Hero of Precinct One

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 1 day, 22 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	844	1179–1461	44.7	4	39	25
Hero of Precinct One	98	180–158	53.3	2	10	4
Mardu Hero	8	15–16	48.4
Esper Hero	10	9–18	33.3
Orzhov Hero	70	144–112	56.3	2	10	4
Boros Hero	8	12–10	54.5

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	23–35	39.7
Mono Black Aggro	0–2	0.0
Heroic	4–4	50.0
Mono White Heroic	1–2	33.3
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	3–2	60.0
Red Deck Wins	4–13	23.5
Goblins	1–1	50.0
Tokens	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Tokens	2–2	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–4	33.3
Elves	3–2	60.0
Gruul Aggro	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	0–3	0.0
Affinity	0–3	0.0
Voltron	1–1	50.0
Hexproof	1–1	50.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	1–1	50.0
Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Shamans	2–0	100.0
Combo	30–10	75.0
Storm	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–2	33.3
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	2–0	100.0
"Twin"	1–0	100.0
Naya "Twin"	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	7–5	58.3
Breakfast	12–2	85.7
Oops All Spells	12–2	85.7
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Polymorph	0–1	0.0
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	1–0	100.0
Control	31–19	62.0
Dimir Control	2–0	100.0
Azorius Control	12–10	54.5
Cawblade	8–6	57.1
Turbo Fog	2–0	100.0
Izzet Control	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	4–1	80.0
Blackpost	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Grixis Control	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	0–1	0.0
Izzet Dragons	0–1	0.0
Ponza	3–5	37.5
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	1–1	50.0
Astral Slide	1–1	50.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	27–26	50.9
Aristocrats	7–6	53.8
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Food	3–3	50.0
Boros Bombardment	1–0	100.0
Burn	3–3	50.0
Infect	5–5	50.0
Simic Infect	5–3	62.5
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–2	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Izzet Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Hushnought	8–4	66.7
Liquimetal Fishing	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	1–6	14.3
Goblin Persist	1–6	14.3
Aggro-Control	13–13	50.0
Izzet Tempo	4–3	57.1
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–1	50.0
Dimir Tempo	2–3	40.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	1–6	14.3
Combo-Control	22–22	50.0
Curses	2–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Pickles	2–0	100.0
Mindcrank	6–4	60.0
Zur's Weirding	2–2	50.0
Plasma Swans	2–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	7–16	30.4
Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Jokulhaups Control	6–15	28.6
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	5–11	31.3
Temur Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Midrange	26–26	50.0
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Golgari Citadel	1–0	100.0
Blink	4–6	40.0
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	1–1	50.0
Vampires	3–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	3–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–4	0.0
Big Red	3–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	0–2	0.0
Mono Black Devotion	0–2	0.0
Dimir Midrange	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Energy	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Mythic Colossification	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	0–2	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	5–5	50.0
Orzhov Hero	5–5	50.0
Coinflip Tribal	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	0–1	0.0
Ramp	8–7	53.3
Rofellos Ramp	2–2	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	5–5	50.0
Greenpost	3–2	60.0
Gruul Post	0–2	0.0
Simic Post	0–1	0.0
Carth Superfriends	1–0	100.0