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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.

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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
Aggro-Combo	299	711–575	55.3	38	190
Aristocrats	22	53–49	52.0	2	16
Orzhov Aristocrats	3	4–8	33.3	0	1
Golgari Aristocrats	1	2–2	50.0
Mardu Aristocrats	1	2–2	50.0	0	1
Rakdos Aristocrats	12	33–29	53.2	1	9
Boros Bombardment	5	12–8	60.0	1	5
Burn	43	96–88	52.2	6	26
Infect	19	26–39	40.0	1	6
Simic Infect	5	10–9	52.6	1	3
Blazing Shoal Infect	6	5–8	38.5	0	1
Mono Black Infect	7	10–19	34.5	0	2
Trickbind Dreadnought	190	493–347	58.7	27	127
Izzet Dreadnought	4	10–7	58.8	0	2
Mono Blue Dreadnought	183	479–334	58.9	27	124
Hushnought	12	22–25	46.8	1	7
Liquimetal Fishing	1	2–3	40.0	0	1
Combo Goblins	11	18–21	46.2	1	7
Goblin Persist	11	18–21	46.2	1	7

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	169–156	52.0
Mono Black Aggro	6–4	60.0
Heroic	1–3	25.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–3	25.0
Red Deck Wins	32–36	47.1
Goblins	6–0	100.0
Tokens	6–5	54.5
Selesnya Tokens	4–2	66.7
Mono White Tokens	2–3	40.0
White Weenie	16–23	41.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	2–3	40.0
Soldiers	3–1	75.0
Elves	10–12	45.5
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	7–15	31.8
Artifact Aggro	31–15	67.4
Affinity	13–6	68.4
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	16–9	64.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Madness	4–1	80.0
Rakdos Madness	4–1	80.0
Voltron	1–3	25.0
Hexproof	0–1	0.0
Equipment Aggro	1–2	33.3
Slivers	3–0	100.0
Knights	7–2	77.8
AggroSlide	33–34	49.3
Cats	3–2	60.0
Selesnya Cats	3–2	60.0
Humans	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Humans	0–1	0.0
Combo	120–78	60.6
Storm	45–34	57.0
Dragonstorm	4–1	80.0
Izzet Storm	41–33	55.4
Reanimator	3–1	75.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	2–1	66.7
Necrotic Ooze Combo	9–8	52.9
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Warp World	2–3	40.0
Hypergenesis	9–1	90.0
Runeflare	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	9–2	81.8
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	9–2	81.8
Myr Incubator	1–1	50.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	2–0	100.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	6–2	75.0
Reanim8 Rack	2–0	100.0
Breakfast	11–17	39.3
Oops All Spells	11–17	39.3
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	1–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	2–2	50.0
Restore Balance	5–1	83.3
Possibility Storm	4–4	50.0
Control	96–66	59.3
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	4–9	30.8
Mono Blue Control	2–2	50.0
Dimir Control	5–1	83.3
Azorius Control	32–28	53.3
Turbo Fog	1–2	33.3
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	4–1	80.0
Boros Control	10–7	58.8
Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Grixis Control	0–2	0.0
Cruel Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	8–2	80.0
Chandra Nalaar	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Control	2–0	100.0
Ponza	9–1	90.0
Mono White Control	1–1	50.0
Bant Control	2–1	66.7
Pox	6–1	85.7
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Prison	4–5	44.4
Enchantress	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	123–123	50.0
Aristocrats	9–12	42.9
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	7–6	53.8
Boros Bombardment	1–5	16.7
Burn	12–19	38.7
Infect	9–3	75.0
Simic Infect	2–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	2–2	50.0
Mono Black Infect	5–1	83.3
Trickbind Dreadnought	80–84	48.8
Mono Blue Dreadnought	79–83	48.8
Hushnought	7–2	77.8
Liquimetal Fishing	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	4–3	57.1
Goblin Persist	4–3	57.1
Aggro-Control	34–25	57.6
Izzet Tempo	3–0	100.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Wizards	1–1	50.0
Ninjas	13–10	56.5
Izzet Spells	11–12	47.8
Dimir Tempo	3–1	75.0
Combo-Control	28–22	56.0
Curses	0–2	0.0
Displace Loop	3–2	60.0
Familiars	3–2	60.0
Solar Flare	1–1	50.0
Plasma Swans	2–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	22–17	56.4
Jokulhaups Control	22–17	56.4
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	4–0	100.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	5–4	55.6
Temur Jokulhaups Control	7–4	63.6
Jund Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	2–3	40.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	3–6	33.3
Midrange	129–102	55.8
Temur Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Prophet Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
The Rock	10–12	45.5
Abzan Midrange	3–0	100.0
Selesnya Midrange	2–1	66.7
Jund	14–5	73.7
Blink	4–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Séance	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	6–2	75.0
Allies	3–3	50.0
Mardu Allies	2–1	66.7
Boros Allies	0–2	0.0
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	2–3	40.0
Mardu Midrange	4–0	100.0
Vampires	6–6	50.0
Mono Black Vampires	4–5	44.4
Rakdos Midrange	5–6	45.5
Naya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Big Red	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	37–39	48.7
Mono Black Devotion	5–6	45.5
Dimir Midrange	3–3	50.0
Angel Tribal	0–1	0.0
Toughness Matters	1–1	50.0
Lifegain Midrange	4–8	33.3
Martyr's Grace	3–8	27.3
Orzhov Midrange	1–1	50.0
Owling Mine	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–1	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	14–2	87.5
Mardu Hero	2–0	100.0
Naya Hero	12–2	85.7
Artifact Midrange	2–1	66.7
Death Cloud	1–1	50.0
Ramp	12–3	80.0
Cloudpost Ramp	7–2	77.8
Greenpost	7–2	77.8
Carth Superfriends	1–1	50.0