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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?

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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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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 1 week, 2 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	1146	2026–1902–2	51.6	18	176	51
Mono Black Aggro	28	32–46	41.0	0	1
Heroic	54	89–92	49.2	0	5	5
Mono White Heroic	2	1–2	33.3	0	1
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	14	25–16	61.0	0	3	2
Boros Heroic	36	61–68	47.3	0	1	3
Red Deck Wins	136	340–192–1	63.9	2	12	17
Goblins	15	15–20	42.9
Tokens	38	76–51	59.8	0	4	5
Selesnya Tokens	6	8–7	53.3			1
Mono White Tokens	27	60–38	61.2	0	4	4
Mono Green Stompy	63	120–106	53.1	0	5	3
White Weenie	258	524–446–1	54.0	9	76	11
Quest for the Holy Relic	10	18–12	60.0			1
Soldiers	10	11–18	37.9	0	1
Elves	112	179–185	49.2	2	13	3
Warriors	1	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	8	5–11	31.3
Rogues	4	3–7	30.0
Zombies	22	30–38	44.1	0	1
Gruul Aggro	14	9–33	21.4
Gruul Landfall	1	2–2	50.0
Merfolk	4	7–5	58.3
Mono Red Swarm	20	37–26	58.7	0	1	1
Artifact Aggro	233	380–405	48.4	5	44	3
Affinity	126	189–222	46.0	2	28	1
Salvage Titan	2	1–3	25.0
Tempered Steel	94	185–158	53.9	3	16	2
Mono Blue Architect	10	5–17	22.7
Devoid Aggro	1	0–3	0.0
Mono Blue Aggro	6	11–9	55.0			1
Illusions	6	11–9	55.0			1
Madness	13	17–23	42.5	0	1
Golgari Madness	3	8–7	53.3
Rakdos Madness	10	9–16	36.0	0	1
Voltron	33	52–64	44.8	0	2
Hexproof	16	19–32	37.3	0	1
Equipment Aggro	9	15–19	44.1	0	1
Hateful Auras	8	18–13	58.1
Slivers	5	1–7	12.5
Naya Zoo	8	4–8	33.3
Knights	9	11–14	44.0	0	1
AggroSlide	12	23–25	47.9	0	5
Rakdos Aggro	2	1–6	14.3
Boros Aggro	26	37–43	46.3	0	3	2
Humans	7	7–12	36.8
Selesnya Humans	1	1–1	50.0
Boros Humans	1	1–4	20.0
Shamans	3	7–4	63.6

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	512–512	50.0
Mono Black Aggro	16–1	94.1
Heroic	23–20	53.5
Mono White Heroic	2–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	7–6	53.8
Boros Heroic	14–14	50.0
Red Deck Wins	59–84	41.3
Goblins	5–3	62.5
Tokens	12–18	40.0
Selesnya Tokens	3–1	75.0
Mono White Tokens	7–16	30.4
Mono Green Stompy	34–29	54.0
White Weenie	130–147	46.9
Quest for the Holy Relic	5–4	55.6
Soldiers	5–0	100.0
Elves	46–30	60.5
Selesnya Little Kid	1–1	50.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	7–10	41.2
Gruul Aggro	8–1	88.9
Gruul Landfall	1–1	50.0
Merfolk	2–4	33.3
Mono Red Swarm	6–9	40.0
Artifact Aggro	102–114	47.2
Affinity	60–56	51.7
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	35–58	37.6
Mono Blue Architect	4–0	100.0
Devoid Aggro	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	4–3	57.1
Illusions	4–3	57.1
Madness	4–3	57.1
Golgari Madness	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	2–3	40.0
Voltron	13–11	54.2
Hexproof	9–5	64.3
Equipment Aggro	3–4	42.9
Hateful Auras	1–2	33.3
Slivers	3–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	2–0	100.0
Knights	5–5	50.0
AggroSlide	11–10	52.4
Rakdos Aggro	3–1	75.0
Boros Aggro	8–4	66.7
Humans	2–2	50.0
Shamans	1–1	50.0
Combo	445–400	52.7
Storm	180–175	50.7
Dragonstorm	10–16	38.5
Citadel Storm	5–0	100.0
High Tide	159–158	50.2
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	3–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	1–1	50.0
Reanimator	2–1	66.7
Traditional Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Dimir Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Oriss Genesis	5–4	55.6
Biovisionary	1–0	100.0
Warp World	2–1	66.7
Hypergenesis	16–12	57.1
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	5–1	83.3
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	4–1	80.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Turntimber Ranger	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	20–22	47.6
Taking Turns	3–0	100.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	2–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	9–6	60.0
Soulflayer	5–2	71.4
Breakfast	16–24	40.0
Oops All Spells	9–7	56.3
Unctus	7–17	29.2
Dredge	86–80	51.8
Polymorph	10–10	50.0
Enduring Ideal	5–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	4–0	100.0
GreenTwin	1–1	50.0
Intruder Alarm	0–3	0.0
Calibrated Blast	9–3	75.0
Restore Balance	11–6	64.7
Gyruda	5–2	71.4
