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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, 5 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	782	1142–1244	47.9	10	73	34
Storm	57	89–106	45.6	0	2	1
Dragonstorm	5	7–10	41.2
Citadel Storm	51	82–94	46.6	0	2	1
Reanimator	14	11–22	33.3
Traditional Reanimator	14	11–22	33.3
Dimir Reanimator	2	3–1	75.0
Grixis Reanimator	3	1–4	20.0
Necro Combo	44	78–61	56.1	3	9	2
Necrotic Ooze Combo	14	40–25	61.5			2
Mono Green Stormless Storm	3	3–6	33.3
Dubious Challenge	1	0–3	0.0
Warp World	11	12–18	40.0
Maniac Combo	6	5–9	35.7
Hypergenesis	26	43–45	48.9	0	1	2
New Perspectives	5	3–13	18.8
Jeskai Ascendancy	2	0–3	0.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2	0–3	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	75	120–107	52.9	1	10	3
Anvil Colossus	53	91–69	56.9	1	10	3
Seismic Swans	9	11–17	39.3
Eggs	6	0–6	0.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	3	0–6	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	97	134–174	43.5	1	16	1
Taking Turns	1	1–2	33.3
Quest for Ula's Temple	1	2–2	50.0
Izzet Ascension	15	13–25	34.2	1	1
Soulflayer	11	16–15	51.6
Reanim8 Rack	1	0–1	0.0
Oops All Lands	43	70–54	56.5	1	6	2
Dredge	2	0–4	0.0
Polymorph	3	1–5	16.7
Protean Hulk Combo	3	4–3	57.1
Dice Factory	3	2–11	15.4	0	1
Storm Herald	5	4–9	30.8
Enduring Ideal	6	6–11	35.3
Chain of Acid	2	0–3	0.0
Tibalt's Trickery	20	23–38	37.7
Intruder Alarm	2	2–4	33.3
Calibrated Blast	17	23–28	45.1	0	2	1
Restore Balance	52	64–92	41.0	0	9	1
Gyruda	24	57–35	62.0	0	2	3
Belcher	19	26–31	45.6	0	1
Possibility Storm	6	7–7	50.0
Midnight Mass	142	248–180	57.9	3	13	16

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	242–315	43.4
Mono Black Aggro	9–9	50.0
Heroic	6–21	22.2
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	5–21	19.2
Red Deck Wins	14–13	51.9
Goblins	13–10	56.5
Tokens	6–0	100.0
Selesnya Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	5–2	71.4
White Weenie	19–24	44.2
Soldiers	6–17	26.1
Elves	8–4	66.7
Selesnya Little Kid	3–0	100.0
Zombies	2–2	50.0
Gruul Aggro	7–9	43.8
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	13–20	39.4
Affinity	10–2	83.3
Tempered Steel	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Architect	1–12	7.7
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Illusions	1–0	100.0
Madness	4–2	66.7
Golgari Madness	4–2	66.7
Voltron	9–6	60.0
Equipment Aggro	8–6	57.1
Hateful Auras	1–0	100.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Knights	15–6	71.4
AggroSlide	1–8	11.1
Cats	6–8	42.9
Selesnya Cats	6–8	42.9
Rakdos Aggro	0–1	0.0
Boros Aggro	1–3	25.0
Humans	21–17	55.3
Boros Humans	15–13	53.6
Mono Red Eldrazi	6–18	25.0
Legends Aggro	65–126	34.0
Boros Legends Aggro	64–123	34.2
Selesnya Legends Aggro	0–1	0.0
Combo	255–255	50.0
Storm	25–21	54.3
Dragonstorm	2–1	66.7
Citadel Storm	23–20	53.5
Reanimator	3–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	3–0	100.0
Grixis Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Necro Combo	11–19	36.7
Necrotic Ooze Combo	3–6	33.3
Mono Green Stormless Storm	4–2	66.7
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Warp World	3–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	3–1	75.0
Hypergenesis	12–12	50.0
New Perspectives	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	28–32	46.7
Anvil Colossus	21–26	44.7
Seismic Swans	3–5	37.5
Blazing Shoal Combo	32–34	48.5
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	2–1	66.7
