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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?

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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

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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, 2 days.

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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
Aggro	2032	3830–3391	53.0	22	197	110
Mono Black Aggro	35	63–61	50.8	0	2	2
Heroic	285	572–444	56.3	5	33	18
Mono White Heroic	65	126–113	52.7	3	14	2
Azorius Heroic	15	28–28	50.0	0	5
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	200	416–295	58.5	2	14	16
Boros Heroic	4	2–6	25.0
Red Deck Wins	296	635–450	58.5	5	46	24
Mono Red Devotion	1	2–3	40.0
Goblins	34	50–62	44.6	0	1
Tokens	39	63–82	43.4	1	7	1
Selesnya Tokens	6	6–15	28.6
Mono White Tokens	29	55–57	49.1	1	7	1
Mono Green Stompy	30	29–58	33.3			1
White Weenie	192	421–277	60.3	1	14	17
Quest for the Holy Relic	26	44–45	49.4	0	3	1
Soldiers	4	4–10	28.6
Kithkin	5	11–12	47.8
Chroma White	1	2–0	100.0
Elves	245	522–435	54.5	5	30	13
Warriors	1	1–3	25.0
Selesnya Little Kid	16	17–32	34.7			1
Rogues	21	21–28	42.9
Zombies	40	51–81	38.6	0	2
Gruul Aggro	8	4–14	22.2
Gruul Landfall	2	0–4	0.0
Merfolk	46	78–80	49.4	0	1	1
Mono Red Swarm	5	3–15	16.7	0	1
8 Whack	1	1–4	20.0
Artifact Aggro	299	565–482	54.0	1	10	17
Affinity	108	168–178	48.6			7
Boros Vehicles	1	0–1	0.0
Salvage Titan	34	67–64	51.1	0	2	2
Tempered Steel	87	199–131	60.3	0	7	4
Mono Blue Architect	50	87–81	51.8	1	1	2
Mono Blue Aggro	7	12–15	44.4
Illusions	7	12–15	44.4
Madness	42	51–84	37.8
Gruul Madness	2	1–4	20.0
Rakdos Madness	37	47–71	39.8
Voltron	18	33–36	47.8
Hexproof	13	26–23	53.1
Equipment Aggro	5	7–13	35.0
Slivers	35	43–75	36.4	0	2
Naya Zoo	9	15–22	40.5
Knights	52	102–101	50.2	0	4	3
AggroSlide	62	85–84	50.3	0	19	1
Cats	2	2–6	25.0
Selesnya Cats	2	2–6	25.0
Rakdos Aggro	5	3–6	33.3
Boros Aggro	36	73–68	51.8	0	3	2
Humans	141	278–245	53.2	4	22	7
Selesnya Humans	4	4–4	50.0
Bant Humans	47	92–69	57.1	0	3	4
Jeskai Humans	62	134–130	50.8	4	16	2
Boros Humans	12	18–20	47.4	0	1
Shamans	3	5–3	62.5
Brushwaggs	1	2–3	40.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	868–868	50.0
Mono Black Aggro	17–14	54.8
Heroic	103–140	42.4
Mono White Heroic	16–34	32.0
Azorius Heroic	4–11	26.7
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	82–95	46.3
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	111–170	39.5
Mono Red Devotion	0–1	0.0
Goblins	12–7	63.2
Tokens	23–16	59.0
Selesnya Tokens	3–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	13–16	44.8
Mono Green Stompy	12–3	80.0
White Weenie	65–89	42.2
Quest for the Holy Relic	15–6	71.4
Soldiers	5–0	100.0
Kithkin	1–2	33.3
Elves	121–138	46.7
Warriors	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Little Kid	9–2	81.8
Rogues	8–3	72.7
Zombies	23–12	65.7
Gruul Aggro	5–2	71.4
Gruul Landfall	2–0	100.0
Merfolk	18–9	66.7
Mono Red Swarm	3–1	75.0
8 Whack	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	138–106	56.6
Affinity	53–33	61.6
Boros Vehicles	1–0	100.0
Salvage Titan	13–12	52.0
Tempered Steel	40–37	51.9
Mono Blue Architect	24–13	64.9
Mono Blue Aggro	4–3	57.1
Illusions	4–3	57.1
Madness	17–11	60.7
Gruul Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	16–10	61.5
Voltron	6–7	46.2
