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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.

Current League
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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, 1 day.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	1223	2307–1954	54.1	9	110	52
Red Deck Wins	195	436–290	60.1	3	36	11
Proliferate Red	2	1–3	25.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	82–73	52.9
Mono Black Aggro	5–2	71.4
Heroic	6–8	42.9
Mono White Heroic	0–6	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	5–2	71.4
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	16–16	50.0
Goblins	6–0	100.0
Tokens	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	7–22	24.1
White Weenie	3–1	75.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	2–0	100.0
Elves	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	17–14	54.8
Affinity	15–12	55.6
Tempered Steel	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Architect	0–1	0.0
Madness	3–0	100.0
Gruul Madness	1–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Jund Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	1–2	33.3
Hexproof	1–2	33.3
Knights	5–0	100.0
AggroSlide	4–5	44.4
Boros Aggro	2–1	66.7
Combo	45–51	46.9
Storm	5–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	4–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–4	33.3
Warp World	2–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	18–4	81.8
Ominous Good	2–1	66.7
Soulflayer	1–5	16.7
Breakfast	5–29	14.7
Oops All Spells	5–29	14.7
Dredge	3–2	60.0
Polymorph	1–1	50.0
Dice Factory	2–0	100.0
Storm Herald	1–2	33.3
Enduring Ideal	1–1	50.0
GreenTwin	0–1	0.0
Control	82–26	75.9
Esper Control	8–0	100.0
Demonic Rising	3–0	100.0
Dimir Control	8–2	80.0
Azorius Control	18–11	62.1
Cawblade	6–2	75.0
Turbo Fog	5–2	71.4
Izzet Control	2–0	100.0
Mill	2–0	100.0
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	6–2	75.0
Blackpost	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Grixis Control	4–1	80.0
Chandra Nalaar	3–1	75.0
Dragon Control	1–1	50.0
Izzet Dragons	1–1	50.0
Ponza	6–3	66.7
Mono White Control	3–0	100.0
Life is Ez	3–0	100.0
Cycling Control	5–3	62.5
Astral Slide	4–3	57.1
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	5–0	100.0
Prison	1–0	100.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	53–44	54.6
Aristocrats	10–7	58.8
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–2	60.0
Food	6–3	66.7
Burn	2–1	66.7
Infect	14–2	87.5
Simic Infect	7–2	77.8
Blazing Shoal Infect	7–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–4	0.0
Izzet Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–3	0.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	6–2	75.0
Hushnought	7–15	31.8
Liquimetal Fishing	3–2	60.0
Combo Goblins	11–11	50.0
Goblin Persist	11–11	50.0
Aggro-Control	28–13	68.3
Izzet Tempo	10–1	90.9
Azorius Skies	3–0	100.0
Wizards	0–1	0.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–2	0.0
Dimir Tempo	6–4	60.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	5–5	50.0
Combo-Control	50–28	64.1
Curses	2–0	100.0
Pickles	0–1	0.0
Mindcrank	8–8	50.0
Yosei Vat	1–0	100.0
Lich's Mastery	0–1	0.0
Hive Mind	1–1	50.0
Plasma Swans	2–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	36–17	67.9
Wildfire	4–1	80.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	32–16	66.7
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	25–10	71.4
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–4	20.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	3–2	60.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Midrange	76–39	66.1
The Rock	3–2	60.0
Golgari Citadel	1–1	50.0
Abzan Midrange	2–1	66.7
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	15–7	68.2
Graveyard Value	5–6	45.5
Séance	1–3	25.0
Varolz Dreadnought	3–3	50.0
Enchantments Matter	1–1	50.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	5–2	71.4
Big Red	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	7–3	70.0
Mono Black Devotion	6–3	66.7
Dimir Midrange	1–2	33.3
Lifegain Midrange	1–3	25.0
Martyr's Grace	1–3	25.0
Orzhov Midrange	3–1	75.0
Jeskai Midrange	2–3	40.0
Mythic Colossification	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	13–4	76.5
Esper Hero	6–0	100.0
Orzhov Hero	6–3	66.7
Boros Hero	0–1	0.0
Coinflip Tribal	1–0	100.0
Ramp	20–16	55.6
Rofellos Ramp	8–2	80.0
Cloudpost Ramp	7–12	36.8
Greenpost	2–2	50.0
Gruul Post	5–10	33.3
Carth Superfriends	2–1	66.7