Battle of Wits

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-Control	400	670–679	49.7	2	14	24
Battle of Wits	73	119–180	39.8			1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	14–22	38.9
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	2–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	2–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	0–5	0.0
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–3	40.0
Elves	0–1	0.0
Rogues	0–1	0.0
Zombies	1–1	50.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	2–7	22.2
Affinity	0–2	0.0
Tempered Steel	1–5	16.7
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Knights	1–1	50.0
AggroSlide	1–1	50.0
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Shamans	0–1	0.0
Combo	16–34	32.0
Storm	1–3	25.0
Dragonstorm	0–1	0.0
Citadel Storm	0–1	0.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	3–2	60.0
Recurring Nightmare	2–2	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–3	0.0
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Zubera Tribal	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–5	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–5	0.0
"Twin"	1–0	100.0
Jeskai "Twin"	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	0–3	0.0
Breakfast	0–15	0.0
Oops All Spells	0–15	0.0
Dredge	0–1	0.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	3–1	75.0
Ad Nauseam	1–0	100.0
Tibalt's Trickery	1–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	2–0	100.0
Gyruda	1–0	100.0
Control	26–28	48.1
Mono Blue Control	2–0	100.0
Dimir Control	1–3	25.0
Azorius Control	3–4	42.9
Turbo Fog	2–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–5	16.7
Mill	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	2–2	50.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	2–7	22.2
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	2–3	40.0
Cycling Control	0–1	0.0
Astral Slide	0–1	0.0
Five Color Control	2–0	100.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	2–0	100.0
Pox	2–1	66.7
Prison	2–1	66.7
Enchantress	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	13–32	28.9
Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	0–1	0.0
Infect	5–10	33.3
Simic Infect	4–10	28.6
Golgari Infect	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	3–10	23.1
Izzet Dreadnought	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	3–8	27.3
Combo Goblins	3–9	25.0
Dirty Kitty	3–9	25.0
Aggro-Control	8–11	42.1
Izzet Tempo	2–5	28.6
Blue Madness	1–4	20.0
Simic Madness	0–3	0.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Librarians	1–2	33.3
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	4–10	28.6
Battle of Wits	1–1	50.0
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	0–2	0.0
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–7	12.5
Jokulhaups Control	1–7	12.5
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	0–4	0.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	0–3	0.0
Midrange	29–19	60.4
The Rock	0–3	0.0
Abzan Midrange	0–1	0.0
Blink	12–7	63.2
Wave Blink	12–7	63.2
Azorius Wave	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Wave	8–4	66.7
Abzan Wave	0–1	0.0
Bant Wave	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	2–0	100.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Azorius Allies	1–0	100.0
Naya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Devotion	2–1	66.7
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–0	100.0
Martyr's Grace	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	5–1	83.3
Owling Mine	1–2	33.3
Clerics	0–1	0.0
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Ramp	9–24	27.3
Rofellos Ramp	1–16	5.9
Cloudpost Ramp	6–6	50.0
Greenpost	5–4	55.6
Simic Post	1–2	33.3
Carth Superfriends	1–0	100.0