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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 2 days, 11 hours.

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Congratulations to chickeninthebrain, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 32)

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	2879	5194–4664	52.7	32	247	128
Artifact Aggro	557	1090–943	53.6	2	36	30
Affinity	182	323–304	51.5	1	17	10

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	79–67	54.1
Mono Black Aggro	3–2	60.0
Heroic	2–1	66.7
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	11–10	52.4
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	4–0	100.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	12–10	54.5
Quest for the Holy Relic	3–3	50.0
Soldiers	2–0	100.0
Elves	2–6	25.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	3–1	75.0
Artifact Aggro	22–21	51.2
Affinity	12–12	50.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	8–9	47.1
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Madness	1–1	50.0
Voltron	2–3	40.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	1–3	25.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	2–0	100.0
Knights	1–2	33.3
AggroSlide	8–8	50.0
Cats	2–1	66.7
Mono White Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–1	50.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	42–58	42.0
Storm	17–21	44.7
Dimir Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Dragonstorm	1–1	50.0
Hazoret Storm	0–1	0.0
Simic Storm	2–1	66.7
Izzet Storm	12–18	40.0
Reanimator	2–2	50.0
Worldgorger Dragon	2–0	100.0
Double Dragon	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	0–2	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Oriss Genesis	2–1	66.7
Necrotic Ooze Combo	4–6	40.0
Warp World	1–2	33.3
Hypergenesis	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–4	20.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–3	25.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	0–1	0.0
Izzet Ascension	1–1	50.0
Jokulhaups Combo	1–2	33.3
Soulflayer	1–1	50.0
Reanim8 Rack	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	1–5	16.7
Oops All Spells	1–5	16.7
Dredge	2–0	100.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	2–1	66.7
Intruder Alarm	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	1–7	12.5
Possibility Storm	1–1	50.0
Control	45–35	56.3
Mono Black Control	1–1	50.0
Esper Control	5–1	83.3
Mono Blue Control	2–2	50.0
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	3–11	21.4
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	2–0	100.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	2–1	66.7
Boros Control	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	3–2	60.0
Cruel Control	2–1	66.7
Stax	4–2	66.7
Chandra Nalaar	0–1	0.0
Ponza	7–3	70.0
Mono White Control	0–2	0.0
Cycling Control	1–2	33.3
Astral Slide	0–2	0.0
Bant Control	3–2	60.0
Pox	4–2	66.7
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–1	0.0
Seasons Past Control	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	2–0	100.0
Prison	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	25–30	45.5
Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Mardu Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Burn	5–1	83.3
Infect	1–1	50.0
Simic Infect	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	8–22	26.7
Mono Blue Dreadnought	8–22	26.7
Hushnought	4–0	100.0
Liquimetal Fishing	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	4–3	57.1
Goblin Persist	4–3	57.1
Aggro-Control	17–22	43.6
Izzet Tempo	3–1	75.0
Azorius Skies	0–2	0.0
Blue Madness	4–1	80.0
Simic Madness	1–1	50.0
Temur Madness	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	3–2	60.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–1	50.0
Izzet Spells	4–12	25.0
Combo-Control	17–16	51.5
Curses	3–3	50.0
Battle of Wits	3–0	100.0
Hive Mind	0–1	0.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	10–10	50.0
Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Jokulhaups Control	9–9	50.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	5–3	62.5
Jund Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	1–2	33.3
Resurgent Belief	1–1	50.0
Midrange	88–65	57.5
The Rock	2–2	50.0
Abzan Midrange	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Midrange	2–0	100.0
Jund	12–7	63.2
Blink	2–8	20.0
Graveyard Value	3–0	100.0
Séance	1–0	100.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	1–1	50.0
Allies	4–3	57.1
Mardu Allies	2–2	50.0
Boros Allies	2–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	2–4	33.3
Mardu Midrange	3–5	37.5
Vampires	2–5	28.6
Mono Black Vampires	0–4	0.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–5	28.6
Mono Black Midrange	20–13	60.6
Mono Black Devotion	2–2	50.0
Toughness Matters	2–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	5–1	83.3
Martyr's Grace	5–1	83.3
Sultai Midrange	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	4–0	100.0
Mythic Colossification	0–1	0.0
Party	0–1	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	9–5	64.3
Mardu Hero	0–1	0.0
Naya Hero	7–4	63.6
Boros Hero	1–0	100.0
Clerics	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	4–1	80.0
Coinflip Tribal	0–1	0.0
Death Cloud	2–0	100.0
Ramp	10–11	47.6
Villainous Wealth	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	4–9	30.8
Greenpost	4–9	30.8
Carth Superfriends	2–0	100.0