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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
Combo	1086	1680–1978	45.9	7	74	55
Breakfast	264	587–389	60.1	3	26	28
Hermit Dredge	6	6–7	46.2
Oops All Spells	257	581–381	60.4	3	26	28

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	89–41	68.5
Mono Black Aggro	4–2	66.7
Heroic	4–2	66.7
Mono White Heroic	0–1	0.0
Boros Heroic	4–1	80.0
Red Deck Wins	24–9	72.7
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	4–10	28.6
White Weenie	0–5	0.0
Soldiers	0–2	0.0
Kithkin	0–1	0.0
Elves	5–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	4–3	57.1
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	24–4	85.7
Affinity	4–0	100.0
Salvage Titan	3–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	15–3	83.3
Mono Blue Architect	1–1	50.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Knights	1–1	50.0
AggroSlide	4–1	80.0
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	3–2	60.0
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Shamans	1–1	50.0
Combo	125–62	66.8
Storm	27–6	81.8
Dimir Tendrils	2–0	100.0
Dragonstorm	10–3	76.9
Citadel Storm	4–1	80.0
Grixis Tendrils	3–1	75.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	5–1	83.3
Swath Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	16–4	80.0
Recurring Nightmare	16–4	80.0
Dragon Nightmare	2–0	100.0
Jund Nightmare	1–2	33.3
Oriss Genesis	1–1	50.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–2	33.3
Runeflare	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Ascendancy	6–8	42.9
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	6–8	42.9
"Twin"	3–0	100.0
Jeskai "Twin"	1–0	100.0
Naya "Twin"	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–1	50.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	2–1	66.7
Taking Turns	6–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	9–7	56.3
Breakfast	23–23	50.0
Hermit Dredge	1–1	50.0
Oops All Spells	21–22	48.8
Dredge	8–0	100.0
Protean Hulk Combo	1–1	50.0
Enduring Ideal	4–0	100.0
Tibalt's Trickery	2–1	66.7
Intruder Alarm	0–2	0.0
Calibrated Blast	1–0	100.0
Gyruda	4–1	80.0
Possibility Storm	1–1	50.0
Control	86–58	59.7
Mono Black Control	1–1	50.0
Esper Control	1–3	25.0
Dimir Control	3–8	27.3
Azorius Control	7–12	36.8
Izzet Control	3–3	50.0
Mardu Control	1–1	50.0
Mill	2–0	100.0
Boros Control	3–6	33.3
Cloudpost Control	4–3	57.1
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	4–3	57.1
Grixis Control	9–2	81.8
Cruel Control	3–1	75.0
Stax	13–5	72.2
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	6–3	66.7
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Esper Dragons	2–2	50.0
Grixis Dragons	2–0	100.0
Ponza	2–1	66.7
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	2–1	66.7
Astral Slide	2–1	66.7
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	2–0	100.0
Pox	10–6	62.5
Seasons Past Control	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	4–0	100.0
Prison	7–2	77.8
Enchantress	7–2	77.8
Aggro-Combo	97–79	55.1
Aristocrats	11–7	61.1
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Food	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	4–5	44.4
Boros Bombardment	1–0	100.0
Burn	7–5	58.3
Infect	23–14	62.2
Simic Infect	19–13	59.4
Blazing Shoal Infect	4–1	80.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	31–43	41.9
Izzet Dreadnought	5–2	71.4
Mono Blue Dreadnought	26–39	40.0
Hushnought	0–1	0.0
Liquimetal Fishing	3–2	60.0
Combo Goblins	22–7	75.9
Goblin Persist	1–0	100.0
Dirty Kitty	21–7	75.0
Aggro-Control	21–30	41.2
Izzet Tempo	8–10	44.4
Blue Madness	2–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	7–14	33.3
Mono Blue Librarians	5–13	27.8
Izzet Spells	0–1	0.0
Dimir Tempo	2–4	33.3
Combo-Control	33–16	67.3
Battle of Wits	15–0	100.0
Shared Fate	1–1	50.0
Displace Loop	0–1	0.0
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	1–2	33.3
Mass Land Destruction	14–12	53.8
Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	12–12	50.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	7–5	58.3
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–2	33.3
Jund Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	2–3	40.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	2–1	66.7
Midrange	78–70	52.7
The Rock	3–1	75.0
Abzan Midrange	4–5	44.4
Jund	2–1	66.7
Blink	22–28	44.0
Wave Blink	22–28	44.0
Azorius Wave	4–2	66.7
Orzhov Wave	12–16	42.9
Abzan Wave	6–6	50.0
Graveyard Value	5–1	83.3
Séance	1–0	100.0
Allies	2–2	50.0
Azorius Allies	2–2	50.0
Fake-Rack	2–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–2	60.0
Big Red	0–2	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Devotion	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	10–4	71.4
Martyr's Grace	9–3	75.0
Sultai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	5–14	26.3
Clerics	6–2	75.0
Artifact Midrange	3–1	75.0
Coinflip Tribal	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	2–1	66.7
Ramp	58–33	63.7
Rofellos Ramp	30–23	56.6
Cloudpost Ramp	20–4	83.3
Greenpost	16–2	88.9
Simic Post	2–1	66.7
Summer Bloom Ramp	2–3	40.0
Carth Superfriends	4–2	66.7
Jund Carth	1–0	100.0