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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
Aggro-Combo	140	325–291	52.8	14	83
Aristocrats	16	22–32	40.7	1	3
Mono Black Aristocrats	6	9–11	45.0	1	1
Orzhov Aristocrats	3	4–7	36.4
Food	5	4–10	28.6	0	1
Rakdos Aristocrats	1	3–2	60.0	0	1
Boros Bombardment	1	2–2	50.0
Burn	9	17–20	45.9	0	5
Infect	24	50–55	47.6	1	14
Simic Infect	17	37–39	48.7	1	9
Blazing Shoal Infect	7	13–16	44.8	0	5
Trickbind Dreadnought	11	29–19	60.4	2	7
Izzet Dreadnought	2	1–6	14.3
Mono Blue Dreadnought	9	28–13	68.3	2	7
Izzet Blitzkrieg	4	8–10	44.4	0	3
Hushnought	50	129–97	57.1	8	35
Liquimetal Fishing	1	0–3	0.0
Combo Goblins	25	70–55	56.0	2	16
Goblin Persist	25	70–55	56.0	2	16

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	69–66	51.1
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Heroic	5–3	62.5
Mono White Heroic	3–1	75.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–2	50.0
Red Deck Wins	20–15	57.1
Goblins	7–10	41.2
Tokens	3–2	60.0
Selesnya Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	15–11	57.7
White Weenie	1–1	50.0
Elves	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	9–10	47.4
Affinity	4–6	40.0
Tempered Steel	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Architect	2–4	33.3
Voltron	2–0	100.0
Hexproof	2–0	100.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	4–12	25.0
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Shamans	1–0	100.0
Combo	46–46	50.0
Storm	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–2	0.0
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Eggs	3–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	7–3	70.0
Soulflayer	1–1	50.0
Breakfast	26–36	41.9
Oops All Spells	26–36	41.9
Oops All Lands	2–0	100.0
Dredge	2–1	66.7
Dice Factory	0–1	0.0
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
GreenTwin	2–1	66.7
Control	47–38	55.3
Esper Control	4–2	66.7
Dimir Control	3–2	60.0
Azorius Control	13–10	56.5
Cawblade	3–4	42.9
Turbo Fog	12–4	75.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–2	50.0
Grixis Control	4–4	50.0
Cruel Control	1–1	50.0
Chandra Nalaar	0–3	0.0
Jeskai Control	0–1	0.0
Dragon Control	0–2	0.0
Izzet Dragons	0–2	0.0
Ponza	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	8–7	53.3
Astral Slide	8–7	53.3
Aggro-Combo	55–55	50.0
Aristocrats	4–3	57.1
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Food	1–1	50.0
Burn	2–3	40.0
Infect	13–9	59.1
Simic Infect	9–5	64.3
Blazing Shoal Infect	4–4	50.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	4–4	50.0
Izzet Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	3–4	42.9
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–2	33.3
Hushnought	17–24	41.5
Liquimetal Fishing	2–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	12–10	54.5
Goblin Persist	12–10	54.5
Aggro-Control	21–17	55.3
Izzet Tempo	3–4	42.9
Azorius Skies	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–1	66.7
Dimir Tempo	3–2	60.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	9–8	52.9
Combo-Control	45–39	53.6
Curses	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	6–8	42.9
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	36–31	53.7
Wildfire	4–1	80.0
Jokulhaups Control	32–30	51.6
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	21–23	47.7
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	2–0	100.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	5–2	71.4
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	3–4	42.9
Midrange	28–18	60.9
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Golgari Citadel	1–0	100.0
Blink	4–1	80.0
Graveyard Value	2–1	66.7
Séance	1–0	100.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Allies	2–1	66.7
Boros Allies	2–1	66.7
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–2	50.0
Big Red	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	7–10	41.2
Esper Hero	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Hero	6–10	37.5
Coinflip Tribal	2–0	100.0
Ramp	14–12	53.8
Rofellos Ramp	1–2	33.3
Cloudpost Ramp	13–10	56.5
Greenpost	4–1	80.0
Gruul Post	8–9	47.1
Simic Post	1–0	100.0