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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 1 day, 22 hours.

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Congratulations to chickeninthebrain, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 32)

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	260	416–405–24	50.7	13	79	5
Heroic	102	257–172–20	59.9	11	59	2
Mono White Heroic	92	236–152–20	60.8	10	54	2
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	9	20–18	52.6	1	5
Boros Heroic	1	1–2	33.3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	72–46–7	61.0
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	30–30–6	50.0
Mono White Heroic	27–28–6	49.1
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	3–2	60.0
Red Deck Wins	13–9	59.1
Mono Red Devotion	2–1	66.7
Tokens	5–0–1	100.0
Selesnya Tokens	5–0–1	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	2–3	40.0
Werewolves	2–1	66.7
Minotaurs	1–0	100.0
Zombies	5–1	83.3
Artifact Aggro	4–1	80.0
Affinity	1–1	50.0
Boros Vehicles	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	1–1	50.0
Humans	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Combo	19–8–1	70.4
Storm	9–5–1	64.3
Sultai Tendrils	6–3	66.7
Dimir Tendrils	2–2–1	50.0
Reanimator	5–2	71.4
Recurring Nightmare	2–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	3–2	60.0
Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Cephalid Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Control	66–40–5	62.3
Mono Black Control	8–10–1	44.4
Demonic Rising	7–7–1	50.0
Paradox Haze Lock	8–1–1	88.9
Mono Blue Control	3–0	100.0
Turbo Xerox	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	11–4–1	73.3
Dreadful Inspiration	5–2–1	71.4
Azorius Control	4–1	80.0
Cawblade	2–0	100.0
Turbo Fog	2–1	66.7
Izzet Control	10–5	66.7
Grixis Control	7–8–1	46.7
Cruel Control	7–6–1	53.8
Dragon Control	2–1	66.7
Dimir Dragons	1–1	50.0
Cycling Control	2–0	100.0
Astral Slide	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	23–24	48.9
Aristocrats	17–20	45.9
Mono Black Aristocrats	10–13	43.5
Orzhov Aristocrats	4–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–4	20.0
Abzan Aristocrats	2–3	40.0
Infect	3–2	60.0
Hermit Humans	0–2	0.0
Aggro-Control	5–3	62.5
Izzet Tempo	0–2	0.0
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	31–14–3	68.9
Curses	3–1	75.0
Oketra's Monument	5–3	62.5
Azorius Oketra's Monument	3–2	60.0
Mono White Oketra's Monument	2–1	66.7
Burning Vengeance	0–1	0.0
Cruel Combo-Control	1–1	50.0
Displace Loop	9–3–1	75.0
Peregrine Drake	9–3–1	75.0
Mass Land Destruction	9–5–2	64.3
Wildfire	9–5–2	64.3
Midrange	34–36–4	48.6
Temur Ascendancy	19–9–2	67.9
The Rock	1–2	33.3
Abzan Midrange	1–2–1	33.3
Jund	0–1	0.0
Blink	2–1	66.7
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Allies	3–0	100.0
Orzhov Allies	3–0	100.0
Vampires	3–15–1	16.7
Mono Black Vampires	3–15–1	16.7
Rakdos Midrange	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–1	0.0
Ramp	7–1	87.5
Villainous Wealth	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	2–0	100.0