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	13–14	48.1
Dragoncrank	2–0	100.0
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Lich's Mastery	3–4	42.9
Zur's Weirding	1–1	50.0
Solar Flare	2–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	12–20	37.5
Mass Land Destruction	15–13	53.6
Wildfire	15–13	53.6
Borderpost Wildfire	15–13	53.6
Midrange	123–94–1	56.7
The Rock	4–2	66.7
Golgari Citadel	1–1	50.0
Grenzo	3–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Blink	21–32	39.6
Graveyard Value	7–4	63.6
Séance	2–1	66.7
Varolz Dreadnought	5–3	62.5
Enchantments Matter	2–1	66.7
Constellation	1–0	100.0
Allies	12–4	75.0
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
Mardu Allies	3–0	100.0
Boros Allies	2–0	100.0
Esper Allies	4–2	66.7
BRGW Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	2–0	100.0
Vampires	6–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	3–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	3–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	3–5	37.5
Orzhov Legends	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Legends	2–3	40.0
Rakdos Midrange	7–7	50.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	3–1	75.0
Mono Black Midrange	10–10	50.0
Mono Black Devotion	9–8	52.9
Dimir Midrange	8–2	80.0
Angel Tribal	1–1	50.0
Lifegain Midrange	4–3	57.1
Sultai Midrange	3–1	75.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	1–0	100.0
Mythic Colossification	1–0	100.0
Party	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	3–9–1	25.0
Abzan Hero	1–2	33.3
Esper Hero	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Hero	0–1	0.0
Five Color Hero	1–2	33.3
Clerics	1–4	20.0
Coinflip Tribal	2–0	100.0
Ramp	52–28	65.0
Villainous Wealth	6–1	85.7
Rofellos Ramp	8–7	53.3
Wild Pair	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	34–18	65.4
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	31–15	67.4
Simic Post	1–2	33.3
Domain	0–1	0.0
Defenders	1–0	100.0
Applejacks	1–0	100.0