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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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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	5–0s
Combo	872	1424–1410	50.2	13	66	35
Storm	247	437–414	51.4	2	14	12
Dragonstorm	26	50–43	53.8	0	1	1
Hazoret Storm	24	35–54	39.3			1
High Tide	193	351–307	53.3	2	13	10
Grixis Tendrils	1	0–4	0.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	3	1–6	14.3
Reanimator	125	194–212	47.8	1	10	4
Worldgorger Dragon	26	49–53	48.0	0	1
Starlit Graves	6	12–15	44.4			1
Traditional Reanimator	81	108–128	45.8	1	9	2
Dimir Reanimator	4	3–7	30.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1	2–3	40.0
Oriss Genesis	19	30–20	60.0			2
Necrotic Ooze Combo	14	25–15	62.5	0	1	1
Warp World	1	0–2	0.0
Maniac Combo	3	0–4	0.0
Hypergenesis	5	4–10	28.6
Jeskai Ascendancy	14	15–26	36.6
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	14	15–26	36.6
Myr Incubator	2	5–3	62.5
Umbral Mantle	1	2–3	40.0
Metalwork Colossus	10	14–21	40.0	0	1
Anvil Colossus	1	2–2	50.0	0	1
Upheaval Colossus	5	3–9	25.0
Seismic Swans	2	2–7	22.2
Eggs	14	11–25	30.6
Heartless Summoning Combo	4	6–10	37.5
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	5	4–8	33.3
Blazing Shoal Combo	69	112–85	56.9	1	8	3
Retraction Helix Combo	1	1–4	20.0
Taking Turns	9	7–15	31.8
Izzet Ascension	2	4–4	50.0
Soulflayer	13	11–19	36.7
Reanim8 Rack	2	1–2	33.3
Breakfast	3	3–6	33.3
Oops All Spells	3	3–6	33.3
Dredge	6	1–9	10.0
Polymorph	3	2–7	22.2
Dice Factory	1	0–1	0.0
Storm Herald	15	17–39	30.4	0	1
Enduring Ideal	17	34–36	48.6			1
Ad Nauseam	1
Chain of Acid	2	4–3	57.1
Intruder Alarm	21	31–43	41.9
Calibrated Blast	5	7–10	41.2
Restore Balance	1	2–3	40.0
Gyruda	80	143–122	54.0	3	12	4
Stuffy Doll	1	1–2	33.3
Belcher	6	7–7	50.0
Endless Belch	3	1–3	25.0
Tameshi Bloom	118	243–150	61.8	6	18	8
Possibility Storm	15	33–26	55.9	0	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	334–347	49.0
Mono Black Aggro	4–2	66.7
Heroic	18–13	58.1
Mono White Heroic	0–1	0.0
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Boros Heroic	3–1	75.0
Selesnya Heroic	14–10	58.3
Red Deck Wins	62–82	43.1
Mono Red Devotion	1–1	50.0
Goblins	20–28	41.7
Tokens	5–1	83.3
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	4–1	80.0
Mono Green Stompy	9–5	64.3
White Weenie	15–14	51.7
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–3	25.0
Kithkin	2–1	66.7
Chroma White	2–3	40.0
Elves	30–25	54.5
Warriors	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	5–6	45.5
Selesnya Counters	5–5	50.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	27–19	58.7
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	25–22	53.2
Affinity	9–9	50.0
Tempered Steel	16–13	55.2
Madness	2–7	22.2
Golgari Madness	2–7	22.2
Voltron	6–2	75.0
Hexproof	4–2	66.7
Equipment Aggro	2–0	100.0
Knights	5–4	55.6
AggroSlide	14–11	56.0
Cats	1–4	20.0
Selesnya Cats	1–4	20.0
Rakdos Aggro	21–3	87.5
Boros Aggro	5–5	50.0
Humans	2–0	100.0
Legends Aggro	54–93	36.7
Boros Legends Aggro	42–83	33.6
Selesnya Legends Aggro	7–2	77.8
Combo	230–230	50.0
Storm	62–72	46.3
Dragonstorm	10–12	45.5
Hazoret Storm	7–7	50.0
High Tide	44–52	45.8
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–1	50.0
Reanimator	38–31	55.1
Worldgorger Dragon	8–8	50.0
Starlit Graves	4–1	80.0
Traditional Reanimator	21–15	58.3
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	3–0	100.0
Oriss Genesis	1–6	14.3
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–4	20.0
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	2–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	3–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	4–3	57.1
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	4–3	57.1
Myr Incubator	1–1	50.0
Umbral Mantle	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	7–2	77.8
Anvil Colossus	1–0	100.0
Upheaval Colossus	3–1	75.0
Eggs	3–1	75.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	4–0	100.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	1–1	50.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	11–19	36.7
Taking Turns	5–1	83.3
