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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.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	823	1563–1463	51.7	7	52	33
Storm	4	5–13	27.8
Reanimator	377	789–635	55.4	3	25	14
Recurring Nightmare	227	463–372	55.4	0	11	11
Dragon Nightmare	106	228–151	60.2	0	6	7
Jund Nightmare	33	61–72	45.9			1
Four Color Powerful Magic	39	88–72	55.0	0	3
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	1
Living Death	132	317–231	57.8	3	13	3
Traditional Reanimator	17	9–32	22.0	0	1
Grixis Reanimator	1	0–1	0.0
Biovisionary	1	0–4	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1
Warp World	8	10–21	32.3
New Perspectives	52	85–97	46.7	1	7
Splendid Reclamation Combo	4	3–8	27.3
Monumental Ignus	5	4–10	28.6
Jeskai Ascendancy	85	173–138	55.6	0	5	5
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	2	0–3	0.0
Myr Incubator	4	3–5	37.5
Umbral Mantle	98	211–150	58.4	2	6	9
"Twin"	36	64–77	45.4	0	1	1
Murderous Mastery	21	47–41	53.4	0	1	1
Jeskai "Twin"	1	1–4	20.0
Combo Post	25	81–32	71.7	1	5	3
Eye of the Storm	2	1–6	14.3
Eggs	9	0–24	0.0
Saffi Combo	1	2–3	40.0
Turntimber Ranger	11	13–19	40.6	0	1
Retraction Helix Combo	1	0–1	0.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	3	3–6	33.3
Breakfast	7	13–9	59.1			1
Cephalid Breakfast	7	13–9	59.1			1
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	6	13–9	59.1			1
Oops All Lands	14	20–28	41.7
Stuffy Doll	19	27–48	36.0	0	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	407–429	48.7
Mono Black Aggro	15–11	57.7
Heroic	28–19	59.6
Mono White Heroic	15–9	62.5
Azorius Heroic	2–1	66.7
Boros Heroic	3–1	75.0
Selesnya Heroic	5–6	45.5
Red Deck Wins	139–235	37.2
Mono Red Devotion	4–7	36.4
Prisoner	6–13	31.6
Proliferate Red	2–20	9.1
Goblins	3–2	60.0
Tokens	13–8	61.9
Selesnya Tokens	1–2	33.3
Mono Green Stompy	21–11	65.6
White Weenie	25–27	48.1
Odric Keywords	3–5	37.5
Soldiers	2–0	100.0
Elves	15–9	62.5
Werewolves	11–5	68.8
Minotaurs	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	27–15	64.3
Rogues	3–2	60.0
Zombies	4–1	80.0
Gruul Aggro	12–14	46.2
Merfolk	10–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	7–5	58.3
Artifact Aggro	26–18	59.1
Affinity	17–17	50.0
Boros Vehicles	1–0	100.0
Salvage Titan	5–0	100.0
Devoid Aggro	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–2	33.3
Madness	4–3	57.1
Gruul Madness	2–1	66.7
Voltron	21–24	46.7
Hexproof	6–6	50.0
Boros Auras	2–1	66.7
Equipment Aggro	10–15	40.0
Naya Zoo	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Aggro	0–3	0.0
Boros Aggro	2–1	66.7
Humans	3–2	60.0
Selesnya Humans	3–2	60.0
Combo	218–218	50.0
Storm	3–2	60.0
Reanimator	99–98	50.3
Recurring Nightmare	58–57	50.4
Dragon Nightmare	20–27	42.6
Jund Nightmare	13–8	61.9
Four Color Powerful Magic	12–8	60.0
Living Death	34–41	45.3
Traditional Reanimator	7–0	100.0
Biovisionary	3–0	100.0
Warp World	4–1	80.0
New Perspectives	14–13	51.9
Monumental Ignus	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	20–23	46.5
Myr Incubator	1–0	100.0
Umbral Mantle	19–34	35.8
"Twin"	8–6	57.1
Murderous Mastery	4–3	57.1
Combo Post	2–17	10.5
Eye of the Storm	2–0	100.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Turntimber Ranger	3–3	50.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–2	33.3
Breakfast	3–1	75.0
