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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, 5 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
Aggro	409	789–853–2	48.1	16	148
Mono Black Aggro	13	28–27	50.9	1	4
Heroic	25	46–48	48.9	1	11
Mono White Heroic	21	43–38	53.1	1	10
Boros Heroic	4	3–10	23.1	0	1
Red Deck Wins	101	178–222	44.5	3	32
Goblins	5	8–11	42.1
Tokens	11	22–27	44.9	0	2
Mono White Tokens	11	22–27	44.9	0	2
Mono Green Stompy	6	9–16	36.0	0	3
White Weenie	26	36–58	38.3	0	7
Quest for the Holy Relic	1	2–2	50.0	0	1
Elves	22	30–44–1	40.5	0	4
Minotaurs	1	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Little Kid	2	3–5	37.5
Rogues	1	1–3	25.0
Zombies	33	80–62	56.3	2	16
Gruul Aggro	15	26–30	46.4	0	8
Gruul Landfall	1	0–2	0.0
Merfolk	1	1–2	33.3
Mono Red Swarm	1	0–2	0.0
Artifact Aggro	67	158–135	53.9	4	35
Salvage Titan	6	11–14	44.0	0	4
Tempered Steel	57	139–115	54.7	4	29
Mono Blue Architect	4	8–6	57.1	0	2
Madness	52	112–102	52.3	4	19
Gruul Madness	4	11–7	61.1	1	2
Rakdos Madness	47	99–93	51.6	3	17
Voltron	12	22–28–1	44.0	0	3
Hexproof	12	22–28–1	44.0	0	3
AggroSlide	9	19–18	51.4	0	3
Cats	1	1–3	25.0
Mono White Cats	1	1–3	25.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	248–248–2	50.0
Mono Black Aggro	12–9	57.1
Heroic	13–17	43.3
Mono White Heroic	10–16	38.5
Boros Heroic	3–1	75.0
Red Deck Wins	66–55	54.5
Goblins	3–1	75.0
Tokens	4–10	28.6
Mono White Tokens	4–10	28.6
Mono Green Stompy	3–5	37.5
White Weenie	18–9	66.7
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–1	50.0
Elves	11–14–1	44.0
Minotaurs	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	2–1	66.7
Rogues	2–0	100.0
Zombies	18–26	40.9
Gruul Aggro	9–9	50.0
Gruul Landfall	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	38–47	44.7
Salvage Titan	6–3	66.7
Tempered Steel	29–43	40.3
Mono Blue Architect	3–1	75.0
Madness	29–35	45.3
Gruul Madness	2–2	50.0
Rakdos Madness	27–32	45.8
Voltron	6–5–1	54.5
Hexproof	6–5–1	54.5
AggroSlide	6–5	54.5
Cats	2–0	100.0
Mono White Cats	2–0	100.0
Combo	146–173	45.8
Storm	55–51	51.9
Dimir Tendrils	22–19	53.7
Dragonstorm	22–24	47.8
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	6–7	46.2
Song Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	41–42	49.4
Traditional Reanimator	41–42	49.4
Rakdos Reanimator	25–22	53.2
Mono Black Reanimator	16–20	44.4
Jeskai Ascendancy	12–32	27.3
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	12–32	27.3
Metalwork Colossus	5–4	55.6
Upheaval Colossus	5–4	55.6
Eggs	1–2	33.3
Taking Turns	1–8	11.1
Izzet Ascension	4–6	40.0
Jokulhaups Combo	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	9–12	42.9
Oops All Spells	9–12	42.9
Oops All Lands	2–0	100.0
Dredge	1–4	20.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	3–0	100.0
Chain of Acid	9–11	45.0
GreenTwin	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	0–1	0.0
Control	104–94	52.5
Mono Black Control	3–3	50.0
Esper Control	12–4	75.0
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	3–0	100.0
Dimir Control	3–5	37.5
Azorius Control	13–22	37.1
Cawblade	0–2	0.0
Turbo Fog	0–1	0.0
Izzet Control	3–0	100.0
Mill	2–2	50.0
Cloudpost Control	13–12	52.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	13–12	52.0
Grixis Control	2–7	22.2
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	8–7	53.3
Chandra Nalaar	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Control	1–4	20.0
Dragon Control	11–9	55.0
Izzet Dragons	10–7	58.8
Mono White Control	1–1	50.0
Life is Ez	1–1	50.0
Five Color Control	3–3	50.0
Sultai Control	1–1	50.0
Pox	2–4	33.3
Four Color Counter Ghazi	4–1	80.0
Seasons Past Control	14–7	66.7
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Prison	2–0	100.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	53–50	51.5
Aristocrats	9–5	64.3
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Boros Bombardment	6–3	66.7
Burn	1–1	50.0
Infect	25–30	45.5
Simic Infect	21–24	46.7
Blazing Shoal Infect	4–6	40.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	6–4	60.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	6–4	60.0
Hushnought	5–0	100.0
Liquimetal Fishing	0–1	0.0
Combo Goblins	6–9	40.0
Goblin Persist	3–4	42.9
Dirty Kitty	3–5	37.5
Aggro-Control	42–18	70.0
Simic Flash	7–1	87.5
Izzet Tempo	16–6	72.7
Ninjas	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	8–7	53.3
Dimir Tempo	8–3	72.7
Dimir Faeries	2–0	100.0
Combo-Control	34–21	61.8
Curses	4–3	57.1
Burning Vengeance	1–1	50.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	4–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	21–17	55.3
Wildfire	3–3	50.0
Jokulhaups Control	18–14	56.3
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	15–13	53.6
Jund Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Midrange	156–245	38.9
The Rock	3–4	42.9
Golgari Citadel	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	1–1	50.0
Jund	17–13	56.7
Blink	28–94	23.0
Wave Blink	28–94	23.0
Esper Wave	1–1	50.0
Azorius Wave	24–89	21.2
Abzan Wave	3–4	42.9
Graveyard Value	7–10	41.2
Varolz Dreadnought	6–10	37.5
Allies	7–10	41.2
Mardu Allies	1–1	50.0
Boros Allies	0–1	0.0
Esper Allies	5–6	45.5
Fake-Rack	9–7	56.3
Mardu Midrange	0–4	0.0
Vampires	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	12–20	37.5
Big Red	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	24–33	42.1
Mono Black Devotion	20–23	46.5
Dimir Midrange	7–6	53.8
Angel Tribal	3–3	50.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Midrange	10–7	58.8
Ordealbreak	0–1	0.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	1–1	50.0
Simic Snow	21–23	47.7
Artifact Midrange	0–2	0.0
Ramp	6–4	60.0
Cloudpost Ramp	2–2	50.0
Greenpost	2–2	50.0
Carth Superfriends	0–1	0.0
Applejacks	2–1	66.7