Izzet Ascension	1–2	33.3
Soulflayer	5–1	83.3
Dredge	3–0	100.0
Storm Herald	5–2	71.4
Enduring Ideal	11–8	57.9
Chain of Acid	1–2	33.3
Intruder Alarm	5–7	41.7
Calibrated Blast	4–0	100.0
Restore Balance	2–0	100.0
Gyruda	16–23	41.0
Stuffy Doll	1–0	100.0
Belcher	1–0	100.0
Tameshi Bloom	21–33	38.9
Possibility Storm	3–6	33.3
Control	288–285	50.3
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	18–47	27.7
Mono Blue Control	4–1	80.0
Dimir Control	16–26	38.1
Azorius Control	39–38	50.6
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	3–6	33.3
Mill	4–4	50.0
Boros Control	1–2	33.3
Cloudpost Control	48–44	52.2
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	12–16	42.9
Dimir Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	6–1	85.7
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	20–23	46.5
Grixis Control	1–2	33.3
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	25–14	64.1
Jeskai Control	5–3	62.5
Dragon Control	7–5	58.3
Izzet Dragons	4–2	66.7
Esper Dragons	2–3	40.0
Ponza	19–15	55.9
Mono White Control	11–7	61.1
Five Color Control	5–7	41.7
Bant Control	7–9	43.8
Pox	3–9	25.0
Seasons Past Control	34–22	60.7
Orzhov Control	11–14	44.0
Prison	23–10	69.7
Enchantress	19–9	67.9
Aggro-Combo	51–57	47.2
Aristocrats	14–6	70.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	6–4	60.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Mardu Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Food	4–1	80.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	7–5	58.3
Infect	29–39	42.6
Blazing Shoal Infect	2–4	33.3
Golgari Infect	27–35	43.5
Combo Goblins	1–7	12.5
Goblin Persist	1–7	12.5
Aggro-Control	50–59	45.9
Simic Flash	5–2	71.4
Izzet Tempo	9–9	50.0
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	2–1	66.7
Simic Madness	1–1	50.0
Temur Madness	1–0	100.0
Wizards	4–5	44.4
Mono Blue Tempo	3–8	27.3
Izzet Spells	5–9	35.7
Dimir Tempo	13–20	39.4
Dimir Faeries	10–18	35.7
Combo-Control	56–83	40.3
Burning Vengeance	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	20–19	51.3
Shared Fate	0–1	0.0
Pickles	2–4	33.3
Displace Loop	0–3	0.0
Familiars	0–3	0.0
Yosei Vat	4–10	28.6
Hive Mind	5–12	29.4
Zur's Weirding	4–5	44.4
Solar Flare	18–27	40.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–2	50.0
Wildfire	2–2	50.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–2	33.3
Midrange	318–305	51.0
Temur Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
The Rock	15–5	75.0
Grenzo	3–1	75.0
Abzan Midrange	13–14	48.1
Selesnya Midrange	2–3	40.0
Jund	27–19	58.7
Blink	48–86	35.8
Wave Blink	37–69	34.9
Azorius Wave	24–44	35.3
Orzhov Wave	13–23	36.1
Abzan Wave	0–1	0.0
Acid Trip	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	7–14	33.3
Anti-Persecution	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	18–10	64.3
Séance	1–1	50.0
Enchantments Matter	5–4	55.6
Allies	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Allies	1–1	50.0
Fake-Rack	1–1	50.0
Mardu Midrange	1–1	50.0
Vampires	4–11	26.7
Mono Black Vampires	4–11	26.7
Legends Midrange	26–28	48.1
Boros Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Mardu Legends	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Legends	20–21	48.8
Elementals	1–4	20.0
Rakdos Midrange	7–6	53.8
Naya Midrange	5–2	71.4
Big Red	15–6	71.4
Mono Black Midrange	8–6	57.1
Mono Black Devotion	5–4	55.6
Dimir Midrange	0–1	0.0
Angel Tribal	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	2–0	100.0
Mutate	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	8–11	42.1
Orzhov Midrange	5–6	45.5
Heartless Summoning Stompy	12–7	63.2
Ordealbreak	2–2	50.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	2–2	50.0
Fires of Invention	43–26	62.3
Hero of Precinct One	19–23	45.2
Mardu Hero	1–4	20.0
Orzhov Hero	6–6	50.0
Five Color Hero	7–6	53.8
Boros Hero	3–2	60.0
Clerics	7–4	63.6
Artifact Midrange	4–1	80.0
Coinflip Tribal	2–0	100.0
Death Cloud	1–8	11.1
Ramp	97–44	68.8
Cloudpost Ramp	64–32	66.7
Eldrazipost	3–3	50.0
Golgari Post	5–0	100.0
Greenpost	14–2	87.5
Gruul Post	15–10	60.0
Simic Post	23–16	59.0
Domain	0–1	0.0
Defenders	2–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	19–2	90.5