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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.

Current League
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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 6 days, 19 hours.

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The Penny Dreadful 500 is on Apr 20th with free entry and $500 in prizes!

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	1431	2542–2380	51.6	12	122	73
Voltron	64	117–111	51.3	0	7	5
Hexproof	10	5–25	16.7	0	2
Equipment Aggro	3	0–9	0.0
Hateful Auras	50	112–76	59.6	0	5	5

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	24–15	61.5
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	0–1	0.0
Mono White Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	4–2	66.7
Goblins	0–2	0.0
Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono White Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–1	0.0
White Weenie	3–0	100.0
Odric Keywords	1–0	100.0
Elves	2–1	66.7
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Gruul Landfall	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	3–6	33.3
Affinity	0–5	0.0
Salvage Titan	2–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Architect	0–1	0.0
Madness	3–0	100.0
Gruul Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Knights	5–0	100.0
AggroSlide	1–1	50.0
Shamans	1–0	100.0
Combo	15–22	40.5
Storm	2–1	66.7
Dimir Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	3–2	60.0
Umbral Mantle	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–2	0.0
Upheaval Colossus	0–2	0.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	0–2	0.0
Izzet Ascension	1–1	50.0
Breakfast	2–7	22.2
Oops All Spells	2–7	22.2
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	1–1	50.0
GreenTwin	1–0	100.0
Tibalt's Trickery	2–1	66.7
Restore Balance	0–3	0.0
Control	21–21	50.0
Esper Control	4–3	57.1
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	3–1	75.0
Azorius Control	6–4	60.0
Cawblade	0–1	0.0
Turbo Fog	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	1–3	25.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–3	25.0
Stax	1–1	50.0
Ponza	4–3	57.1
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	0–2	0.0
Astral Slide	0–2	0.0
Bant Control	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Combo	10–1	90.9
Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Food	0–1	0.0
Infect	1–0	100.0
Simic Infect	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	3–0	100.0
Hushnought	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	10–17	37.0
Izzet Tempo	6–4	60.0
Lich Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
Wizards	1–1	50.0
Ninjas	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–5	16.7
Izzet Spells	0–1	0.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	1–4	20.0
Combo-Control	9–8	52.9
Shared Fate	0–1	0.0
Mindcrank	5–4	55.6
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–3	40.0
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	1–3	25.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	0–3	0.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Midrange	21–18	53.8
Temur Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	0–1	0.0
Allies	1–1	50.0
Azorius Allies	1–1	50.0
Fake-Rack	2–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–1	50.0
Vampires	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Devotion	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–3	40.0
Martyr's Grace	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	3–8	27.3
Prophet Glare	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	2–0	100.0
Ramp	7–9	43.8
Rofellos Ramp	3–2	60.0
Cloudpost Ramp	2–5	28.6
Greenpost	2–4	33.3
Simic Post	0–1	0.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	1–1	50.0