Cephalid Breakfast	3–1	75.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	3–1	75.0
Oops All Lands	4–4	50.0
Stuffy Doll	13–2	86.7
Control	288–322	47.2
Mono Black Control	4–4	50.0
Esper Control	16–15	51.6
Mono Blue Control	2–1	66.7
Dimir Control	7–4	63.6
Azorius Control	16–21	43.2
Adam's Ale	1–1	50.0
Turbo Fog	6–5	54.5
Izzet Control	2–2	50.0
Mardu Control	2–3	40.0
Mill	5–4	55.6
Cloudpost Control	101–129	43.9
Azorius Cloudpost Control	15–39	27.8
Blackpost	23–14	62.2
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	14–18	43.8
Dimir Cloudpost Control	13–18	41.9
Izzet Cloudpost Control	7–9	43.8
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	13–21	38.2
Grixis Control	4–1	80.0
Chandra Nalaar	2–8	20.0
Jeskai Control	43–50	46.2
Jeskai Approach	17–18	48.6
Dragon Control	2–0	100.0
Ponza	11–4	73.3
Mono White Control	2–0	100.0
Dynavolt Tower	7–9	43.8
Cycling Control	12–13	48.0
Astral Slide	5–5	50.0
Five Color Control	15–16	48.4
Sultai Control	4–3	57.1
Enchantments Control	4–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	8–22	26.7
Orzhov Control	3–2	60.0
Aggro-Combo	97–90	51.9
Aristocrats	61–59	50.8
Mono Black Aristocrats	6–12	33.3
Orzhov Aristocrats	43–29	59.7
Golgari Aristocrats	5–11	31.3
Abzan Aristocrats	4–4	50.0
Mardu Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	4–5	44.4
Infect	7–5	58.3
Pummeler	17–17	50.0
Aggro-Control	48–54	47.1
Simic Flash	8–21	27.6
Simic Vat	8–20	28.6
Izzet Tempo	19–14	57.6
Azorius Skies	2–0	100.0
Blue Madness	1–1	50.0
Lich Aggro-Control	2–0	100.0
Tetsukotog	2–2	50.0
12 Pest	9–14	39.1
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Azorius Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	100–98	50.5
Curses	2–3	40.0
Burning Vengeance	1–1	50.0
Battle of Wits	20–7	74.1
Shared Fate	3–1	75.0
Sunforger	2–1	66.7
Pickles	3–6	33.3
Displace Loop	13–11	54.2
Familiars	0–1	0.0
Hedron Alignment	5–11	31.3
Yosei Vat	11–10	52.4
Curious Niv-Mizzet	3–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	34–44	43.6
Wildfire	34–44	43.6
Midrange	290–186	60.9
Temur Ascendancy	37–30	55.2
The Rock	15–13	53.6
Abzan Midrange	8–4	66.7
Jund	9–5	64.3
Blink	24–19	55.8
Wave Blink	15–14	51.7
Azorius Wave	15–13	53.6
Cloudpost Wave Blink	9–5	64.3
Anti-Persecution	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	7–2	77.8
Allies	20–20	50.0
Orzhov Allies	1–1	50.0
Mardu Allies	7–10	41.2
Boros Allies	7–4	63.6
Esper Allies	3–1	75.0
-1/-1 Counters	8–2	80.0
Mardu Midrange	2–1	66.7
Vampires	37–31	54.4
Mono Black Vampires	25–25	50.0
Rakdos Vampires	2–3	40.0
Orzhov Vampires	8–3	72.7
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Boros Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Elementals	3–1	75.0
Rakdos Midrange	6–3	66.7
Naya Midrange	3–2	60.0
Big Red	5–1	83.3
Mono Black Midrange	1–0	100.0
Hellion Whip	2–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	0–1	0.0
Temur Energy	2–2	50.0
Sultai Midrange	23–20	53.5
Sultai Emerge	20–18	52.6
Orzhov Midrange	5–2	71.4
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Ramp	115–66	63.5
Villainous Wealth	1–0	100.0
Rofellos Ramp	55–30	64.7
Wild Pair	3–1	75.0
Cloudpost Ramp	50–31	61.7
Eldrazipost	10–5	66.7
Locus Awakening	11–5	68.8
Golgari Post	2–0	100.0
Greenpost	8–5	61.5
Gruul Post	3–1	75.0
Simic Post	2–0	100.0
Domain	1–0	100.0
Temur Bombardment	1–1	50.0