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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 1 week, 2 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	408	652–796	45.0	3	17	14
Storm	128	204–279	42.2	1	2	5
Sultai Tendrils	14	20–24	45.5
Dimir Tendrils	75	128–172	42.7	1	1	4
Dragonstorm	6	13–13	50.0
Hazoret Storm	3	0–5	0.0
Reanimator	67	129–123	51.2	2	11	1
Traditional Reanimator	67	129–123	51.2	2	11	1
Grixis Reanimator	12	21–26	44.7
Biovisionary	3	1–7	12.5
Dubious Challenge	2	3–7	30.0
Warp World	5	3–10	23.1
Maniac Combo	1	2–2	50.0
New Perspectives	4	6–9	40.0	0	1
Monumental Ignus	1	2–3	40.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	81	145–155	48.3	0	1	4
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	2	3–7	30.0
Myr Incubator	45	71–51	58.2	0	1	3
Cruel Combo	19	43–45	48.9			1
Retraction Helix Combo	2	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	3	3–7	30.0
Cephalid Breakfast	3	3–7	30.0
Polymorph	4	1–5	16.7

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	159–217	42.3
Mono Black Aggro	6–10	37.5
Heroic	9–6	60.0
Mono White Heroic	3–4	42.9
Azorius Heroic	4–1	80.0
Boros Heroic	2–1	66.7
Red Deck Wins	21–53	28.4
Mono Red Devotion	5–16	23.8
Goblins	7–8	46.7
Tokens	15–13	53.6
Selesnya Tokens	13–10	56.5
Mono Green Stompy	9–8	52.9
White Weenie	22–31	41.5
Odric Keywords	15–10	60.0
Soldiers	2–0	100.0
Kithkin	2–4	33.3
Elves	2–1	66.7
Werewolves	1–2	33.3
Minotaurs	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–2	33.3
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	3–9	25.0
Gruul Aggro	4–3	57.1
Merfolk	11–19	36.7
Artifact Aggro	14–10	58.3
Affinity	3–4	42.9
Boros Vehicles	3–4	42.9
Salvage Titan	6–2	75.0
Devoid Aggro	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Aggro	4–2	66.7
Devastating Dreams	4–14	22.2
Madness	5–9	35.7
Gruul Madness	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Madness	2–2	50.0
Jund Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	5–4	55.6
Boros Auras	2–1	66.7
Equipment Aggro	2–1	66.7
Slivers	1–1	50.0
Naya Zoo	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Hellbent	0–2	0.0
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Humans	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Combo	65–65	50.0
Storm	19–21	47.5
Sultai Tendrils	1–1	50.0
Dimir Tendrils	13–9	59.1
Dragonstorm	0–2	0.0
Reanimator	10–12	45.5
Traditional Reanimator	10–12	45.5
Grixis Reanimator	2–7	22.2
Biovisionary	1–0	100.0
Dubious Challenge	1–2	33.3
Warp World	3–1	75.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	17–11	60.7
Myr Incubator	4–8	33.3
Cruel Combo	4–7	36.4
Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Cephalid Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Control	137–169	44.8
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	11–26	29.7
Demonic Rising	27–37	42.2
Mono Blue Control	8–3	72.7
Dimir Control	3–8	27.3
Azorius Control	6–13	31.6
Turbo Fog	0–1	0.0
Izzet Control	9–12	42.9
Mardu Control	5–5	50.0
Mill	5–1	83.3
Boros Control	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	18–19	48.6
Cruel Control	10–8	55.6
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	0–1	0.0
Galleon Control	0–1	0.0
Ponza	0–1	0.0
Dynavolt Tower	3–4	42.9
Cycling Control	10–6	62.5
Astral Slide	10–5	66.7
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	10–16	38.5
Enchantments Control	4–1	80.0
Orzhov Control	6–1	85.7
Aggro-Combo	24–35	40.7
Aristocrats	11–18	37.9
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Golgari Aristocrats	5–8	38.5
Abzan Aristocrats	3–6	33.3
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	2–3	40.0
Infect	6–2	75.0
Pummeler	4–10	28.6
Aggro-Control	22–39	36.1
Simic Flash	1–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	11–23	32.4
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Blue Madness	1–2	33.3
Temur Madness	0–1	0.0
Grixis Madness	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
Wizards	3–1	75.0
Tetsukotog	1–3	25.0
Izzet Spells	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	42–40	51.2
Curses	1–1	50.0
Cruel Combo-Control	10–17	37.0
Battle of Wits	10–4	71.4
Shared Fate	3–2	60.0
Sunforger	2–1	66.7
Pickles	3–2	60.0
Lich's Mastery	1–0	100.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	7–7	50.0
Wildfire	7–7	50.0
Midrange	167–195	46.1
Temur Ascendancy	20–34	37.0
Prophet Ascendancy	3–5	37.5
The Rock	5–1	83.3
Grenzo	0–3	0.0
Abzan Midrange	12–10	54.5
Knights of Windgrace	3–1	75.0
Jund	26–31	45.6
Blink	8–2	80.0
Graveyard Value	6–3	66.7
Enchantments Matter	7–1	87.5
Orzhov Enchantress	6–1	85.7
Allies	6–7	46.2
Orzhov Allies	2–1	66.7
Boros Allies	1–3	25.0
Esper Allies	1–1	50.0
-1/-1 Counters	7–2	77.8
Mardu Midrange	2–6	25.0
Leave // Chance Midrange	1–5	16.7
Yisan-Prophet	4–14	22.2
White Jund	7–6	53.8
Vampires	4–10	28.6
Mono Black Vampires	0–3	0.0
Rakdos Vampires	4–7	36.4
Legends Midrange	6–3	66.7
Boros Legends Midrange	5–3	62.5
Mardu Legends	1–0	100.0
Elementals	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–3	40.0
Naya Midrange	2–0	100.0
Big Red	1–1	50.0
Sultai Midrange	12–16	42.9
Sultai Emerge	9–13	40.9
Orzhov Midrange	1–9	10.0
Prophet Glare	3–6	33.3
Ramp	36–36	50.0
Villainous Wealth	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Ramp	7–2	77.8
Eldrazipost	3–2	60.0
Gruul Post	4–0	100.0
Domain	4–6	40.0
Temur Bombardment	1–4	20.0