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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
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

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	501–342	59.4
Mono Black Aggro	18–4	81.8
Heroic	25–11	69.4
Mono White Heroic	9–8	52.9
Boros Heroic	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Heroic	11–2	84.6
Red Deck Wins	175–175	50.0
Mono Red Devotion	10–5	66.7
Prisoner	7–4	63.6
Proliferate Red	19–24	44.2
Goblins	6–1	85.7
Tokens	11–6	64.7
Selesnya Tokens	5–1	83.3
Mono Green Stompy	24–23	51.1
White Weenie	43–19	69.4
Odric Keywords	8–2	80.0
Soldiers	2–1	66.7
Kithkin	1–0	100.0
Elves	16–4	80.0
Werewolves	8–3	72.7
Minotaurs	1–0	100.0
Warriors	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	31–22	58.5
Rogues	5–1	83.3
Zombies	3–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	16–3	84.2
Merfolk	6–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	6–9	40.0
Artifact Aggro	43–34	55.8
Affinity	28–24	53.8
Boros Vehicles	0–1	0.0
Salvage Titan	8–2	80.0
Devoid Aggro	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	3–0	100.0
Madness	3–1	75.0
Gruul Madness	2–1	66.7
Voltron	28–12	70.0
Hexproof	5–2	71.4
Equipment Aggro	18–9	66.7
Naya Zoo	3–7	30.0
Rakdos Aggro	2–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	5–1	83.3
Humans	3–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	2–0	100.0
Combo	235–139	62.8
Reanimator	107–75	58.8
Recurring Nightmare	60–38	61.2
Dragon Nightmare	33–19	63.5
Jund Nightmare	5–5	50.0
Four Color Powerful Magic	13–4	76.5
Living Death	45–37	54.9
Traditional Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Warp World	1–1	50.0
New Perspectives	18–4	81.8
Splendid Reclamation Combo	4–0	100.0
Monumental Ignus	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	16–17	48.5
Myr Incubator	0–2	0.0
Umbral Mantle	29–21	58.0
"Twin"	15–2	88.2
Murderous Mastery	6–1	85.7
Combo Post	7–11	38.9
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Saffi Combo	1–0	100.0
Turntimber Ranger	2–1	66.7
Oops All Lands	2–0	100.0
Stuffy Doll	6–2	75.0
Control	414–164	71.6
Mono Black Control	16–3	84.2
Esper Control	21–9	70.0
Mono Blue Control	3–0	100.0
Dimir Control	15–3	83.3
Azorius Control	25–13	65.8
Adam's Ale	0–2	0.0
Turbo Fog	13–0	100.0
Izzet Control	4–2	66.7
Mardu Control	4–2	66.7
Mill	6–1	85.7
Cloudpost Control	93–49	65.5
Azorius Cloudpost Control	20–8	71.4
Blackpost	8–10	44.4
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	19–3	86.4
Dimir Cloudpost Control	18–10	64.3
Izzet Cloudpost Control	6–3	66.7
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	11–12	47.8
Grixis Control	4–1	80.0
Chandra Nalaar	6–6	50.0
Jeskai Control	68–49	58.1
Jeskai Approach	23–15	60.5
Ponza	8–0	100.0
Mono White Control	2–1	66.7
Dynavolt Tower	11–4	73.3
Cycling Control	30–7	81.1
Astral Slide	15–6	71.4
Five Color Control	25–5	83.3
Sultai Control	9–1	90.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	44–6	88.0
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	73–100	42.2
Aristocrats	43–84	33.9
Mono Black Aristocrats	7–19	26.9
Orzhov Aristocrats	24–50	32.4
Golgari Aristocrats	9–9	50.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Mardu Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Burn	6–1	85.7
Infect	9–2	81.8
Pummeler	13–9	59.1
Aggro-Control	63–48	56.8
Simic Flash	12–16	42.9
Simic Vat	12–16	42.9
Izzet Tempo	19–6	76.0
Azorius Skies	2–0	100.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Temur Madness	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	2–3	40.0
Tetsukotog	2–6	25.0
12 Pest	17–12	58.6
Azorius Tempo	1–3	25.0
Combo-Control	134–47	74.0
Curses	5–2	71.4
Battle of Wits	29–6	82.9
Sunforger	1–0	100.0
Pickles	0–1	0.0
Displace Loop	25–9	73.5
Familiars	1–0	100.0
Hedron Alignment	9–4	69.2
Yosei Vat	11–5	68.8
Curious Niv-Mizzet	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	48–18	72.7
Wildfire	48–18	72.7
Midrange	285–191	59.9
Temur Ascendancy	36–34	51.4
The Rock	14–15	48.3
Abzan Midrange	8–5	61.5
Jund	11–8	57.9
Blink	30–38	44.1
Wave Blink	22–30	42.3
Azorius Wave	21–30	41.2
Acid Trip	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	7–8	46.7
Graveyard Value	12–3	80.0
Enchantments Matter	4–0	100.0
Orzhov Enchantress	4–0	100.0
Allies	21–11	65.6
Orzhov Allies	6–0	100.0
Mardu Allies	8–1	88.9
Boros Allies	1–9	10.0
Esper Allies	2–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	5–1	83.3
Mardu Midrange	5–0	100.0
Vampires	35–34	50.7
Mono Black Vampires	17–28	37.8
Rakdos Vampires	7–1	87.5
Orzhov Vampires	8–5	61.5
Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Boros Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Elementals	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–3	25.0
Naya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Big Red	0–2	0.0
Hellion Whip	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	2–0	100.0
Dimir Vat	1–0	100.0
Temur Energy	1–3	25.0
Sultai Midrange	29–8	78.4
Sultai Emerge	29–8	78.4
Orzhov Midrange	9–4	69.2
Clerics	2–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	2–0	100.0
Ramp	122–46	72.6
Villainous Wealth	2–0	100.0
Rofellos Ramp	59–31	65.6
Wild Pair	7–1	87.5
Cloudpost Ramp	54–13	80.6
Eldrazipost	13–3	81.3
Locus Awakening	14–1	93.3
Golgari Post	2–1	66.7
Greenpost	5–3	62.5
Gruul Post	3–0	100.0
Simic Post	1–1	50.0
Domain	4–2	66.7
Temur Bombardment	1–0	100.0