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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

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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 13 weeks, 5 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro-Combo	277	588–488	54.6	9	60	10
Aristocrats	197	444–335	57.0	8	39	8
Mono Black Aristocrats	49	126–88	58.9	6	20
Orzhov Aristocrats	54	126–87	59.2	1	3	5
Golgari Aristocrats	41	90–64	58.4	0	3	2
Abzan Aristocrats	37	75–61	55.1	1	10	1
Mardu Aristocrats	13	26–25	51.0	0	3
Burn	44	91–84	52.0	1	18	2
Infect	9	15–15	50.0	0	1
Mono Black Infect	1
Turbo Myth	16	28–33	45.9	0	2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	181–191	48.7
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Heroic	44–62	41.5
Mono White Heroic	33–57	36.7
Azorius Heroic	2–1	66.7
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	7–4	63.6
Red Deck Wins	58–61	48.7
Mono Red Devotion	7–4	63.6
Goblins	5–5	50.0
Tokens	10–8	55.6
Selesnya Tokens	7–8	46.7
Mono Green Stompy	4–0	100.0
White Weenie	14–9	60.9
Odric Keywords	8–3	72.7
Soldiers	5–4	55.6
Elves	2–0	100.0
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Minotaurs	2–3	40.0
Warriors	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	5–6	45.5
Rogues	3–1	75.0
Zombies	6–10	37.5
Gruul Aggro	7–7	50.0
Merfolk	1–1	50.0
Mono Red Swarm	2–6	25.0
Artifact Aggro	3–1	75.0
Affinity	1–0	100.0
Boros Vehicles	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Aggro	2–1	66.7
Madness	0–1	0.0
Gruul Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	1–1	50.0
Hexproof	1–1	50.0
Slivers	3–1	75.0
Combo	110–98	52.9
Storm	3–0	100.0
Dimir Tendrils	3–0	100.0
Reanimator	41–26	61.2
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	3–2	60.0
Grozoth	1–1	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	37–23	61.7
Dimir Reanimator	14–8	63.6
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–3	40.0
Warp World	0–2	0.0
Zubera Tribal	0–1	0.0
Maniac Combo	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	25–33	43.1
Hyperwave	14–16	46.7
New Perspectives	11–11	50.0
Cat Wave	14–21	40.0
Acid Wave	4–3	57.1
Runeflare	3–0	100.0
Splendid Reclamation Combo	2–0	100.0
Retraction Helix Combo	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Cephalid Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Control	113–66	63.1
Mono Black Control	6–3	66.7
Esper Control	1–0	100.0
Demonic Rising	18–15	54.5
Paradox Haze Lock	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	0–3	0.0
Azorius Control	21–15	58.3
Adam's Ale	7–4	63.6
Turbo Fog	4–0	100.0
Izzet Control	7–0	100.0
Mill	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	10–10	50.0
Cruel Control	10–10	50.0
Stax	1–1	50.0
Stagnant Control	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	13–6	68.4
Esper Dragons	3–0	100.0
WUBR Dragons	1–1	50.0
Grixis Dragons	7–3	70.0
Galleon Control	10–5	66.7
Ponza	6–4	60.0
Mono White Control	2–1	66.7
Cycling Control	2–1	66.7
Astral Slide	2–1	66.7
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Combo	54–54	50.0
Aristocrats	36–38	48.6
Mono Black Aristocrats	11–16	40.7
Orzhov Aristocrats	7–11	38.9
Golgari Aristocrats	5–5	50.0
Abzan Aristocrats	9–6	60.0
Mardu Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Burn	12–9	57.1
Infect	1–2	33.3
Turbo Myth	3–4	42.9
Aggro-Control	22–17	56.4
Izzet Tempo	3–9	25.0
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	2–0	100.0
Temur Madness	2–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	6–0	100.0
Temur Clues	7–7	50.0
Combo-Control	15–5	75.0
Burning Vengeance	0–1	0.0
Battle of Wits	1–1	50.0
Swarm Intelligence	8–2	80.0
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	4–1	80.0
Wildfire	4–1	80.0
Midrange	79–39	66.9
Temur Ascendancy	8–12	40.0
The Rock	2–2	50.0
Abzan Midrange	4–0	100.0
Jund	2–0	100.0
Blink	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	11–6	64.7
Séance	2–1	66.7
Dimir Graves	1–2	33.3
Indestructible	2–1	66.7
Enchantments Matter	7–1	87.5
Orzhov Enchantress	6–1	85.7
Constellation	1–0	100.0
Allies	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Allies	0–2	0.0
Esper Allies	2–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–1	50.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–1	50.0
Hellion Whip	5–1	83.3
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–1	66.7
Prophet Glare	1–3	25.0
Mythic Colossification	0–1	0.0
Clerics	3–1	75.0
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Ramp	14–18	43.8
Villainous Wealth	3–0	100.0
Devoid Cruelty	5–14	26.3
Applejacks	0–1	0.0
Orcish Aids	0–1	0.0