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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, 5 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Combo	102	235–193	54.9	7	52
Reanimator	50	116–94	55.2	3	25
Recurring Nightmare	22	50–41	54.9	0	11
Dragon Nightmare	10	29–19	60.4	0	6
Jund Nightmare	4	3–8	27.3
Four Color Powerful Magic	6	12–10	54.5	0	3
Living Death	25	64–45	58.7	3	13
Traditional Reanimator	3	2–8	20.0	0	1
New Perspectives	9	24–18	57.1	1	7
Splendid Reclamation Combo	1	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Ascendancy	7	18–13	58.1	0	5
Myr Incubator	1	2–2	50.0
Umbral Mantle	13	34–20	63.0	2	6
"Twin"	4	7–9	43.8	0	1
Murderous Mastery	3	5–7	41.7	0	1
Combo Post	6	17–11	60.7	1	5
Eggs	1	0–2	0.0
Turntimber Ranger	3	4–7	36.4	0	1
Breakfast	1	2–2	50.0
Cephalid Breakfast	1	2–2	50.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	1	2–2	50.0
Stuffy Doll	1	3–2	60.0	0	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	85–78	52.1
Mono Black Aggro	4–1	80.0
Heroic	3–1	75.0
Mono White Heroic	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Heroic	2–1	66.7
Red Deck Wins	43–51	45.7
Mono Red Devotion	1–2	33.3
Prisoner	3–2	60.0
Proliferate Red	1–5	16.7
Tokens	3–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	5–6	45.5
White Weenie	6–6	50.0
Elves	2–0	100.0
Werewolves	0–2	0.0
Zombies	0–1	0.0
Gruul Aggro	4–1	80.0
Mono Red Swarm	2–1	66.7
Artifact Aggro	9–4	69.2
Affinity	5–4	55.6
Boros Vehicles	1–0	100.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–1	50.0
Voltron	1–2	33.3
Equipment Aggro	1–2	33.3
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	14–14	50.0
Reanimator	8–6	57.1
Recurring Nightmare	3–1	75.0
Dragon Nightmare	1–0	100.0
Jund Nightmare	1–1	50.0
Living Death	5–5	50.0
New Perspectives	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–0	100.0
Umbral Mantle	1–3	25.0
Combo Post	0–1	0.0
Turntimber Ranger	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Cephalid Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Control	42–32	56.8
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	3–1	75.0
Dimir Control	3–1	75.0
Azorius Control	2–3	40.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	11–16	40.7
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Blackpost	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Dimir Cloudpost Control	4–6	40.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	4–2	66.7
Chandra Nalaar	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Control	8–5	61.5
Jeskai Approach	1–1	50.0
Cycling Control	3–1	75.0
Astral Slide	0–1	0.0
Five Color Control	3–1	75.0
Sultai Control	1–1	50.0
Enchantments Control	1–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–2	0.0
Aggro-Combo	20–12	62.5
Aristocrats	15–10	60.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	13–10	56.5
Infect	0–1	0.0
Pummeler	3–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	10–9	52.6
Simic Flash	3–6	33.3
Simic Vat	3–6	33.3
Izzet Tempo	2–1	66.7
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
12 Pest	2–2	50.0
Azorius Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	17–22	43.6
Curses	0–1	0.0
Battle of Wits	2–1	66.7
Shared Fate	1–0	100.0
Displace Loop	2–5	28.6
Familiars	0–1	0.0
Hedron Alignment	0–3	0.0
Yosei Vat	4–5	44.4
Curious Niv-Mizzet	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	7–6	53.8
Wildfire	7–6	53.8
Midrange	38–26	59.4
Temur Ascendancy	4–1	80.0
The Rock	1–1	50.0
Abzan Midrange	1–2	33.3
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	9–9	50.0
Wave Blink	6–9	40.0
Azorius Wave	6–9	40.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	3–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Allies	5–3	62.5
Orzhov Allies	0–1	0.0
Mardu Allies	3–2	60.0
Boros Allies	1–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–0	100.0
Vampires	6–6	50.0
Mono Black Vampires	5–6	45.5
Elementals	1–1	50.0
Temur Energy	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Sultai Emerge	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–1	0.0
Ramp	9–0	100.0
Rofellos Ramp	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	6–0	100.0
Eldrazipost	2–0	100.0
Golgari Post	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	2–0	100.0