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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
Combo	207	455–404–2	53.0	16	83
Storm	5	5–11	31.3
Dimir Tendrils	2	3–3	50.0
Reanimator	71	157–140	52.9	3	26
Starlit Graves	3	7–7	50.0	0	1
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	2	5–4	55.6	0	1
Traditional Reanimator	66	145–129	52.9	3	24
Dimir Reanimator	25	72–41	63.7	1	14
Mono Black Reanimator	1	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1	2–2	50.0
Warp World	1	1–3	25.0
Maniac Combo	3	1–8	11.1
Hypergenesis	60	167–111–1	60.1	8	32
Hyperwave	28	87–50–1	63.5	5	16
New Perspectives	21	38–41–1	48.1	1	7
Cat Wave	22	57–37	60.6	4	13
Acid Wave	6	18–12	60.0	2	5
Splendid Reclamation Combo	5	5–10	33.3	0	2
Mardu Life	1	2–2	50.0
Breakfast	2	3–6	33.3	0	1
Cephalid Breakfast	2	3–6	33.3	0	1
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	2	3–6	33.3	0	1
Polymorph	1	0–1	0.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	141–148	48.8
Mono Black Aggro	2–0	100.0
Heroic	39–38	50.6
Mono White Heroic	33–31	51.6
Azorius Heroic	3–4	42.9
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–3	40.0
Selesnya Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	49–49	50.0
Mono Red Devotion	3–3	50.0
Goblins	2–2	50.0
Tokens	5–7	41.7
Selesnya Tokens	4–7	36.4
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	21–25	45.7
Odric Keywords	13–10	56.5
Soldiers	4–14	22.2
Elves	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	0–1	0.0
Rogues	4–2	66.7
Zombies	7–4	63.6
Gruul Aggro	2–7	22.2
Merfolk	2–2	50.0
Artifact Aggro	2–2	50.0
Affinity	2–1	66.7
Boros Vehicles	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–4	20.0
Madness	1–1	50.0
Gruul Madness	1–1	50.0
Voltron	1–2	33.3
Hexproof	0–2	0.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	75–75–2	50.0
Storm	1–1	50.0
Reanimator	23–19	54.8
Starlit Graves	3–2	60.0
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	18–17	51.4
Dimir Reanimator	7–8	46.7
Maniac Combo	3–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	19–26–1	42.2
Hyperwave	7–10–1	41.2
New Perspectives	7–16–1	30.4
Cat Wave	11–9	55.0
Acid Wave	2–5	28.6
Splendid Reclamation Combo	1–1	50.0
Mardu Life	1–0	100.0
Control	110–68	61.8
Mono Black Control	10–6	62.5
Demonic Rising	24–13	64.9
Paradox Haze Lock	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Control	2–1	66.7
Dimir Control	4–2	66.7
Azorius Control	26–16	61.9
Adam's Ale	6–8	42.9
Turbo Fog	4–0	100.0
Izzet Control	9–5	64.3
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	6–5	54.5
Cruel Control	5–5	50.0
Stagnant Control	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	2–0	100.0
Dragon Control	8–11	42.1
Esper Dragons	4–4	50.0
Grixis Dragons	3–5	37.5
Dimir Dragons	0–1	0.0
Galleon Control	3–2	60.0
Ponza	1–1	50.0
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	0–1	0.0
Astral Slide	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	3–1	75.0
Aggro-Combo	38–48	44.2
Aristocrats	25–30	45.5
Mono Black Aristocrats	10–17	37.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Golgari Aristocrats	3–0	100.0
Abzan Aristocrats	5–10	33.3
Mardu Aristocrats	4–2	66.7
Burn	9–14	39.1
Infect	2–3	40.0
Turbo Myth	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Control	25–16	61.0
Izzet Tempo	6–2	75.0
Blue Madness	1–1	50.0
Grixis Madness	1–1	50.0
Lich Aggro-Control	9–8	52.9
Temur Clues	8–4	66.7
Izzet Spells	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	6–5	54.5
Battle of Wits	2–0	100.0
Displace Loop	1–0	100.0
Familiars	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–4	33.3
Wildfire	2–4	33.3
Midrange	40–18	69.0
Temur Ascendancy	2–0	100.0
The Rock	1–2	33.3
Jund	5–2	71.4
Blink	1–3	25.0
Wave Blink	1–3	25.0
Azorius Wave	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	7–4	63.6
Dimir Graves	3–0	100.0
Allies	1–4	20.0
Orzhov Allies	1–4	20.0
-1/-1 Counters	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–0	100.0
Hellion Whip	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	3–0	100.0
Sultai Emerge	2–0	100.0
Sultai Energy	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Prophet Glare	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	3–0	100.0
Ramp	20–26	43.5
Cloudpost Ramp	2–0	100.0
Eldrazipost	2–0	100.0
Devoid Cruelty	12–22	35.3
Applejacks	1–0	100.0
Orcish Aids	1–0	100.0