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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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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.

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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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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 13 weeks, 3 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	1145	2206–1815	54.9	27	152	51
Storm	33	47–60	43.9	0	2
Dimir Tendrils	2	0–3	0.0
Dragonstorm	23	38–43	46.9	0	1
Hazoret Storm	3	4–5	44.4
Simic Storm	1	2–2	50.0	0	1
Reanimator	12	9–26	25.7
Recurring Nightmare	1	1–3	25.0
Four Color Powerful Magic	1	1–3	25.0
Grozoth	1	0–2	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	8	7–17	29.2
Necrotic Ooze Combo	58	125–90	58.1	3	11	3
Dubious Challenge	3	2–4	33.3
Warp World	178	397–256	60.8	5	30	10
Maniac Combo	4	4–6	40.0
Hypergenesis	55	69–94	42.3	0	3
Runeflare	2	1–6	14.3
Jeskai Ascendancy	6	5–9	35.7
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	5	5–8	38.5
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1	0–1	0.0
"Twin"	2	2–3	40.0	0	1
Metalwork Colossus	6	13–14	48.1			1
Anvil Colossus	5	13–9	59.1			1
Seismic Swans	16	25–26	49.0
Eggs	8	3–20	13.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	3	1–5	16.7
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	1	2–1	66.7
Blazing Shoal Combo	44	41–70	36.9	0	2
Taking Turns	7	4–15	21.1
Quest for Ula's Temple	14	31–23	57.4	0	3
Izzet Ascension	1	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	37	69–69	50.0			1
Oops All Lands	1	0–5	0.0
Dredge	23	30–54	35.7
Polymorph	4	1–6	14.3
Protean Hulk Combo	1	2–2	50.0
Storm Herald	11	20–23	46.5
Enduring Ideal	14	20–19	51.3
Ad Nauseam	23	45–44	50.6
Intruder Alarm	22	32–47	40.5	0	3
Calibrated Blast	8	20–12	62.5
Restore Balance	17	27–36	42.9
Gyruda	6	11–8	57.9
Belcher	4	8–5	61.5	0	1	1
Possibility Storm	2	4–3	57.1
Midnight Mass	44	97–59	62.2	2	5	5
Phoenix Altar	129	297–201	59.6	4	32	7
Actual Twin	314	707–427	62.3	13	59	23
Izzet Twin	279	635–375	62.9	11	51	23
Boros Twin	35	72–52	58.1	2	8

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	520–378	57.9
Mono Black Aggro	13–9	59.1
Heroic	7–1	87.5
Mono White Heroic	2–0	100.0
Azorius Heroic	2–1	66.7
Boros Heroic	3–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	11–5	68.8
Mono Red Devotion	1–2	33.3
Goblins	13–8	61.9
Tokens	6–3	66.7
Selesnya Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono White Tokens	2–1	66.7
Mono Green Stompy	4–1	80.0
White Weenie	160–127	55.7
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	114–89	56.2
Mono White Humans	37–32	53.6
Elves	24–10	70.6
Werewolves	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	12–4	75.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	11–11	50.0
Gruul Aggro	33–25	56.9
Merfolk	6–5	54.5
Mono Red Swarm	28–15	65.1
Artifact Aggro	30–27	52.6
Affinity	10–11	47.6
Tempered Steel	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Architect	12–12	50.0
Mono Blue Aggro	5–3	62.5
Illusions	1–0	100.0
Madness	15–11	57.7
Gruul Madness	1–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	9–11	45.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Jund Madness	3–0	100.0
Voltron	29–14	67.4
Hexproof	0–1	0.0
Equipment Aggro	24–12	66.7
Hateful Auras	5–1	83.3
Naya Zoo	4–1	80.0
Knights	10–8	55.6
AggroSlide	35–32	52.2
Rakdos Aggro	5–2	71.4
Humans	18–21	46.2
Selesnya Humans	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Humans	5–11	31.3
Boros Humans	4–6	40.0
Shamans	1–0	100.0
Legends Aggro	31–31	50.0
Boros Legends Aggro	14–17	45.2
Selesnya Legends Aggro	4–0	100.0
Bard Class	10–10	50.0
Combo	476–476	50.0
Storm	12–9	57.1
Dragonstorm	10–8	55.6
Hazoret Storm	1–1	50.0
Reanimator	8–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	8–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	22–29	43.1
Dubious Challenge	2–2	50.0
Warp World	79–70	53.0
Maniac Combo	1–1	50.0
Hypergenesis	29–11	72.5
Runeflare	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	6–4	60.0
Anvil Colossus	5–4	55.6
Seismic Swans	8–6	57.1
Eggs	6–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	13–9	59.1
