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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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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.

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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.

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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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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
Combo	1260	1983–2142	48.1	12	93	41
Storm	128	118–249	32.2	0	4	1
Dimir Tendrils	13	14–22	38.9
Dragonstorm	38	51–82	38.3	0	3	1
Hazoret Storm	6	9–11	45.0
Simic Storm	5	2–8	20.0
Citadel Storm	8	1–17	5.6
High Tide	5	6–7	46.2
Grixis Tendrils	8	2–21	8.7
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1	0–2	0.0
Izzet Storm	12	7–28	20.0
Swath Storm	2	0–2	0.0
Song Storm	4	4–7	36.4
Reanimator	20	16–41	28.1
Grozoth	4	4–6	40.0
Traditional Reanimator	15	12–34	26.1
Mono Black Reanimator	6	6–11	35.3
Oriss Genesis	1	0–1	0.0
Biovisionary	1	0–2	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	31	46–76	37.7
Dubious Challenge	3	2–4	33.3
Warp World	33	31–73	29.8
Zubera Tribal	3	2–4	33.3
Maniac Combo	9	8–18	30.8
Hypergenesis	139	248–214	53.7	4	15	2
New Perspectives	4	1–10	9.1
Runeflare	4	3–5	37.5
Myr Incubator	2	0–5	0.0
Umbral Mantle	34	52–52	50.0	0	4	2
"Twin"	19	37–41	47.4	0	1	1
Naya "Twin"	18	37–36	50.7	0	1	1
Metalwork Colossus	33	39–51	43.3	0	3
Anvil Colossus	2	2–5	28.6
Upheaval Colossus	17	23–31	42.6	0	3
Seismic Swans	2	2–8	20.0
Eggs	1	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	29	44–62	41.5	0	1
Retraction Helix Combo	1	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	71	119–132	47.4	0	1	3
Quest for Ula's Temple	7	7–12	36.8	0	1
Izzet Ascension	112	188–157	54.5	0	12	6
Ominous Good	4	2–6	25.0
Breakfast	194	461–265	63.5	8	27	13
Oops All Spells	194	461–265	63.5	8	27	13
Oops All Lands	8	6–19	24.0	0	1
Dredge	22	10–40	20.0
Polymorph	6	8–10	44.4
Dice Factory	23	42–49	46.2
Storm Herald	8	5–15	25.0
Enduring Ideal	24	49–51	49.0	0	1
Ad Nauseam	56	69–90	43.4	0	4	3
Ad Swanseam	34	44–51	46.3	0	4	3
GreenTwin	6	11–14	44.0	0	1
Tibalt's Trickery	36	34–82	29.3	0	2
Intruder Alarm	5	1–6	14.3
Calibrated Blast	3	3–6	33.3
Restore Balance	114	239–164	59.3	0	13	6
Gyruda	31	50–45	52.6	0	1	3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	408–430	48.7
Mono Black Aggro	5–2	71.4
Heroic	17–17	50.0
Mono White Heroic	7–7	50.0
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	6–6	50.0
Boros Heroic	3–4	42.9
Red Deck Wins	71–97	42.3
Proliferate Red	1–1	50.0
Goblins	23–24	48.9
Tokens	17–9	65.4
Selesnya Tokens	4–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	8–8	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	15–11	57.7
White Weenie	10–7	58.8
Quest for the Holy Relic	6–5	54.5
Soldiers	2–0	100.0
Elves	21–20	51.2
Warriors	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	5–4	55.6
Rogues	8–5	61.5
Zombies	6–6	50.0
Gruul Aggro	14–9	60.9
Gruul Landfall	4–1	80.0
Merfolk	8–11	42.1
Mono Red Swarm	1–6	14.3
8 Whack	1–6	14.3
Artifact Aggro	72–89	44.7
Affinity	31–50	38.3
Salvage Titan	4–3	57.1
Tempered Steel	21–17	55.3
Mono Blue Architect	16–19	45.7
Madness	8–11	42.1
Gruul Madness	2–5	28.6
Golgari Madness	2–2	50.0
Rakdos Madness	3–4	42.9
Voltron	22–15	59.5
Hexproof	6–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	15–15	50.0
Slivers	2–3	40.0
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
Knights	21–20	51.2
AggroSlide	25–28	47.2
Cats	3–4	42.9
Selesnya Cats	3–4	42.9
Rakdos Aggro	8–3	72.7
Boros Aggro	5–3	62.5
Humans	1–2	33.3
Bant Humans	1–1	50.0
Shamans	13–18	41.9
Combo	356–356	50.0
Storm	47–23	67.1
Dimir Tendrils	1–3	25.0
Dragonstorm	13–8	61.9
Hazoret Storm	2–3	40.0
Simic Storm	1–2	33.3
Citadel Storm	3–0	100.0
High Tide	1–0	100.0
Grixis Tendrils	3–1	75.0
Izzet Storm	6–1	85.7
Song Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	6–4	60.0
Grozoth	2–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	4–4	50.0
Mono Black Reanimator	3–1	75.0
Oriss Genesis	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	10–8	55.6
Warp World	15–4	78.9
Zubera Tribal	1–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	4–2	66.7
Hypergenesis	44–36	55.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Myr Incubator	2–0	100.0
Umbral Mantle	9–16	36.0
"Twin"	8–3	72.7
Naya "Twin"	7–3	70.0
Metalwork Colossus	11–8	57.9
Anvil Colossus	2–0	100.0
Upheaval Colossus	5–5	50.0
Seismic Swans	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	7–9	43.8
Taking Turns	24–22	52.2
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–3	25.0
Izzet Ascension	29–31	48.3
Ominous Good	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	35–78	31.0
Oops All Spells	35–78	31.0
Oops All Lands	4–4	50.0
Dredge	3–4	42.9
