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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 19 hours, 22 minutes.

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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	1138	2392–1919	55.5	22	195	53
Zombies	48	88–84	51.2	0	5	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	25–28	47.2
Heroic	6–6	50.0
Mono White Heroic	5–5	50.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	5–7	41.7
Mono Red Devotion	0–1	0.0
Goblins	0–2	0.0
Tokens	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	2–0	100.0
Odric Keywords	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Elves	0–3	0.0
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Minotaurs	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	0–2	0.0
Zombies	1–1	50.0
Merfolk	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Aggro	2–0	100.0
Madness	1–1	50.0
Gruul Madness	1–1	50.0
Naya Zoo	0–1	0.0
Combo	11–20	35.5
Storm	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	5–7	41.7
Traditional Reanimator	5–7	41.7
Dimir Reanimator	2–3	40.0
Hypergenesis	1–10	9.1
Hyperwave	1–7	12.5
Cat Wave	2–2	50.0
Acid Wave	1–2	33.3
Runeflare	2–1	66.7
Control	17–13	56.7
Mono Black Control	2–0	100.0
Esper Control	0–1	0.0
Demonic Rising	0–3	0.0
Azorius Control	2–3	40.0
Adam's Ale	0–1	0.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	3–2	60.0
Cruel Control	1–2	33.3
Stax	2–0	100.0
Pollute the Planet	1–0	100.0
Stagnant Control	1–1	50.0
Dragon Control	2–0	100.0
Galleon Control	1–2	33.3
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	12–6	66.7
Aristocrats	9–5	64.3
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–2	60.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Abzan Aristocrats	3–0	100.0
Burn	1–1	50.0
Infect	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	5–4	55.6
Izzet Tempo	0–1	0.0
Azorius Skies	0–2	0.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Temur Madness	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	2–1	66.7
Temur Clues	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	1–2	33.3
Battle of Wits	0–1	0.0
Swarm Intelligence	0–1	0.0
Mindcrank	1–0	100.0
Midrange	11–9	55.0
Temur Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Jund	0–2	0.0
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Enchantress	1–1	50.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	0–1	0.0
Ramp	6–2	75.0
Rofellos Ramp	2–0	100.0
Devoid Cruelty	4–2	66.7