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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
Combo	382	875–726	54.7	42	243
Storm	98	228–183	55.5	14	60
Dimir Tendrils	73	181–123	59.5	14	42
Dark Tide	6	15–11	57.7	2	4
Dragonstorm	3	7–8	46.7	0	1
Hazoret Storm	7	12–15	44.4	0	6
Simic Storm	1	1–2	33.3	0	1
High Tide	1	3–3	50.0	0	1
Grixis Tendrils	2	3–5	37.5	0	1
Izzet Storm	9	18–23	43.9	0	6
Song Storm	1	2–2	50.0	0	1
Reanimator	16	15–37	28.8	0	7
Recurring Nightmare	13	13–33	28.3	0	6
Traditional Reanimator	3	2–4	33.3	0	1
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1	3–2	60.0	0	1
Hypergenesis	6	12–13	48.0	0	3
Runeflare	1	0–3	0.0	0	1
Jeskai Ascendancy	28	68–52	56.7	4	15
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	7	12–17	41.4	1	3
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	21	56–35	61.5	3	12
Umbral Mantle	1	1–2	33.3
Metalwork Colossus	4	12–7	63.2	0	2
Anvil Colossus	4	12–7	63.2	0	2
Seismic Swans	2	2–4	33.3
Heartless Summoning Combo	1	1–3	25.0	0	1
Blazing Shoal Combo	2	0–2	0.0
Breakfast	199	511–372	57.9	23	141
Oops All Spells	198	511–370	58.0	23	141
Unctus	1	0–2	0.0
Ad Nauseam	8	6–14	30.0	0	5
Intruder Alarm	2	1–3	25.0	0	1
Restore Balance	4	7–8	46.7	0	3
Gyruda	2	0–5	0.0
Belcher	4	5–7	41.7	0	2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	167–98	63.0
Mono Black Aggro	21–9	70.0
Heroic	13–19	40.6
Mono White Heroic	12–16	42.9
Azorius Heroic	0–2	0.0
Boros Heroic	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	51–22	69.9
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	5–5	50.0
White Weenie	13–12	52.0
Elves	10–3	76.9
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	26–17	60.5
Affinity	19–16	54.3
Tempered Steel	7–1	87.5
Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	3–1	75.0
Hexproof	2–1	66.7
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Slivers	3–1	75.0
Knights	3–0	100.0
AggroSlide	11–6	64.7
Rakdos Aggro	2–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	2–2	50.0
Brushwaggs	1–1	50.0
Combo	178–178	50.0
Storm	56–41	57.7
Dimir Tendrils	41–29	58.6
Dark Tide	2–3	40.0
Dragonstorm	2–4	33.3
Hazoret Storm	3–1	75.0
High Tide	1–0	100.0
Grixis Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Izzet Storm	7–5	58.3
Song Storm	1–1	50.0
Reanimator	9–1	90.0
Recurring Nightmare	8–1	88.9
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	4–1	80.0
Runeflare	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	12–16	42.9
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	4–2	66.7
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	8–14	36.4
Metalwork Colossus	2–1	66.7
Anvil Colossus	2–1	66.7
Seismic Swans	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	81–110	42.4
Oops All Spells	81–110	42.4
Ad Nauseam	3–4	42.9
Intruder Alarm	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	1–1	50.0
Gyruda	4–0	100.0
Belcher	2–0	100.0
Control	126–112	52.9
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	4–1	80.0
Dimir Control	2–1	66.7
Dreadful Inspiration	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	31–30	50.8
Cawblade	0–1	0.0
Izzet Control	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	3–2	60.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Grixis Control	1–2	33.3
Stax	0–1	0.0
Dragon Control	3–1	75.0
Izzet Dragons	2–0	100.0
Grixis Dragons	1–1	50.0
Ponza	2–1	66.7
Mono White Control	13–6	68.4
Life is Ez	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	44–59	42.7
Astral Slide	44–59	42.7
Five Color Control	2–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	2–2	50.0
Enchantments Control	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Control	10–5	66.7
Prison	3–0	100.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	146–137	51.6
Aristocrats	7–3	70.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	5–1	83.3
Golgari Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Mardu Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	39–17	69.6
Infect	30–29	50.8
Simic Infect	25–26	49.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–2	33.3
Trickbind Dreadnought	64–82	43.8
Izzet Dreadnought	24–32	42.9
Mono Blue Dreadnought	39–49	44.3
Hushnought	4–5	44.4
Liquimetal Fishing	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	1–1	50.0
Dirty Kitty	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Control	48–29	62.3
Izzet Tempo	24–19	55.8
Azorius Skies	2–0	100.0
Blue Madness	2–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	4–1	80.0
Mono Blue Tempo	8–5	61.5
Mono Blue Librarians	1–1	50.0
Dimir Tempo	2–0	100.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	3–1	75.0
Combo-Control	55–44	55.6
Curses	2–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	5–0	100.0
Mindcrank	6–10	37.5
Displace Loop	2–0	100.0
Familiars	2–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	0–3	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	40–31	56.3
Jokulhaups Control	40–31	56.3
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	11–11	50.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	3–6	33.3
Temur Jokulhaups Control	10–2	83.3
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	4–0	100.0
Midrange	141–125	53.0
The Rock	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Midrange	1–2	33.3
Jund	2–0	100.0
Anti-Persecution	0–1	0.0
Enchantments Matter	2–1	66.7
Allies	1–1	50.0
Boros Allies	1–0	100.0
Azorius Allies	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	4–1	80.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–2	60.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Midrange	4–1	80.0
Mono Black Devotion	3–1	75.0
Angel Tribal	6–8	42.9
Lifegain Midrange	17–16	51.5
Martyr's Grace	17–16	51.5
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	27–42	39.1
Orzhov Capenna	13–5	72.2
Jeskai Midrange	1–2	33.3
Mythic Colossification	1–1	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	9–7	56.3
Mardu Hero	8–5	61.5
Five Color Hero	1–2	33.3
Artifact Midrange	54–32	62.8
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Ramp	14–3	82.4
Cloudpost Ramp	9–3	75.0
Greenpost	8–2	80.0
Gruul Post	1–1	50.0
Defenders	1–0	100.0