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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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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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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.

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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.

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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
Control	249	484–476	50.4	19	133
Mono Black Control	2	1–4	20.0	0	1
Esper Control	10	13–18	41.9	0	3
Dimir Control	6	6–13	31.6	0	3
Dreadful Inspiration	2	3–4	42.9	0	2
Azorius Control	65	120–127	48.6	5	34
Cawblade	1	5–1	83.3	0	1
Izzet Control	1	0–2	0.0	0	1
Cloudpost Control	5	8–11	42.1	0	2
Azorius Cloudpost Control	2	4–3	57.1	0	1
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	3	4–8	33.3	0	1
Grixis Control	1	2–5	28.6
Stax	4	6–7	46.2	0	4
Chandra Nalaar	1	0–2	0.0
Dragon Control	5	5–9	35.7	0	1
Izzet Dragons	3	4–6	40.0	0	1
Grixis Dragons	1	1–2	33.3
Ponza	5	7–11	38.9	0	2
Mono White Control	20	37–35	51.4	1	10
Life is Ez	1	0–2	0.0
Cycling Control	91	227–162	58.4	13	60
Astral Slide	91	227–162	58.4	13	60
Five Color Control	6	9–11	45.0	0	1
Guildgate Control	1	1–3	25.0
Pox	4	2–10	16.7
Enchantments Control	2	3–4	42.9
Orzhov Control	13	29–29	50.0	0	10
Prison	7	8–13	38.1	0	1
Enchantress	1	2–2	50.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	92–91	50.3
Mono Black Aggro	12–10	54.5
Heroic	12–10	54.5
Mono White Heroic	9–9	50.0
Boros Heroic	3–1	75.0
Red Deck Wins	11–26	29.7
Goblins	1–1	50.0
Tokens	2–2	50.0
Mono White Tokens	2–1	66.7
Mono Green Stompy	9–7	56.3
White Weenie	10–13	43.5
Elves	3–4	42.9
Selesnya Little Kid	1–1	50.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	20–8	71.4
Affinity	13–6	68.4
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	6–2	75.0
Madness	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	2–0	100.0
Voltron	1–1	50.0
Equipment Aggro	1–1	50.0
Slivers	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	4–7	36.4
Boros Aggro	2–0	100.0
Combo	112–126	47.1
Storm	23–40	36.5
Dimir Tendrils	19–33	36.5
Dark Tide	2–4	33.3
Dragonstorm	0–1	0.0
Hazoret Storm	0–1	0.0
Simic Storm	0–1	0.0
High Tide	0–1	0.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	3–3	50.0
Reanimator	3–2	60.0
Recurring Nightmare	3–2	60.0
Hypergenesis	3–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	5–16	23.8
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	4–14	22.2
Umbral Mantle	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–5	0.0
Anvil Colossus	0–5	0.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	2–0	100.0
Breakfast	66–56	54.1
Oops All Spells	66–56	54.1
Ad Nauseam	2–0	100.0
Restore Balance	3–2	60.0
Gyruda	1–0	100.0
Belcher	0–4	0.0
Control	64–64	50.0
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	0–3	0.0
Dimir Control	2–3	40.0
Dreadful Inspiration	1–2	33.3
Azorius Control	20–17	54.1
Cawblade	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	2–2	50.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Stax	0–2	0.0
Ponza	2–2	50.0
Mono White Control	8–6	57.1
Life is Ez	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	20–22	47.6
Astral Slide	20–22	47.6
Five Color Control	0–2	0.0
Guildgate Control	1–1	50.0
Pox	2–0	100.0
Enchantments Control	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	3–2	60.0
Prison	3–1	75.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	83–65	56.1
Aristocrats	2–4	33.3
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–3	0.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Mardu Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	19–11	63.3
Infect	22–10	68.8
Simic Infect	18–8	69.2
Trickbind Dreadnought	34–37	47.9
Izzet Dreadnought	9–15	37.5
Mono Blue Dreadnought	25–22	53.2
Hushnought	4–3	57.1
Liquimetal Fishing	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	1–0	100.0
Dirty Kitty	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	19–19	50.0
Izzet Tempo	6–13	31.6
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Tempo	9–2	81.8
Mono Blue Librarians	2–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	2–0	100.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	0–2	0.0
Combo-Control	26–40	39.4
Curses	1–1	50.0
Battle of Wits	3–2	60.0
Mindcrank	4–6	40.0
Plasma Swans	2–3	40.0
Mass Land Destruction	15–28	34.9
Jokulhaups Control	15–28	34.9
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	5–10	33.3
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	3–3	50.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	3–3	50.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Archfiend Alteration	1–0	100.0
Midrange	82–68	54.7
Jund	3–2	60.0
Anti-Persecution	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	2–1	66.7
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Allies	2–0	100.0
Boros Allies	1–0	100.0
Azorius Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–2	33.3
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	4–2	66.7
Naya Midrange	4–0	100.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–0	100.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–0	100.0
Angel Tribal	1–1	50.0
Lifegain Midrange	14–11	56.0
Martyr's Grace	14–11	56.0
Orzhov Midrange	20–16	55.6
Orzhov Capenna	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	7–4	63.6
Mardu Hero	7–1	87.5
Five Color Hero	0–2	0.0
Naya Hero	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	16–26	38.1
Death Cloud	0–1	0.0
Ramp	6–3	66.7
Cloudpost Ramp	3–2	60.0
Greenpost	2–2	50.0
Gruul Post	1–0	100.0
Defenders	1–0	100.0