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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.

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The Season Kick Off is on May 4th with free entry and over 100 tix in prizes to 32nd place!

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Aggro-Combo	221	482–450	51.7	7	96
Aristocrats	3	1–5	16.7
Orzhov Aristocrats	1	0–1	0.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1	1–2	33.3
Abzan Aristocrats	1	0–2	0.0
Burn	63	140–129	52.0	2	33
Infect	21	40–42	48.8	1	6
Simic Infect	2	1–4	20.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	19	39–38	50.6	1	6
Trickbind Dreadnought	9	18–17	51.4	0	3
Mono Blue Dreadnought	7	16–12	57.1	0	3
Izzet Blitzkrieg	23	61–48	56.0	0	10
Hushnought	25	58–45	56.3	3	14
Liquimetal Fishing	7	16–14	53.3	0	2
Combo Goblins	70	148–150	49.7	1	28
Goblin Persist	70	148–150	49.7	1	28

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	136–140	49.3
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	20–29	40.8
Mono White Heroic	19–29	39.6
Red Deck Wins	12–10	54.5
Goblins	1–2	33.3
Mono Green Stompy	0–1	0.0
White Weenie	2–0	100.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Elves	20–20	50.0
Zombies	6–1	85.7
Gruul Aggro	1–1	50.0
Merfolk	6–3	66.7
Artifact Aggro	33–47	41.3
Affinity	31–45	40.8
Hush-finity	3–3	50.0
Tempered Steel	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–2	33.3
Slivers	3–0	100.0
AggroSlide	27–25	51.9
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	2–1	66.7
Combo	65–62	51.2
Storm	3–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	7–7	50.0
Worldgorger Dragon	6–7	46.2
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	6–7	46.2
Hypergenesis	5–6	45.5
Jeskai Ascendancy	14–13	51.9
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	9–6	60.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	5–7	41.7
Combo Post	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Eggs	10–18	35.7
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	3–3	50.0
Dice Factory	2–0	100.0
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	6–3	66.7
Ad Nauseam	4–4	50.0
Ad Swanseam	0–3	0.0
Control	60–45	57.1
Mono Black Control	2–1	66.7
Esper Control	7–8	46.7
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	1–1	50.0
Azorius Control	15–12	55.6
Cawblade	7–9	43.8
Turbo Fog	1–2	33.3
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Control	5–2	71.4
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	2–3	40.0
Cruel Control	2–3	40.0
Stax	4–1	80.0
Chandra Nalaar	3–5	37.5
Jeskai Control	2–0	100.0
Dragon Control	2–2	50.0
Izzet Dragons	1–1	50.0
Ponza	2–1	66.7
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Life is Ez	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	2–3	40.0
Astral Slide	2–3	40.0
Five Color Control	2–0	100.0
Sultai Control	2–0	100.0
Sultai Ultimatum	1–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	5–2	71.4
Aggro-Combo	68–68	50.0
Burn	16–21	43.2
Infect	10–3	76.9
Blazing Shoal Infect	10–3	76.9
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–5	16.7
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–5	16.7
Izzet Blitzkrieg	15–11	57.7
Hushnought	5–10	33.3
Liquimetal Fishing	3–5	37.5
Combo Goblins	18–13	58.1
Goblin Persist	18–13	58.1
Aggro-Control	37–27	57.8
Izzet Tempo	9–5	64.3
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Wizards	8–4	66.7
Mono Blue Tempo	12–12	50.0
Izzet Spells	5–3	62.5
Dimir Tempo	1–2	33.3
Combo-Control	40–41	49.4
Battle of Wits	0–1	0.0
Mindcrank	19–20	48.7
Dragoncrank	2–0	100.0
Hedron Alignment	0–1	0.0
Hive Mind	2–0	100.0
Solar Flare	2–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	7–9	43.8
Mass Land Destruction	10–9	52.6
Wildfire	10–9	52.6
Thryx-Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	9–9	50.0
Midrange	59–54	52.2
Blink	17–15	53.1
Graveyard Value	2–3	40.0
Séance	1–0	100.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–3	25.0
Enchantments Matter	2–0	100.0
Allies	6–8	42.9
Boros Allies	1–0	100.0
Esper Allies	5–8	38.5
Fake-Rack	1–2	33.3
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	4–2	66.7
Mono Black Vampires	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	2–2	50.0
Legends Midrange	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Legends	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	8–6	57.1
Mono Black Midrange	8–8	50.0
Mono Black Devotion	8–5	61.5
Dimir Midrange	1–2	33.3
Angel Tribal	2–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Hero	1–1	50.0
Simic Snow	1–0	100.0
Ramp	17–13	56.7
Villainous Wealth	1–2	33.3
Rofellos Ramp	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Ramp	14–10	58.3
Greenpost	14–10	58.3