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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-Control	895	1689–1378	55.1	12	81	55
Wizards	150	241–234	50.7	2	11	6

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	44–41	51.8
Mono Black Aggro	2–0	100.0
Heroic	2–2	50.0
Mono White Heroic	0–2	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	8–12	40.0
Goblins	2–2	50.0
Tokens	0–2	0.0
Mono White Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	4–1	80.0
White Weenie	1–0	100.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Elves	1–1	50.0
Rogues	0–2	0.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	4–2	66.7
Gruul Landfall	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	2–1	66.7
Artifact Aggro	9–9	50.0
Affinity	5–1	83.3
Tempered Steel	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Architect	2–7	22.2
Madness	1–1	50.0
Gruul Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	1–1	50.0
Hateful Auras	1–1	50.0
Knights	4–1	80.0
AggroSlide	0–3	0.0
Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Shamans	1–0	100.0
Combo	39–39	50.0
Storm	6–6	50.0
Dimir Tendrils	1–1	50.0
Dragonstorm	1–3	25.0
Hazoret Storm	1–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	0–1	0.0
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Swath Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–2	33.3
Warp World	1–1	50.0
Hypergenesis	3–2	60.0
Umbral Mantle	2–1	66.7
Metalwork Colossus	2–2	50.0
Upheaval Colossus	1–1	50.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	0–1	0.0
Izzet Ascension	3–3	50.0
Breakfast	8–13	38.1
Oops All Spells	8–13	38.1
Dredge	2–0	100.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Dice Factory	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	2–2	50.0
Ad Swanseam	1–2	33.3
GreenTwin	1–1	50.0
Restore Balance	1–4	20.0
Gyruda	0–1	0.0
Control	38–41	48.1
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	1–7	12.5
Dimir Control	2–0	100.0
Azorius Control	8–11	42.1
Cawblade	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	2–2	50.0
Cloudpost Control	5–7	41.7
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	5–5	50.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	1–1	50.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	4–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Ponza	2–3	40.0
Mono White Control	2–2	50.0
Cycling Control	0–3	0.0
Astral Slide	0–3	0.0
Five Color Control	1–1	50.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–0	100.0
Shrines	0–1	0.0
Bant Control	5–1	83.3
Orzhov Control	2–1	66.7
Prison	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	20–15	57.1
Aristocrats	12–5	70.6
Mono Black Aristocrats	4–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	4–1	80.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	0–4	0.0
Infect	2–2	50.0
Simic Infect	1–1	50.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	3–2	60.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	3–2	60.0
Aggro-Control	26–31	45.6
Izzet Tempo	5–18	21.7
Blue Madness	2–0	100.0
Temur Madness	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Wizards	6–6	50.0
Ninjas	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	3–4	42.9
Mono Blue Faeries	1–0	100.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	9–2	81.8
Combo-Control	15–31	32.6
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	2–13	13.3
Hive Mind	1–1	50.0
Plasma Swans	1–2	33.3
Mass Land Destruction	10–15	40.0
Wildfire	1–2	33.3
Borderpost Wildfire	1–2	33.3
Jokulhaups Control	9–13	40.9
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	5–9	35.7
Temur Jokulhaups Control	2–2	50.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	2–2	50.0
Midrange	48–27	64.0
The Rock	2–0	100.0
Golgari Citadel	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Blink	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	0–2	0.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Allies	2–1	66.7
Azorius Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–1	0.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	4–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	2–1	66.7
Angel Tribal	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	3–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	17–17	50.0
Owling Mine	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	1–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–0	100.0
Party	0–1	0.0
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	3–0	100.0
Ramp	11–9	55.0
Rofellos Ramp	1–4	20.0
Cloudpost Ramp	9–4	69.2
Eldrazipost	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	8–4	66.7
Defenders	0–1	0.0