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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?

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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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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 1 week.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	903	1520–1505	50.2	2	87	40
Mono Black Aggro	47	77–75	50.7	1	2
Heroic	42	54–62	46.6	0	1	1
Mono White Heroic	5	6–7	46.2
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	14	14–14	50.0			1
Boros Heroic	21	30–35	46.2	0	1
Selesnya Heroic	1	2–3	40.0
Red Deck Wins	222	464–346	57.3	0	27	18
Goblins	5	7–7	50.0
Tokens	17	16–29	35.6
Mono White Tokens	11	14–19	42.4
Mono Green Stompy	73	146–145	50.2	1	11	2
White Weenie	37	73–60	54.9	0	13	2
Soldiers	2	5–4	55.6
Kithkin	3	3–7	30.0
Elves	65	102–109	48.3	0	4	5
Werewolves	2	3–7	30.0
Minotaurs	2	4–3	57.1
Selesnya Little Kid	5	1–7	12.5
Rogues	16	16–21	43.2			1
Zombies	33	61–63	49.2	0	3
Gruul Aggro	36	42–67	38.5	0	2
Gruul Landfall	1	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	5	3–9	25.0
Mono Red Swarm	4	2–5	28.6
Artifact Aggro	143	221–216	50.6	0	11	8
Affinity	28	23–52	30.7
Boros Vehicles	1	1–3	25.0
Salvage Titan	15	9–17	34.6
Tempered Steel	86	165–127	56.5	0	11	7
Mono Blue Architect	11	19–14	57.6			1
Devoid Aggro	3	3–7	30.0
Madness	13	15–23	39.5
Gruul Madness	1	1–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	3	8–5	61.5
Rakdos Madness	6	5–12	29.4
Voltron	11	14–19	42.4
Hexproof	8	11–15	42.3
Equipment Aggro	3	3–4	42.9
Slivers	4	3–8	27.3
Knights	12	23–17	57.5			1
AggroSlide	45	74–75	49.7	0	12
Cats	7	10–18	35.7
Selesnya Cats	7	10–18	35.7
Rakdos Aggro	26	35–56	38.5			1
Boros Aggro	11	11–21	34.4
Humans	2	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Humans	1	0–1	0.0
Shamans	13	38–24	61.3	0	1	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	229–229	50.0
Mono Black Aggro	10–9	52.6
Heroic	9–12	42.9
Mono White Heroic	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	3–3	50.0
Boros Heroic	6–7	46.2
Selesnya Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	49–75	39.5
Goblins	1–1	50.0
Tokens	5–5	50.0
Mono White Tokens	2–5	28.6
Mono Green Stompy	15–20	42.9
White Weenie	8–14	36.4
Soldiers	0–1	0.0
Elves	16–20	44.4
Minotaurs	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	2–0	100.0
Rogues	5–1	83.3
Zombies	11–8	57.9
Gruul Aggro	12–2	85.7
Merfolk	2–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	42–29	59.2
Affinity	14–7	66.7
Boros Vehicles	1–0	100.0
Salvage Titan	3–1	75.0
Tempered Steel	22–20	52.4
Mono Blue Architect	2–1	66.7
Madness	2–2	50.0
Golgari Madness	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	1–3	25.0
Hexproof	1–2	33.3
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
Slivers	3–2	60.0
Knights	1–3	25.0
AggroSlide	9–9	50.0
Cats	3–1	75.0
Selesnya Cats	3–1	75.0
Rakdos Aggro	13–3	81.3
Boros Aggro	1–2	33.3
Humans	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Shamans	5–8	38.5
Combo	249–255	49.4
Storm	54–19	74.0
Dimir Tendrils	4–0	100.0
Dragonstorm	16–12	57.1
Simic Storm	1–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	8–2	80.0
Grixis Tendrils	2–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	2–1	66.7
Izzet Storm	8–4	66.7
Swath Storm	1–2	33.3
Reanimator	23–38	37.7
Recurring Nightmare	19–37	33.9
Dragon Nightmare	9–9	50.0
Jund Nightmare	3–4	42.9
Traditional Reanimator	4–1	80.0
Mono Black Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Oriss Genesis	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	5–13	27.8
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	0–1	0.0
Runeflare	1–3	25.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	18–26	40.9
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	18–25	41.9
"Twin"	1–1	50.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	2–2	50.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	3–2	60.0
Taking Turns	7–7	50.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–1	50.0
Izzet Ascension	18–12	60.0
Breakfast	41–89	31.5
Oops All Spells	41–89	31.5
Oops All Lands	1–1	50.0
Dredge	16–3	84.2
Protean Hulk Combo	2–3	40.0
Storm Herald	6–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	7–12	36.8
Ad Nauseam	2–3	40.0
Ad Swanseam	0–1	0.0
GreenTwin	1–1	50.0
