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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

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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.

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 13 weeks, 6 days.

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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
Combo-Control	140	306–275	52.7	5	62
Curses	1	1–2	33.3
Battle of Wits	1	2–2	50.0
Mindcrank	46	119–91	56.7	3	24
Dragoncrank	2	3–4	42.9
Hedron Alignment	2	2–5	28.6
Lich's Mastery	3	2–7	22.2
Hive Mind	4	1–7	12.5
Solar Flare	5	8–8	50.0	0	2
Plasma Swans	38	97–75	56.4	2	20
Mass Land Destruction	39	73–76	49.0	0	16
Wildfire	39	73–76	49.0	0	16
Thryx-Wildfire	1	1–3	25.0
Borderpost Wildfire	38	72–73	49.7	0	16

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	99–104	48.8
Heroic	18–15	54.5
Mono White Heroic	16–15	51.6
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	5–6	45.5
Goblins	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–0	100.0
White Weenie	3–0	100.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	2–0	100.0
Kithkin	1–0	100.0
Elves	10–12	45.5
Zombies	4–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	2–0	100.0
Merfolk	5–4	55.6
Artifact Aggro	22–47	31.9
Affinity	22–45	32.8
Hush-finity	4–4	50.0
Tempered Steel	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Architect	0–1	0.0
Slivers	3–2	60.0
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
Knights	2–0	100.0
AggroSlide	17–17	50.0
Cats	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–1	0.0
Shamans	1–0	100.0
Combo	48–34	58.5
Storm	4–2	66.7
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	2–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	1–2	33.3
Reanimator	4–2	66.7
Worldgorger Dragon	4–2	66.7
Necrotic Ooze Combo	6–5	54.5
Hypergenesis	6–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	8–6	57.1
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	5–1	83.3
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	3–5	37.5
Combo Post	0–1	0.0
Eggs	9–9	50.0
Soulflayer	2–2	50.0
Oops All Lands	0–1	0.0
Dice Factory	3–1	75.0
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	3–3	50.0
Ad Nauseam	2–2	50.0
Control	40–23	63.5
Esper Control	9–3	75.0
Azorius Control	9–9	50.0
Cawblade	4–7	36.4
Mardu Control	2–0	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	1–1	50.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	2–3	40.0
Chandra Nalaar	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	3–0	100.0
Ponza	3–1	75.0
Mono White Control	1–1	50.0
Life is Ez	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	1–3	25.0
Astral Slide	1–3	25.0
Sultai Control	2–0	100.0
Sultai Ultimatum	1–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	3–2	60.0
Aggro-Combo	41–40	50.6
Burn	15–13	53.6
Infect	3–4	42.9
Blazing Shoal Infect	3–4	42.9
Trickbind Dreadnought	4–2	66.7
Mono Blue Dreadnought	3–2	60.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	3–7	30.0
Hushnought	2–3	40.0
Liquimetal Fishing	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	13–11	54.2
Goblin Persist	13–11	54.2
Aggro-Control	19–18	51.4
Izzet Tempo	4–4	50.0
Wizards	5–2	71.4
Ninjas	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	5–8	38.5
Mono Blue Faeries	1–1	50.0
Izzet Spells	2–1	66.7
Dimir Tempo	1–2	33.3
Combo-Control	22–22	50.0
Mindcrank	5–10	33.3
Lich's Mastery	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	7–4	63.6
Mass Land Destruction	7–8	46.7
Wildfire	7–8	46.7
Borderpost Wildfire	7–8	46.7
Midrange	28–25	52.8
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Golgari Citadel	1–0	100.0
Blink	7–7	50.0
Graveyard Value	3–1	75.0
Séance	1–0	100.0
Varolz Dreadnought	2–1	66.7
Allies	5–4	55.6
Esper Allies	5–4	55.6
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Vampires	0–2	0.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Legends	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Midrange	3–4	42.9
Mono Black Devotion	2–3	40.0
Dimir Midrange	1–1	50.0
Angel Tribal	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Hero	1–0	100.0
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Ramp	9–9	50.0
Rofellos Ramp	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Ramp	7–5	58.3
Greenpost	7–5	58.3