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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 14 weeks, 6 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	1722	3478–2965	54.0	19	179	94
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

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	28–52	35.0
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Heroic	1–1	50.0
Mono White Heroic	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	11–25	30.6
Mono Red Devotion	0–1	0.0
Prisoner	2–0	100.0
Proliferate Red	0–7	0.0
Goblins	0–1	0.0
Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–1	50.0
White Weenie	1–6	14.3
Odric Keywords	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	0–1	0.0
Kithkin	0–1	0.0
Elves	1–2	33.3
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	2–4	33.3
Gruul Aggro	0–2	0.0
Merfolk	2–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	2–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	1–6	14.3
Affinity	1–5	16.7
Madness	1–1	50.0
Voltron	0–1	0.0
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
Combo	19–28	40.4
Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	4–13	23.5
Recurring Nightmare	3–5	37.5
Dragon Nightmare	1–0	100.0
Jund Nightmare	0–1	0.0
Four Color Powerful Magic	0–1	0.0
Living Death	1–7	12.5
Traditional Reanimator	0–1	0.0
New Perspectives	1–1	50.0
Splendid Reclamation Combo	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	4–4	50.0
Umbral Mantle	3–4	42.9
"Twin"	2–0	100.0
Murderous Mastery	1–0	100.0
Combo Post	0–2	0.0
Turntimber Ranger	1–0	100.0
Oops All Lands	1–1	50.0
Stuffy Doll	0–3	0.0
Control	31–34	47.7
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	1–4	20.0
Dimir Control	2–3	40.0
Azorius Control	4–2	66.7
Turbo Fog	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Control	7–12	36.8
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Blackpost	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	2–4	33.3
Izzet Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Control	6–4	60.0
Jeskai Approach	0–1	0.0
Ponza	2–0	100.0
Dynavolt Tower	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	1–3	25.0
Astral Slide	0–2	0.0
Sultai Control	0–1	0.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	2–2	50.0
Aggro-Combo	7–10	41.2
Aristocrats	6–7	46.2
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	4–3	57.1
Golgari Aristocrats	1–3	25.0
Infect	0–1	0.0
Pummeler	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Control	5–5	50.0
Simic Flash	2–1	66.7
Simic Vat	2–1	66.7
Izzet Tempo	2–0	100.0
Blue Madness	1–1	50.0
Lich Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
12 Pest	0–2	0.0
Combo-Control	12–6	66.7
Curses	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	0–1	0.0
Sunforger	1–1	50.0
Displace Loop	1–1	50.0
Familiars	0–1	0.0
Hedron Alignment	1–1	50.0
Yosei Vat	0–2	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	7–0	100.0
Wildfire	7–0	100.0
Midrange	30–30	50.0
Temur Ascendancy	7–4	63.6
The Rock	3–1	75.0
Abzan Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jund	0–2	0.0
Blink	3–1	75.0
Wave Blink	3–1	75.0
Azorius Wave	3–1	75.0
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Allies	0–1	0.0
Mardu Allies	0–1	0.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	2–7	22.2
Mono Black Vampires	1–4	20.0
Rakdos Vampires	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Vampires	1–2	33.3
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Naya Midrange	0–2	0.0
Sultai Midrange	3–4	42.9
Sultai Emerge	2–4	33.3
Orzhov Midrange	0–2	0.0
Ramp	10–7	58.8
Rofellos Ramp	7–5	58.3
Wild Pair	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	1–2	33.3
Eldrazipost	0–1	0.0
Locus Awakening	1–1	50.0
Domain	1–0	100.0