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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.

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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 14 weeks, 5 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	1114	1897–1830	50.9	14	81	64
Storm	432	785–694	53.1	11	39	27
Sultai Tendrils	1	0–1	0.0
Dragonstorm	31	45–61	42.5	0	2
Citadel Storm	6	3–15	16.7
High Tide	376	729–574	55.9	11	37	27
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	7	3–16	15.8
Izzet Storm	3	5–7	41.7
Reanimator	5	4–9	30.8
Traditional Reanimator	4	4–7	36.4
Dimir Reanimator	2	3–2	60.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1	0–2	0.0
Oriss Genesis	15	21–25	45.7			1
Biovisionary	2	0–3	0.0
Warp World	6	5–14	26.3
Maniac Combo	3	3–7	30.0
Hypergenesis	37	44–61	41.9
Runeflare	1	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	6	3–12	20.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	5	3–9	25.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1	0–3	0.0
Seismic Swans	2	4–3	57.1
Eggs	2	1–3	25.0
Turntimber Ranger	1	0–2	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	51	83–76	52.2	1	2	3
Retraction Helix Combo	1	2–3	40.0
Taking Turns	1	1–4	20.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1	1–3	25.0
Izzet Ascension	24	48–39	55.2	0	2	1
Soulflayer	5	7–12	36.8	0	1
Breakfast	68	134–90	59.8	0	6	8
Oops All Spells	24	53–36	59.6	0	2	3
Unctus	44	81–54	60.0	0	4	5
Oops All Lands	1	0–1	0.0
Dredge	243	434–386	52.9	2	17	17
Polymorph	31	44–47	48.4	0	1	1
Dice Factory	1	3–2	60.0
Storm Herald	3	1–4	20.0
Enduring Ideal	3	0–10	0.0
Ad Nauseam	10	3–20	13.0
GreenTwin	2	4–3	57.1
Intruder Alarm	4	7–7	50.0
Calibrated Blast	13	21–29	42.0
Restore Balance	17	20–26	43.5	0	1
Gyruda	8	9–20	31.0
Belcher	95	185–167	52.6	0	11	6
Endless Belch	1	1–0	100.0
Possibility Storm	2	2–1	66.7

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	400–445	47.3
Mono Black Aggro	9–11	45.0
Heroic	22–30	42.3
Mono White Heroic	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–8	20.0
Boros Heroic	17–21	44.7
Red Deck Wins	41–70	36.9
Goblins	4–3	57.1
Tokens	14–16	46.7
Selesnya Tokens	0–4	0.0
Mono White Tokens	14–9	60.9
Mono Green Stompy	26–21	55.3
White Weenie	83–106	43.9
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–4	20.0
Soldiers	5–2	71.4
Elves	28–48	36.8
Warriors	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	4–1	80.0
Rogues	3–1	75.0
Zombies	9–7	56.3
Gruul Aggro	6–1	85.7
Gruul Landfall	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	2–1	66.7
Mono Red Swarm	7–6	53.8
Artifact Aggro	82–90	47.7
Affinity	38–46	45.2
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	43–43	50.0
Mono Blue Architect	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–3	25.0
Illusions	1–3	25.0
Madness	6–1	85.7
Golgari Madness	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Madness	4–0	100.0
Voltron	18–14	56.3
Hexproof	8–5	61.5
Equipment Aggro	4–3	57.1
Hateful Auras	6–6	50.0
Slivers	2–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	2–1	66.7
Knights	5–2	71.4
AggroSlide	6–1	85.7
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	11–6	64.7
Humans	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Humans	0–1	0.0
Shamans	2–2	50.0
Combo	459–459	50.0
Storm	164–184	47.1
Dragonstorm	15–12	55.6
Citadel Storm	3–0	100.0
High Tide	135–169	44.4
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	6–2	75.0
Izzet Storm	1–1	50.0
Reanimator	3–3	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	2–3	40.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–2	33.3
Oriss Genesis	7–7	50.0
Biovisionary	1–0	100.0
Warp World	4–1	80.0
Maniac Combo	3–1	75.0
Hypergenesis	14–11	56.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	4–1	80.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	4–1	80.0
Seismic Swans	1–1	50.0
Eggs	1–1	50.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	16–20	44.4
Retraction Helix Combo	1–1	50.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	15–15	50.0
Soulflayer	2–1	66.7
Breakfast	27–41	39.7
Oops All Spells	12–9	57.1
Unctus	15–32	31.9
