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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 14 weeks, 6 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	1922	3535–3276–2	51.9	16	148	97
Heroic	149	296–244	54.8	1	11	13
Mono White Heroic	112	252–172	59.4	1	10	13
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	11	12–13	48.0
Boros Heroic	18	25–39	39.1	0	1
Selesnya Heroic	8	7–20	25.9

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	81–52	60.9
Mono Black Aggro	2–1	66.7
Heroic	14–14	50.0
Mono White Heroic	10–13	43.5
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Heroic	2–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	13–3	81.3
Goblins	2–0	100.0
Tokens	3–5	37.5
Selesnya Tokens	2–1	66.7
Mono White Tokens	1–3	25.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–1	66.7
White Weenie	2–2	50.0
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Elves	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Counters	1–0	100.0
Zombies	5–5	50.0
Gruul Aggro	4–1	80.0
Artifact Aggro	15–12	55.6
Salvage Titan	6–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	8–9	47.1
Mono Blue Architect	1–3	25.0
Madness	9–4	69.2
Gruul Madness	2–1	66.7
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	5–2	71.4
Voltron	3–0	100.0
Hexproof	3–0	100.0
Knights	1–1	50.0
AggroSlide	2–0	100.0
Cats	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Cats	1–1	50.0
Combo	61–48	56.0
Storm	19–7	73.1
Dimir Tendrils	10–3	76.9
Dragonstorm	3–2	60.0
Simic Storm	1–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	3–2	60.0
Reanimator	12–10	54.5
Traditional Reanimator	12–10	54.5
Rakdos Reanimator	7–6	53.8
Dimir Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	5–3	62.5
Oriss Genesis	1–0	100.0
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–7	22.2
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–7	22.2
Metalwork Colossus	0–4	0.0
Anvil Colossus	0–1	0.0
Upheaval Colossus	0–3	0.0
Eggs	2–0	100.0
Taking Turns	0–2	0.0
Izzet Ascension	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Combo	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	4–3	57.1
Oops All Spells	4–3	57.1
Dredge	5–2	71.4
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
Chain of Acid	5–3	62.5
GreenTwin	0–1	0.0
Tibalt's Trickery	3–3	50.0
Intruder Alarm	1–1	50.0
Calibrated Blast	3–0	100.0
Restore Balance	0–1	0.0
Control	32–49	39.5
Esper Control	0–3	0.0
Demonic Rising	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	0–4	0.0
Azorius Control	0–13	0.0
Cawblade	0–1	0.0
Turbo Fog	0–2	0.0
Izzet Control	3–1	75.0
Mill	3–0	100.0
Boros Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	5–2	71.4
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Blackpost	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	3–1	75.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	2–3	40.0
Stax	5–2	71.4
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	0–2	0.0
Dragon Control	1–1	50.0
Ponza	1–1	50.0
Mono White Control	0–4	0.0
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	0–1	0.0
Pox	0–4	0.0
Seasons Past Control	7–3	70.0
Prison	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	18–17	51.4
Aristocrats	3–5	37.5
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–3	25.0
Golgari Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	2–0	100.0
Infect	3–9	25.0
Simic Infect	2–7	22.2
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–1	50.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Hushnought	6–2	75.0
Liquimetal Fishing	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	1–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	24–14	63.2
Simic Flash	0–1	0.0
Izzet Tempo	8–3	72.7
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	6–5	54.5
Mono Blue Faeries	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	5–3	62.5
Azorius Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	17–6	73.9
Curses	2–0	100.0
Burning Vengeance	1–1	50.0
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	1–1	50.0
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Liliana's Contract	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	10–4	71.4
Wildfire	3–2	60.0
Jokulhaups Control	7–2	77.8
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	4–2	66.7
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	2–0	100.0
Midrange	48–58	45.3
The Rock	1–1	50.0
Golgari Citadel	1–0	100.0
Jund	2–4	33.3
Blink	3–10	23.1
Wave Blink	3–10	23.1
Azorius Wave	1–5	16.7
Abzan Wave	2–1	66.7
Bant Wave	0–4	0.0
Graveyard Value	2–2	50.0
Varolz Dreadnought	2–2	50.0
Allies	1–4	20.0
Mardu Allies	0–1	0.0
Treefolk	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	3–1	75.0
Mardu Midrange	1–1	50.0
Vampires	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–0	100.0
Big Red	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Midrange	7–13	35.0
Mono Black Devotion	4–7	36.4
Dimir Midrange	1–3	25.0
Angel Tribal	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–2	0.0
Sultai Midrange	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Midrange	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	2–0	100.0
Simic Snow	8–11	42.1
Artifact Midrange	4–0	100.0
Death Cloud	0–1	0.0
Ramp	15–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	11–0	100.0
Greenpost	8–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	1–0	100.0
Jund Carth	1–0	100.0
Applejacks	1–0	100.0