Taking Turns	5–0	100.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	3–4	42.9
Soulflayer	13–23	36.1
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Dredge	6–6	50.0
Protean Hulk Combo	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	6–3	66.7
Enduring Ideal	6–5	54.5
Ad Nauseam	8–9	47.1
Intruder Alarm	22–7	75.9
Calibrated Blast	4–3	57.1
Restore Balance	4–10	28.6
Gyruda	0–4	0.0
Belcher	3–3	50.0
Possibility Storm	1–1	50.0
Midnight Mass	20–20	50.0
Phoenix Altar	54–64	45.8
Actual Twin	109–167	39.5
Izzet Twin	91–154	37.1
Boros Twin	18–13	58.1
Control	426–383	52.7
Esper Control	34–28	54.8
Mono Blue Control	0–3	0.0
Dimir Control	39–32	54.9
Azorius Control	77–87	47.0
Cawblade	19–21	47.5
Izzet Control	8–7	53.3
Mardu Control	4–4	50.0
Mill	13–3	81.3
Boros Control	4–2	66.7
Cloudpost Control	73–57	56.2
Azorius Cloudpost Control	29–27	51.8
Blackpost	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	9–8	52.9
Dimir Cloudpost Control	6–0	100.0
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	18–13	58.1
Grixis Control	15–19	44.1
Cruel Control	5–10	33.3
Stax	2–3	40.0
Jeskai Control	2–3	40.0
Dragon Control	9–4	69.2
Mono White Control	25–11	69.4
Life is Ez	3–0	100.0
Cycling Control	2–0	100.0
Astral Slide	2–0	100.0
Five Color Control	7–2	77.8
Five Color Collected Conjuring	4–0	100.0
Sultai Control	5–4	55.6
Pox	12–7	63.2
Seasons Past Control	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	33–32	50.8
Prison	60–75	44.4
Enchantress	59–75	44.0
Aggro-Combo	76–71	51.7
Aristocrats	39–49	44.3
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Food	3–1	75.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	31–47	39.7
Burn	2–1	66.7
Infect	25–18	58.1
Blazing Shoal Infect	18–5	78.3
Mono Black Infect	7–13	35.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	4–0	100.0
Liquimetal Fishing	4–1	80.0
Aggro-Control	146–124	54.1
Simic Flash	6–5	54.5
Izzet Tempo	6–2	75.0
Blue Madness	1–2	33.3
Grixis Madness	1–2	33.3
Wizards	10–9	52.6
Ninjas	18–1	94.7
Mono Blue Tempo	25–37	40.3
Mono Blue Librarians	16–32	33.3
Izzet Spells	32–33	49.2
Dimir Tempo	13–6	68.4
Azorius Tempo	29–25	53.7
Combo-Control	58–52	52.7
Curses	1–1	50.0
Cruel Combo-Control	1–1	50.0
Battle of Wits	17–15	53.1
Sunforger	2–0	100.0
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Hedron Alignment	1–1	50.0
Lich's Mastery	1–0	100.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	11–7	61.1
Zur's Weirding	0–1	0.0
Solar Flare	14–16	46.7
Mass Land Destruction	8–9	47.1
Wildfire	8–9	47.1
Borderpost Wildfire	3–3	50.0
Resurgent Belief	0–1	0.0
Midrange	343–252	57.6
Temur Ascendancy	3–1	75.0
The Rock	12–7	63.2
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	5–2	71.4
Jund	38–36	51.4
Blink	6–5	54.5
Cloudpost Wave Blink	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	8–5	61.5
Séance	2–0	100.0
Allies	4–2	66.7
Mardu Midrange	5–1	83.3
White Jund	3–13	18.8
Vampires	2–2	50.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–1	50.0
Legends Midrange	11–9	55.0
Boros Legends Midrange	4–6	40.0
Mardu Legends	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Legends	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Legends	1–1	50.0
Elementals	1–3	25.0
Rakdos Midrange	6–5	54.5
Naya Midrange	2–3	40.0
Big Red	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	18–17	51.4
Hellion Whip	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	8–5	61.5
Angel Tribal	4–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	4–5	44.4
Lifegain Midrange	12–8	60.0
Adventures	2–1	66.7
Sultai Midrange	16–9	64.0
Fight Rigging	11–9	55.0
Orzhov Midrange	29–32	47.5
Owling Mine	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Midrange	7–2	77.8
Heartless Summoning Stompy	10–5	66.7
Ordealbreak	1–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	46–37	55.4
Hero of Precinct One	16–10	61.5
Abzan Hero	3–1	75.0
Mardu Hero	0–1	0.0
Five Color Hero	11–6	64.7
Naya Hero	1–1	50.0
Boros Hero	1–1	50.0
Clerics	2–1	66.7
Artifact Midrange	17–5	77.3
Death Cloud	16–11	59.3
Ramp	158–79	66.7
Rofellos Ramp	38–19	66.7
Cloudpost Ramp	96–49	66.2
Eldrazipost	9–4	69.2
Greenpost	33–24	57.9
Gruul Post	18–8	69.2
Simic Post	19–8	70.4
Temurpost	8–3	72.7
Carth Superfriends	4–2	66.7
Applejacks	17–9	65.4
Unclassified	3–0	100.0