Tibalt's Trickery	3–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	1–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	5–2	71.4
Restore Balance	2–0	100.0
Gyruda	11–6	64.7
Stuffy Doll	1–3	25.0
Possibility Storm	1–4	20.0
Control	219–177	55.3
Mono Black Control	6–9	40.0
Esper Control	17–6	73.9
Demonic Rising	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Control	2–1	66.7
Dimir Control	25–22	53.2
Azorius Control	22–29	43.1
Cawblade	4–3	57.1
Turbo Fog	3–0	100.0
Izzet Control	9–4	69.2
Mardu Control	2–0	100.0
Mill	8–4	66.7
Boros Control	0–6	0.0
Cloudpost Control	10–2	83.3
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	6–2	75.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	14–10	58.3
Cruel Control	5–3	62.5
Stax	23–11	67.6
Chandra Nalaar	1–1	50.0
Dragon Control	7–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Esper Dragons	3–0	100.0
Ponza	3–7	30.0
Mono White Control	9–16	36.0
Life is Ez	1–1	50.0
Cycling Control	6–9	40.0
Astral Slide	4–8	33.3
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	4–1	80.0
Bant Control	7–6	53.8
Pox	22–13	62.9
Seasons Past Control	3–2	60.0
Orzhov Control	3–7	30.0
Prison	7–10	41.2
Enchantress	6–9	40.0
Aggro-Combo	218–285	43.3
Aristocrats	29–32	47.5
Mono Black Aristocrats	7–4	63.6
Orzhov Aristocrats	4–3	57.1
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Abzan Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Aristocrats	9–22	29.0
Boros Bombardment	1–0	100.0
Burn	21–13	61.8
Infect	42–48	46.7
Simic Infect	38–42	47.5
Blazing Shoal Infect	3–6	33.3
Trickbind Dreadnought	65–133	32.8
Izzet Dreadnought	9–13	40.9
Mono Blue Dreadnought	51–118	30.2
Izzet Blitzkrieg	2–1	66.7
Hushnought	9–3	75.0
Liquimetal Fishing	11–3	78.6
Combo Goblins	39–52	42.9
Goblin Persist	0–4	0.0
Dirty Kitty	39–48	44.8
Aggro-Control	102–72	58.6
Izzet Tempo	31–28	52.5
Azorius Skies	2–2	50.0
Blue Madness	4–2	66.7
Simic Madness	4–1	80.0
Wizards	2–0	100.0
Ninjas	2–3	40.0
Mono Blue Tempo	26–25	51.0
Mono Blue Librarians	22–16	57.9
Izzet Spells	13–3	81.3
Dimir Tempo	14–5	73.7
Azorius Tempo	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	105–86	55.0
Curses	4–2	66.7
Battle of Wits	22–14	61.1
Shared Fate	1–1	50.0
Sunforger	4–3	57.1
Displace Loop	0–1	0.0
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	3–1	75.0
Solar Flare	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	6–10	37.5
Mass Land Destruction	58–53	52.3
Wildfire	3–1	75.0
Jokulhaups Control	55–52	51.4
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	22–30	42.3
Temur Jokulhaups Control	5–1	83.3
Jund Jokulhaups Control	5–8	38.5
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	18–10	64.3
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	5–2	71.4
Resurgent Belief	3–0	100.0
Midrange	241–276	46.6
The Rock	7–7	50.0
Golgari Citadel	4–2	66.7
Abzan Midrange	20–14	58.8
Selesnya Midrange	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Value Town	1–0	100.0
Jund	1–1	50.0
Blink	65–135	32.5
Wave Blink	63–134	32.0
Azorius Wave	6–17	26.1
Orzhov Wave	45–95	32.1
Abzan Wave	8–16	33.3
Bant Wave	2–1	66.7
Acid Trip	1–0	100.0
Anti-Persecution	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	17–6	73.9
Séance	0–3	0.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	3–1	75.0
Allies	4–12	25.0
Azorius Allies	3–10	23.1
Fake-Rack	2–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–3	25.0
Vampires	8–9	47.1
Mono Black Vampires	6–8	42.9
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	4–1	80.0
Orzhov Legends	1–0	100.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	13–11	54.2
Naya Midrange	3–1	75.0
Big Red	8–1	88.9
Mono Black Midrange	4–4	50.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–1	50.0
Hellion Whip	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	3–3	50.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	10–24	29.4
Martyr's Grace	4–20	16.7
Mutate	2–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	5–4	55.6
Orzhov Midrange	21–16	56.8
Owling Mine	1–0	100.0
Clerics	5–4	55.6
Artifact Midrange	4–2	66.7
Coinflip Tribal	2–0	100.0
Death Cloud	2–1	66.7
Ramp	157–125	55.7
Rofellos Ramp	73–81	47.4
Cloudpost Ramp	55–27	67.1
Eldrazipost	3–0	100.0
Golgari Post	2–0	100.0
Greenpost	42–23	64.6
Simic Post	3–0	100.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	5–1	83.3
Defenders	2–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	11–10	52.4
Jund Carth	2–3	40.0