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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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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.

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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.

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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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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, 4 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Control	249	427–519	45.1	10	77
Mono Black Control	18	21–39	35.0	0	2
Esper Control	2	1–1	50.0
Demonic Rising	42	106–86	55.2	5	22
Paradox Haze Lock	1	1–3	25.0
Mono Blue Control	3	6–7	46.2	0	1
Dimir Control	7	9–12	42.9	0	1
Azorius Control	51	106–104	50.5	2	23
Adam's Ale	15	40–28	58.8	1	7
Turbo Fog	8	10–17	37.0	0	1
Izzet Control	17	18–38	32.1	0	2
Mill	4	1–9	10.0
Cloudpost Control	2	4–4	50.0	0	1
Izzet Cloudpost Control	2	4–4	50.0	0	1
Grixis Control	23	45–43	51.1	2	9
Cruel Control	20	42–37	53.2	2	9
Stax	1	3–2	60.0	0	1
Stagnant Control	2	2–4	33.3
Jeskai Control	4	4–11	26.7
Dragon Control	31	54–64	45.8	1	9
Esper Dragons	11	16–23	41.0	0	2
Grixis Dragons	11	26–22	54.2	1	4
Dimir Dragons	2	3–4	42.9	0	1
Galleon Control	6	13–12	52.0	0	3
Ponza	4	7–10	41.2	0	2
Mono White Control	1	1–3	25.0
Cycling Control	4	1–10	9.1
Astral Slide	4	1–10	9.1
Bant Control	1	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Control	5	3–10	23.1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	149–172	46.4
Mono Black Aggro	1–1	50.0
Heroic	33–45	42.3
Mono White Heroic	29–39	42.6
Azorius Heroic	3–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–6	14.3
Red Deck Wins	34–66	34.0
Mono Red Devotion	4–4	50.0
Goblins	2–2	50.0
Tokens	3–4	42.9
Selesnya Tokens	3–4	42.9
Mono Green Stompy	3–1	75.0
White Weenie	26–23	53.1
Odric Keywords	16–14	53.3
Soldiers	7–6	53.8
Elves	5–1	83.3
Warriors	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	2–2	50.0
Rogues	3–4	42.9
Zombies	6–5	54.5
Gruul Aggro	4–8	33.3
Merfolk	10–1	90.9
Mono Red Swarm	3–5	37.5
Artifact Aggro	2–0	100.0
Affinity	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	2–0	100.0
Madness	0–1	0.0
Gruul Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	7–3	70.0
Hexproof	7–3	70.0
Combo	68–110	38.2
Storm	2–1	66.7
Dimir Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	22–35	38.6
Starlit Graves	1–2	33.3
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	2–1	66.7
Traditional Reanimator	19–32	37.3
Dimir Reanimator	5–16	23.8
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–1	0.0
Warp World	2–1	66.7
Maniac Combo	2–1	66.7
Hypergenesis	19–37	33.9
Hyperwave	6–21	22.2
New Perspectives	7–10	41.2
Cat Wave	6–16	27.3
Acid Wave	3–4	42.9
Splendid Reclamation Combo	3–2	60.0
Mardu Life	0–2	0.0
Control	105–105	50.0
Mono Black Control	7–6	53.8
Esper Control	0–1	0.0
Demonic Rising	11–23	32.4
Mono Blue Control	3–3	50.0
Dimir Control	3–4	42.9
Azorius Control	15–17	46.9
Adam's Ale	7–7	50.0
Turbo Fog	5–3	62.5
Izzet Control	7–5	58.3
Mill	4–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	8–14	36.4
Cruel Control	5–13	27.8
Stax	1–1	50.0
Stagnant Control	3–2	60.0
Jeskai Control	5–1	83.3
Dragon Control	18–15	54.5
Esper Dragons	5–4	55.6
Grixis Dragons	4–5	44.4
Dimir Dragons	3–2	60.0
Galleon Control	3–1	75.0
Ponza	1–2	33.3
Cycling Control	3–0	100.0
Astral Slide	3–0	100.0
Bant Control	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	3–1	75.0
Aggro-Combo	24–50	32.4
Aristocrats	10–33	23.3
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–17	10.5
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–3	40.0
Golgari Aristocrats	2–5	28.6
Abzan Aristocrats	3–5	37.5
Mardu Aristocrats	1–3	25.0
Burn	12–12	50.0
Infect	0–1	0.0
Turbo Myth	1–3	25.0
Aggro-Control	15–21	41.7
Izzet Tempo	5–7	41.7
Lich Aggro-Control	4–4	50.0
Temur Clues	4–7	36.4
Wizards	1–3	25.0
Combo-Control	5–11	31.3
Swarm Intelligence	0–1	0.0
Pickles	0–2	0.0
Displace Loop	2–0	100.0
Familiars	2–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	3–5	37.5
Wildfire	3–5	37.5
Midrange	50–26	65.8
Temur Ascendancy	3–4	42.9
The Rock	3–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	1–2	33.3
Blink	1–0	100.0
Wave Blink	1–0	100.0
Azorius Wave	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	4–7	36.4
Dimir Graves	1–0	100.0
Allies	10–2	83.3
Orzhov Allies	8–2	80.0
Mardu Allies	2–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–3	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–0	100.0
Hellion Whip	2–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	4–3	57.1
Sultai Emerge	3–2	60.0
Sultai Energy	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	3–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	1–3	25.0
Ramp	10–24	29.4
Devoid Cruelty	6–19	24.0
Applejacks	0–1	0.0
Orcish Aids	0–1	0.0
Unclassified	1–0	100.0