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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, 6 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	615	1180–1104–2	51.7	16	83	19
Storm	24	18–44	29.0
Dimir Tendrils	14	15–32	31.9
Hazoret Storm	1
Reanimator	186	380–344	52.5	3	26	4
Starlit Graves	8	15–15	50.0	0	1
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	16	41–29	58.6	0	1
Grozoth	1	2–3	40.0
Traditional Reanimator	161	322–297	52.0	3	24	4
Dimir Reanimator	81	180–137	56.8	1	14	2
Mono Black Reanimator	2	0–1	0.0
Biovisionary	2	0–4	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	12	18–18	50.0
Warp World	5	8–14	36.4
Zubera Tribal	6	7–12	36.8
Maniac Combo	4	2–12	14.3
Hypergenesis	156	379–250–1	60.3	8	32	6
Hyperwave	66	184–97–1	65.5	5	16	4
New Perspectives	51	86–107–1	44.6	1	7	1
Cat Wave	87	198–141	58.4	4	13	7
Acid Wave	22	55–40	57.9	2	5	2
Runeflare	13	12–44	21.4
Splendid Reclamation Combo	9	5–13	27.8	0	2
Monumental Ignus	1	1–4	20.0
Mardu Life	2	5–4	55.6
Myr Incubator	1
Umbral Mantle	1
Turntimber Ranger	1
Retraction Helix Combo	1	0–5	0.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	5	7–10	41.2
Breakfast	5	3–7	30.0	0	1
Cephalid Breakfast	3	3–6	33.3	0	1
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	3	3–6	33.3	0	1
Hermit Dredge	2	0–1	0.0
Polymorph	2	3–3	50.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	357–404	46.9
Mono Black Aggro	4–4	50.0
Heroic	85–113	42.9
Mono White Heroic	65–90	41.9
Azorius Heroic	4–4	50.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	14–19	42.4
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	101–108	48.3
Mono Red Devotion	12–8	60.0
Goblins	7–12	36.8
Tokens	20–16	55.6
Selesnya Tokens	13–16	44.8
Mono Green Stompy	1–1	50.0
White Weenie	37–45	45.1
Odric Keywords	17–12	58.6
Soldiers	14–29	32.6
Elves	10–4	71.4
Werewolves	2–2	50.0
Minotaurs	1–0	100.0
Warriors	2–4	33.3
Selesnya Little Kid	6–10	37.5
Rogues	8–6	57.1
Zombies	20–11	64.5
Gruul Aggro	6–27	18.2
Merfolk	10–5	66.7
Mono Red Swarm	2–7	22.2
Artifact Aggro	9–5	64.3
Affinity	5–3	62.5
Boros Vehicles	4–1	80.0
Salvage Titan	0–1	0.0
Devoid Aggro	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Aggro	5–11	31.3
Madness	2–2	50.0
Gruul Madness	2–2	50.0
Voltron	5–4	55.6
Hexproof	1–4	20.0
Equipment Aggro	4–0	100.0
Slivers	1–1	50.0
Naya Zoo	0–1	0.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	233–233–2	50.0
Storm	11–5	68.8
Dimir Tendrils	9–4	69.2
Reanimator	65–61	51.6
Starlit Graves	5–2	71.4
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	9–9	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	51–50	50.5
Dimir Reanimator	24–31	43.6
Biovisionary	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	5–4	55.6
Warp World	2–0	100.0
Zubera Tribal	5–2	71.4
Maniac Combo	5–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	59–67–1	46.8
Hyperwave	15–20–1	42.9
New Perspectives	20–35–1	36.4
Cat Wave	32–43	42.7
Acid Wave	6–10	37.5
Runeflare	2–3	40.0
Splendid Reclamation Combo	2–1	66.7
Monumental Ignus	1–1	50.0
Mardu Life	2–0	100.0
Retraction Helix Combo	1–0	100.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	2–1	66.7
Control	213–162	56.8
Mono Black Control	16–15	51.6
Esper Control	2–1	66.7
Demonic Rising	37–23	61.7
Paradox Haze Lock	3–2	60.0
Mono Blue Control	3–1	75.0
Dimir Control	9–4	69.2
Azorius Control	39–30	56.5
Adam's Ale	9–10	47.4
Turbo Fog	7–1	87.5
Izzet Control	10–7	58.8
Mill	3–0	100.0
Boros Control	3–1	75.0
Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	12–26	31.6
Cruel Control	11–26	29.7
Stax	1–0	100.0
Stagnant Control	6–1	85.7
Jeskai Control	3–0	100.0
Dragon Control	18–20	47.4
Esper Dragons	4–6	40.0
WUBR Dragons	0–3	0.0
Grixis Dragons	10–8	55.6
Dimir Dragons	1–2	33.3
Galleon Control	17–17	50.0
Ponza	7–4	63.6
Mono White Control	3–3	50.0
Cycling Control	2–1	66.7
Astral Slide	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Control	4–1	80.0
Aggro-Combo	98–110	47.1
Aristocrats	73–79	48.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	17–20	45.9
Orzhov Aristocrats	21–21	50.0
Golgari Aristocrats	16–20	44.4
Abzan Aristocrats	7–16	30.4
Mardu Aristocrats	9–2	81.8
Burn	15–24	38.5
Infect	4–4	50.0
Turbo Myth	4–3	57.1
Aggro-Control	54–39	58.1
Izzet Tempo	14–6	70.0
Azorius Skies	4–5	44.4
Blue Madness	4–1	80.0
Temur Madness	3–0	100.0
Grixis Madness	1–1	50.0
Lich Aggro-Control	16–13	55.2
Temur Clues	12–6	66.7
Izzet Spells	0–1	0.0
Dimir Tempo	0–4	0.0
Combo-Control	27–16	62.8
Curses	1–0	100.0
Burning Vengeance	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	6–1	85.7
Swarm Intelligence	2–5	28.6
Pickles	1–2	33.3
Displace Loop	1–0	100.0
Familiars	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	13–7	65.0
Wildfire	13–7	65.0
Midrange	155–103	60.1
Temur Ascendancy	19–17	52.8
The Rock	4–5	44.4
Abzan Midrange	1–2	33.3
Jund	10–6	62.5
Blink	3–7	30.0
Wave Blink	1–4	20.0
Azorius Wave	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	21–16	56.8
Séance	5–3	62.5
Dimir Graves	4–4	50.0
Indestructible	7–2	77.8
Enchantments Matter	6–8	42.9
Orzhov Enchantress	3–6	33.3
Constellation	3–2	60.0
Allies	2–4	33.3
Orzhov Allies	2–4	33.3
-1/-1 Counters	4–1	80.0
Fake-Rack	0–2	0.0
Vampires	3–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	3–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Elementals	4–2	66.7
Rakdos Midrange	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–0	100.0
Hellion Whip	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	4–0	100.0
Sultai Emerge	3–0	100.0
Sultai Energy	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–1	50.0
Prophet Glare	1–2	33.3
Mythic Colossification	1–1	50.0
Clerics	4–2	66.7
Artifact Midrange	4–0	100.0
Ramp	43–37	53.8
Villainous Wealth	6–4	60.0
Rofellos Ramp	0–1	0.0
Wild Pair	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	2–0	100.0
Eldrazipost	2–0	100.0
Devoid Cruelty	24–25	49.0
Applejacks	2–2	50.0
Orcish Aids	2–2	50.0