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.

How do I get started with Magic Online?

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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.

Browse Decklists from tournaments, leagues and elsewhere

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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 2 days, 19 hours.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	585	911–941–1	49.2	2	36	28
Mono Black Control	1	2–3	40.0
Esper Control	128	217–182	54.4	2	9	12
Mono Blue Control	5	1–7	12.5
Dimir Control	62	104–98	51.5	0	3	1
Azorius Control	48	89–75	54.3	0	1	1
Turbo Fog	6	3–11	21.4
Izzet Control	3	5–7	41.7
Mardu Control	4	1–7	12.5
Mill	12	2–15	11.8
Boros Control	1	1–2	33.3
Cloudpost Control	1	1–3	25.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1	1–3	25.0
Grixis Control	21	12–51	19.0	0	1
Cruel Control	8	5–25	16.7	0	1
Stax	24	37–38	49.3	0	1	1
Chandra Nalaar	2	1–4	20.0
Jeskai Control	1	1–3	25.0	0	1
Dragon Control	34	59–62	48.8	0	3	1
Ponza	46	71–75–1	48.6	0	8	2
Mono White Control	11	14–21	40.0	0	1
Life is Ez	2	3–3	50.0
Cycling Control	6	5–7	41.7
Astral Slide	6	5–7	41.7
Five Color Control	14	18–19	48.6	0	1	1
Five Color Collected Conjuring	6	10–8	55.6			1
Last Stand Control	4	2–5	28.6	0	1
Sultai Control	6	10–12	45.5
Bant Control	4	3–13	18.8
Enchantments Control	2	1–4	20.0
Seasons Past Control	66	141–115	55.1	0	2	4
Orzhov Control	10	9–17	34.6	0	1
Prison	62	98–84	53.8	0	4	5
Enchantress	57	95–80	54.3	0	4	5

