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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.

Don't show me this again

The Season Kick Off is on May 4th with free entry and over 100 tix in prizes to 32nd place!

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro-Combo	213	398–352	53.1	7	33	5
Infect	123	284–203	58.3	7	30	4
Blazing Shoal Infect	14	27–22	55.1
Golgari Infect	107	256–175	59.4	7	30	4

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	85–38	69.1
Heroic	5–1	83.3
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Heroic	4–1	80.0
Red Deck Wins	19–10	65.5
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–1	50.0
White Weenie	2–3	40.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Elves	4–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	3–0	100.0
Selesnya Counters	2–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	0–3	0.0
Artifact Aggro	7–2	77.8
Affinity	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	6–2	75.0
Madness	3–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	3–0	100.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Knights	3–0	100.0
AggroSlide	7–2	77.8
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	1–0	100.0
Legends Aggro	26–14	65.0
Boros Legends Aggro	22–14	61.1
Selesnya Legends Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	39–29	57.4
Storm	13–8	61.9
Dragonstorm	1–2	33.3
Hazoret Storm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	11–6	64.7
Reanimator	3–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	3–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	8–7	53.3
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	0–1	0.0
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	1–0	100.0
Gyruda	3–6	33.3
Tameshi Bloom	4–5	44.4
Possibility Storm	2–1	66.7
Control	60–35	63.2
Esper Control	3–3	50.0
Mono Blue Control	4–0	100.0
Dimir Control	2–3	40.0
Azorius Control	4–3	57.1
Izzet Control	2–1	66.7
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	21–8	72.4
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Izzet Cloudpost Control	4–1	80.0
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	13–4	76.5
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	4–2	66.7
Dragon Control	2–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Ponza	5–1	83.3
Mono White Control	1–3	25.0
Sultai Control	0–1	0.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	0–2	0.0
Seasons Past Control	3–5	37.5
Orzhov Control	3–2	60.0
Prison	2–1	66.7
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	14–13	51.9
Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Burn	0–1	0.0
Infect	8–8	50.0
Golgari Infect	8–8	50.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	2–1	66.7
Liquimetal Fishing	1–1	50.0
Combo Goblins	1–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	9–14	39.1
Simic Flash	0–1	0.0
Izzet Tempo	2–2	50.0
Wizards	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	4–2	66.7
Izzet Spells	1–5	16.7
Dimir Tempo	1–2	33.3
Dimir Faeries	1–2	33.3
Combo-Control	14–11	56.0
Battle of Wits	2–1	66.7
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Yosei Vat	2–0	100.0
Hive Mind	4–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	0–1	0.0
Solar Flare	5–9	35.7
Midrange	45–57	44.1
The Rock	1–1	50.0
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	1–3	25.0
Jund	1–2	33.3
Blink	14–19	42.4
Wave Blink	7–13	35.0
Azorius Wave	7–10	41.2
Orzhov Wave	0–3	0.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	5–4	55.6
Graveyard Value	2–2	50.0
Enchantments Matter	1–3	25.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	1–3	25.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–3	25.0
Legends Midrange	4–2	66.7
Orzhov Legends	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Midrange	1–1	50.0
Big Red	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Midrange	3–2	60.0
Mono Black Devotion	3–1	75.0
Angel Tribal	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–1	50.0
Fires of Invention	4–7	36.4
Hero of Precinct One	4–2	66.7
Orzhov Hero	1–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	3–2	60.0
Clerics	0–1	0.0
Death Cloud	0–5	0.0
Ramp	18–6	75.0
Cloudpost Ramp	10–5	66.7
Greenpost	3–0	100.0
Gruul Post	3–1	75.0
Simic Post	4–4	50.0
Carth Superfriends	6–1	85.7