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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, 1 day.

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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	5–0s
Combo	800	1189–1343	47.0	11	69	23
Storm	75	80–134	37.4			1
Dimir Tendrils	1	0–3	0.0
Hazoret Storm	13	5–33	13.2
Simic Storm	1	0–2	0.0
Grixis Tendrils	7	3–10	23.1
Stormpost	2	4–6	40.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	6	3–6	33.3
Izzet Storm	24	41–36	53.2			1
Swath Storm	1	1–1	50.0
Song Storm	9	19–17	52.8
Reanimator	2	2–3	40.0
Traditional Reanimator	2	2–3	40.0
Rakdos Reanimator	1	2–2	50.0
Oriss Genesis	8	13–12	52.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	38	64–54	54.2	0	3	2
Dubious Challenge	10	10–27	27.0	0	1
Warp World	24	19–57	25.0
Maniac Combo	10	14–22	38.9
Hypergenesis	5	6–7	46.2	0	1
Runeflare	6	4–9	30.8
Splendid Reclamation Combo	1	0–3	0.0
"Twin"	2	0–3	0.0
Naya "Twin"	1	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	6	5–10	33.3	0	1
Anvil Colossus	3	2–6	25.0	0	1
Upheaval Colossus	2	3–3	50.0
Seismic Swans	3	7–5	58.3
Eggs	16	11–34	24.4	0	1
Heartless Summoning Combo	3	0–5	0.0
Retraction Helix Combo	1	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	10	12–21	36.4
Quest for Ula's Temple	2	0–1	0.0
Izzet Ascension	142	223–222	50.1	0	5	9
Ominous Good	10	10–24	29.4	0	1
Jokulhaups Combo	3	3–5	37.5
Soulflayer	57	106–86	55.2	0	2	1
Breakfast	181	383–263	59.3	10	46	9
Oops All Spells	181	383–263	59.3	10	46	9
Oops All Lands	9	8–18	30.8
Dredge	47	50–74	40.3	0	1
Polymorph	16	26–28	48.1			1
Protean Hulk Combo	1	0–1	0.0
Dice Factory	15	17–34	33.3
Storm Herald	18	31–24	56.4	0	2
Enduring Ideal	16	19–37	33.9	0	1
GreenTwin	9	9–16	36.0	0	3
Calibrated Blast	23	32–43	42.7
Restore Balance	9	15–19	44.1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	253–253	50.0
Mono Black Aggro	6–9	40.0
Heroic	20–25	44.4
Mono White Heroic	4–9	30.8
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	14–16	46.7
Boros Heroic	2–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	51–45	53.1
Proliferate Red	1–0	100.0
Goblins	10–14	41.7
Tokens	11–8	57.9
Selesnya Tokens	7–7	50.0
Mono White Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	29–33	46.8
White Weenie	10–10	50.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–2	33.3
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Elves	12–7	63.2
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Rogues	0–1	0.0
Gruul Aggro	1–4	20.0
Gruul Landfall	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	3–1	75.0
Mono Red Swarm	2–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	54–59	47.8
Affinity	42–47	47.2
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	3–3	50.0
Mono Blue Architect	7–9	43.8
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Madness	9–7	56.3
Gruul Madness	1–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	2–2	50.0
Rakdos Madness	4–5	44.4
Jund Madness	2–0	100.0
Voltron	5–8	38.5
Hexproof	5–7	41.7
Hateful Auras	0–1	0.0
Naya Zoo	2–1	66.7
Knights	6–11	35.3
AggroSlide	9–6	60.0
Boros Aggro	2–1	66.7
Humans	4–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	4–0	100.0
Shamans	4–3	57.1
Combo	165–165	50.0
Storm	15–14	51.7
Hazoret Storm	2–0	100.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Stormpost	2–1	66.7
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	0–2	0.0
Izzet Storm	5–7	41.7
Swath Storm	0–1	0.0
Song Storm	5–2	71.4
Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Oriss Genesis	1–1	50.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	9–8	52.9
Dubious Challenge	5–2	71.4
Warp World	8–3	72.7
Maniac Combo	1–2	33.3
Hypergenesis	0–1	0.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–1	0.0
Upheaval Colossus	0–1	0.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Eggs	8–1	88.9
Taking Turns	2–4	33.3
Izzet Ascension	28–24	53.8
Ominous Good	2–1	66.7
Jokulhaups Combo	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	16–18	47.1
Breakfast	26–55	32.1
Oops All Spells	26–55	32.1
Oops All Lands	2–1	66.7
Dredge	10–9	52.6
Polymorph	5–2	71.4
Dice Factory	3–3	50.0
Storm Herald	2–4	33.3
Enduring Ideal	7–2	77.8
GreenTwin	1–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	5–5	50.0
Restore Balance	1–2	33.3
Control	182–147	55.3
Esper Control	9–9	50.0
