Merfolk

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	5–0s
Aggro	1405	2660–2418–1	52.4	30	171	59
Merfolk	96	160–174	47.9	0	1	4

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	27–48	36.0
Mono Black Aggro	4–1	80.0
Heroic	2–3	40.0
Mono White Heroic	1–1	50.0
Azorius Heroic	0–2	0.0
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	1–8	11.1
Mono Red Devotion	0–2	0.0
Goblins	0–3	0.0
Tokens	4–3	57.1
Selesnya Tokens	4–3	57.1
Mono Green Stompy	0–2	0.0
White Weenie	1–5	16.7
Odric Keywords	1–3	25.0
Elves	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–1	50.0
Zombies	2–1	66.7
Gruul Aggro	0–2	0.0
Merfolk	3–3	50.0
Artifact Aggro	1–2	33.3
Affinity	0–1	0.0
Boros Vehicles	1–0	100.0
Salvage Titan	0–1	0.0
Devoid Aggro	0–1	0.0
Devastating Dreams	0–4	0.0
Madness	1–3	25.0
Jund Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	2–1	66.7
Boros Auras	1–0	100.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Combo	19–11	63.3
Storm	7–3	70.0
Sultai Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tendrils	4–1	80.0
Dragonstorm	1–1	50.0
Reanimator	4–4	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	4–4	50.0
Grixis Reanimator	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–4	33.3
Cruel Combo	3–0	100.0
Control	33–44	42.9
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	5–8	38.5
Demonic Rising	1–7	12.5
Mono Blue Control	3–2	60.0
Dimir Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Control	2–1	66.7
Izzet Control	1–4	20.0
Mardu Control	2–2	50.0
Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	4–9	30.8
Cruel Control	0–3	0.0
Ponza	1–1	50.0
Dynavolt Tower	1–1	50.0
Cycling Control	1–2	33.3
Astral Slide	1–2	33.3
Sultai Control	0–1	0.0
Bant Control	6–3	66.7
Enchantments Control	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	12–6	66.7
Aristocrats	5–3	62.5
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Mardu Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	2–0	100.0
Infect	1–0	100.0
Pummeler	4–2	66.7
Aggro-Control	13–6	68.4
Izzet Tempo	5–3	62.5
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Tetsukotog	0–2	0.0
Combo-Control	9–7	56.3
Cruel Combo-Control	1–2	33.3
Battle of Wits	1–1	50.0
Shared Fate	1–1	50.0
Sunforger	2–0	100.0
Pickles	0–1	0.0
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	0–1	0.0
Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Midrange	38–42	47.5
Temur Ascendancy	2–3	40.0
Prophet Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
The Rock	3–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	8–3	72.7
Knights of Windgrace	1–2	33.3
Jund	5–8	38.5
Blink	1–1	50.0
Graveyard Value	0–3	0.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Allies	2–3	40.0
Orzhov Allies	0–1	0.0
-1/-1 Counters	2–1	66.7
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Leave // Chance Midrange	0–1	0.0
Yisan-Prophet	1–0	100.0
White Jund	1–2	33.3
Vampires	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Boros Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Elementals	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–2	33.3
Verdant Succession	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	2–0	100.0
Sultai Emerge	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–0	100.0
Ramp	9–10	47.4
Cloudpost Ramp	1–1	50.0
Eldrazipost	1–0	100.0
Gruul Post	0–1	0.0
Temur Bombardment	1–1	50.0