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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, 4 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
Aggro	397	790–777	50.4	22	197
Mono Black Aggro	4	8–10	44.4	0	2
Heroic	63	122–113	51.9	5	33
Mono White Heroic	21	42–41	50.6	3	14
Azorius Heroic	11	25–19	56.8	0	5
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	30	55–51	51.9	2	14
Red Deck Wins	95	206–172	54.5	5	46
Goblins	2	2–4	33.3	0	1
Tokens	13	21–29	42.0	1	7
Mono White Tokens	12	20–25	44.4	1	7
White Weenie	25	54–47	53.5	1	14
Quest for the Holy Relic	4	4–10	28.6	0	3
Soldiers	2	2–5	28.6
Elves	56	122–119	50.6	5	30
Warriors	1	1–3	25.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1	0–2	0.0
Rogues	2	1–5	16.7
Zombies	4	6–9	40.0	0	2
Merfolk	3	5–8	38.5	0	1
Mono Red Swarm	1	0–2	0.0	0	1
Artifact Aggro	30	57–61	48.3	1	10
Affinity	6	8–12	40.0
Salvage Titan	4	9–13	40.9	0	2
Tempered Steel	14	32–28	53.3	0	7
Mono Blue Architect	5	6–6	50.0	1	1
Madness	1	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Madness	1	1–2	33.3
Voltron	1	1–2	33.3
Hexproof	1	1–2	33.3
Slivers	6	7–15	31.8	0	2
Knights	13	25–31	44.6	0	4
AggroSlide	28	41–39	51.3	0	19
Boros Aggro	4	9–8	52.9	0	3
Humans	43	101–93	52.1	4	22
Bant Humans	5	11–12	47.8	0	3
Jeskai Humans	34	78–74	51.3	4	16
Boros Humans	1	2–2	50.0	0	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	245–245	50.0
Mono Black Aggro	0–2	0.0
Heroic	25–46	35.2
Mono White Heroic	8–17	32.0
Azorius Heroic	2–10	16.7
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	15–19	44.1
Red Deck Wins	50–66	43.1
Goblins	2–0	100.0
Tokens	11–7	61.1
Mono White Tokens	9–7	56.3
White Weenie	16–11	59.3
Quest for the Holy Relic	4–0	100.0
Soldiers	2–0	100.0
Elves	38–38	50.0
Warriors	2–1	66.7
Rogues	2–0	100.0
Zombies	3–1	75.0
Merfolk	4–1	80.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	25–19	56.8
Affinity	5–5	50.0
Salvage Titan	6–3	66.7
Tempered Steel	12–10	54.5
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Madness	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	2–0	100.0
Slivers	5–0	100.0
Knights	10–6	62.5
AggroSlide	14–15	48.3
Boros Aggro	1–4	20.0
Humans	34–28	54.8
Bant Humans	6–2	75.0
Jeskai Humans	25–25	50.0
Combo	138–179	43.5
Storm	81–143	36.2
Dragonstorm	2–2	50.0
Hazoret Storm	0–1	0.0
High Tide	29–64	31.2
Channel Storm	49–76	39.2
Reanimator	30–16	65.2
Recurring Nightmare	23–14	62.2
Dragon Nightmare	18–13	58.1
Worldgorger Dragon	6–2	75.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Oriss Genesis	1–0	100.0
Warp World	2–1	66.7
"Twin"	1–1	50.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	2–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	5–3	62.5
Breakfast	7–9	43.8
Oops All Spells	6–8	42.9
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Protean Hulk Combo	2–1	66.7
Dice Factory	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	4–5	44.4
Control	120–92	56.6
Esper Control	16–19	45.7
Demonic Rising	4–1	80.0
Mono Blue Control	24–27	47.1
Dimir Control	5–5	50.0
Azorius Control	20–17	54.1
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	7–3	70.0
Blackpost	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	7–2	77.8
Grixis Control	7–4	63.6
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	5–2	71.4
Jeskai Control	10–5	66.7
Dragon Control	3–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	3–0	100.0
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	3–0	100.0
Life is Ez	2–0	100.0
Dynavolt Tower	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	4–4	50.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	2–2	50.0
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	4–1	80.0
Seasons Past Control	0–1	0.0
Prison	1–3	25.0
Enchantress	1–3	25.0
Aggro-Combo	41–41	50.0
Aristocrats	14–13	51.9
Orzhov Aristocrats	14–13	51.9
Burn	9–9	50.0
Infect	7–6	53.8
Blazing Shoal Infect	5–5	50.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–0	100.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	0–3	0.0
Combo Goblins	9–8	52.9
Dirty Kitty	9–8	52.9
Aggro-Control	116–90	56.3
Izzet Tempo	17–21	44.7
Azorius Skies	2–0	100.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Tempo	60–41	59.4
Mono Blue Faeries	2–1	66.7
Izzet Spells	14–17	45.2
Dimir Tempo	8–3	72.7
Ensoul Aggro-Control	0–3	0.0
Azorius Tempo	9–3	75.0
Combo-Control	16–12	57.1
Battle of Wits	0–1	0.0
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	2–3	40.0
Solar Flare	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	1–1	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	11–7	61.1
Jokulhaups Control	11–7	61.1
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	3–1	75.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	3–2	60.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	4–4	50.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Midrange	104–116	47.3
The Rock	6–3	66.7
Abzan Midrange	2–0	100.0
Jund	2–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	3–4	42.9
Varolz Dreadnought	2–4	33.3
Allies	1–1	50.0
Azorius Allies	1–1	50.0
Fake-Rack	4–0	100.0
Vampires	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	4–3	57.1
Big Red	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Midrange	7–9	43.8
Dimir Midrange	2–2	50.0
Angel Tribal	3–4	42.9
Lifegain Midrange	1–7	12.5
Martyr's Grace	1–7	12.5
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	3–1	75.0
Owling Mine	2–4	33.3
Jeskai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Ordealbreak	3–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	3–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	2–3	40.0
Hero of Precinct One	19–16	54.3
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	7–8	46.7
Gruul Obosh	0–1	0.0
Simic Snow	33–54	37.9
Ramp	10–2	83.3
Cloudpost Ramp	10–2	83.3
Greenpost	5–2	71.4
Gruul Post	5–0	100.0