Azorius Wave

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?

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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 1 week.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	1838	3264–3189–1	50.6	15	132	89
Blink	264	612–412	59.8	10	46	18
Wave Blink	262	609–408	59.9	10	46	18
Azorius Wave	135	341–224	60.4	9	42	3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	120–52	69.8
Mono Black Aggro	2–0	100.0
Heroic	5–1	83.3
Mono White Heroic	4–1	80.0
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	20–11	64.5
Goblins	3–2	60.0
Tokens	4–2	66.7
Selesnya Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono White Tokens	3–1	75.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–1	50.0
White Weenie	15–3	83.3
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Elves	7–2	77.8
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Zombies	10–3	76.9
Gruul Aggro	7–3	70.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	22–7	75.9
Salvage Titan	1–2	33.3
Tempered Steel	20–5	80.0
Madness	13–11	54.2
Rakdos Madness	12–10	54.5
Voltron	2–2	50.0
Hexproof	2–2	50.0
AggroSlide	4–1	80.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Combo	61–61	50.0
Storm	8–22	26.7
Dimir Tendrils	2–10	16.7
Dragonstorm	4–9	30.8
Simic Storm	1–1	50.0
Izzet Storm	1–2	33.3
Reanimator	21–14	60.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–1	50.0
Double Dragon	1–0	100.0
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	20–12	62.5
Rakdos Reanimator	12–4	75.0
Mono Black Reanimator	7–8	46.7
Warp World	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	5–12	29.4
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	5–12	29.4
Metalwork Colossus	2–2	50.0
Anvil Colossus	0–1	0.0
Upheaval Colossus	2–1	66.7
Taking Turns	4–2	66.7
Izzet Ascension	3–0	100.0
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Dredge	6–0	100.0
Chain of Acid	4–5	44.4
Tibalt's Trickery	1–1	50.0
Calibrated Blast	0–1	0.0
Restore Balance	1–0	100.0
Control	35–20	63.6
Mono Black Control	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	3–2	60.0
Azorius Control	7–5	58.3
Cawblade	1–0	100.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	3–7	30.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	3–7	30.0
Grixis Control	3–1	75.0
Stax	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	0–1	0.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Ponza	1–2	33.3
Mono White Control	2–0	100.0
Life is Ez	2–0	100.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	2–1	66.7
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	3–0	100.0
Prison	1–0	100.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	18–16	52.9
Aristocrats	2–3	40.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Boros Bombardment	1–0	100.0
Burn	2–1	66.7
Infect	6–8	42.9
Simic Infect	4–7	36.4
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–1	50.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Hushnought	2–0	100.0
Liquimetal Fishing	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	3–3	50.0
Goblin Persist	3–0	100.0
Dirty Kitty	0–3	0.0
Aggro-Control	16–21	43.2
Simic Flash	1–5	16.7
Izzet Tempo	6–5	54.5
Azorius Skies	0–2	0.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	3–5	37.5
Dimir Tempo	5–3	62.5
Sultai Tempo	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	9–13	40.9
Curses	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	2–1	66.7
Zur's Weirding	2–1	66.7
Solar Flare	1–1	50.0
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–10	16.7
Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	2–9	18.2
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	2–8	20.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Midrange	75–40	65.2
The Rock	3–1	75.0
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	3–2	60.0
Blink	8–8	50.0
Wave Blink	8–8	50.0
Azorius Wave	4–4	50.0
Abzan Wave	2–2	50.0
Bant Wave	1–1	50.0
Graveyard Value	4–2	66.7
Varolz Dreadnought	4–2	66.7
Allies	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Allies	0–1	0.0
Boros Allies	1–0	100.0
Esper Allies	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	4–2	66.7
Mardu Midrange	2–1	66.7
Vampires	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–4	20.0
Mono Black Midrange	16–6	72.7
Mono Black Devotion	10–6	62.5
Dimir Midrange	5–1	83.3
Angel Tribal	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	1–0	100.0
Clerics	0–1	0.0
Simic Snow	11–7	61.1
Artifact Midrange	1–1	50.0
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Ramp	7–1	87.5
Cloudpost Ramp	3–1	75.0
Greenpost	2–1	66.7
Defenders	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	2–0	100.0
Jund Carth	2–0	100.0
Applejacks	1–0	100.0