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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	5–0s
Midrange	6034	11537–12233–34	48.5	294	2701
Big Red	93	178–191	48.2	5	33

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	61–65	48.4
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Heroic	2–6	25.0
Mono White Heroic	2–6	25.0
Red Deck Wins	13–14	48.1
Proliferate Red	0–1	0.0
Goblins	4–2	66.7
Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–3	40.0
White Weenie	2–4	33.3
Elves	9–0	100.0
Zombies	5–3	62.5
Gruul Aggro	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	4–1	80.0
Artifact Aggro	5–6	45.5
Affinity	2–4	33.3
Tempered Steel	3–2	60.0
Voltron	0–2	0.0
Hexproof	0–1	0.0
Hateful Auras	0–1	0.0
Slivers	0–1	0.0
Knights	2–3	40.0
AggroSlide	8–10	44.4
Cats	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Cats	1–1	50.0
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Humans	0–1	0.0
Boros Humans	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Eldrazi	0–1	0.0
Legends Aggro	1–2	33.3
Boros Legends Aggro	1–2	33.3
Combo	22–26	45.8
Storm	5–7	41.7
Dimir Tendrils	2–3	40.0
Hazoret Storm	1–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	1–2	33.3
Izzet Storm	0–1	0.0
Swath Storm	0–1	0.0
Channel Storm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	1–6	14.3
Recurring Nightmare	0–1	0.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–1	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	0–4	0.0
Rakdos Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	0–3	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–1	50.0
Dubious Challenge	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–1	66.7
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
"Twin"	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–1	0.0
Anvil Colossus	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	3–0	100.0
Ominous Good	2–2	50.0
Jokulhaups Combo	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	4–5	44.4
Hermit Gond	1–0	100.0
Oops All Spells	2–4	33.3
Neoform Hermit	0–1	0.0
Tameshi Bloom	0–2	0.0
Midnight Mass	0–1	0.0
Control	20–29	40.8
Esper Control	2–6	25.0
Demonic Rising	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	2–0	100.0
Azorius Control	1–8	11.1
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	2–2	50.0
Dragon Control	0–1	0.0
Izzet Dragons	0–1	0.0
Ponza	2–2	50.0
Mono White Control	3–0	100.0
Cycling Control	2–1	66.7
Astral Slide	2–1	66.7
Guildgate Control	2–0	100.0
Bant Control	0–2	0.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	0–4	0.0
Aggro-Combo	15–10	60.0
Aristocrats	9–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Food	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	5–0	100.0
Burn	2–4	33.3
Infect	1–1	50.0
Golgari Infect	0–1	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Hushnought	0–2	0.0
Liquimetal Fishing	0–1	0.0
Combo Goblins	2–1	66.7
Goblin Persist	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Control	13–11	54.2
Izzet Tempo	3–4	42.9
Azorius Skies	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	5–3	62.5
Izzet Spells	1–3	25.0
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Dimir Faeries	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	10–13	43.5
Cruel Combo-Control	1–1	50.0
Battle of Wits	0–1	0.0
Pickles	0–1	0.0
Yosei Vat	1–1	50.0
Zur's Weirding	3–1	75.0
Solar Flare	1–1	50.0
Plasma Swans	2–1	66.7
Mass Land Destruction	2–4	33.3
Wildfire	1–4	20.0
Thryx-Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Resurgent Belief	0–1	0.0
Midrange	34–32	51.5
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	3–0	100.0
Blink	1–3	25.0
Wave Blink	0–2	0.0
Esper Wave	0–2	0.0
Graveyard Value	2–1	66.7
Varolz Dreadnought	2–0	100.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Mardu Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	3–1	75.0
Mardu Midrange	1–1	50.0
Legends Midrange	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Legends	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–5	28.6
Big Red	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	4–4	50.0
Necro Midrange	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Devotion	2–2	50.0
Dimir Midrange	1–1	50.0
Toughness Matters	1–1	50.0
Sultai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–1	66.7
Owling Mine	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Prophet Glare	0–1	0.0
Neoform	1–0	100.0
Temur Neoform	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	0–1	0.0
Esper Hero	0–1	0.0
Clerics	2–3	40.0
Simic Snow	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	0–1	0.0
Death Cloud	2–0	100.0
Ramp	3–5	37.5
Cloudpost Ramp	3–5	37.5
Eldrazipost	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	1–3	25.0
Simic Post	1–0	100.0