Rakdos Madness

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 13 weeks, 2 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	2879	5194–4664	52.7	32	247	128
Madness	94	143–154	48.1	0	2	5
Rakdos Madness	63	97–97	50.0	0	2	4

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	15–19	44.1
Mono Black Aggro	2–0	100.0
Heroic	1–2	33.3
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Boros Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	3–1	75.0
Goblins	1–1	50.0
White Weenie	0–2	0.0
Soldiers	0–1	0.0
Elves	2–4	33.3
Selesnya Little Kid	2–0	100.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	0–2	0.0
Artifact Aggro	1–5	16.7
Affinity	1–1	50.0
Tempered Steel	0–4	0.0
Madness	1–1	50.0
Golgari Madness	1–1	50.0
AggroSlide	0–1	0.0
Combo	15–15	50.0
Storm	5–7	41.7
Dimir Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	1–7	12.5
Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stormless Storm	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	0–1	0.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Combo	2–0	100.0
Soulflayer	1–2	33.3
Breakfast	1–2	33.3
Oops All Spells	1–2	33.3
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	0–1	0.0
Control	14–14	50.0
Dimir Control	2–1	66.7
Azorius Control	3–3	50.0
Izzet Control	0–1	0.0
Boros Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	0–2	0.0
Cruel Control	0–2	0.0
Stax	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	0–1	0.0
Izzet Dragons	0–1	0.0
Ponza	2–2	50.0
Cycling Control	1–1	50.0
Astral Slide	0–1	0.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	3–2	60.0
Prison	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	14–18	43.8
Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Abzan Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	2–3	40.0
Infect	1–2	33.3
Simic Infect	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–1	50.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–9	18.2
Mono Blue Dreadnought	2–9	18.2
Hushnought	2–1	66.7
Liquimetal Fishing	1–1	50.0
Combo Goblins	3–1	75.0
Goblin Persist	3–1	75.0
Aggro-Control	6–7	46.2
Izzet Tempo	2–1	66.7
Ninjas	2–5	28.6
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	1–1	50.0
Dimir Faeries	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	3–4	42.9
Battle of Wits	0–2	0.0
Lich's Mastery	0–1	0.0
Solar Flare	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–1	66.7
Jokulhaups Control	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Midrange	27–19	58.7
Temur Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	3–0	100.0
Selesnya Midrange	2–2	50.0
Jund	0–1	0.0
Blink	4–1	80.0
Graveyard Value	0–1	0.0
Varolz Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Allies	0–1	0.0
Mardu Allies	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	4–6	40.0
Mono Black Devotion	2–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–1	50.0
Martyr's Grace	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–2	33.3
Hero of Precinct One	2–0	100.0
Naya Hero	1–0	100.0
Boros Hero	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	2–0	100.0
Ramp	3–1	75.0
Cloudpost Ramp	3–0	100.0
Greenpost	3–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	0–1	0.0