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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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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.

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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.

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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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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, 4 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Control	212	376–444	45.9	9	83
Mono Black Control	3	2–8	20.0
Esper Control	10	13–23	36.1	0	1
Mono Blue Control	1	0–2	0.0
Dimir Control	20	21–42	33.3	0	5
Azorius Control	14	29–19	60.4	2	6
Turbo Fog	2	1–5	16.7
Izzet Control	2	1–6	14.3
Mardu Control	1	0–3	0.0
Cloudpost Control	58	131–113	53.7	4	31
Azorius Cloudpost Control	4	9–7	56.3	0	2
Blackpost	11	33–18	64.7	1	7
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	5	14–7	66.7	1	3
Dimir Cloudpost Control	24	42–51	45.2	0	12
Izzet Cloudpost Control	1	2–2	50.0	0	1
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	7	25–11	69.4	2	5
Grixis Control	2	0–3	0.0
Chandra Nalaar	5	6–12	33.3	0	1
Jeskai Control	44	103–96	51.8	3	23
Jeskai Approach	9	18–21	46.2	0	3
Ponza	1	0–1	0.0
Mono White Control	1	1–3	25.0
Dynavolt Tower	2	3–5	37.5	0	1
Cycling Control	12	8–28	22.2	0	1
Astral Slide	5	5–12	29.4	0	1
Five Color Control	8	17–18	48.6	0	5
Sultai Control	4	4–11	26.7
Enchantments Control	1	0–2	0.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	16	34–33	50.7	0	8

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	126–192	39.6
Mono Black Aggro	2–1	66.7
Heroic	10–12	45.5
Mono White Heroic	3–3	50.0
Selesnya Heroic	7–9	43.8
Red Deck Wins	50–108	31.6
Mono Red Devotion	1–0	100.0
Prisoner	1–3	25.0
Proliferate Red	4–8	33.3
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	6–0	100.0
Selesnya Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	16–21	43.2
White Weenie	0–9	0.0
Odric Keywords	0–2	0.0
Werewolves	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	5–6	45.5
Zombies	2–4	33.3
Gruul Aggro	3–3	50.0
Mono Red Swarm	4–4	50.0
Artifact Aggro	10–16	38.5
Affinity	7–12	36.8
Boros Vehicles	1–0	100.0
Salvage Titan	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Aggro	2–0	100.0
Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	1–1	50.0
Equipment Aggro	1–1	50.0
Naya Zoo	8–2	80.0
Boros Aggro	2–0	100.0
Humans	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Combo	32–42	43.2
Reanimator	16–22	42.1
Recurring Nightmare	6–12	33.3
Dragon Nightmare	3–5	37.5
Jund Nightmare	2–0	100.0
Four Color Powerful Magic	1–5	16.7
Living Death	7–10	41.2
Traditional Reanimator	3–0	100.0
New Perspectives	1–4	20.0
Splendid Reclamation Combo	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–4	33.3
Myr Incubator	1–1	50.0
Umbral Mantle	3–3	50.0
"Twin"	3–0	100.0
Murderous Mastery	2–0	100.0
Combo Post	0–3	0.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Turntimber Ranger	2–1	66.7
Breakfast	1–1	50.0
Cephalid Breakfast	1–1	50.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	1–1	50.0
Control	75–75	50.0
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	4–2	66.7
Dimir Control	6–3	66.7
Azorius Control	6–5	54.5
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	16–26	38.1
Azorius Cloudpost Control	3–2	60.0
Blackpost	4–9	30.8
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–3	0.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	5–7	41.7
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	2–4	33.3
Chandra Nalaar	3–3	50.0
Jeskai Control	23–16	59.0
Jeskai Approach	8–0	100.0
Dynavolt Tower	3–1	75.0
Cycling Control	2–2	50.0
Astral Slide	2–1	66.7
Five Color Control	2–4	33.3
Sultai Control	2–1	66.7
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–12	7.7
Aggro-Combo	29–27	51.8
Aristocrats	19–21	47.5
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Aristocrats	16–17	48.5
Golgari Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Abzan Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Infect	2–0	100.0
Pummeler	5–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	12–13	48.0
Simic Flash	3–4	42.9
Simic Vat	3–4	42.9
Izzet Tempo	4–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	2–0	100.0
Tetsukotog	2–2	50.0
12 Pest	1–6	14.3
Combo-Control	26–37	41.3
Curses	3–1	75.0
Battle of Wits	0–5	0.0
Shared Fate	1–0	100.0
Pickles	0–2	0.0
Displace Loop	5–3	62.5
Familiars	1–0	100.0
Hedron Alignment	6–2	75.0
Yosei Vat	1–13	7.1
Curious Niv-Mizzet	2–1	66.7
Mass Land Destruction	8–9	47.1
Wildfire	8–9	47.1
Midrange	70–39	64.2
Temur Ascendancy	3–3	50.0
The Rock	6–2	75.0
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	19–8	70.4
Wave Blink	16–6	72.7
Azorius Wave	16–6	72.7
Cloudpost Wave Blink	1–1	50.0
Graveyard Value	2–2	50.0
Allies	7–3	70.0
Orzhov Allies	5–0	100.0
Mardu Allies	1–3	25.0
Boros Allies	1–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Vampires	16–7	69.6
Mono Black Vampires	12–3	80.0
Orzhov Vampires	3–4	42.9
Rakdos Midrange	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–1	66.7
Temur Energy	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Ramp	6–19	24.0
Rofellos Ramp	3–12	20.0
Cloudpost Ramp	3–7	30.0
Eldrazipost	2–3	40.0
Golgari Post	1–2	33.3
Greenpost	0–2	0.0