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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

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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
Aggro-Combo	909	1902–1460	56.6	17	101	61
Infect	204	410–340	54.7	1	8	14
Simic Infect	172	366–292	55.6	1	8	14
Blazing Shoal Infect	26	39–41	48.8
Golgari Infect	4	4–5	44.4
Mono Black Infect	1	1–1	50.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	48–42	53.3
Mono Black Aggro	3–2	60.0
Heroic	4–1	80.0
Mono White Heroic	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	3–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	3–20	13.0
Goblins	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	5–6	45.5
White Weenie	1–0	100.0
Elves	4–1	80.0
Zombies	3–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	2–3	40.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	10–5	66.7
Affinity	0–1	0.0
Tempered Steel	9–4	69.2
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–1	50.0
Golgari Madness	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	2–0	100.0
Hexproof	2–0	100.0
Knights	3–0	100.0
AggroSlide	2–2	50.0
Cats	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Shamans	1–0	100.0
Combo	90–54	62.5
Storm	16–5	76.2
Dragonstorm	8–3	72.7
Citadel Storm	4–0	100.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	1–2	33.3
Reanimator	11–3	78.6
Recurring Nightmare	11–3	78.6
Dragon Nightmare	4–3	57.1
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–1	0.0
Maniac Combo	2–1	66.7
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–2	50.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	2–2	50.0
"Twin"	1–1	50.0
Naya "Twin"	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	3–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	6–8	42.9
Ominous Good	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	14–23	37.8
Hermit Dredge	0–2	0.0
Oops All Spells	14–21	40.0
Dredge	10–2	83.3
Polymorph	1–1	50.0
Protean Hulk Combo	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	2–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	6–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	3–1	75.0
GreenTwin	1–0	100.0
Tibalt's Trickery	1–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	0–1	0.0
Restore Balance	1–0	100.0
Gyruda	1–1	50.0
Stuffy Doll	0–1	0.0
Control	53–48	52.5
Mono Black Control	1–3	25.0
Esper Control	2–1	66.7
Demonic Rising	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	5–7	41.7
Azorius Control	6–6	50.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–1	50.0
Mill	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Grixis Control	3–0	100.0
Stax	6–9	40.0
Dragon Control	4–2	66.7
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Ponza	3–1	75.0
Mono White Control	1–4	20.0
Cycling Control	2–2	50.0
Astral Slide	2–2	50.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	2–0	100.0
Bant Control	5–0	100.0
Pox	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Control	0–1	0.0
Prison	6–4	60.0
Enchantress	6–4	60.0
Aggro-Combo	56–75	42.7
Aristocrats	3–4	42.9
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–3	25.0
Boros Bombardment	1–0	100.0
Burn	6–2	75.0
Infect	22–22	50.0
Simic Infect	20–21	48.8
Blazing Shoal Infect	2–1	66.7
Trickbind Dreadnought	14–29	32.6
Izzet Dreadnought	3–4	42.9
Mono Blue Dreadnought	11–22	33.3
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Hushnought	3–3	50.0
Liquimetal Fishing	1–1	50.0
Combo Goblins	6–14	30.0
Goblin Persist	0–1	0.0
Dirty Kitty	6–13	31.6
Aggro-Control	15–23	39.5
Izzet Tempo	5–11	31.3
Blue Madness	1–1	50.0
Simic Madness	0–1	0.0
Wizards	3–0	100.0
Ninjas	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Librarians	1–2	33.3
Izzet Spells	3–4	42.9
Dimir Tempo	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	43–21	67.2
Curses	1–1	50.0
Battle of Wits	10–5	66.7
Displace Loop	1–1	50.0
Familiars	1–1	50.0
Hive Mind	2–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	1–1	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	27–13	67.5
Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	25–13	65.8
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	12–5	70.6
Temur Jokulhaups Control	2–0	100.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	10–5	66.7
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	1–3	25.0
Resurgent Belief	1–0	100.0
Midrange	68–58	54.0
The Rock	2–0	100.0
Golgari Citadel	2–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	4–3	57.1
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Value Town	1–0	100.0
Jund	1–1	50.0
Blink	11–31	26.2
Wave Blink	10–30	25.0
Azorius Wave	2–4	33.3
Orzhov Wave	2–22	8.3
Abzan Wave	3–3	50.0
Bant Wave	2–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	7–2	77.8
Séance	3–1	75.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Allies	1–1	50.0
Azorius Allies	1–1	50.0
Fake-Rack	3–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	4–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	7–3	70.0
Big Red	3–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	0–1	0.0
Angel Tribal	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	5–1	83.3
Martyr's Grace	2–1	66.7
Sultai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	4–10	28.6
Clerics	3–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	1–1	50.0
Death Cloud	3–0	100.0
Ramp	37–19	66.1
Rofellos Ramp	17–9	65.4
Cloudpost Ramp	15–8	65.2
Eldrazipost	1–1	50.0
Golgari Post	0–1	0.0
Greenpost	8–4	66.7
Simic Post	3–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	4–2	66.7