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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	359	640–704	47.6	10	130
Mono Black Control	32	55–72	43.3	1	8
Esper Control	1	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Control	6	1–10	9.1
Dimir Control	45	58–96	37.7	0	12
Azorius Control	61	126–108	53.8	4	28
Turbo Fog	27	49–55	47.1	1	7
Izzet Control	6	10–15	40.0	0	2
Mardu Control	6	9–12	42.9	0	2
Mill	6	5–13	27.8
Boros Control	1	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	6	10–8	55.6	0	2
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1	0–1	0.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	3	8–5	61.5	0	2
Grixis Control	5	1–11	8.3
Stax	70	145–133	52.2	3	30
Pollute the Planet	39	90–69	56.6	3	20
Birthday Stax	16	30–32	48.4	0	8
Jeskai Control	24	59–48	55.1	0	15
Dragon Control	6	19–11	63.3	0	5
Galleon Control	3	3–5	37.5	0	1
Ponza	11	22–20	52.4	1	5
Dynavolt Tower	10	14–19	42.4	0	1
Cycling Control	15	33–33	50.0	0	8
Astral Slide	11	31–21	59.6	0	8
Sultai Control	10	12–15	44.4	0	3
Orzhov Control	2	2–6	25.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	211–204	50.8
Mono Black Aggro	5–1	83.3
Heroic	3–7	30.0
Mono White Heroic	2–5	28.6
Azorius Heroic	1–2	33.3
Red Deck Wins	40–52	43.5
Proliferate Red	1–1	50.0
Goblins	12–22	35.3
Tokens	20–13	60.6
Selesnya Tokens	11–10	52.4
Mardu Tokens	3–1	75.0
Mono Green Stompy	4–0	100.0
White Weenie	23–12	65.7
Odric Keywords	10–7	58.8
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Kithkin	4–0	100.0
Elves	6–4	60.0
Zombies	55–59	48.2
Mono Red Swarm	4–6	40.0
Artifact Aggro	12–3	80.0
Affinity	7–3	70.0
Boros Vehicles	3–0	100.0
Devoid Aggro	1–4	20.0
Mono Blue Aggro	6–9	40.0
Madness	6–2	75.0
Gruul Madness	5–1	83.3
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	46–70	39.7
Storm	8–10	44.4
Dimir Tendrils	2–0	100.0
Dragonstorm	3–6	33.3
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	15–27	35.7
Worldgorger Dragon	4–10	28.6
8 Goyf	5–9	35.7
Traditional Reanimator	6–8	42.9
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	2–1	66.7
Monumental Ignus	11–7	61.1
Mardu Life	1–10	9.1
"Twin"	3–0	100.0
Jeskai "Twin"	2–0	100.0
Infinite Infinite Combos	4–13	23.5
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Control	161–161	50.0
Mono Black Control	29–12	70.7
Mono Blue Control	4–0	100.0
Dimir Control	23–14	62.2
Azorius Control	16–31	34.0
Turbo Fog	11–9	55.0
Izzet Control	7–3	70.0
Mardu Control	4–4	50.0
Mill	1–1	50.0
Boros Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	3–0	100.0
Stax	25–42	37.3
Pollute the Planet	15–25	37.5
Birthday Stax	5–9	35.7
Jeskai Control	10–11	47.6
Dragon Control	2–6	25.0
Galleon Control	2–2	50.0
Ponza	1–6	14.3
Dynavolt Tower	7–7	50.0
Cycling Control	7–7	50.0
Astral Slide	5–6	45.5
Sultai Control	5–1	83.3
Orzhov Control	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	26–45	36.6
Aristocrats	17–37	31.5
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Aristocrats	10–28	26.3
Golgari Aristocrats	4–7	36.4
Abzan Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Burn	7–7	50.0
Infect	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	11–12	47.8
Izzet Tempo	5–7	41.7
Azorius Skies	1–1	50.0
Blue Madness	1–4	20.0
Simic Madness	0–4	0.0
Grixis Madness	1–0	100.0
Temur Clues	2–0	100.0
Combo-Control	20–30	40.0
Curses	1–2	33.3
Battle of Wits	2–4	33.3
Shared Fate	3–0	100.0
Swarm Intelligence	1–1	50.0
Mindcrank	7–14	33.3
Displace Loop	3–7	30.0
Peregrine Drake	3–7	30.0
Midrange	141–159	47.0
Temur Ascendancy	34–40	45.9
Grenzo	4–5	44.4
Abzan Midrange	4–5	44.4
Jund	6–4	60.0
Blink	17–44	27.9
Graveyard Value	11–12	47.8
Enchantments Matter	5–7	41.7
Constellation	2–5	28.6
Allies	0–6	0.0
Esper Allies	0–1	0.0
Treefolk	1–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	6–5	54.5
Selvala Morningstar	7–13	35.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Elementals	1–1	50.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	7–4	63.6
Sultai Midrange	4–4	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–2	50.0
Ramp	23–23	50.0
Rofellos Ramp	13–20	39.4
Wild Pair	6–6	50.0
Unclassified	1–0	100.0