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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 14 weeks.

Don't show me this again

The Season Kick Off is on May 4th with free entry and over 100 tix in prizes to 32nd place!

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	501	961–978	49.6	32	247
Red Deck Wins	105	215–197	52.2	11	57

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	59–47	55.7
Mono Black Aggro	3–2	60.0
Heroic	1–1	50.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	14–14	50.0
Goblins	2–0	100.0
Tokens	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Tokens	1–2	33.3
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	7–3	70.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	2–1	66.7
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Elves	3–4	42.9
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	8–1	88.9
Artifact Aggro	5–9	35.7
Affinity	1–4	20.0
Tempered Steel	4–5	44.4
Voltron	2–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	2–0	100.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	8–9	47.1
Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–1	0.0
Humans	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Combo	34–39	46.6
Storm	15–15	50.0
Dragonstorm	0–1	0.0
Izzet Storm	15–14	51.7
Swath Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–1	50.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	3–5	37.5
Warp World	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Myr Incubator	1–1	50.0
Taking Turns	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	0–1	0.0
Reanim8 Rack	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	8–10	44.4
Oops All Spells	8–10	44.4
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	3–0	100.0
Control	25–21	54.3
Esper Control	3–2	60.0
Mono Blue Control	2–1	66.7
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	3–7	30.0
Turbo Fog	0–1	0.0
Mill	0–1	0.0
Boros Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	3–0	100.0
Stax	4–1	80.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	0–1	0.0
Ponza	1–3	25.0
Bant Control	0–1	0.0
Pox	3–1	75.0
Prison	4–0	100.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	36–32	52.9
Aristocrats	4–1	80.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Boros Bombardment	1–1	50.0
Burn	8–4	66.7
Infect	3–0	100.0
Mono Black Infect	3–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	18–27	40.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	18–27	40.0
Hushnought	2–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	1–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	15–9	62.5
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	7–5	58.3
Izzet Spells	6–2	75.0
Combo-Control	13–9	59.1
Curses	1–1	50.0
Battle of Wits	1–1	50.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	11–6	64.7
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	10–6	62.5
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	3–1	75.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	4–1	80.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	3–3	50.0
Midrange	31–36	46.3
The Rock	3–1	75.0
Jund	4–3	57.1
Blink	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	0–2	0.0
Allies	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
Mardu Allies	1–1	50.0
Fake-Rack	1–1	50.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	3–4	42.9
Mono Black Vampires	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Midrange	9–16	36.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–1	50.0
Martyr's Grace	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–0	100.0
Owling Mine	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–5	16.7
Naya Hero	1–5	16.7
Death Cloud	1–1	50.0
Ramp	2–4	33.3
Cloudpost Ramp	2–3	40.0
Greenpost	2–3	40.0