Hexproof	4–6	40.0
Equipment Aggro	2–1	66.7
Slivers	21–8	72.4
Naya Zoo	6–3	66.7
Knights	27–22	55.1
AggroSlide	27–25	51.9
Cats	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Cats	2–2	50.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–1	0.0
Boros Aggro	14–13	51.9
Humans	64–55	53.8
Selesnya Humans	0–1	0.0
Bant Humans	16–10	61.5
Jeskai Humans	37–37	50.0
Boros Humans	4–3	57.1
Shamans	0–1	0.0
Combo	765–713	51.8
Storm	380–440	46.3
Sultai Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Dimir Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Dragonstorm	10–7	58.8
Hazoret Storm	6–13	31.6
Citadel Storm	6–2	75.0
High Tide	222–218	50.5
Grixis Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	4–1	80.0
Channel Storm	122–193	38.7
Reanimator	118–116	50.4
Recurring Nightmare	94–100	48.5
Dragon Nightmare	67–83	44.7
Worldgorger Dragon	12–9	57.1
Traditional Reanimator	11–7	61.1
Rakdos Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Dimir Reanimator	9–3	75.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–4	20.0
Oriss Genesis	7–2	77.8
Dubious Challenge	3–4	42.9
Warp World	45–23	66.2
Zubera Tribal	0–1	0.0
Maniac Combo	0–2	0.0
Hypergenesis	8–8	50.0
Runeflare	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	5–6	45.5
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–3	40.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	3–3	50.0
"Twin"	3–1	75.0
Metalwork Colossus	9–9	50.0
Anvil Colossus	1–4	20.0
Upheaval Colossus	7–5	58.3
Seismic Swans	3–5	37.5
Eggs	14–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	2–2	50.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	9–5	64.3
Taking Turns	4–0	100.0
Ominous Good	1–1	50.0
Soulflayer	6–3	66.7
Reanim8 Rack	2–2	50.0
Breakfast	34–36	48.6
Hermit Gond	0–2	0.0
Oops All Spells	16–20	44.4
Dredge	4–2	66.7
Polymorph	2–2	50.0
Protean Hulk Combo	5–4	55.6
Dice Factory	21–7	75.0
Storm Herald	2–1	66.7
Enduring Ideal	11–6	64.7
Ad Nauseam	4–1	80.0
Ad Swanseam	1–0	100.0
GreenTwin	10–1	90.9
Intruder Alarm	2–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	2–2	50.0
Restore Balance	27–13	67.5
Stuffy Doll	1–0	100.0
Control	681–592	53.5
Mono Black Control	23–24	48.9
Esper Control	63–89	41.4
Demonic Rising	16–10	61.5
Mono Blue Control	42–50	45.7
Dimir Control	42–22	65.6
Azorius Control	124–172	41.9
Cawblade	2–1	66.7
Turbo Fog	7–3	70.0
Izzet Control	9–5	64.3
Mill	18–4	81.8
Boros Control	2–7	22.2
Cloudpost Control	38–23	62.3
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–3	25.0
Blackpost	4–4	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	33–16	67.3
Grixis Control	28–18	60.9
Cruel Control	6–2	75.0
Stax	27–11	71.1
Jeskai Control	20–19	51.3
Dragon Control	7–1	87.5
Izzet Dragons	6–1	85.7
Ponza	33–14	70.2
Mono White Control	27–53	33.8
Life is Ez	17–33	34.0
Dynavolt Tower	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	8–1	88.9
Astral Slide	6–1	85.7
Five Color Control	11–9	55.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	5–2	71.4
Shrines	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	5–3	62.5
Sultai Ultimatum	3–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	40–10	80.0
Bant Control	3–2	60.0
Pox	44–17	72.1
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–2	0.0
Seasons Past Control	18–10	64.3
Orzhov Control	9–1	90.0
Prison	9–12	42.9
Enchantress	8–12	40.0
Aggro-Combo	218–188	53.7
