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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 2 days, 9 hours.

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Congratulations to chickeninthebrain, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 32)

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
Abzan Wave	66	142–99	58.9	1	3	8

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	27–28	49.1
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Heroic	1–2	33.3
Mono White Heroic	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	3–4	42.9
Goblins	0–1	0.0
Tokens	3–1	75.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	3–0	100.0
White Weenie	3–3	50.0
Elves	1–1	50.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	4–10	28.6
Affinity	1–0	100.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	1–6	14.3
Mono Blue Architect	1–4	20.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Madness	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	2–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	3–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Combo	31–18	63.3
Storm	6–6	50.0
Dimir Tendrils	3–5	37.5
Citadel Storm	2–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	1–1	50.0
Reanimator	7–6	53.8
Worldgorger Dragon	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	6–5	54.5
Rakdos Reanimator	6–4	60.0
Mono Black Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Warp World	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	3–2	60.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	3–2	60.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Upheaval Colossus	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	3–1	75.0
Oops All Spells	3–1	75.0
Polymorph	0–1	0.0
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Chain of Acid	5–1	83.3
GreenTwin	2–0	100.0
Restore Balance	1–0	100.0
Control	29–8	78.4
Esper Control	0–1	0.0
Demonic Rising	2–0	100.0
Dimir Control	3–2	60.0
Azorius Control	2–2	50.0
Cawblade	0–1	0.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–1	50.0
Boros Control	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	5–1	83.3
Blackpost	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	3–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	0–1	0.0
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	2–0	100.0
Life is Ez	2–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Prison	1–0	100.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	5–10	33.3
Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	0–1	0.0
Infect	0–6	0.0
Simic Infect	0–6	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Hushnought	2–1	66.7
Combo Goblins	0–1	0.0
Goblin Persist	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	10–9	52.6
Izzet Tempo	3–2	60.0
Azorius Skies	1–1	50.0
Blue Madness	0–1	0.0
Simic Madness	0–1	0.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–5	16.7
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Azorius Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	4–7	36.4
Curses	0–2	0.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	3–5	37.5
Wildfire	1–3	25.0
Thryx-Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	0–2	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	2–2	50.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	2–2	50.0
Midrange	33–16	67.3
Jund	3–2	60.0
Blink	5–5	50.0
Wave Blink	5–5	50.0
Azorius Wave	2–2	50.0
Abzan Wave	3–3	50.0
Graveyard Value	3–0	100.0
Varolz Dreadnought	2–0	100.0
Allies	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–1	66.7
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	7–3	70.0
Mono Black Devotion	4–1	80.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	4–0	100.0
Simic Snow	1–4	20.0
Artifact Midrange	0–1	0.0
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Ramp	3–3	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	2–2	50.0
Greenpost	1–2	33.3