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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.

Current League
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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, 4 days.

Don't show me this again

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	5–0s
Aggro	297	514–571	47.4	19	158
Red Deck Wins	128	225–239	48.5	7	69

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	59–54	52.2
Heroic	1–3	25.0
Mono White Heroic	1–3	25.0
Red Deck Wins	22–22	50.0
Goblins	6–2	75.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–0	100.0
White Weenie	2–5	28.6
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	1–3	25.0
Elves	10–11	47.6
Gruul Aggro	2–0	100.0
Merfolk	0–3	0.0
Mono Red Swarm	2–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	9–6	60.0
Affinity	3–3	50.0
Tempered Steel	6–3	66.7
Naya Zoo	0–1	0.0
Knights	1–1	50.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	1–0	100.0
Combo	34–57	37.4
Storm	4–3	57.1
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	0–2	0.0
Izzet Storm	3–1	75.0
Reanimator	10–35	22.2
Recurring Nightmare	0–3	0.0
Dragon Nightmare	0–1	0.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–1	50.0
Starlit Graves	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	9–30	23.1
Mono Black Reanimator	9–30	23.1
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–8	11.1
Warp World	3–1	75.0
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–6	25.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–6	25.0
Izzet Ascension	7–3	70.0
Dredge	1–0	100.0
GreenTwin	4–0	100.0
Restore Balance	1–0	100.0
Belcher	0–1	0.0
Endless Belch	0–1	0.0
Control	33–51	39.3
Esper Control	5–4	55.6
Mono Blue Control	1–2	33.3
Dimir Control	1–2	33.3
Azorius Control	10–19	34.5
Cawblade	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Grixis Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	1–1	50.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	1–2	33.3
Izzet Dragons	0–1	0.0
Ponza	2–0	100.0
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	1–2	33.3
Astral Slide	1–2	33.3
Five Color Control	3–2	60.0
Pox	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	2–9	18.2
Prison	1–6	14.3
Enchantress	1–6	14.3
Aggro-Combo	22–15	59.5
Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Boros Bombardment	0–2	0.0
Burn	0–1	0.0
Infect	6–0	100.0
Simic Infect	3–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	3–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	11–8	57.9
Mono Blue Dreadnought	10–8	55.6
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–2	33.3
Hushnought	1–2	33.3
Combo Goblins	1–0	100.0
Dirty Kitty	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	8–9	47.1
Izzet Tempo	1–0	100.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	3–2	60.0
Mono Blue Librarians	1–2	33.3
Izzet Spells	0–4	0.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	1–3	25.0
Combo-Control	15–8	65.2
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	13–8	61.9
Jokulhaups Control	13–8	61.9
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	3–3	50.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	5–1	83.3
Jund Jokulhaups Control	3–3	50.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	2–1	66.7
Midrange	40–39	50.6
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Jund	2–0	100.0
Vampires	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Vampires	2–1	66.7
Legends Midrange	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Legends	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Midrange	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Midrange	5–4	55.6
Mono Black Devotion	2–2	50.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Angel Tribal	2–6	25.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–0	100.0
Martyr's Grace	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	3–10	23.1
Zur the Enchanter	0–1	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	11–9	55.0
Five Color Hero	9–7	56.3
Clerics	4–6	40.0
Ramp	14–6	70.0
Cloudpost Ramp	12–6	66.7
Greenpost	11–6	64.7
Simic Post	1–0	100.0