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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.

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 1 week.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	2396	4607–4082–1	53.0	40	246	107
Red Deck Wins	151	315–240	56.8	0	14	8
Mono Red Devotion	1	0–2	0.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	58–60	49.2
Heroic	10–12	45.5
Mono White Heroic	10–12	45.5
Red Deck Wins	4–4	50.0
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono White Tokens	0–1	0.0
White Weenie	4–4	50.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	4–3	57.1
Elves	9–7	56.3
Werewolves	0–1	0.0
Zombies	2–1	66.7
Gruul Aggro	1–2	33.3
Gruul Landfall	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	5–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	11–22	33.3
Affinity	9–20	31.0
Hush-finity	0–1	0.0
Tempered Steel	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Architect	2–0	100.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Gruul Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Slivers	3–0	100.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	4–5	44.4
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Combo	48–34	58.5
Storm	5–2	71.4
Sultai Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	1–1	50.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	2–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	4–3	57.1
Worldgorger Dragon	3–3	50.0
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	3–4	42.9
Dubious Challenge	0–1	0.0
Maniac Combo	1–1	50.0
Hypergenesis	2–6	25.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	4–6	40.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	4–6	40.0
"Twin"	0–1	0.0
Naya "Twin"	0–1	0.0
Eggs	6–3	66.7
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	0–1	0.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	0–2	0.0
Breakfast	2–0	100.0
Oops All Spells	2–0	100.0
Oops All Lands	2–0	100.0
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Dice Factory	3–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	4–3	57.1
Ad Nauseam	6–1	85.7
Ad Swanseam	1–1	50.0
Control	57–28	67.1
Mono Black Control	1–1	50.0
Esper Control	9–8	52.9
Dimir Control	3–0	100.0
Azorius Control	13–8	61.9
Cawblade	5–7	41.7
Izzet Control	3–0	100.0
Mardu Control	2–0	100.0
Mill	4–0	100.0
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	2–6	25.0
Cruel Control	1–4	20.0
Stax	6–2	75.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	0–1	0.0
Izzet Dragons	0–1	0.0
Ponza	2–0	100.0
Mono White Control	2–2	50.0
Life is Ez	2–1	66.7
Cycling Control	2–0	100.0
Astral Slide	2–0	100.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Ultimatum	1–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–0	100.0
Prison	1–0	100.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	40–28	58.8
Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Burn	5–4	55.6
Infect	3–1	75.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	3–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	4–4	50.0
Izzet Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	3–3	50.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	7–5	58.3
Hushnought	3–0	100.0
Liquimetal Fishing	7–2	77.8
Combo Goblins	9–10	47.4
Goblin Persist	9–10	47.4
Aggro-Control	24–15	61.5
Izzet Tempo	9–7	56.3
Wizards	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Tempo	7–3	70.0
Izzet Spells	2–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	2–2	50.0
Combo-Control	23–16	59.0
Battle of Wits	2–0	100.0
Mindcrank	4–5	44.4
Lich's Mastery	0–2	0.0
Hive Mind	1–1	50.0
Zur's Weirding	0–1	0.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Plasma Swans	3–4	42.9
Mass Land Destruction	12–2	85.7
Wildfire	12–2	85.7
Thryx-Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	10–2	83.3
Midrange	50–42	54.3
The Rock	2–2	50.0
Golgari Citadel	1–2	33.3
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	3–1	75.0
Selesnya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jund	1–1	50.0
Blink	12–11	52.2
Graveyard Value	3–4	42.9
Séance	1–1	50.0
Varolz Dreadnought	0–3	0.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Constellation	1–0	100.0
Allies	0–2	0.0
Esper Allies	0–2	0.0
Treefolk	1–1	50.0
Legends Midrange	3–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Legends	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	5–2	71.4
Big Red	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Midrange	3–5	37.5
Mono Black Devotion	2–5	28.6
Dimir Midrange	4–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–2	0.0
Sultai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–2	33.3
Ordealbreak	0–1	0.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	0–1	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	3–2	60.0
Abzan Hero	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Hero	1–1	50.0
Five Color Hero	1–1	50.0
Clerics	0–1	0.0
Coinflip Tribal	1–0	100.0
Ramp	15–17	46.9
Villainous Wealth	2–0	100.0
Rofellos Ramp	2–4	33.3
Cloudpost Ramp	11–12	47.8
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	1–2	33.3
Greenpost	8–10	44.4
Domain	0–1	0.0