Aristocrats	69–52	57.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	8–7	53.3
Orzhov Aristocrats	34–25	57.6
Golgari Aristocrats	7–1	87.5
Abzan Aristocrats	3–2	60.0
Mardu Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Food	3–2	60.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	6–3	66.7
Boros Bombardment	2–5	28.6
Burn	46–51	47.4
Infect	35–23	60.3
Simic Infect	4–3	57.1
Blazing Shoal Infect	23–17	57.5
Pummeler	1–0	100.0
Hermit Humans	8–7	53.3
Trickbind Dreadnought	15–14	51.7
Izzet Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	6–4	60.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	10–15	40.0
Combo Goblins	30–22	57.7
Goblin Persist	8–5	61.5
Dirty Kitty	19–16	54.3
Aggro-Control	411–329	55.5
Izzet Tempo	86–109	44.1
Azorius Skies	5–2	71.4
Blue Madness	8–3	72.7
Simic Madness	8–3	72.7
Lich Aggro-Control	3–3	50.0
Ninjas	12–8	60.0
Mono Blue Tempo	134–112	54.5
Mono Blue Faeries	18–11	62.1
Izzet Spells	52–56	48.1
Dimir Tempo	47–14	77.0
Sultai Tempo	3–1	75.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	9–8	52.9
Azorius Tempo	21–6	77.8
Combo-Control	116–79	59.5
Curses	4–4	50.0
Battle of Wits	5–2	71.4
Pickles	3–0	100.0
Hive Mind	10–1	90.9
Zur's Weirding	11–8	57.9
Solar Flare	4–2	66.7
Plasma Swans	1–2	33.3
Mass Land Destruction	74–56	56.9
Wildfire	7–5	58.3
Borderpost Wildfire	5–5	50.0
Jokulhaups Control	67–51	56.8
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	6–1	85.7
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	24–32	42.9
Temur Jokulhaups Control	27–14	65.9
Jund Jokulhaups Control	4–1	80.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	4–3	57.1
Resurgent Belief	2–2	50.0
Midrange	678–573	54.2
The Rock	30–28	51.7
Abzan Midrange	4–1	80.0
Selesnya Midrange	2–0	100.0
Jund	27–13	67.5
Blink	3–2	60.0
Acid Trip	1–0	100.0
Anti-Persecution	6–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	28–32	46.7
Séance	1–1	50.0
Varolz Dreadnought	14–28	33.3
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Allies	7–18	28.0
Mardu Allies	1–1	50.0
Azorius Allies	4–11	26.7
Treefolk	0–2	0.0
Fake-Rack	38–20	65.5
Mardu Midrange	1–1	50.0
Vampires	6–5	54.5
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	4–4	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	42–48	46.7
Big Red	18–19	48.6
Mono Black Midrange	64–61	51.2
Mono Black Devotion	15–18	45.5
Dimir Midrange	8–5	61.5
Angel Tribal	5–4	55.6
Toughness Matters	7–3	70.0
Lifegain Midrange	6–14	30.0
Martyr's Grace	2–14	12.5
Mutate	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	14–7	66.7
Orzhov Midrange	20–14	58.8
Owling Mine	9–6	60.0
Jeskai Midrange	4–3	57.1
Zur the Enchanter	4–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	22–10	68.8
Enigmatic Incarnation	22–10	68.8
Mythic Colossification	1–1	50.0
Party	7–6	53.8
Fires of Invention	62–41	60.2
Hero of Precinct One	79–59	57.2
Mardu Hero	3–2	60.0
Five Color Hero	40–35	53.3
Gruul Obosh	0–1	0.0
Simic Snow	97–125	43.7
Artifact Midrange	6–3	66.7
Coinflip Tribal	14–1	93.3
Death Cloud	3–0	100.0
Ramp	92–49	65.2
Rofellos Ramp	8–1	88.9
Wild Pair	8–1	88.9
Cloudpost Ramp	65–36	64.4
Golgari Post	1–0	100.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	8–10	44.4
Greenpost	39–17	69.6
Gruul Post	15–6	71.4
Simic Post	0–1	0.0
Domain	1–1	50.0
Defenders	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	7–0	100.0
Applejacks	2–4	33.3
Unclassified	1–0	100.0