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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.

Current League
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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 1 day, 20 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	903	1520–1505	50.2	2	87	40
Artifact Aggro	143	221–216	50.6	0	11	8
Tempered Steel	86	165–127	56.5	0	11	7

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	20–22	47.6
Mono Black Aggro	1–1	50.0
Heroic	2–3	40.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Boros Heroic	1–2	33.3
Red Deck Wins	6–6	50.0
Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono White Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	0–3	0.0
Elves	0–1	0.0
Zombies	2–1	66.7
Gruul Aggro	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	5–3	62.5
Affinity	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	3–3	50.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Knights	0–2	0.0
AggroSlide	2–0	100.0
Combo	28–26	51.9
Storm	7–2	77.8
Dragonstorm	2–1	66.7
Citadel Storm	2–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	2–1	66.7
Swath Storm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	3–3	50.0
Recurring Nightmare	2–3	40.0
Dragon Nightmare	1–0	100.0
Jund Nightmare	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	0–1	0.0
Izzet Ascension	2–1	66.7
Breakfast	3–15	16.7
Oops All Spells	3–15	16.7
Dredge	3–0	100.0
Protean Hulk Combo	0–1	0.0
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	2–1	66.7
Ad Nauseam	0–2	0.0
Tibalt's Trickery	1–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	2–0	100.0
Possibility Storm	1–0	100.0
Control	24–9	72.7
Esper Control	4–0	100.0
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	4–1	80.0
Cawblade	2–0	100.0
Izzet Control	0–2	0.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	2–0	100.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	2–1	66.7
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	3–2	60.0
Astral Slide	2–2	50.0
Pox	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	0–1	0.0
Prison	2–2	50.0
Enchantress	2–2	50.0
Aggro-Combo	27–30	47.4
Aristocrats	5–2	71.4
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Burn	2–1	66.7
Infect	4–9	30.8
Simic Infect	4–9	30.8
Trickbind Dreadnought	9–12	42.9
Izzet Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	9–11	45.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Hushnought	3–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	3–6	33.3
Dirty Kitty	3–6	33.3
Aggro-Control	11–4	73.3
Izzet Tempo	3–0	100.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	4–4	50.0
Mono Blue Librarians	4–2	66.7
Izzet Spells	2–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	22–6	78.6
Curses	2–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	5–1	83.3
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	11–4	73.3
Jokulhaups Control	11–4	73.3
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	1–2	33.3
Jund Jokulhaups Control	5–2	71.4
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	4–0	100.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Resurgent Belief	1–0	100.0
Midrange	23–22	51.1
The Rock	2–0	100.0
Golgari Citadel	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	3–1	75.0
Blink	6–14	30.0
Wave Blink	6–14	30.0
Azorius Wave	0–3	0.0
Orzhov Wave	3–8	27.3
Abzan Wave	2–2	50.0
Bant Wave	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	2–0	100.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–2	0.0
Big Red	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–2	50.0
Clerics	1–1	50.0
Ramp	10–8	55.6
Rofellos Ramp	1–6	14.3
Cloudpost Ramp	7–1	87.5
Eldrazipost	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	3–1	75.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	0–1	0.0
Jund Carth	0–1	0.0