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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, 6 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Combo	111	240–197	54.9	13	66
Storm	27	65–49	57.0	2	14
Dragonstorm	3	5–5	50.0	0	1
High Tide	24	60–44	57.7	2	13
Reanimator	16	32–33	49.2	1	10
Worldgorger Dragon	1	3–2	60.0	0	1
Traditional Reanimator	15	29–31	48.3	1	9
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1	2–2	50.0	0	1
Metalwork Colossus	1	2–2	50.0	0	1
Anvil Colossus	1	2–2	50.0	0	1
Eggs	1	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	22	28–33	45.9	1	8
Storm Herald	3	3–9	25.0	0	1
Gyruda	13	37–20	64.9	3	12
Tameshi Bloom	26	69–46	60.0	6	18
Possibility Storm	1	2–2	50.0	0	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	83–59	58.5
Heroic	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Heroic	2–1	66.7
Red Deck Wins	25–17	59.5
Goblins	1–3	25.0
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	2–3	40.0
Elves	6–3	66.7
Gruul Aggro	4–2	66.7
Artifact Aggro	7–5	58.3
Affinity	3–1	75.0
Tempered Steel	4–4	50.0
Voltron	2–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	2–0	100.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	8–6	57.1
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	5–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Legends Aggro	17–19	47.2
Boros Legends Aggro	16–19	45.7
Selesnya Legends Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	28–28	50.0
Storm	6–4	60.0
Dragonstorm	1–1	50.0
High Tide	5–3	62.5
Reanimator	6–4	60.0
Traditional Reanimator	6–4	60.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Anvil Colossus	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	5–4	55.6
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
Gyruda	3–8	27.3
Tameshi Bloom	6–8	42.9
Control	41–27	60.3
Esper Control	2–2	50.0
Dimir Control	2–3	40.0
Azorius Control	9–8	52.9
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	3–5	37.5
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	3–5	37.5
Stax	9–2	81.8
Dragon Control	2–1	66.7
Izzet Dragons	2–1	66.7
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	4–1	80.0
Five Color Control	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Control	6–3	66.7
Prison	1–1	50.0
Enchantress	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	13–20	39.4
Burn	1–2	33.3
Infect	11–16	40.7
Golgari Infect	11–16	40.7
Combo Goblins	1–2	33.3
Goblin Persist	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Control	7–6	53.8
Simic Flash	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–2	50.0
Izzet Spells	1–2	33.3
Dimir Tempo	1–2	33.3
Dimir Faeries	1–2	33.3
Combo-Control	10–17	37.0
Battle of Wits	0–1	0.0
Yosei Vat	0–2	0.0
Hive Mind	1–1	50.0
Solar Flare	9–13	40.9
Midrange	50–37	57.5
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	2–3	40.0
Jund	2–2	50.0
Blink	8–5	61.5
Wave Blink	4–4	50.0
Azorius Wave	4–3	57.1
Orzhov Wave	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	3–1	75.0
Graveyard Value	3–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	2–0	100.0
Vampires	1–4	20.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–4	20.0
Legends Midrange	4–4	50.0
Orzhov Legends	4–4	50.0
Big Red	5–2	71.4
Mono Black Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	11–8	57.9
Hero of Precinct One	5–5	50.0
Orzhov Hero	1–1	50.0
Five Color Hero	3–3	50.0
Clerics	3–2	60.0
Death Cloud	1–1	50.0
Ramp	8–3	72.7
Cloudpost Ramp	7–3	70.0
Eldrazipost	1–0	100.0
Gruul Post	1–2	33.3
Simic Post	5–1	83.3
Carth Superfriends	1–0	100.0