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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	5–0s
Aggro	1431	2542–2380	51.6	12	122	73
Heroic	72	97–130	42.7	0	4	2
Mono White Heroic	32	55–50	52.4	0	1	2
Azorius Heroic	2	2–4	33.3
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	26	24–49	32.9	0	3
Boros Heroic	12	16–27	37.2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	22–26	45.8
Mono Black Aggro	2–0	100.0
Heroic	1–1	50.0
Mono White Heroic	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	4–6	40.0
Goblins	0–3	0.0
Tokens	1–2	33.3
Mono White Tokens	0–2	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
Elves	2–1	66.7
Zombies	0–1	0.0
Gruul Aggro	1–1	50.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	3–8	27.3
Affinity	1–6	14.3
Tempered Steel	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Architect	0–1	0.0
Madness	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	0–2	0.0
Cats	4–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	4–0	100.0
Combo	17–17	50.0
Storm	4–1	80.0
Dragonstorm	1–1	50.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	1–1	50.0
New Perspectives	1–0	100.0
Umbral Mantle	1–1	50.0
"Twin"	1–1	50.0
Naya "Twin"	1–1	50.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–1	0.0
Upheaval Colossus	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	2–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	2–1	66.7
Breakfast	4–5	44.4
Oops All Spells	4–5	44.4
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Dice Factory	0–1	0.0
Ad Nauseam	0–1	0.0
Ad Swanseam	0–1	0.0
Tibalt's Trickery	0–1	0.0
Restore Balance	0–2	0.0
Control	13–19	40.6
Esper Control	0–2	0.0
Azorius Control	1–7	12.5
Cawblade	0–2	0.0
Turbo Fog	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	0–2	0.0
Stax	3–1	75.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	0–4	0.0
Dynavolt Tower	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Shrines	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	2–1	66.7
Pox	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	7–9	43.8
Aristocrats	4–8	33.3
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–4	33.3
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Golgari Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Food	1–1	50.0
Burn	2–0	100.0
Infect	1–0	100.0
Simic Infect	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	9–18	33.3
Izzet Tempo	3–7	30.0
Wizards	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–4	33.3
Ensoul Aggro-Control	1–5	16.7
Combo-Control	10–10	50.0
Mindcrank	1–4	20.0
Lich's Mastery	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	0–1	0.0
Plasma Swans	2–2	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	6–3	66.7
Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	4–3	57.1
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	2–3	40.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	2–0	100.0
Midrange	12–24	33.3
Selesnya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Blink	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	0–1	0.0
Allies	0–1	0.0
Azorius Allies	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Legends	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–4	42.9
Mono Black Devotion	1–2	33.3
Dimir Midrange	1–2	33.3
Angel Tribal	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–8	0.0
Prophet Glare	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Ramp	7–7	50.0
Rofellos Ramp	2–3	40.0
Cloudpost Ramp	2–3	40.0
Greenpost	1–2	33.3
Simic Post	0–1	0.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	1–0	100.0
Defenders	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	1–0	100.0