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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, 5 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	1010	1672–1725	49.2	24	116	46
Blink	329	709–470	60.1	18	70	28
Wave Blink	321	697–456	60.5	18	70	28
Esper Wave	1	0–1	0.0
Azorius Wave	46	96–65	59.6	6	17	1
Orzhov Wave	203	466–288	61.8	11	46	20
Abzan Wave	39	88–52	62.9	1	4	5
Bant Wave	7	8–20	28.6

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	134–63	68.0
Mono Black Aggro	10–2	83.3
Heroic	4–0	100.0
Mono White Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	23–27	46.0
Goblins	0–1	0.0
Tokens	5–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	5–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	21–5	80.8
White Weenie	6–1	85.7
Elves	6–1	85.7
Minotaurs	1–0	100.0
Zombies	7–1	87.5
Gruul Aggro	7–5	58.3
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	24–8	75.0
Affinity	7–1	87.5
Boros Vehicles	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	14–6	70.0
Mono Blue Architect	2–1	66.7
Madness	2–2	50.0
Golgari Madness	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Knights	1–1	50.0
AggroSlide	7–6	53.8
Rakdos Aggro	3–1	75.0
Boros Aggro	3–1	75.0
Shamans	2–1	66.7
Combo	108–84	56.3
Storm	14–6	70.0
Dragonstorm	6–4	60.0
Citadel Storm	2–0	100.0
Grixis Tendrils	3–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	2–2	50.0
Swath Storm	0–2	0.0
Reanimator	11–14	44.0
Recurring Nightmare	11–14	44.0
Dragon Nightmare	8–5	61.5
Jund Nightmare	0–1	0.0
Oriss Genesis	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–5	28.6
Maniac Combo	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	12–16	42.9
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	12–16	42.9
"Twin"	2–0	100.0
Jeskai "Twin"	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	3–1	75.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	3–5	37.5
Izzet Ascension	4–6	40.0
Breakfast	28–22	56.0
Hermit Dredge	1–0	100.0
Oops All Spells	27–22	55.1
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Dredge	4–2	66.7
Protean Hulk Combo	0–1	0.0
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	5–3	62.5
Ad Nauseam	3–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	1–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	0–2	0.0
Restore Balance	1–0	100.0
Gyruda	2–0	100.0
Possibility Storm	4–0	100.0
Control	87–64	57.6
Esper Control	6–4	60.0
Dimir Control	5–9	35.7
Azorius Control	11–7	61.1
Cawblade	0–1	0.0
Izzet Control	3–2	60.0
Mill	3–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	2–3	40.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–3	40.0
Grixis Control	5–6	45.5
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	11–4	73.3
Dragon Control	4–3	57.1
Izzet Dragons	0–1	0.0
Esper Dragons	2–2	50.0
Mono White Control	6–1	85.7
Cycling Control	1–1	50.0
Astral Slide	0–1	0.0
Five Color Control	3–0	100.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	0–2	0.0
Pox	13–9	59.1
Seasons Past Control	2–4	33.3
Orzhov Control	4–2	66.7
Prison	5–7	41.7
Enchantress	5–7	41.7
Aggro-Combo	135–60	69.2
Aristocrats	8–5	61.5
Mono Black Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	5–3	62.5
Burn	8–6	57.1
Infect	30–10	75.0
Simic Infect	27–9	75.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	2–1	66.7
Golgari Infect	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	59–21	73.8
Izzet Dreadnought	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	52–19	73.2
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Hushnought	3–3	50.0
Liquimetal Fishing	5–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	20–15	57.1
Goblin Persist	1–2	33.3
Dirty Kitty	19–13	59.4
Aggro-Control	39–25	60.9
Izzet Tempo	14–6	70.0
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	3–1	75.0
Simic Madness	2–0	100.0
Wizards	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	17–10	63.0
Mono Blue Librarians	10–7	58.8
Izzet Spells	2–3	40.0
Dimir Tempo	0–5	0.0
Combo-Control	36–31	53.7
Curses	2–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	7–12	36.8
Shared Fate	1–0	100.0
Sunforger	1–0	100.0
Displace Loop	1–0	100.0
Familiars	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	2–2	50.0
Plasma Swans	5–2	71.4
Mass Land Destruction	17–14	54.8
Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	15–14	51.7
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	9–9	50.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–2	33.3
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	4–3	57.1
Resurgent Belief	0–1	0.0
Midrange	119–81	59.5
The Rock	2–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	6–4	60.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	2–1	66.7
Blink	43–42	50.6
Wave Blink	42–42	50.0
Azorius Wave	7–9	43.8
Orzhov Wave	27–26	50.9
Abzan Wave	6–5	54.5
Acid Trip	1–0	100.0
Anti-Persecution	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	2–3	40.0
Séance	1–1	50.0
Varolz Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Allies	1–2	33.3
Azorius Allies	1–1	50.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	6–0	100.0
Big Red	3–1	75.0
Mono Black Midrange	4–0	100.0
Mono Black Devotion	2–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	2–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	6–11	35.3
Martyr's Grace	6–11	35.3
Sultai Midrange	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Midrange	13–8	61.9
Clerics	1–3	25.0
Artifact Midrange	3–0	100.0
Coinflip Tribal	3–0	100.0
Death Cloud	2–0	100.0
Ramp	39–48	44.8
Rofellos Ramp	15–27	35.7
Cloudpost Ramp	19–15	55.9
Eldrazipost	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	14–13	51.9
Simic Post	1–1	50.0
Carth Superfriends	2–4	33.3
Jund Carth	1–0	100.0