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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

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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.

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, 5 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Aggro	501	961–978	49.6	32	247
Mono Black Aggro	21	42–43	49.4	2	9
Heroic	8	11–17	39.3	1	3
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	7	10–14	41.7	1	3
Boros Heroic	1	1–3	25.0
Red Deck Wins	105	215–197	52.2	11	57
Goblins	9	9–22	29.0	0	5
Tokens	18	25–38	39.7	1	8
Selesnya Tokens	9	12–19	38.7	0	4
Mono White Tokens	7	12–14	46.2	1	4
Mono Green Stompy	1	1–2	33.3
White Weenie	57	121–113	51.7	6	29
Quest for the Holy Relic	10	18–19	48.6	1	5
Soldiers	6	12–13	48.0	1	3
Elves	30	58–58	50.0	2	17
Selesnya Little Kid	3	1–6	14.3
Rogues	1	0–3	0.0
Zombies	1	1–2	33.3
Gruul Aggro	3	1–8	11.1	0	1
Merfolk	30	63–60	51.2	1	13
Mono Red Swarm	1	1–2	33.3	0	1
Artifact Aggro	87	156–178	46.7	2	36
Affinity	41	70–89	44.0	1	17
Salvage Titan	2	0–5	0.0
Tempered Steel	43	86–81	51.5	1	19
Mono Blue Architect	1	0–3	0.0
Madness	6	5–13	27.8	0	2
Rakdos Madness	6	5–13	27.8	0	2
Voltron	9	8–14	36.4	0	4
Hexproof	3	3–3	50.0	0	1
Equipment Aggro	5	4–9	30.8	0	2
Hateful Auras	1	1–2	33.3	0	1
Slivers	3	0–10	0.0
Naya Zoo	1	0–2	0.0
Knights	8	14–17	45.2	0	2
AggroSlide	88	211–151	58.3	6	55
Cats	5	12–10	54.5	0	3
Selesnya Cats	5	12–10	54.5	0	3
Rakdos Aggro	2	3–3	50.0	0	2
Humans	4	3–9	25.0
Selesnya Humans	2	1–4	20.0
Jeskai Humans	1	2–2	50.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	277–277	50.0
Mono Black Aggro	14–12	53.8
Heroic	5–3	62.5
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	5–3	62.5
Red Deck Wins	47–59	44.3
Goblins	7–3	70.0
Tokens	9–6	60.0
Selesnya Tokens	4–4	50.0
Mono White Tokens	5–1	83.3
Mono Green Stompy	2–1	66.7
White Weenie	38–33	53.5
Quest for the Holy Relic	7–4	63.6
Soldiers	5–7	41.7
Elves	15–13	53.6
Selesnya Little Kid	2–0	100.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	0–1	0.0
Gruul Aggro	3–0	100.0
Merfolk	24–13	64.9
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	54–52	50.9
Affinity	27–30	47.4
Salvage Titan	3–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	22–22	50.0
Mono Blue Architect	2–0	100.0
Madness	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Madness	2–1	66.7
Voltron	4–4	50.0
Hexproof	0–2	0.0
Equipment Aggro	3–1	75.0
Hateful Auras	1–1	50.0
Slivers	3–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
Knights	4–4	50.0
AggroSlide	36–66	35.3
Cats	2–4	33.3
Selesnya Cats	2–4	33.3
Rakdos Aggro	0–2	0.0
Humans	3–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	2–0	100.0
Combo	116–139	45.5
Storm	52–58	47.3
Dragonstorm	4–3	57.1
Izzet Storm	48–55	46.6
Swath Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	2–2	50.0
Worldgorger Dragon	2–1	66.7
Traditional Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	7–16	30.4
Warp World	1–3	25.0
Hypergenesis	9–5	64.3
Runeflare	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	7–6	53.8
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	7–6	53.8
Myr Incubator	2–1	66.7
Heartless Summoning Combo	0–2	0.0
Taking Turns	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Combo	0–2	0.0
Soulflayer	4–7	36.4
Reanim8 Rack	3–5	37.5
Breakfast	13–24	35.1
Oops All Spells	13–24	35.1
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	1–2	33.3
Restore Balance	8–5	61.5
Possibility Storm	2–4	33.3
Control	109–100	52.2
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	8–7	53.3
Mono Blue Control	8–5	61.5
Dimir Control	5–0	100.0
Azorius Control	28–44	38.9
Turbo Fog	2–5	28.6
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	6–1	85.7
Boros Control	2–11	15.4
Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	8–2	80.0
Cruel Control	2–0	100.0
Stax	10–2	83.3
Chandra Nalaar	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Control	0–1	0.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Ponza	4–6	40.0
Mono White Control	1–3	25.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	0–1	0.0
Pox	7–2	77.8
Seasons Past Control	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	4–2	66.7
Prison	9–5	64.3
Enchantress	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	156–169	48.0
Aristocrats	15–12	55.6
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Mardu Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	9–7	56.3
Boros Bombardment	4–1	80.0
Burn	35–24	59.3
Infect	4–6	40.0
Simic Infect	0–3	0.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–2	0.0
Mono Black Infect	4–1	80.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	91–117	43.8
Izzet Dreadnought	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	88–114	43.6
Hushnought	5–3	62.5
Liquimetal Fishing	0–1	0.0
Combo Goblins	6–6	50.0
Goblin Persist	6–6	50.0
Aggro-Control	58–51	53.2
Izzet Tempo	2–0	100.0
Azorius Skies	2–1	66.7
Blue Madness	1–1	50.0
Simic Madness	1–1	50.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	16–15	51.6
Mono Blue Tempo	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	33–29	53.2
Combo-Control	46–42	52.3
Curses	5–3	62.5
Battle of Wits	1–1	50.0
Displace Loop	3–7	30.0
Familiars	3–7	30.0
Hedron Alignment	2–0	100.0
Solar Flare	0–3	0.0
Plasma Swans	1–1	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	33–25	56.9
Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	31–25	55.4
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	7–5	58.3
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	4–0	100.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	13–9	59.1
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	3–5	37.5
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	4–6	40.0
Resurgent Belief	1–2	33.3
Midrange	190–192	49.7
The Rock	9–6	60.0
Abzan Midrange	2–4	33.3
Selesnya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jund	24–17	58.5
Blink	3–1	75.0
Graveyard Value	1–2	33.3
Séance	1–2	33.3
Enchantments Matter	4–6	40.0
Allies	5–3	62.5
Orzhov Allies	1–1	50.0
Mardu Allies	3–2	60.0
Boros Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	6–6	50.0
Mardu Midrange	5–1	83.3
Vampires	9–10	47.4
Mono Black Vampires	6–7	46.2
Rakdos Midrange	5–6	45.5
Naya Midrange	2–1	66.7
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	58–76	43.3
Mono Black Devotion	7–9	43.8
Dimir Midrange	2–3	40.0
Angel Tribal	5–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	12–10	54.5
Martyr's Grace	11–8	57.9
Orzhov Midrange	9–7	56.3
Owling Mine	3–1	75.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–1	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	18–24	42.9
Mardu Hero	0–1	0.0
Naya Hero	18–23	43.9
Artifact Midrange	0–1	0.0
Coinflip Tribal	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	3–1	75.0
Ramp	9–8	52.9
Cloudpost Ramp	6–6	50.0
Greenpost	6–6	50.0
Carth Superfriends	1–0	100.0