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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
Aggro	1325	2147–2255	48.8	19	158	43
Heroic	72	126–117	51.9	1	6	3
Mono White Heroic	53	103–85	54.8	1	6	3
Azorius Heroic	1	3–2	60.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	10	12–17	41.4
Boros Heroic	7	7–12	36.8

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	40–20	66.7
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	4–4	50.0
Mono White Heroic	4–4	50.0
Red Deck Wins	5–5	50.0
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	4–1	80.0
Soldiers	3–0	100.0
Elves	5–1	83.3
Selesnya Little Kid	0–1	0.0
Zombies	3–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	9–6	60.0
Affinity	4–2	66.7
Salvage Titan	2–1	66.7
Tempered Steel	3–3	50.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Knights	2–1	66.7
AggroSlide	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	2–0	100.0
Combo	25–13	65.8
Storm	3–2	60.0
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	2–1	66.7
Izzet Storm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	15–6	71.4
Recurring Nightmare	1–1	50.0
Dragon Nightmare	1–1	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	13–5	72.2
Mono Black Reanimator	13–5	72.2
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	2–2	50.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
"Twin"	1–0	100.0
Combo Post	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	0–1	0.0
GreenTwin	1–0	100.0
Control	14–24	36.8
Esper Control	3–7	30.0
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	0–2	0.0
Dimir Control	1–1	50.0
Azorius Control	2–4	33.3
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	1–3	25.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	0–1	0.0
Cruel Control	0–1	0.0
Dragon Control	2–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	0–3	0.0
Life is Ez	0–2	0.0
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	0–1	0.0
Pox	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	0–1	0.0
Prison	0–1	0.0
Enchantress	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	11–16	40.7
Aristocrats	3–3	50.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Food	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Boros Bombardment	1–2	33.3
Burn	3–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	4–10	28.6
Mono Blue Dreadnought	3–8	27.3
Izzet Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Hushnought	0–1	0.0
Combo Goblins	1–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	11–10	52.4
Izzet Tempo	6–5	54.5
Wizards	1–1	50.0
Ninjas	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–1	50.0
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	1–1	50.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	6–13	31.6
Battle of Wits	1–1	50.0
Mindcrank	0–5	0.0
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	4–6	40.0
Jokulhaups Control	4–6	40.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	1–5	16.7
Jund Jokulhaups Control	2–0	100.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Midrange	12–18	40.0
Temur Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Vampires	0–3	0.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–3	0.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	0–2	0.0
Angel Tribal	0–2	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–1	50.0
Martyr's Grace	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–3	25.0
Hero of Precinct One	2–5	28.6
Five Color Hero	2–5	28.6
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Ramp	7–3	70.0
Cloudpost Ramp	6–2	75.0
Greenpost	6–1	85.7
Gruul Post	0–1	0.0