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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 42 minutes, 5 seconds.

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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
Aggro	2032	3830–3391	53.0	22	197	110
Red Deck Wins	296	635–450	58.5	5	46	24
Mono Red Devotion	1	2–3	40.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	170–111	60.5
Mono Black Aggro	2–2	50.0
Heroic	23–16	59.0
Mono White Heroic	4–2	66.7
Azorius Heroic	1–3	25.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	18–11	62.1
Red Deck Wins	25–25	50.0
Goblins	1–2	33.3
Tokens	5–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	4–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–2	33.3
White Weenie	13–13	50.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	3–1	75.0
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Elves	28–11	71.8
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	4–1	80.0
Gruul Aggro	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	2–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	2–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	22–11	66.7
Affinity	9–2	81.8
Salvage Titan	2–2	50.0
Tempered Steel	6–5	54.5
Mono Blue Architect	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Illusions	1–0	100.0
Madness	2–3	40.0
Rakdos Madness	2–3	40.0
Voltron	0–4	0.0
Hexproof	0–4	0.0
Slivers	6–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	2–0	100.0
Knights	8–1	88.9
AggroSlide	5–4	55.6
Rakdos Aggro	0–1	0.0
Boros Aggro	3–1	75.0
Humans	12–13	48.0
Bant Humans	4–2	66.7
Jeskai Humans	8–11	42.1
Combo	116–89	56.6
Storm	60–57	51.3
Sultai Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Dragonstorm	1–2	33.3
Hazoret Storm	2–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	32–32	50.0
Izzet Storm	2–0	100.0
Channel Storm	22–21	51.2
Reanimator	19–11	63.3
Recurring Nightmare	14–9	60.9
Dragon Nightmare	13–8	61.9
Worldgorger Dragon	1–1	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	4–1	80.0
Dimir Reanimator	4–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Oriss Genesis	3–1	75.0
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Warp World	7–4	63.6
Maniac Combo	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	1–4	20.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
"Twin"	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Upheaval Colossus	1–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Eggs	2–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	5–6	45.5
Oops All Spells	3–5	37.5
Dice Factory	0–1	0.0
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	2–1	66.7
Ad Nauseam	0–1	0.0
GreenTwin	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	2–1	66.7
Stuffy Doll	1–0	100.0
Control	97–91	51.6
Mono Black Control	3–1	75.0
Esper Control	11–16	40.7
Demonic Rising	4–1	80.0
Mono Blue Control	8–14	36.4
Dimir Control	5–4	55.6
Azorius Control	15–29	34.1
Cawblade	2–0	100.0
Izzet Control	3–1	75.0
Mill	3–1	75.0
Cloudpost Control	5–4	55.6
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Blackpost	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	5–1	83.3
Grixis Control	5–4	55.6
Stax	2–2	50.0
Jeskai Control	3–3	50.0
Dragon Control	3–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	2–0	100.0
Ponza	3–2	60.0
Mono White Control	3–3	50.0
Life is Ez	3–1	75.0
Cycling Control	2–0	100.0
Astral Slide	2–0	100.0
Five Color Control	1–2	33.3
Guildgate Control	5–0	100.0
Bant Control	2–0	100.0
Pox	5–2	71.4
Seasons Past Control	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Prison	2–2	50.0
Enchantress	2–2	50.0
Aggro-Combo	33–23	58.9
Aristocrats	9–8	52.9
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	6–4	60.0
Golgari Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Boros Bombardment	0–1	0.0
Burn	8–11	42.1
Infect	6–0	100.0
Simic Infect	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	3–0	100.0
Hermit Humans	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	3–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	5–2	71.4
Dirty Kitty	5–2	71.4
Aggro-Control	83–38	68.6
Izzet Tempo	20–10	66.7
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	2–3	40.0
Mono Blue Tempo	27–17	61.4
Mono Blue Faeries	5–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	11–3	78.6
Dimir Tempo	7–1	87.5
Ensoul Aggro-Control	2–1	66.7
Azorius Tempo	6–3	66.7
Combo-Control	21–8	72.4
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	4–1	80.0
Solar Flare	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	1–1	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	14–5	73.7
Jokulhaups Control	14–5	73.7
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	3–4	42.9
Temur Jokulhaups Control	9–1	90.0
Resurgent Belief	0–1	0.0
Midrange	103–87	54.2
The Rock	4–3	57.1
Jund	6–1	85.7
Blink	1–2	33.3
Acid Trip	1–0	100.0
Anti-Persecution	2–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	2–3	40.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–3	25.0
Allies	3–2	60.0
Mardu Allies	1–1	50.0
Azorius Allies	1–1	50.0
Treefolk	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	3–1	75.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	4–6	40.0
Big Red	3–4	42.9
Mono Black Midrange	12–11	52.2
Mono Black Devotion	2–3	40.0
Dimir Midrange	4–0	100.0
Angel Tribal	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–2	0.0
Martyr's Grace	0–2	0.0
Sultai Midrange	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	4–2	66.7
Owling Mine	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	5–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	5–0	100.0
Party	2–1	66.7
Fires of Invention	7–6	53.8
Hero of Precinct One	8–11	42.1
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	4–7	36.4
Gruul Obosh	0–1	0.0
Simic Snow	12–26	31.6
Artifact Midrange	3–0	100.0
Coinflip Tribal	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Ramp	12–3	80.0
Cloudpost Ramp	8–2	80.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	3–0	100.0
Greenpost	2–2	50.0
Gruul Post	2–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	2–0	100.0
Applejacks	0–1	0.0