The Rock

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.

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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
Midrange	6058	11593–12276–34	48.6	296	2714
The Rock	140	250–288	46.5	1	64
Golgari Citadel	12	15–21	41.7	0	2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	80–84	48.8
Mono Black Aggro	1–1	50.0
Heroic	3–4	42.9
Mono White Heroic	1–3	25.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	22–17	56.4
Mono Red Devotion	0–1	0.0
Goblins	1–1	50.0
Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–7	0.0
White Weenie	6–16	27.3
Odric Keywords	0–3	0.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–1	50.0
Soldiers	2–7	22.2
Elves	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–3	25.0
Selesnya Counters	0–1	0.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	1–4	20.0
Gruul Aggro	1–3	25.0
Mono Red Swarm	0–2	0.0
8 Whack	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	12–7	63.2
Affinity	10–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	2–6	25.0
Mono Blue Architect	0–1	0.0
Madness	3–1	75.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	1–1	50.0
Jund Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	2–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	1–0	100.0
Slivers	0–1	0.0
Naya Zoo	0–1	0.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	6–6	50.0
Cats	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–1	50.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	9–4	69.2
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Humans	0–1	0.0
Boros Humans	5–1	83.3
Orzhov Humans	3–2	60.0
Legends Aggro	2–2	50.0
Boros Legends Aggro	2–2	50.0
Permanent Vacation	1–0	100.0
Combo	32–46	41.0
Storm	7–12	36.8
Dimir Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Dragonstorm	1–2	33.3
High Tide	1–4	20.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	2–3	40.0
Channel Storm	0–2	0.0
Reanimator	4–6	40.0
Recurring Nightmare	1–1	50.0
Dragon Nightmare	0–1	0.0
Worldgorger Dragon	0–1	0.0
Grozoth	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	3–3	50.0
Rakdos Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–2	33.3
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–1	66.7
Warp World	1–1	50.0
Maniac Combo	2–0	100.0
New Perspectives	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Umbral Mantle	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	3–4	42.9
Anvil Colossus	1–3	25.0
Upheaval Colossus	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–1	50.0
Jokulhaups Combo	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	3–6	33.3
Cephalid Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Oops All Spells	3–4	42.9
Neoform Hermit	0–1	0.0
Oops All Lands	1–2	33.3
Dredge	1–2	33.3
Insidious Roots Dredge	1–1	50.0
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	1–0	100.0
Gyruda	0–1	0.0
Belcher	0–2	0.0
Phoenix Altar	1–2	33.3
Actual Twin	1–1	50.0
Izzet Twin	1–1	50.0
Control	40–49	44.9
Mono Black Control	1–2	33.3
Esper Control	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Control	0–3	0.0
Dimir Control	3–0	100.0
Azorius Control	7–12	36.8
Cawblade	0–2	0.0
Turbo Fog	1–1	50.0
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Boros Control	2–2	50.0
Cloudpost Control	2–5	28.6
Azorius Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Blackpost	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	5–0	100.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	2–1	66.7
Chandra Nalaar	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Control	1–3	25.0
Dragon Control	2–2	50.0
Izzet Dragons	1–1	50.0
Esper Dragons	0–1	0.0
Ponza	0–1	0.0
Mono White Control	0–2	0.0
Cycling Control	1–1	50.0
Astral Slide	1–1	50.0
Five Color Control	1–2	33.3
Guildgate Control	3–3	50.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Control	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	3–3	50.0
Prison	1–2	33.3
Enchantress	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Combo	32–29	52.5
Aristocrats	6–13	31.6
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–4	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Golgari Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	4–5	44.4
Boros Bombardment	0–1	0.0
Burn	4–3	57.1
Infect	4–6	40.0
Simic Infect	1–3	25.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–0	100.0
Golgari Infect	2–2	50.0
Pummeler	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	10–4	71.4
Izzet Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	9–3	75.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	2–0	100.0
Hushnought	2–2	50.0
Combo Goblins	2–1	66.7
Goblin Persist	1–1	50.0
Dirty Kitty	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	14–20	41.2
Simic Flash	0–2	0.0
Simic Vat	0–2	0.0
Izzet Tempo	1–1	50.0
Azorius Skies	1–3	25.0
Blue Madness	1–1	50.0
Simic Madness	0–1	0.0
Temur Madness	1–0	100.0
Wizards	0–1	0.0
Ninjas	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–4	20.0
Mono Blue Librarians	1–1	50.0
Izzet Spells	3–4	42.9
Dimir Tempo	2–1	66.7
Dimir Faeries	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	8–8	50.0
Curses	1–1	50.0
Cruel Combo-Control	0–1	0.0
Mindcrank	0–1	0.0
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	6–3	66.7
Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Borderpost Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	5–2	71.4
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	2–0	100.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Greasefang	0–1	0.0
Midrange	43–46	48.3
The Rock	6–6	50.0
Abzan Midrange	3–1	75.0
Selesnya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	3–9	25.0
Wave Blink	1–6	14.3
Esper Wave	0–1	0.0
Azorius Wave	1–4	20.0
Orzhov Wave	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	1–1	50.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Allies	3–1	75.0
Mardu Allies	2–1	66.7
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	1–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	3–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–1	50.0
White Jund	0–1	0.0
Vampires	0–2	0.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Legends	0–1	0.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	6–3	66.7
Mono Black Midrange	2–5	28.6
Mono Black Devotion	1–1	50.0
Dimir Midrange	1–1	50.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–1	66.7
Martyr's Grace	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–2	50.0
Jeskai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	0–2	0.0
Ordealbreak	2–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	2–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	0–1	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–1	50.0
Esper Hero	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Hero	1–0	100.0
Clerics	0–1	0.0
Simic Snow	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	1–2	33.3
Ramp	1–6	14.3
Rofellos Ramp	0–3	0.0
Channel-Rofellos	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	1–3	25.0
Greenpost	0–2	0.0
Gruul Post	1–1	50.0