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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.

Don't show me this again

The Season Kick Off is on May 4th with free entry and over 100 tix in prizes to 32nd place!

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Aggro-Combo	68	152–141	51.9	9	33
Aristocrats	48	125–96	56.6	8	29
Mono Black Aristocrats	6	22–11	66.7	2	5
Orzhov Aristocrats	39	95–79	54.6	6	22
Golgari Aristocrats	1	3–2	60.0	0	1
Abzan Aristocrats	2	5–4	55.6	0	1
Infect	3	3–8	27.3
Pummeler	10	9–23	28.1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	59–39	60.2
Mono Black Aggro	1–1	50.0
Heroic	3–1	75.0
Mono White Heroic	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Heroic	2–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	36–19	65.5
Mono Red Devotion	1–0	100.0
Prisoner	5–0	100.0
Proliferate Red	2–1	66.7
Tokens	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	4–3	57.1
White Weenie	2–0	100.0
Odric Keywords	1–0	100.0
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	0–4	0.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	1–2	33.3
Mono Red Swarm	3–2	60.0
Artifact Aggro	2–4	33.3
Affinity	2–4	33.3
Voltron	2–1	66.7
Hexproof	0–1	0.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	2–1	66.7
Combo	12–20	37.5
Reanimator	5–13	27.8
Recurring Nightmare	3–9	25.0
Dragon Nightmare	3–6	33.3
Jund Nightmare	0–1	0.0
Four Color Powerful Magic	0–2	0.0
Living Death	1–4	20.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–0	100.0
Myr Incubator	1–0	100.0
Umbral Mantle	1–6	14.3
Stuffy Doll	0–1	0.0
Control	27–29	48.2
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	2–0	100.0
Dimir Control	1–3	25.0
Azorius Control	2–4	33.3
Cloudpost Control	7–10	41.2
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Blackpost	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–3	25.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	3–4	42.9
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	0–1	0.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	1–8	11.1
Jeskai Approach	1–2	33.3
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	4–1	80.0
Astral Slide	3–1	75.0
Five Color Control	2–2	50.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Control	1–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	13–13	50.0
Aristocrats	7–9	43.8
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	5–6	45.5
Golgari Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Infect	1–0	100.0
Pummeler	3–2	60.0
Aggro-Control	6–6	50.0
Simic Flash	3–4	42.9
Simic Vat	3–4	42.9
Izzet Tempo	1–2	33.3
12 Pest	2–0	100.0
Combo-Control	7–8	46.7
Curses	1–1	50.0
Displace Loop	3–1	75.0
Yosei Vat	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	3–5	37.5
Wildfire	3–5	37.5
Midrange	22–22	50.0
The Rock	2–3	40.0
Abzan Midrange	0–1	0.0
Blink	2–8	20.0
Wave Blink	2–5	28.6
Azorius Wave	2–5	28.6
Cloudpost Wave Blink	0–2	0.0
Allies	3–0	100.0
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
Mardu Allies	1–0	100.0
Boros Allies	1–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	6–6	50.0
Mono Black Vampires	5–5	50.0
Orzhov Vampires	1–1	50.0
Legends Midrange	2–0	100.0
Boros Legends Midrange	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	1–2	33.3
Sultai Emerge	1–2	33.3
Ramp	6–4	60.0
Rofellos Ramp	4–3	57.1
Cloudpost Ramp	2–1	66.7
Eldrazipost	0–1	0.0
Golgari Post	1–0	100.0