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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.

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The Season Kick Off is on May 4th with free entry and over 100 tix in prizes to 32nd place!

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Aggro-Combo	166	388–327	54.3	17	101
Aristocrats	16	39–30	56.5	2	7
Mono Black Aristocrats	2	5–3	62.5	0	1
Orzhov Aristocrats	1	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Aristocrats	13	33–25	56.9	2	6
Burn	11	15–19	44.1	1	4
Infect	17	27–43	38.6	1	8
Simic Infect	17	27–43	38.6	1	8
Trickbind Dreadnought	97	252–180	58.3	11	70
Izzet Dreadnought	3	3–7	30.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	90	239–166	59.0	11	67
Hushnought	3	7–7	50.0
Liquimetal Fishing	1	0–3	0.0	0	1
Combo Goblins	21	48–45	51.6	2	11
Goblin Persist	3	6–5	54.5	0	1
Dirty Kitty	18	42–40	51.2	2	10

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	82–49	62.6
Mono Black Aggro	3–3	50.0
Red Deck Wins	22–21	51.2
Mono Green Stompy	10–10	50.0
White Weenie	11–3	78.6
Elves	5–0	100.0
Zombies	1–2	33.3
Gruul Aggro	5–1	83.3
Artifact Aggro	10–6	62.5
Affinity	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	9–6	60.0
AggroSlide	13–2	86.7
Rakdos Aggro	2–1	66.7
Combo	78–55	58.6
Storm	8–4	66.7
Dragonstorm	8–4	66.7
Reanimator	15–4	78.9
Recurring Nightmare	15–4	78.9
Dragon Nightmare	7–2	77.8
Jund Nightmare	3–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	13–10	56.5
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	13–10	56.5
Taking Turns	3–0	100.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	5–2	71.4
Breakfast	30–33	47.6
Oops All Spells	30–33	47.6
Dredge	0–1	0.0
Gyruda	3–1	75.0
Control	44–28	61.1
Esper Control	5–1	83.3
Dimir Control	5–7	41.7
Azorius Control	5–5	50.0
Cawblade	1–0	100.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–1	50.0
Boros Control	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	3–0	100.0
Grixis Control	3–1	75.0
Stax	1–1	50.0
Dragon Control	5–3	62.5
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Esper Dragons	1–1	50.0
Mono White Control	1–2	33.3
Cycling Control	0–3	0.0
Astral Slide	0–3	0.0
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	8–3	72.7
Prison	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	67–67	50.0
Aristocrats	6–8	42.9
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–3	25.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	5–5	50.0
Burn	5–0	100.0
Infect	12–5	70.6
Simic Infect	12–5	70.6
Trickbind Dreadnought	37–47	44.0
Izzet Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	37–45	45.1
Hushnought	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	6–7	46.2
Goblin Persist	0–1	0.0
Dirty Kitty	6–6	50.0
Aggro-Control	16–15	51.6
Izzet Tempo	4–6	40.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	6–6	50.0
Mono Blue Librarians	5–5	50.0
Izzet Spells	1–1	50.0
Dimir Tempo	2–0	100.0
Combo-Control	18–9	66.7
Displace Loop	4–2	66.7
Familiars	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	4–1	80.0
Mass Land Destruction	10–6	62.5
Jokulhaups Control	10–6	62.5
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	5–4	55.6
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	3–1	75.0
Midrange	59–98	37.6
The Rock	0–3	0.0
Abzan Midrange	2–1	66.7
Blink	26–61	29.9
Wave Blink	26–61	29.9
Azorius Wave	8–20	28.6
Orzhov Wave	16–32	33.3
Abzan Wave	1–7	12.5
Graveyard Value	3–0	100.0
Séance	2–0	100.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Allies	4–6	40.0
Azorius Allies	3–5	37.5
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–2	60.0
Mono Black Devotion	2–2	50.0
Lifegain Midrange	6–11	35.3
Martyr's Grace	6–11	35.3
Orzhov Midrange	7–10	41.2
Owling Mine	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Ramp	24–6	80.0
Rofellos Ramp	5–2	71.4
Cloudpost Ramp	17–4	81.0
Greenpost	15–4	78.9
Carth Superfriends	2–0	100.0
Jund Carth	2–0	100.0