The Rock

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, 20 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
Midrange	2940	4766–5235	47.7	14	183	117
The Rock	78	131–156	45.6	0	13	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	22–33	40.0
Heroic	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	4–9	30.8
Tokens	0–2	0.0
Mono White Tokens	0–1	0.0
White Weenie	5–3	62.5
Quest for the Holy Relic	2–1	66.7
Elves	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Little Kid	0–1	0.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	6–8	42.9
Affinity	2–2	50.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	3–6	33.3
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Illusions	1–0	100.0
Madness	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	0–1	0.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	1–2	33.3
Cats	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–1	0.0
Humans	0–1	0.0
Combo	20–22	47.6
Storm	6–5	54.5
Dragonstorm	2–1	66.7
Izzet Storm	4–4	50.0
Reanimator	1–3	25.0
Worldgorger Dragon	0–3	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Warp World	1–1	50.0
Zubera Tribal	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	2–1	66.7
Reanim8 Rack	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	4–7	36.4
Oops All Spells	4–7	36.4
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Polymorph	1–2	33.3
Restore Balance	0–1	0.0
Control	15–13	53.6
Esper Control	1–1	50.0
Azorius Control	3–5	37.5
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Boros Control	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	0–2	0.0
Stax	2–1	66.7
Ponza	0–2	0.0
Mono White Control	1–1	50.0
Life is Ez	1–1	50.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	2–0	100.0
Prison	2–0	100.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	26–39	40.0
Aristocrats	1–7	12.5
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Mardu Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–3	25.0
Boros Bombardment	0–1	0.0
Burn	5–3	62.5
Infect	2–4	33.3
Simic Infect	1–2	33.3
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–1	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	13–16	44.8
Izzet Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	12–16	42.9
Hushnought	3–2	60.0
Liquimetal Fishing	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	1–7	12.5
Goblin Persist	1–7	12.5
Aggro-Control	12–10	54.5
Izzet Tempo	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	2–0	100.0
Simic Madness	2–0	100.0
Ninjas	3–8	27.3
Mono Blue Tempo	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	3–2	60.0
Dimir Tempo	2–0	100.0
Combo-Control	8–5	61.5
Curses	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	1–0	100.0
Liliana's Contract	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	4–5	44.4
Jokulhaups Control	4–5	44.4
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–4	20.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	3–0	100.0
Resurgent Belief	1–0	100.0
Midrange	23–27	46.0
Temur Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
The Rock	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Jund	3–4	42.9
Blink	1–1	50.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Allies	2–1	66.7
Mardu Allies	2–1	66.7
Treefolk	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	3–1	75.0
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–11	21.4
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–3	25.0
Martyr's Grace	0–3	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–1	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	2–0	100.0
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Ramp	5–7	41.7
Cloudpost Ramp	5–4	55.6
Greenpost	5–4	55.6