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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, 2 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
Aggro	406	878–782	52.9	22	195
Heroic	99	266–178	59.9	9	58
Mono White Heroic	80	227–143	61.4	8	49
Azorius Heroic	9	17–19	47.2	0	3
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	9	22–15	59.5	1	6
Selesnya Heroic	1	0–1	0.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	108–69	61.0
Heroic	26–26	50.0
Mono White Heroic	20–21	48.8
Azorius Heroic	3–3	50.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	3–2	60.0
Red Deck Wins	41–22	65.1
Mono Red Devotion	1–2	33.3
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Tokens	2–1	66.7
White Weenie	6–8	42.9
Odric Keywords	5–6	45.5
Soldiers	1–2	33.3
Elves	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	3–1	75.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	2–4	33.3
Gruul Aggro	4–3	57.1
Merfolk	6–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	1–1	50.0
Affinity	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Aggro	3–0	100.0
Madness	3–0	100.0
Gruul Madness	3–0	100.0
Voltron	4–1	80.0
Hexproof	0–1	0.0
Equipment Aggro	4–0	100.0
Combo	38–39	49.4
Storm	1–1	50.0
Dimir Tendrils	1–1	50.0
Reanimator	16–16	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	16–16	50.0
Dimir Reanimator	7–10	41.2
Maniac Combo	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	13–12	52.0
Hyperwave	10–8	55.6
New Perspectives	3–1	75.0
Cat Wave	3–7	30.0
Acid Wave	2–1	66.7
Control	45–33	57.7
Mono Black Control	4–1	80.0
Demonic Rising	4–7	36.4
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	2–0	100.0
Azorius Control	15–12	55.6
Adam's Ale	2–4	33.3
Turbo Fog	1–1	50.0
Izzet Control	4–2	66.7
Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	7–4	63.6
Cruel Control	7–4	63.6
Jeskai Control	1–1	50.0
Dragon Control	4–2	66.7
Esper Dragons	2–0	100.0
Grixis Dragons	2–2	50.0
Galleon Control	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	25–17	59.5
Aristocrats	13–13	50.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	9–7	56.3
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Golgari Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Abzan Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Mardu Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	8–4	66.7
Infect	2–0	100.0
Turbo Myth	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	14–6	70.0
Izzet Tempo	6–2	75.0
Lich Aggro-Control	3–1	75.0
Temur Clues	4–3	57.1
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	6–0	100.0
Swarm Intelligence	1–0	100.0
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	3–0	100.0
Wildfire	3–0	100.0
Midrange	17–8	68.0
Temur Ascendancy	4–1	80.0
Jund	4–1	80.0
Blink	0–1	0.0
Wave Blink	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	0–1	0.0
Dimir Graves	0–1	0.0
Indestructible	1–0	100.0
Allies	0–1	0.0
Mardu Allies	0–1	0.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	3–0	100.0
Sultai Emerge	3–0	100.0
Prophet Glare	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Ramp	13–6	68.4
Devoid Cruelty	12–6	66.7