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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

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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 1 week, 1 day.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	1722	3478–2965	54.0	19	179	94
Mono Black Aggro	50	79–100	44.1	0	2	1
Heroic	86	142–172	45.2	1	4	4
Mono White Heroic	39	69–85	44.8	1	2	2
Azorius Heroic	3	5–6	45.5
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1	2–2	50.0
Boros Heroic	8	5–16	23.8
Selesnya Heroic	28	53–52	50.5	0	2	2
Red Deck Wins	714	1827–1077	62.9	13	103	68
Mono Red Devotion	22	49–39	55.7	1	3	2
Prisoner	38	90–60	60.0	0	3	2
Proliferate Red	67	192–101	65.5	1	6	9
Goblins	15	15–27	35.7
Tokens	48	68–86	44.2	0	1	2
Selesnya Tokens	17	24–29	45.3	0	1
Mono Green Stompy	77	163–153	51.6	2	19	1
White Weenie	98	183–179	50.6	0	8	1
Odric Keywords	18	38–34	52.8	0	1
Soldiers	6	5–11	31.3
Kithkin	3	6–6	50.0
Chroma White	1
Elves	39	76–67	53.1	0	1
Werewolves	33	39–49	44.3	0	2
Minotaurs	3	5–6	45.5
Warriors	1	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	115	215–207	50.9	2	5	5
Rogues	10	15–22	40.5
Zombies	24	16–40	28.6	0	1
Gruul Aggro	41	74–85	46.5	0	3	1
Merfolk	15	6–39	13.3
Mono Red Swarm	26	44–49	47.3	0	4	1
Artifact Aggro	130	232–224	50.9	1	16	4
Affinity	83	176–148	54.3	1	15	2
Boros Vehicles	6	5–8	38.5
Salvage Titan	24	20–45	30.8	0	1	1
Devoid Aggro	3	0–8	0.0
Mono Blue Aggro	7	10–15	40.0
Madness	17	18–35	34.0
Gruul Madness	7	7–17	29.2
Rakdos Madness	3	2–6	25.0
Voltron	85	145–158	47.9	0	2	5
Hexproof	21	28–35	44.4
Boros Auras	5	7–12	36.8
Equipment Aggro	50	100–87	53.5	0	2	5
Naya Zoo	19	36–36	50.0	0	7	1
Rakdos Aggro	5	7–8	46.7
Boros Aggro	9	9–25	26.5
Humans	14	11–26	29.7
Selesnya Humans	12	8–21	27.6

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	941–941	50.0
Mono Black Aggro	28–14	66.7
Heroic	52–28	65.0
Mono White Heroic	23–16	59.0
Azorius Heroic	1–1	50.0
Boros Heroic	6–0	100.0
Selesnya Heroic	19–9	67.9
Red Deck Wins	342–501	40.6
Mono Red Devotion	12–17	41.4
Prisoner	19–13	59.4
Proliferate Red	41–67	38.0
Goblins	7–5	58.3
Tokens	25–17	59.5
Selesnya Tokens	10–6	62.5
Mono Green Stompy	45–54	45.5
White Weenie	61–51	54.5
Odric Keywords	10–7	58.8
Soldiers	4–4	50.0
Kithkin	2–1	66.7
Elves	25–17	59.5
Werewolves	12–7	63.2
Minotaurs	1–1	50.0
Warriors	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	64–62	50.8
Rogues	7–2	77.8
Zombies	12–2	85.7
Gruul Aggro	35–14	71.4
Merfolk	12–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	14–13	51.9
Artifact Aggro	87–76	53.4
Affinity	54–54	50.0
Boros Vehicles	0–2	0.0
Salvage Titan	20–10	66.7
Devoid Aggro	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	3–3	50.0
Madness	9–4	69.2
Gruul Madness	4–2	66.7
Rakdos Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	45–38	54.2
Hexproof	9–4	69.2
Boros Auras	2–2	50.0
Equipment Aggro	27–28	49.1
Naya Zoo	10–14	41.7
Rakdos Aggro	5–1	83.3
Boros Aggro	8–3	72.7
Humans	8–3	72.7
Selesnya Humans	6–1	85.7
Combo	429–407	51.3
Storm	2–0	100.0
Reanimator	180–201	47.2
Recurring Nightmare	108–109	49.8
Dragon Nightmare	52–57	47.7
Jund Nightmare	16–9	64.0
Four Color Powerful Magic	22–17	56.4
Living Death	67–91	42.4
Traditional Reanimator	5–1	83.3
Biovisionary	1–0	100.0
Warp World	1–2	33.3
New Perspectives	37–17	68.5
Splendid Reclamation Combo	7–0	100.0
Monumental Ignus	4–1	80.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	37–43	46.3
Myr Incubator	1–2	33.3
Umbral Mantle	47–58	44.8
"Twin"	24–19	55.8
Murderous Mastery	12–15	44.4
Jeskai "Twin"	1–0	100.0
Combo Post	14–28	33.3