Izzet Ascension	7–1	87.5
Soulflayer	5–2	71.4
Oops All Lands	13–11	54.2
Polymorph	2–0	100.0
Dice Factory	2–0	100.0
Storm Herald	2–2	50.0
Enduring Ideal	1–1	50.0
Tibalt's Trickery	8–3	72.7
Calibrated Blast	6–5	54.5
Restore Balance	8–8	50.0
Gyruda	6–7	46.2
Belcher	8–7	53.3
Possibility Storm	1–4	20.0
Midnight Mass	42–61	40.8
Control	222–291	43.3
Esper Control	24–41	36.9
Mono Blue Control	1–1	50.0
Dimir Control	11–13	45.8
Azorius Control	11–7	61.1
Turbo Fog	2–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–2	33.3
Mill	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	7–3	70.0
Cruel Control	2–1	66.7
Stax	5–5	50.0
Dragon Control	10–8	55.6
Ponza	10–18	35.7
Mono White Control	3–2	60.0
Life is Ez	1–1	50.0
Cycling Control	2–0	100.0
Astral Slide	2–0	100.0
Five Color Control	1–7	12.5
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–6	14.3
Sultai Control	3–2	60.0
Bant Control	0–1	0.0
Enchantments Control	1–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	27–34	44.3
Orzhov Control	90–122	42.5
Prison	11–22	33.3
Enchantress	10–21	32.3
Aggro-Combo	30–16	65.2
Aristocrats	13–9	59.1
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–2	60.0
Food	6–3	66.7
Rakdos Aristocrats	2–3	40.0
Burn	13–6	68.4
Necro Burn	10–4	71.4
Izzet Blitzkrieg	4–1	80.0
Aggro-Control	61–60	50.4
Izzet Tempo	1–3	25.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	7–10	41.2
Mono Blue Tempo	2–1	66.7
Izzet Spells	20–9	69.0
Dimir Tempo	6–7	46.2
Dimir Faeries	4–6	40.0
Combo-Control	46–35	56.8
Curses	5–5	50.0
Battle of Wits	8–2	80.0
Approach Necro	1–0	100.0
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Lich's Mastery	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	3–7	30.0
Plasma Swans	8–5	61.5
Liliana's Contract	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	7–7	50.0
Wildfire	7–7	50.0
Borderpost Wildfire	6–7	46.2
Resurgent Belief	8–7	53.3
Midrange	264–259	50.5
Temur Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
The Rock	7–6	53.8
Golgari Citadel	0–1	0.0
Grenzo	0–2	0.0
Abzan Midrange	22–20	52.4
Selesnya Midrange	8–9	47.1
Selesnya Value Town	3–7	30.0
Jund	0–1	0.0
Blink	15–13	53.6
Anti-Persecution	2–4	33.3
Graveyard Value	6–1	85.7
Enchantments Matter	3–1	75.0
Allies	2–8	20.0
Orzhov Allies	0–1	0.0
Mono White Allies	0–4	0.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–1	50.0
Fake-Rack	1–3	25.0
Mardu Midrange	2–0	100.0
Vampires	3–4	42.9
Mono Black Vampires	3–4	42.9
Legends Midrange	11–8	57.9
Mardu Legends	3–2	60.0
Orzhov Legends	4–3	57.1
Selesnya Legends	3–3	50.0
Elementals	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	7–4	63.6
Naya Midrange	4–4	50.0
Big Red	7–9	43.8
Mono Black Midrange	29–38	43.3
Necro Midrange	28–38	42.4
Dimir Midrange	5–3	62.5
Angel Tribal	1–1	50.0
Toughness Matters	4–6	40.0
Adventures	2–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	3–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	18–24	42.9
Jeskai Midrange	1–2	33.3
Heartless Summoning Stompy	11–7	61.1
Zur the Enchanter	0–1	0.0
Ordealbreak	2–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	2–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	23–23	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–2	33.3
Naya Hero	0–1	0.0
Boros Hero	1–1	50.0
Clerics	4–5	44.4
Artifact Midrange	16–22	42.1
Death Cloud	22–15	59.5
Ramp	14–12	53.8
Rofellos Ramp	0–1	0.0
Wild Pair	0–1	0.0
Domain	3–1	75.0
Carth Superfriends	1–0	100.0
Applejacks	1–0	100.0
Unclassified	8–1	88.9