Polymorph	0–3	0.0
Dice Factory	3–9	25.0
Storm Herald	1–1	50.0
Enduring Ideal	5–10	33.3
Ad Nauseam	14–20	41.2
Ad Swanseam	7–13	35.0
GreenTwin	1–2	33.3
Tibalt's Trickery	18–8	69.2
Calibrated Blast	2–0	100.0
Restore Balance	32–30	51.6
Gyruda	9–7	56.3
Control	276–304	47.6
Mono Black Control	5–1	83.3
Esper Control	18–28	39.1
Demonic Rising	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Control	0–3	0.0
Dimir Control	4–6	40.0
Azorius Control	79–115	40.7
Cawblade	15–23	39.5
Turbo Fog	6–5	54.5
Izzet Control	7–9	43.8
Mill	13–3	81.3
Cloudpost Control	22–25	46.8
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	17–23	42.5
Izzet Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	6–3	66.7
Cruel Control	4–2	66.7
Stax	25–16	61.0
Chandra Nalaar	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	0–1	0.0
Dragon Control	2–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	2–0	100.0
Ponza	19–31	38.0
Mono White Control	7–8	46.7
Dynavolt Tower	2–0	100.0
Cycling Control	20–14	58.8
Astral Slide	20–14	58.8
Five Color Control	1–1	50.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	0–1	0.0
Shrines	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	16–19	45.7
Pox	4–6	40.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–5	0.0
Orzhov Control	7–2	77.8
Prison	6–2	75.0
Enchantress	3–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	106–115	48.0
Aristocrats	47–42	52.8
Mono Black Aristocrats	12–19	38.7
Orzhov Aristocrats	5–9	35.7
Golgari Aristocrats	12–6	66.7
Abzan Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Mardu Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Food	7–2	77.8
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Boros Bombardment	1–1	50.0
Burn	8–10	44.4
Infect	18–8	69.2
Simic Infect	7–2	77.8
Trickbind Dreadnought	12–20	37.5
Izzet Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	6–15	28.6
Izzet Blitzkrieg	20–31	39.2
Hushnought	0–4	0.0
Aggro-Control	211–291	42.0
Izzet Tempo	77–105	42.3
Azorius Skies	2–2	50.0
Blue Madness	5–2	71.4
Simic Madness	3–0	100.0
Temur Madness	1–2	33.3
Lich Aggro-Control	5–11	31.3
Wizards	39–39	50.0
Ninjas	7–11	38.9
Mono Blue Tempo	31–56	35.6
Mono Blue Faeries	3–10	23.1
Izzet Spells	2–4	33.3
Dimir Tempo	10–14	41.7
Ensoul Aggro-Control	28–43	39.4
Azorius Tempo	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	141–197	41.7
Curses	4–3	57.1
Battle of Wits	2–0	100.0
Shared Fate	2–1	66.7
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	19–56	25.3
Hedron Alignment	0–3	0.0
Yosei Vat	0–1	0.0
Lich's Mastery	0–1	0.0
Hive Mind	2–4	33.3
Solar Flare	1–1	50.0
Plasma Swans	23–27	46.0
Mass Land Destruction	86–97	47.0
Wildfire	11–10	52.4
Borderpost Wildfire	9–10	47.4
Jokulhaups Control	75–87	46.3
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	38–48	44.2
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	1–7	12.5
Temur Jokulhaups Control	15–8	65.2
Jund Jokulhaups Control	7–5	58.3
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	12–19	38.7
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	2–0	100.0
Midrange	366–322	53.2
The Rock	8–1	88.9
Abzan Midrange	6–2	75.0
Selesnya Midrange	5–1	83.3
Selesnya Value Town	2–0	100.0
Jund	5–0	100.0
Blink	19–10	65.5
Anti-Persecution	2–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	14–9	60.9
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	4–0	100.0
Allies	16–15	51.6
Boros Allies	5–5	50.0
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
Azorius Allies	7–10	41.2
Treefolk	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	5–4	55.6
Mardu Midrange	7–9	43.8
Vampires	7–3	70.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	6–3	66.7
Legends Midrange	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	1–0	100.0
Elementals	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Midrange	14–16	46.7
Big Red	9–2	81.8
Mono Black Midrange	27–28	49.1
Mono Black Devotion	7–10	41.2
Dimir Midrange	8–7	53.3
Angel Tribal	8–8	50.0
Toughness Matters	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	20–20	50.0
Martyr's Grace	2–1	66.7
Mutate	3–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	4–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	71–111	39.0
Owling Mine	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Midrange	3–0	100.0
Prophet Glare	1–1	50.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	5–6	45.5
Ordealbreak	6–11	35.3
Enigmatic Incarnation	6–11	35.3
Party	7–7	50.0
Gruul Obosh	1–0	100.0
Clerics	5–1	83.3
Artifact Midrange	26–13	66.7
Coinflip Tribal	2–1	66.7
Death Cloud	4–1	80.0
Ramp	118–127	48.2
Rofellos Ramp	53–61	46.5
Wild Pair	4–3	57.1
Cloudpost Ramp	47–57	45.2
Golgari Post	0–1	0.0
Greenpost	35–52	40.2
Gruul Post	3–0	100.0
Simic Post	4–3	57.1
Summer Bloom Ramp	1–1	50.0
Historic Bloom	1–0	100.0
Defenders	3–2	60.0
Carth Superfriends	5–2	71.4
Applejacks	1–0	100.0
Unclassified	1–0	100.0