Demonic Rising	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	13–11	54.2
Azorius Control	42–48	46.7
Cawblade	12–10	54.5
Turbo Fog	10–8	55.6
Izzet Control	7–4	63.6
Mardu Control	2–2	50.0
Mill	7–1	87.5
Boros Control	1–2	33.3
Cloudpost Control	18–7	72.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Blackpost	5–2	71.4
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	8–3	72.7
Grixis Control	12–9	57.1
Cruel Control	4–2	66.7
Chandra Nalaar	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Control	2–1	66.7
Dragon Control	2–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	2–0	100.0
Ponza	9–14	39.1
Mono White Control	10–4	71.4
Life is Ez	6–2	75.0
Cycling Control	13–2	86.7
Astral Slide	13–2	86.7
Sultai Control	2–0	100.0
Sultai Ultimatum	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	1–3	25.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	8–15	34.8
Orzhov Control	3–1	75.0
Prison	3–2	60.0
Enchantress	3–2	60.0
Aggro-Combo	163–239	40.5
Aristocrats	39–34	53.4
Mono Black Aristocrats	11–14	44.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	8–8	50.0
Golgari Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Abzan Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Food	15–9	62.5
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Boros Bombardment	0–2	0.0
Burn	20–22	47.6
Infect	18–30	37.5
Simic Infect	9–18	33.3
Blazing Shoal Infect	9–12	42.9
Trickbind Dreadnought	3–6	33.3
Izzet Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	2–5	28.6
Izzet Blitzkrieg	9–7	56.3
Hushnought	31–75	29.2
Liquimetal Fishing	4–12	25.0
Combo Goblins	34–49	41.0
Goblin Persist	34–49	41.0
Aggro-Control	81–95	46.0
Simic Flash	1–1	50.0
Izzet Tempo	26–27	49.1
Azorius Skies	5–5	50.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Grixis Madness	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–1	50.0
Wizards	5–3	62.5
Ninjas	1–3	25.0
Mono Blue Tempo	9–5	64.3
Izzet Spells	1–1	50.0
Dimir Tempo	15–24	38.5
Ensoul Aggro-Control	9–17	34.6
Combo-Control	124–181	40.7
Curses	5–4	55.6
Burning Vengeance	0–1	0.0
Battle of Wits	2–5	28.6
Pickles	1–2	33.3
Mindcrank	16–42	27.6
Yosei Vat	3–3	50.0
Lich's Mastery	3–3	50.0
Hive Mind	8–3	72.7
Zur's Weirding	0–1	0.0
Plasma Swans	1–6	14.3
Mass Land Destruction	84–111	43.1
Wildfire	17–15	53.1
Thryx-Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	3–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	67–96	41.1
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	48–63	43.2
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	3–1	75.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	4–4	50.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	3–4	42.9
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	6–17	26.1
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	2–3	40.0
Resurgent Belief	1–0	100.0
Midrange	145–181	44.5
Temur Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
The Rock	6–6	50.0
Golgari Citadel	0–3	0.0
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	6–3	66.7
Blink	27–31	46.6
Graveyard Value	7–15	31.8
Séance	2–5	28.6
Varolz Dreadnought	2–10	16.7
Enchantments Matter	1–5	16.7
Allies	6–4	60.0
Orzhov Allies	1–1	50.0
Boros Allies	5–3	62.5
Mardu Midrange	5–0	100.0
Vampires	3–8	27.3
Mono Black Vampires	3–1	75.0
Rakdos Vampires	0–3	0.0
Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Legends	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	9–8	52.9
Naya Midrange	2–2	50.0
Big Red	5–4	55.6
Mono Black Midrange	4–4	50.0
Mono Black Devotion	4–3	57.1
Dimir Midrange	6–6	50.0
Dimir Vat	1–1	50.0
Toughness Matters	1–3	25.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–2	50.0
Martyr's Grace	2–2	50.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	5–11	31.3
Jeskai Midrange	1–5	16.7
Mythic Colossification	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	6–7	46.2
Hero of Precinct One	10–30	25.0
Mardu Hero	2–2	50.0
Esper Hero	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Hero	8–27	22.9
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Simic Snow	1–0	100.0
Coinflip Tribal	14–5	73.7
Death Cloud	2–2	50.0
Ramp	75–82	47.8
Rofellos Ramp	29–27	51.8
Cloudpost Ramp	35–45	43.8
Greenpost	8–12	40.0
Gruul Post	19–28	40.4
Simic Post	8–5	61.5
Carth Superfriends	5–6	45.5
Applejacks	1–0	100.0
Unclassified	1–0	100.0