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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 22 hours, 6 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	1597	3192–2736	53.8	24	179	79
Heroic	84	196–151	56.5	1	6	7
Mono White Heroic	59	152–102	59.8	1	5	7
Azorius Heroic	22	39–44	47.0	0	1
Boros Heroic	2	2–3	40.0
Selesnya Heroic	1	3–2	60.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	62–48	56.4
Mono Black Aggro	3–1	75.0
Heroic	8–8	50.0
Mono White Heroic	5–6	45.5
Azorius Heroic	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	15–9	62.5
Proliferate Red	0–1	0.0
Goblins	3–2	60.0
Tokens	4–3	57.1
Selesnya Tokens	2–2	50.0
Mardu Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	5–2	71.4
Odric Keywords	2–1	66.7
Soldiers	0–1	0.0
Elves	0–2	0.0
Werewolves	2–0	100.0
Warriors	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	0–1	0.0
Zombies	8–13	38.1
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	0–1	0.0
Devoid Aggro	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Aggro	3–0	100.0
Madness	1–1	50.0
Gruul Madness	1–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	0–1	0.0
Combo	22–9	71.0
Storm	7–2	77.8
Sultai Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tendrils	2–0	100.0
Dragonstorm	3–2	60.0
Reanimator	10–5	66.7
Worldgorger Dragon	8–4	66.7
8 Goyf	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Monumental Ignus	0–1	0.0
Mardu Life	3–0	100.0
"Twin"	2–1	66.7
Control	41–32	56.2
Mono Black Control	4–2	66.7
Paradox Haze Lock	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	4–2	66.7
Azorius Control	6–1	85.7
Turbo Fog	0–2	0.0
Izzet Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	3–5	37.5
Pollute the Planet	1–3	25.0
Birthday Stax	2–2	50.0
Jeskai Control	5–5	50.0
Dragon Control	7–3	70.0
Ponza	3–1	75.0
Dynavolt Tower	1–1	50.0
Cycling Control	2–4	33.3
Astral Slide	1–4	20.0
Sultai Control	3–2	60.0
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	5–6	45.5
Aristocrats	2–4	33.3
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Golgari Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Abzan Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Burn	0–2	0.0
Infect	3–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	9–4	69.2
Izzet Tempo	4–2	66.7
Azorius Skies	1–1	50.0
Blue Madness	3–1	75.0
Simic Madness	3–1	75.0
Combo-Control	3–5	37.5
Sunforger	1–2	33.3
Mindcrank	2–2	50.0
Displace Loop	0–1	0.0
Peregrine Drake	0–1	0.0
Midrange	45–40	52.9
Temur Ascendancy	18–4	81.8
Grenzo	2–2	50.0
Abzan Midrange	1–4	20.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	3–13	18.8
Graveyard Value	1–2	33.3
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Constellation	1–0	100.0
Allies	1–3	25.0
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
Esper Allies	0–2	0.0
-1/-1 Counters	2–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Selvala Morningstar	1–1	50.0
Vampires	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Vampires	0–2	0.0
Elementals	1–1	50.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–5	28.6
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	4–0	100.0
Ramp	9–7	56.3
Rofellos Ramp	5–5	50.0
Wild Pair	2–0	100.0