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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, 6 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Combo	246	556–435	56.1	27	124
Storm	156	427–253	62.8	24	86
Dimir Tendrils	1	1–1	50.0	1	1
Dragonstorm	2	4–4	50.0	0	1
Hazoret Storm	2	3–4	42.9	0	1
Citadel Storm	1	0–3	0.0
High Tide	68	170–112	60.3	9	34
Channel Storm	81	249–128	66.0	14	49
Reanimator	42	71–88	44.7	1	18
Recurring Nightmare	35	62–72	46.3	1	15
Dragon Nightmare	26	52–52	50.0	1	13
Worldgorger Dragon	5	6–12	33.3	0	2
Traditional Reanimator	2	3–4	42.9	0	1
Mono Black Reanimator	2	3–4	42.9	0	1
Oriss Genesis	1	0–2	0.0
Warp World	3	2–7	22.2
Hypergenesis	1	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1	0–1	0.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1	0–1	0.0
"Twin"	1	1–3	25.0
Metalwork Colossus	1	0–2	0.0
Anvil Colossus	1	0–2	0.0
Eggs	2	1–3	25.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	2	1–6	14.3
Blazing Shoal Combo	4	7–9	43.8	0	2
Breakfast	17	25–26	49.0	2	9
Oops All Spells	14	22–19	53.7	2	8
Oops All Lands	1	0–2	0.0
Dredge	1	2–2	50.0
Protean Hulk Combo	2	1–4	20.0	0	1
Dice Factory	1	3–2	60.0	0	1
Restore Balance	6	12–17	41.4	0	5

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	179–138	56.5
Mono Black Aggro	1–2	33.3
Heroic	32–21	60.4
Mono White Heroic	14–10	58.3
Azorius Heroic	4–2	66.7
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	13–9	59.1
Red Deck Wins	40–35	53.3
Goblins	1–2	33.3
Tokens	6–2	75.0
Mono White Tokens	6–2	75.0
White Weenie	13–14	48.1
Quest for the Holy Relic	3–2	60.0
Elves	30–17	63.8
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Zombies	3–1	75.0
Merfolk	0–3	0.0
Artifact Aggro	8–8	50.0
Affinity	3–0	100.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	2–7	22.2
Mono Blue Architect	1–1	50.0
Madness	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Madness	0–1	0.0
Slivers	4–1	80.0
Knights	9–3	75.0
AggroSlide	10–4	71.4
Boros Aggro	2–4	33.3
Humans	17–20	45.9
Bant Humans	3–2	60.0
Jeskai Humans	14–16	46.7
Combo	72–72	50.0
Storm	45–51	46.9
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	1–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	20–16	55.6
Channel Storm	22–35	38.6
Reanimator	11–13	45.8
Recurring Nightmare	11–11	50.0
Dragon Nightmare	8–11	42.1
Traditional Reanimator	0–2	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	0–2	0.0
Warp World	2–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Anvil Colossus	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–1	50.0
Breakfast	4–4	50.0
Oops All Spells	3–3	50.0
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Protean Hulk Combo	1–0	100.0
Dice Factory	1–1	50.0
Restore Balance	3–1	75.0
Control	94–63	59.9
Esper Control	15–15	50.0
Mono Blue Control	18–16	52.9
Dimir Control	3–3	50.0
Azorius Control	15–8	65.2
Turbo Fog	2–0	100.0
Izzet Control	3–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	6–7	46.2
Blackpost	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	5–7	41.7
Grixis Control	3–2	60.0
Cruel Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	1–3	25.0
Jeskai Control	8–0	100.0
Dragon Control	0–2	0.0
Izzet Dragons	0–2	0.0
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	3–0	100.0
Life is Ez	3–0	100.0
Dynavolt Tower	2–0	100.0
Five Color Control	2–1	66.7
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	5–6	45.5
Seasons Past Control	2–0	100.0
Prison	4–0	100.0
Enchantress	4–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	38–26	59.4
Aristocrats	9–8	52.9
Orzhov Aristocrats	9–8	52.9
Burn	12–9	57.1
Infect	3–2	60.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	3–2	60.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	5–2	71.4
Combo Goblins	6–4	60.0
Dirty Kitty	6–4	60.0
Aggro-Control	60–88	40.5
Izzet Tempo	9–16	36.0
Azorius Skies	1–1	50.0
Blue Madness	1–1	50.0
Simic Madness	1–1	50.0
Ninjas	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	28–36	43.8
Mono Blue Faeries	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	12–14	46.2
Dimir Tempo	4–5	44.4
Ensoul Aggro-Control	1–1	50.0
Azorius Tempo	2–14	12.5
Combo-Control	14–9	60.9
Battle of Wits	2–0	100.0
Hive Mind	0–1	0.0
Zur's Weirding	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Plasma Swans	2–1	66.7
Mass Land Destruction	9–6	60.0
Jokulhaups Control	9–6	60.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	2–1	66.7
Temur Jokulhaups Control	5–4	55.6
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Midrange	98–37	72.6
The Rock	4–1	80.0
Jund	1–2	33.3
Graveyard Value	4–1	80.0
Varolz Dreadnought	3–1	75.0
Allies	4–0	100.0
Azorius Allies	4–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	2–4	33.3
Rakdos Midrange	5–2	71.4
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	8–2	80.0
Mono Black Devotion	5–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	3–1	75.0
Angel Tribal	3–1	75.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–1	50.0
Martyr's Grace	1–1	50.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Owling Mine	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	1–1	50.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–1	50.0
Fires of Invention	2–1	66.7
Hero of Precinct One	8–5	61.5
Mardu Hero	1–1	50.0
Five Color Hero	3–2	60.0
Gruul Obosh	1–0	100.0
Simic Snow	45–13	77.6
Ramp	1–2	33.3
Cloudpost Ramp	1–2	33.3
Greenpost	1–1	50.0
Gruul Post	0–1	0.0