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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 2 days, 14 hours.

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Congratulations to chickeninthebrain, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 32)

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	1431	2542–2380	51.6	12	122	73
Artifact Aggro	265	434–421	50.8	1	14	14
Affinity	139	218–202	51.9	0	5	9
Hush-finity	1	0–1	0.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	54–44	55.1
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Heroic	6–1	85.7
Mono White Heroic	2–1	66.7
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	2–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	7–12	36.8
Goblins	2–4	33.3
Tokens	3–5	37.5
Mono White Tokens	1–4	20.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–0	100.0
Warriors	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Rogues	2–1	66.7
Zombies	2–1	66.7
Gruul Aggro	3–0	100.0
Gruul Landfall	2–0	100.0
Merfolk	2–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–3	25.0
8 Whack	1–3	25.0
Artifact Aggro	7–5	58.3
Affinity	2–2	50.0
Tempered Steel	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Architect	3–1	75.0
Madness	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	2–0	100.0
Voltron	5–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	3–0	100.0
Knights	0–2	0.0
AggroSlide	3–4	42.9
Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–1	0.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Shamans	4–2	66.7
Combo	50–31	61.7
Storm	7–0	100.0
Dragonstorm	4–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–0	100.0
Warp World	2–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	3–6	33.3
Myr Incubator	1–0	100.0
Umbral Mantle	1–2	33.3
"Twin"	1–1	50.0
Naya "Twin"	1–1	50.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–3	25.0
Taking Turns	6–2	75.0
Izzet Ascension	5–4	55.6
Breakfast	8–8	50.0
Oops All Spells	8–8	50.0
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	2–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	1–1	50.0
Ad Swanseam	1–1	50.0
GreenTwin	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	3–3	50.0
Control	28–25	52.8
Esper Control	2–1	66.7
Dimir Control	1–1	50.0
Azorius Control	5–14	26.3
Cawblade	1–3	25.0
Turbo Fog	2–1	66.7
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–2	50.0
Grixis Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	7–1	87.5
Ponza	1–2	33.3
Cycling Control	0–1	0.0
Astral Slide	0–1	0.0
Bant Control	5–1	83.3
Pox	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	6–6	50.0
Aristocrats	3–2	60.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	0–1	0.0
Infect	3–1	75.0
Simic Infect	2–1	66.7
Izzet Blitzkrieg	0–2	0.0
Aggro-Control	25–30	45.5
Izzet Tempo	11–12	47.8
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Temur Madness	1–0	100.0
Wizards	1–5	16.7
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	3–8	27.3
Mono Blue Faeries	1–1	50.0
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	3–0	100.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	4–5	44.4
Combo-Control	12–17	41.4
Shared Fate	0–1	0.0
Mindcrank	3–2	60.0
Plasma Swans	2–3	40.0
Mass Land Destruction	7–11	38.9
Wildfire	2–1	66.7
Borderpost Wildfire	2–1	66.7
Jokulhaups Control	5–10	33.3
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	3–7	30.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	0–3	0.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Midrange	27–35	43.5
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Blink	0–3	0.0
Wave Blink	0–1	0.0
Abzan Wave	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	0–1	0.0
Allies	1–1	50.0
Boros Allies	0–1	0.0
Azorius Allies	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–1	66.7
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	2–1	66.7
Angel Tribal	1–1	50.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–6	25.0
Orzhov Midrange	7–14	33.3
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Party	3–0	100.0
Clerics	0–2	0.0
Artifact Midrange	3–3	50.0
Ramp	16–14	53.3
Rofellos Ramp	9–12	42.9
Wild Pair	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	4–2	66.7
Golgari Post	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	3–1	75.0
Simic Post	0–1	0.0
Domain	1–0	100.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	1–0	100.0