Belcher	34–43	44.2
Possibility Storm	0–1	0.0
Control	223–239	48.3
Esper Control	3–5	37.5
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	9–8	52.9
Dimir Control	7–5	58.3
Azorius Control	23–28	45.1
Turbo Fog	1–2	33.3
Izzet Control	3–4	42.9
Mardu Control	1–1	50.0
Mill	11–1	91.7
Boros Control	3–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	10–2	83.3
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Blackpost	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	3–2	60.0
Grixis Control	8–2	80.0
Stax	11–6	64.7
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	7–1	87.5
Izzet Dragons	2–0	100.0
Ponza	8–5	61.5
Mono White Control	21–42	33.3
Life is Ez	6–2	75.0
Cycling Control	3–5	37.5
Astral Slide	3–5	37.5
Five Color Control	4–5	44.4
Five Color Collected Conjuring	4–5	44.4
Bant Control	3–0	100.0
Pox	14–8	63.6
Enchantments Control	18–38	32.1
Orzhov Control	34–44	43.6
Prison	19–27	41.3
Enchantress	19–21	47.5
Aggro-Combo	133–137–1	49.3
Aristocrats	19–9	67.9
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Mardu Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	13–6	68.4
Burn	12–10	54.5
Infect	22–11	66.7
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–2	33.3
Trickbind Dreadnought	56–82	40.6
Izzet Dreadnought	3–7	30.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	51–67	43.2
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Hushnought	19–22–1	46.3
Liquimetal Fishing	2–1	66.7
Combo Goblins	2–1	66.7
Dirty Kitty	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Control	149–120	55.4
Simic Flash	3–3	50.0
Izzet Tempo	47–48	49.5
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	5–2	71.4
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Temur Madness	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–1	50.0
Wizards	5–8	38.5
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	8–2	80.0
Izzet Spells	7–9	43.8
Dimir Tempo	23–16	59.0
Azorius Tempo	16–9	64.0
Combo-Control	142–129	52.4
Curses	5–2	71.4
Burning Vengeance	1–0	100.0
Cruel Combo-Control	0–1	0.0
Battle of Wits	24–9	72.7
Shared Fate	1–1	50.0
Displace Loop	1–0	100.0
Familiars	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	2–2	50.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Liliana's Contract	7–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	33–36	47.8
Wildfire	6–6	50.0
Jokulhaups Control	27–30	47.4
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–2	33.3
Jund Jokulhaups Control	5–9	35.7
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	4–3	57.1
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	1–2	33.3
Thopter-Sword	62–76	44.9
Azorius Thopter-Sword	27–35	43.5
Dimir Thopter-Sword	19–24	44.2
Esper Thopter-Sword	15–14	51.7
Resurgent Belief	5–1	83.3
Midrange	363–324–1	52.8
The Rock	15–14	51.7
Grenzo	3–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	11–4	73.3
Selesnya Midrange	6–2	75.0
Selesnya Value Town	3–2	60.0
Jund	5–2	71.4
Blink	3–1	75.0
Graveyard Value	23–15	60.5
Séance	12–10	54.5
Enchantments Matter	2–2	50.0
Allies	4–8	33.3
Esper Allies	1–1	50.0
Fake-Rack	8–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	2–0	100.0
Vampires	9–1	90.0
Mono Black Vampires	6–1	85.7
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	2–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	1–0	100.0
Elementals	3–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	5–5	50.0
Big Red	5–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	53–60	46.9
Mono Black Devotion	27–18	60.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Angel Tribal	2–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	25–39–1	39.1
Martyr's Grace	23–39–1	37.1
Adventures	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	7–7	50.0
Fight Rigging	1–4	20.0
Orzhov Midrange	101–134	43.0
Owling Mine	4–0	100.0
Jeskai Midrange	2–1	66.7
Ordealbreak	1–0	100.0
Party	0–1	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	9–5	64.3
Abzan Hero	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Hero	4–2	66.7
Clerics	0–4	0.0
Artifact Midrange	15–6	71.4
Coinflip Tribal	6–3	66.7
Ramp	59–41	59.0
Cloudpost Ramp	35–24	59.3
Locus Awakening	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	20–14	58.8
Gruul Post	6–8	42.9
Simic Post	6–2	75.0
Defenders	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	12–11	52.2
Jund Carth	7–7	50.0