Eye of the Storm	2–0	100.0
Eggs	3–0	100.0
Saffi Combo	1–0	100.0
Turntimber Ranger	6–2	75.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	0–5	0.0
Cephalid Breakfast	0–5	0.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	0–5	0.0
Oops All Lands	7–4	63.6
Stuffy Doll	15–10	60.0
Control	779–541	59.0
Mono Black Control	26–9	74.3
Esper Control	40–35	53.3
Mono Blue Control	7–3	70.0
Dimir Control	29–15	65.9
Azorius Control	41–36	53.2
Adam's Ale	0–3	0.0
Turbo Fog	20–6	76.9
Izzet Control	12–4	75.0
Mardu Control	8–2	80.0
Mill	17–3	85.0
Cloudpost Control	201–179	52.9
Azorius Cloudpost Control	44–43	50.6
Blackpost	20–35	36.4
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	27–13	67.5
Dimir Cloudpost Control	44–31	58.7
Izzet Cloudpost Control	12–11	52.2
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	22–40	35.5
Grixis Control	6–1	85.7
Chandra Nalaar	15–16	48.4
Jeskai Control	114–122	48.3
Jeskai Approach	39–45	46.4
Ponza	17–3	85.0
Mono White Control	4–1	80.0
Dynavolt Tower	26–18	59.1
Cycling Control	55–24	69.6
Astral Slide	28–13	68.3
Five Color Control	40–18	69.0
Sultai Control	12–4	75.0
Enchantments Control	3–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	69–31	69.0
Orzhov Control	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Combo	151–203	42.7
Aristocrats	90–147	38.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	11–24	31.4
Orzhov Aristocrats	48–91	34.5
Golgari Aristocrats	18–22	45.0
Abzan Aristocrats	8–6	57.1
Mardu Aristocrats	3–2	60.0
Burn	9–2	81.8
Infect	17–11	60.7
Pummeler	30–32	48.4
Aggro-Control	131–97	57.5
Simic Flash	30–24	55.6
Simic Vat	30–24	55.6
Izzet Tempo	41–13	75.9
Azorius Skies	2–1	66.7
Blue Madness	4–6	40.0
Temur Madness	1–1	50.0
Lich Aggro-Control	3–6	33.3
Temur Clues	1–0	100.0
Tetsukotog	8–7	53.3
12 Pest	27–34	44.3
Azorius Tempo	4–4	50.0
Combo-Control	242–134	64.4
Curses	8–3	72.7
Burning Vengeance	3–1	75.0
Battle of Wits	50–23	68.5
Shared Fate	0–2	0.0
Sunforger	3–1	75.0
Pickles	6–2	75.0
Displace Loop	32–14	69.6
Familiars	4–1	80.0
Hedron Alignment	18–7	72.0
Yosei Vat	19–17	52.8
Curious Niv-Mizzet	1–2	33.3
Mass Land Destruction	94–60	61.0
Wildfire	94–60	61.0
Midrange	568–494	53.5
Temur Ascendancy	78–85	47.9
The Rock	34–35	49.3
Abzan Midrange	17–12	58.6
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	25–23	52.1
Blink	49–77	38.9
Wave Blink	36–60	37.5
Azorius Wave	34–60	36.2
Acid Trip	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	11–17	39.3
Anti-Persecution	2–1	66.7
Graveyard Value	21–7	75.0
Enchantments Matter	5–0	100.0
Orzhov Enchantress	5–0	100.0
Allies	41–34	54.7
Orzhov Allies	9–3	75.0
Mardu Allies	18–10	64.3
Boros Allies	6–14	30.0
Esper Allies	2–1	66.7
-1/-1 Counters	8–9	47.1
Mardu Midrange	7–1	87.5
Vampires	57–88	39.3
Mono Black Vampires	31–68	31.3
Rakdos Vampires	9–5	64.3
Orzhov Vampires	14–15	48.3
Legends Midrange	0–2	0.0
Boros Legends Midrange	0–2	0.0
Elementals	5–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–7	30.0
Naya Midrange	2–6	25.0
Big Red	0–5	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	4–0	100.0
Hellion Whip	2–1	66.7
Dimir Midrange	3–0	100.0
Dimir Vat	1–0	100.0
Temur Energy	7–3	70.0
Sultai Midrange	45–28	61.6
Sultai Emerge	43–28	60.6
Orzhov Midrange	14–16	46.7
Clerics	5–1	83.3
Artifact Midrange	3–1	75.0
Ramp	237–148	61.6
Villainous Wealth	3–1	75.0
Rofellos Ramp	107–86	55.4
Wild Pair	10–2	83.3
Cloudpost Ramp	105–50	67.7
Eldrazipost	20–8	71.4
Locus Awakening	29–10	74.4
Golgari Post	5–2	71.4
Greenpost	8–13	38.1
Gruul Post	7–0	100.0
Simic Post	4–1	80.0
Domain	11–8	57.9
Temur Bombardment	2–0	100.0