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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, 4 days.

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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
Aggro	319	601–648	48.1	15	170
Mono Black Aggro	35	63–62	50.4	1	19
Heroic	36	79–71	52.7	4	20
Mono White Heroic	28	64–57	52.9	3	16
Azorius Heroic	2	4–4	50.0	0	1
Boros Heroic	6	11–10	52.4	1	3
Red Deck Wins	83	154–172	47.2	2	46
Goblins	2	2–5	28.6	0	1
Tokens	4	5–9	35.7
Selesnya Tokens	1	0–1	0.0
Mono White Tokens	2	3–6	33.3
Mono Green Stompy	20	33–35	48.5	2	9
White Weenie	31	74–63	54.0	2	15
Elves	15	22–38	36.7	0	8
Selesnya Little Kid	2	4–4	50.0	0	2
Gruul Aggro	2	0–5	0.0
Merfolk	1	0–4	0.0
Artifact Aggro	50	93–101	47.9	3	30
Affinity	37	75–73	50.7	3	26
Hush-finity	1	5–1	83.3	0	1
Salvage Titan	1	1–3	25.0
Tempered Steel	12	17–25	40.5	0	4
Madness	2	1–5	16.7
Rakdos Madness	2	1–5	16.7
Voltron	8	14–17	45.2	0	6
Hexproof	2	3–5	37.5	0	2
Equipment Aggro	6	11–12	47.8	0	4
Slivers	4	6–9	40.0	0	3
Knights	6	4–11	26.7	0	1
AggroSlide	13	42–26	61.8	1	7
Rakdos Aggro	1	0–2	0.0
Boros Aggro	2	4–5	44.4	0	2
Brushwaggs	1	1–2	33.3	0	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	134–134	50.0
Mono Black Aggro	12–12	50.0
Heroic	16–22	42.1
Mono White Heroic	12–17	41.4
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	3–5	37.5
Red Deck Wins	38–24	61.3
Goblins	3–0	100.0
Tokens	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	7–5	58.3
White Weenie	14–18	43.8
Elves	8–6	57.1
Selesnya Little Kid	1–2	33.3
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	2–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	11–26	29.7
Affinity	6–20	23.1
Hush-finity	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	5–6	45.5
Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	6–4	60.0
Hexproof	0–2	0.0
Equipment Aggro	6–2	75.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Knights	4–3	57.1
AggroSlide	6–11	35.3
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Brushwaggs	1–0	100.0
Combo	98–167	37.0
Storm	26–36	41.9
Dimir Tendrils	18–27	40.0
Dark Tide	1–1	50.0
Dragonstorm	0–1	0.0
Hazoret Storm	2–4	33.3
High Tide	1–0	100.0
Grixis Tendrils	2–1	66.7
Izzet Storm	3–3	50.0
Reanimator	9–3	75.0
Recurring Nightmare	8–3	72.7
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	1–3	25.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	10–11	47.6
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–2	50.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	8–9	47.1
Umbral Mantle	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–1	50.0
Anvil Colossus	1–1	50.0
Seismic Swans	2–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	41–108	27.5
Oops All Spells	40–108	27.0
Unctus	1–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	3–1	75.0
Restore Balance	0–1	0.0
Belcher	1–0	100.0
Control	91–92	49.7
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	9–2	81.8
Dimir Control	4–0	100.0
Dreadful Inspiration	2–0	100.0
Azorius Control	19–27	41.3
Cawblade	1–2	33.3
Cloudpost Control	3–1	75.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	0–1	0.0
Dragon Control	3–1	75.0
Izzet Dragons	2–1	66.7
Ponza	2–1	66.7
Mono White Control	6–9	40.0
Cycling Control	33–40	45.2
Astral Slide	33–40	45.2
Five Color Control	1–1	50.0
Pox	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Control	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	5–7	41.7
Prison	2–2	50.0
Enchantress	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	97–86	53.0
Aristocrats	1–5	16.7
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–3	0.0
Golgari Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Food	1–0	100.0
Burn	19–17	52.8
Infect	19–19	50.0
Simic Infect	16–15	51.6
Trickbind Dreadnought	54–41	56.8
Izzet Dreadnought	26–17	60.5
Mono Blue Dreadnought	28–24	53.8
Hushnought	0–2	0.0
Liquimetal Fishing	2–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	2–2	50.0
Dirty Kitty	2–2	50.0
Aggro-Control	34–23	59.6
Izzet Tempo	19–14	57.6
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	3–2	60.0
Mono Blue Tempo	6–4	60.0
Mono Blue Librarians	1–1	50.0
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	0–3	0.0
Combo-Control	34–31	52.3
Curses	1–2	33.3
Battle of Wits	1–2	33.3
Mindcrank	3–2	60.0
Displace Loop	1–0	100.0
Familiars	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	27–24	52.9
Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Borderpost Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	27–23	54.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	14–8	63.6
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	2–3	40.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	5–5	50.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–2	33.3
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
Archfiend Alteration	1–0	100.0
Midrange	103–107	49.0
The Rock	2–2	50.0
Abzan Midrange	2–0	100.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	1–1	50.0
Enchantments Matter	3–1	75.0
Allies	2–1	66.7
Azorius Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Vampires	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	5–2	71.4
Naya Midrange	2–1	66.7
Big Red	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	0–1	0.0
Angel Tribal	3–4	42.9
Lifegain Midrange	10–17	37.0
Martyr's Grace	10–17	37.0
Orzhov Midrange	29–34	46.0
Orzhov Capenna	4–6	40.0
Jeskai Midrange	3–1	75.0
Hero of Precinct One	4–9	30.8
Mardu Hero	2–7	22.2
Five Color Hero	2–1	66.7
Naya Hero	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	32–31	50.8
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Ramp	9–8	52.9
Cloudpost Ramp	4–7	36.4
Greenpost	4–4	50.0
Gruul Post	0–3	0.0
Domain	1–0	100.0
Unclassified	1–0	100.0