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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 5 days, 20 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
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

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	342–300	53.3
Mono Black Aggro	4–1	80.0
Heroic	43–56	43.4
Mono White Heroic	40–53	43.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	3–2	60.0
Red Deck Wins	22–11	66.7
Mono Red Devotion	1–0	100.0
Goblins	5–7	41.7
Tokens	3–2	60.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	2–2	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	3–2	60.0
White Weenie	11–4	73.3
Quest for the Holy Relic	7–2	77.8
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Elves	40–51	44.0
Werewolves	1–1	50.0
Warriors	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	4–3	57.1
Rogues	3–3	50.0
Zombies	7–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	10–4	71.4
Gruul Landfall	3–0	100.0
Merfolk	11–5	68.8
Artifact Aggro	121–121	50.0
Affinity	103–111	48.1
Hush-finity	8–2	80.0
Salvage Titan	2–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	9–5	64.3
Mono Blue Architect	7–5	58.3
Mono Blue Aggro	0–1	0.0
Madness	2–2	50.0
Gruul Madness	2–2	50.0
Voltron	2–3	40.0
Hexproof	2–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	0–3	0.0
Slivers	3–1	75.0
Knights	2–2	50.0
AggroSlide	33–12	73.3
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	6–5	54.5
Humans	1–1	50.0
Combo	250–142	63.8
Storm	29–8	78.4
Dimir Tendrils	4–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	5–3	62.5
Simic Storm	1–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	3–1	75.0
Stormpost	1–1	50.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	4–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	4–0	100.0
Swath Storm	1–0	100.0
Song Storm	2–1	66.7
Reanimator	14–9	60.9
Worldgorger Dragon	12–7	63.2
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Dimir Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Oriss Genesis	1–1	50.0
Biovisionary	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	11–13	45.8
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Zubera Tribal	1–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	3–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	16–13	55.2
New Perspectives	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	24–25	49.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	20–21	48.8
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	4–4	50.0
"Twin"	1–0	100.0
Jeskai "Twin"	1–0	100.0
Combo Post	1–4	20.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–1	50.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Eggs	27–30	47.4
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–1	50.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	4–0	100.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	2–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	7–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Combo	6–1	85.7
Soulflayer	7–3	70.0
Oops All Lands	7–0	100.0
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Dice Factory	17–7	70.8
Storm Herald	3–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	13–10	56.5
Ad Nauseam	31–13	70.5
Ad Swanseam	5–3	62.5
Control	188–116	61.8
Mono Black Control	2–0	100.0
Esper Control	21–13	61.8
Demonic Rising	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	1–1	50.0
Dimir Control	1–2	33.3
Azorius Control	46–42	52.3
Cawblade	15–23	39.5
Turbo Fog	4–3	57.1
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Control	4–2	66.7
Mill	3–0	100.0
Boros Control	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Control	19–6	76.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	11–5	68.8
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	7–1	87.5
Grixis Control	11–7	61.1
Cruel Control	10–6	62.5
Stax	19–9	67.9
Pollute the Planet	1–0	100.0
Chandra Nalaar	3–1	75.0
Jeskai Control	1–1	50.0
Dragon Control	4–1	80.0
Izzet Dragons	1–1	50.0
Ponza	8–4	66.7
Mono White Control	5–10	33.3
Life is Ez	3–7	30.0
Cycling Control	5–2	71.4
Astral Slide	5–2	71.4
Five Color Control	6–0	100.0
Shrines	2–0	100.0
Sultai Control	7–2	77.8
Sultai Ultimatum	5–2	71.4
Pox	2–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	7–5	58.3
Prison	3–3	50.0
Enchantress	3–3	50.0
Aggro-Combo	121–97	55.5
Aristocrats	11–5	68.8
Mono Black Aristocrats	4–2	66.7
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	3–2	60.0
Abzan Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Burn	18–15	54.5
Infect	15–13	53.6
Simic Infect	2–1	66.7
Blazing Shoal Infect	12–12	50.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	10–8	55.6
Izzet Dreadnought	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	6–5	54.5
Izzet Blitzkrieg	14–19	42.4
Hushnought	15–5	75.0
Liquimetal Fishing	1–1	50.0
Combo Goblins	37–31	54.4
Goblin Persist	37–31	54.4
Aggro-Control	91–69	56.9
Izzet Tempo	33–20	62.3
Azorius Skies	1–2	33.3
Blue Madness	5–5	50.0
Simic Madness	5–5	50.0
Wizards	16–3	84.2
Ninjas	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Tempo	17–22	43.6
Mono Blue Faeries	3–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	4–1	80.0
Dimir Tempo	4–8	33.3
Azorius Tempo	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	112–90	55.4
Curses	2–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	3–2	60.0
Shared Fate	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	46–30	60.5
Dragoncrank	4–5	44.4
Hedron Alignment	2–0	100.0
Lich's Mastery	8–1	88.9
Hive Mind	6–3	66.7
Zur's Weirding	0–1	0.0
Solar Flare	1–2	33.3
Plasma Swans	20–24	45.5
Mass Land Destruction	22–27	44.9
Wildfire	22–27	44.9
Thryx-Wildfire	3–3	50.0
Borderpost Wildfire	19–23	45.2
Midrange	205–142	59.1
The Rock	5–0	100.0
Golgari Citadel	3–0	100.0
Grenzo	2–1	66.7
Abzan Midrange	6–1	85.7
Selesnya Midrange	2–0	100.0
Jund	3–1	75.0
Blink	40–49	44.9
Graveyard Value	10–11	47.6
Séance	2–5	28.6
Varolz Dreadnought	5–6	45.5
Enchantments Matter	2–1	66.7
Allies	16–7	69.6
Orzhov Allies	0–2	0.0
Mardu Allies	1–1	50.0
Boros Allies	1–2	33.3
Mono White Allies	0–1	0.0
Esper Allies	10–1	90.9
BRGW Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	6–0	100.0
Vampires	7–4	63.6
Mono Black Vampires	4–1	80.0
Rakdos Vampires	3–3	50.0
Legends Midrange	3–5	37.5
Orzhov Legends	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Legends	2–5	28.6
Rakdos Midrange	20–8	71.4
Big Red	4–6	40.0
Mono Black Midrange	16–9	64.0
Mono Black Devotion	13–8	61.9
Dimir Midrange	9–9	50.0
Angel Tribal	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	2–1	66.7
Lifegain Midrange	2–9	18.2
Sultai Midrange	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	4–4	50.0
Owling Mine	3–0	100.0
Jeskai Midrange	4–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	2–1	66.7
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–1	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	10–7	58.8
Abzan Hero	1–0	100.0
Mardu Hero	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Hero	2–1	66.7
Five Color Hero	2–2	50.0
Clerics	2–2	50.0
Simic Snow	1–0	100.0
Ramp	57–41	58.2
Villainous Wealth	8–1	88.9
Rofellos Ramp	11–11	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	33–27	55.0
Locus Awakening	1–0	100.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	3–4	42.9
Greenpost	26–22	54.2
Simic Post	1–1	50.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	3–1	75.0
Historic Bloom	1–0	100.0