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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.

Current League
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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
Midrange	1213	1991–2028	49.5	9	96	63
Blink	261	547–351	60.9	4	30	31
Wave Blink	193	412–258	61.5	4	20	25
Azorius Wave	133	292–185	61.2	4	17	19
Orzhov Wave	52	110–64	63.2	0	3	6
Abzan Wave	4	4–5	44.4
Bant Wave	1	3–2	60.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	97–56	63.4
Mono Black Aggro	3–1	75.0
Heroic	7–3	70.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	3–0	100.0
Selesnya Heroic	3–3	50.0
Red Deck Wins	19–11	63.3
Goblins	4–6	40.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–0	100.0
White Weenie	5–3	62.5
Kithkin	1–0	100.0
Chroma White	2–0	100.0
Elves	7–9	43.8
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Counters	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	4–2	66.7
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	9–5	64.3
Affinity	5–3	62.5
Tempered Steel	4–2	66.7
Madness	1–1	50.0
Golgari Madness	1–1	50.0
Voltron	1–1	50.0
Equipment Aggro	1–1	50.0
Knights	2–0	100.0
AggroSlide	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Aggro	3–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	5–0	100.0
Legends Aggro	22–12	64.7
Boros Legends Aggro	18–11	62.1
Selesnya Legends Aggro	1–1	50.0
Combo	69–37	65.1
Storm	17–8	68.0
Dragonstorm	3–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	12–8	60.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	16–3	84.2
Worldgorger Dragon	6–1	85.7
Starlit Graves	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	6–2	75.0
Oriss Genesis	1–1	50.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Myr Incubator	0–1	0.0
Seismic Swans	1–1	50.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	3–6	33.3
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	0–1	0.0
Polymorph	2–0	100.0
Storm Herald	2–2	50.0
Enduring Ideal	5–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	2–0	100.0
Gyruda	5–7	41.7
Belcher	1–0	100.0
Endless Belch	1–0	100.0
Tameshi Bloom	8–6	57.1
Control	87–57	60.4
Mono Black Control	2–1	66.7
Esper Control	21–7	75.0
Dimir Control	2–0	100.0
Azorius Control	12–7	63.2
Izzet Control	0–2	0.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Control	18–21	46.2
Blackpost	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	4–3	57.1
Izzet Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	9–14	39.1
Grixis Control	1–1	50.0
Cruel Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	3–0	100.0
Dragon Control	2–2	50.0
Esper Dragons	1–2	33.3
Ponza	1–4	20.0
Mono White Control	2–1	66.7
Cycling Control	2–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	4–2	66.7
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	0–1	0.0
Pox	3–1	75.0
Seasons Past Control	4–1	80.0
Orzhov Control	5–2	71.4
Prison	3–3	50.0
Enchantress	2–3	40.0
Aggro-Combo	17–11	60.7
Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Food	1–0	100.0
Burn	1–3	25.0
Infect	13–7	65.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	2–0	100.0
Golgari Infect	11–7	61.1
Combo Goblins	2–1	66.7
Goblin Persist	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Control	16–12	57.1
Izzet Tempo	3–2	60.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Wizards	3–3	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	4–1	80.0
Dimir Tempo	3–1	75.0
Dimir Faeries	3–1	75.0
Combo-Control	12–17	41.4
Battle of Wits	2–6	25.0
Yosei Vat	0–2	0.0
Hive Mind	2–2	50.0
Zur's Weirding	2–0	100.0
Solar Flare	5–6	45.5
Mass Land Destruction	1–1	50.0
Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Borderpost Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Midrange	94–50	65.3
The Rock	1–1	50.0
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	4–4	50.0
Jund	7–3	70.0
Blink	13–10	56.5
Wave Blink	8–8	50.0
Azorius Wave	7–7	50.0
Orzhov Wave	1–1	50.0
Acid Trip	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	2–1	66.7
Graveyard Value	9–3	75.0
Enchantments Matter	2–1	66.7
Allies	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
Vampires	3–1	75.0
Mono Black Vampires	3–1	75.0
Legends Midrange	7–2	77.8
Orzhov Legends	3–1	75.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–2	50.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	4–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	7–0	100.0
Mono Black Devotion	5–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	7–2	77.8
Orzhov Midrange	1–1	50.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	1–1	50.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–1	50.0
Fires of Invention	11–11	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	8–4	66.7
Orzhov Hero	1–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	6–3	66.7
Naya Hero	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	1–1	50.0
Ramp	20–18	52.6
Cloudpost Ramp	8–15	34.8
Eldrazipost	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	3–2	60.0
Gruul Post	2–7	22.2
Simic Post	2–5	28.6
Domain	2–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	5–2	71.4