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Dredge	106–100	51.5
Polymorph	9–8	52.9
Dice Factory	1–1	50.0
Storm Herald	2–1	66.7
Ad Nauseam	4–1	80.0
Intruder Alarm	3–2	60.0
Calibrated Blast	5–8	38.5
Restore Balance	6–3	66.7
Gyruda	8–2	80.0
Belcher	38–41	48.1
Control	219–207	51.4
Esper Control	6–7	46.2
Demonic Rising	1–3	25.0
Mono Blue Control	2–3	40.0
Dimir Control	8–9	47.1
Azorius Control	19–18	51.4
Turbo Fog	3–1	75.0
Izzet Control	6–7	46.2
Mardu Control	4–1	80.0
Mill	6–2	75.0
Cloudpost Control	7–5	58.3
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	4–1	80.0
Grixis Control	4–3	57.1
Stax	5–5	50.0
Dragon Control	4–1	80.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Ponza	12–5	70.6
Mono White Control	38–35	52.1
Life is Ez	3–8	27.3
Cycling Control	4–2	66.7
Astral Slide	4–2	66.7
Five Color Control	7–0	100.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	6–0	100.0
Shrines	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	5–2	71.4
Pox	17–14	54.8
Enchantments Control	14–29	32.6
Orzhov Control	30–29	50.8
Prison	15–26	36.6
Enchantress	12–23	34.3
Aggro-Combo	121–154	44.0
Aristocrats	14–20	41.2
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–3	25.0
Mardu Aristocrats	2–3	40.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	9–11	45.0
Boros Bombardment	0–2	0.0
Burn	9–15	37.5
Infect	21–11	65.6
Blazing Shoal Infect	2–0	100.0
Golgari Infect	2–1	66.7
Trickbind Dreadnought	53–81	39.6
Izzet Dreadnought	5–13	27.8
Mono Blue Dreadnought	44–62	41.5
Izzet Blitzkrieg	4–5	44.4
Hushnought	17–18	48.6
Liquimetal Fishing	2–1	66.7
Combo Goblins	1–2	33.3
Dirty Kitty	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Control	117–122	49.0
Simic Flash	3–5	37.5
Izzet Tempo	51–46	52.6
Azorius Skies	1–1	50.0
Blue Madness	2–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Wizards	14–12	53.8
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	3–5	37.5
Izzet Spells	6–7	46.2
Dimir Tempo	10–25	28.6
Azorius Tempo	8–4	66.7
Combo-Control	139–112	55.4
Curses	2–5	28.6
Battle of Wits	19–12	61.3
Shared Fate	1–1	50.0
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Displace Loop	1–3	25.0
Familiars	1–3	25.0
Hive Mind	4–0	100.0
Liliana's Contract	10–2	83.3
Mass Land Destruction	37–18	67.3
Wildfire	3–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	34–18	65.4
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	2–0	100.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	1–3	25.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	6–4	60.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	4–4	50.0
Thopter-Sword	62–71	46.6
Azorius Thopter-Sword	24–34	41.4
Dimir Thopter-Sword	17–22	43.6
Esper Thopter-Sword	16–10	61.5
Resurgent Belief	2–0	100.0
Midrange	359–289	55.4
The Rock	15–12	55.6
Golgari Citadel	1–2	33.3
Grenzo	4–2	66.7
Abzan Midrange	15–13	53.6
Selesnya Midrange	2–3	40.0
Jund	10–3	76.9
Blink	8–1	88.9
Acid Trip	2–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	19–8	70.4
Séance	5–1	83.3
Enchantments Matter	5–2	71.4
Allies	6–4	60.0
Fake-Rack	5–1	83.3
Mardu Midrange	3–2	60.0
Vampires	9–6	60.0
Mono Black Vampires	9–5	64.3
Rakdos Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Legends	2–1	66.7
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	6–2	75.0
Big Red	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Midrange	51–34	60.0
Mono Black Devotion	11–13	45.8
Dimir Midrange	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	15–16	48.4
Martyr's Grace	14–16	46.7
Sultai Midrange	5–7	41.7
Fight Rigging	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	102–131	43.8
Owling Mine	3–0	100.0
Jeskai Midrange	7–2	77.8
Party	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	6–8	42.9
Abzan Hero	1–2	33.3
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Hero	0–4	0.0
Clerics	7–5	58.3
Artifact Midrange	16–9	64.0
Coinflip Tribal	7–5	58.3
Ramp	83–42	66.4
Cloudpost Ramp	43–29	59.7
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	1–1	50.0
Greenpost	23–18	56.1
Gruul Post	15–8	65.2
Simic Post	4–2	66.7
Domain	1–0	100.0
Defenders	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	17–9	65.4
Jund Carth	4–3	57.1