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	211–202	51.1
Mono Black Aggro	2–1	66.7
Heroic	7–4	63.6
Boros Heroic	7–4	63.6
Red Deck Wins	24–11	68.6
Goblins	12–19	38.7
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	10–5	66.7
White Weenie	23–22	51.1
Soldiers	9–10	47.4
Elves	10–2	83.3
Zombies	6–1	85.7
Gruul Aggro	8–3	72.7
Artifact Aggro	15–13	53.6
Affinity	4–2	66.7
Tempered Steel	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Architect	4–6	40.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Illusions	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–1	50.0
Golgari Madness	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	3–11	21.4
Equipment Aggro	3–11	21.4
Knights	9–9	50.0
AggroSlide	3–6	33.3
Cats	5–4	55.6
Selesnya Cats	5–4	55.6
Rakdos Aggro	4–2	66.7
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	5–9	35.7
Selesnya Humans	3–2	60.0
Boros Humans	2–7	22.2
Mono Red Eldrazi	7–10	41.2
Legends Aggro	43–61	41.3
Boros Legends Aggro	41–60	40.6
Selesnya Legends Aggro	1–0	100.0
Pirates	1–2	33.3
Rats	4–1	80.0
Combo	170–134	55.9
Storm	12–13	48.0
Dragonstorm	1–1	50.0
Citadel Storm	11–12	47.8
Reanimator	5–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	5–0	100.0
Grixis Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Necro Combo	9–7	56.3
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–2	50.0
Warp World	0–1	0.0
Maniac Combo	3–1	75.0
Hypergenesis	8–11	42.1
New Perspectives	4–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	6–9	40.0
Anvil Colossus	2–7	22.2
Seismic Swans	2–0	100.0
Eggs	3–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	24–13	64.9
Izzet Ascension	3–1	75.0
Soulflayer	1–5	16.7
Reanim8 Rack	1–0	100.0
Oops All Lands	9–6	60.0
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Protean Hulk Combo	1–0	100.0
Dice Factory	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	2–0	100.0
Chain of Acid	1–0	100.0
Tibalt's Trickery	5–6	45.5
Calibrated Blast	0–2	0.0
Restore Balance	19–12	61.3
Gyruda	4–4	50.0
Belcher	2–3	40.0
Possibility Storm	1–1	50.0
Midnight Mass	25–34	42.4
Control	114–114	50.0
Esper Control	27–28	49.1
Dimir Control	9–21	30.0
Azorius Control	4–7	36.4
Turbo Fog	3–0	100.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	3–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–1	50.0
Cruel Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	4–2	66.7
Dragon Control	4–9	30.8
Ponza	12–15	44.4
Mono White Control	4–0	100.0
Life is Ez	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	1–1	50.0
Astral Slide	1–1	50.0
Five Color Control	3–3	50.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	2–1	66.7
Sultai Control	5–0	100.0
Bant Control	0–1	0.0
Enchantments Control	2–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	14–14	50.0
Orzhov Control	2–1	66.7
Prison	15–11	57.7
Enchantress	13–11	54.2
Aggro-Combo	19–20	48.7
Aristocrats	14–7	66.7
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Food	10–2	83.3
Rakdos Aristocrats	2–3	40.0
Burn	4–11	26.7
Necro Burn	4–11	26.7
Izzet Blitzkrieg	0–2	0.0
Combo Goblins	1–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	45–69	39.5
Izzet Tempo	3–2	60.0
Wizards	1–1	50.0
Ninjas	2–4	33.3
Mono Blue Tempo	1–1	50.0
Izzet Spells	15–13	53.6
Dimir Tempo	7–15	31.8
Dimir Faeries	7–14	33.3
Sultai Tempo	1–2	33.3
Azorius Tempo	0–2	0.0
Combo-Control	45–41	52.3
Curses	7–6	53.8
Battle of Wits	4–2	66.7
Hedron Alignment	2–0	100.0
Lich's Mastery	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	5–10	33.3
Plasma Swans	2–5	28.6
Liliana's Contract	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	6–5	54.5
Wildfire	6–5	54.5
Borderpost Wildfire	3–5	37.5
Resurgent Belief	11–9	55.0
Midrange	288–349–1	45.2
Temur Ascendancy	6–1	85.7
The Rock	9–6	60.0
Golgari Citadel	1–0	100.0
Grenzo	3–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	25–26	49.0
Selesnya Midrange	6–5	54.5
Selesnya Value Town	0–2	0.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	61–152	28.6
Orzhov Blink	49–127	27.8
Anti-Persecution	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	6–8	42.9
Séance	0–1	0.0
Enchantments Matter	8–1	88.9
Allies	4–3	57.1
Orzhov Allies	1–1	50.0
Boros Allies	1–0	100.0
Esper Allies	1–2	33.3
Fake-Rack	1–1	50.0
Vampires	6–1	85.7
Mono Black Vampires	6–1	85.7
Legends Midrange	15–13	53.6
Mardu Legends	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Legends	6–5	54.5
Selesnya Legends	3–1	75.0
Elementals	2–3	40.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–3	40.0
Naya Midrange	2–2	50.0
Big Red	4–12	25.0
Mono Black Midrange	22–23–1	48.9
Necro Midrange	21–22–1	48.8
Dimir Midrange	6–5	54.5
Toughness Matters	4–3	57.1
Lifegain Midrange	1–1	50.0
Adventures	0–2	0.0
Sultai Midrange	2–3	40.0
Orzhov Midrange	14–13	51.9
Jeskai Midrange	3–2	60.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–3	25.0
Zur the Enchanter	2–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	1–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–0	100.0
Mythic Colossification	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	17–16	51.5
Hero of Precinct One	2–0	100.0
Boros Hero	2–0	100.0
Clerics	1–6	14.3
Artifact Midrange	29–15	65.9
Death Cloud	6–11	35.3
Ramp	17–12	58.6
Rofellos Ramp	0–2	0.0
Wild Pair	0–2	0.0
Domain	4–0	100.0
Defenders	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	1–1	50.0
Applejacks	1–1	50.0
Unclassified	2–0	100.0