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 8 weeks, 3 days.

Madness

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Aggro	12054	24557–23504–65	51.1	748	5832
Madness	114	192–246	43.8	4	32
Gruul Madness	22	33–47	41.3	1	6
Golgari Madness	17	28–42	40.0	0	3
Rakdos Madness	68	120–140	46.2	3	23
Jund Madness	3	7–8	46.7

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	64–77	45.4
Mono Black Aggro	3–2	60.0
Heroic	2–8	20.0
Mono White Heroic	0–6	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Boros Heroic	2–1	66.7
Red Deck Wins	10–15	40.0
Proliferate Red	0–1	0.0
Goblins	3–2	60.0
Tokens	5–1	83.3
Selesnya Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono White Tokens	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–2	50.0
White Weenie	6–6	50.0
Odric Keywords	1–1	50.0
Soldiers	0–3	0.0
Kithkin	0–1	0.0
Elves	4–5	44.4
Zombies	3–7	30.0
Gruul Aggro	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	1–2	33.3
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	7–10	41.2
Affinity	1–2	33.3
Salvage Titan	2–1	66.7
Tempered Steel	4–7	36.4
Madness	7–7	50.0
Rakdos Madness	7–6	53.8
Voltron	0–3	0.0
Hexproof	0–1	0.0
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
Hateful Auras	0–1	0.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	3–4	42.9
Cats	2–1	66.7
Mono White Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aggro	2–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Combo	26–45	36.6
Storm	7–7	50.0
Dimir Tendrils	2–1	66.7
Dragonstorm	4–3	57.1
Citadel Storm	0–1	0.0
Grixis Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Izzet Storm	0–1	0.0
Song Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	5–13	27.8
Recurring Nightmare	1–0	100.0
Dragon Nightmare	1–0	100.0
Worldgorger Dragon	0–1	0.0
Living Death	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	4–11	26.7
Rakdos Reanimator	3–4	42.9
Dimir Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Reanimator	0–4	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–1	0.0
Mardu Life	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–2	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–2	50.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–1	0.0
Upheaval Colossus	0–1	0.0
Infinite Infinite Combos	0–1	0.0
Eggs	1–3	25.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	1–1	50.0
Izzet Ascension	2–0	100.0
Ominous Good	1–1	50.0
Soulflayer	0–2	0.0
Breakfast	1–8	11.1
Cephalid Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Oops All Spells	1–7	12.5
Dredge	0–4	0.0
Chain of Acid	3–0	100.0
GreenTwin	1–0	100.0
Control	36–42	46.2
Mono Black Control	2–2	50.0
Esper Control	4–1	80.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	2–2	50.0
Watery Oath	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	5–5	50.0
Turbo Fog	0–3	0.0
Izzet Control	4–1	80.0
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	0–1	0.0
Boros Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–3	25.0
Stax	3–2	60.0
Pollute the Planet	0–1	0.0
Birthday Stax	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	3–3	50.0
Izzet Dragons	3–3	50.0
Runeflare	0–1	0.0
Ponza	2–0	100.0
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	1–6	14.3
Astral Slide	1–6	14.3
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	0–2	0.0
Guildgate Control	0–1	0.0
Bant Control	0–1	0.0
Temur Reclamation	1–0	100.0
Pox	1–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	2–3	40.0
Aggro-Combo	8–14	36.4
Aristocrats	2–3	40.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Boros Bombardment	1–1	50.0
Burn	1–2	33.3
Infect	2–3	40.0
Simic Infect	2–2	50.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–4	20.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–4	20.0
Hushnought	0–2	0.0
Combo Goblins	1–0	100.0
Dirty Kitty	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	12–3	80.0
Simic Flash	2–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	5–1	83.3
Blue Madness	2–0	100.0
Simic Madness	2–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–1	66.7
Combo-Control	9–10	47.4
Curses	3–0	100.0
Burning Vengeance	0–3	0.0
Displace Loop	0–1	0.0
Peregrine Drake	0–1	0.0
Yosei Vat	0–1	0.0
Zur's Weirding	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	3–4	42.9
Jokulhaups Control	3–4	42.9
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	2–2	50.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Midrange	35–51	40.7
Temur Ascendancy	0–3	0.0
The Rock	1–3	25.0
Abzan Midrange	1–1	50.0
Jund	3–5	37.5
Blink	5–9	35.7
Wave Blink	5–9	35.7
Azorius Wave	5–9	35.7
Graveyard Value	2–1	66.7
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Allies	0–3	0.0
Esper Allies	0–3	0.0
Fake-Rack	3–1	75.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Yisan-Prophet	1–0	100.0
Vampires	3–2	60.0
Mono Black Vampires	3–1	75.0
Rakdos Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	1–1	50.0
Mardu Legends	0–1	0.0
Elementals	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Midrange	3–9	25.0
Necro Midrange	0–2	0.0
Mono Black Devotion	3–3	50.0
Heart of Darkness	0–1	0.0
Hellion Whip	1–1	50.0
Angels	2–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–3	0.0
Ordealbreak	0–1	0.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	0–1	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Hero	1–1	50.0
Naya Hero	1–0	100.0
Simic Snow	2–1	66.7
Ramp	2–4	33.3
Cloudpost Ramp	0–3	0.0
Greenpost	0–2	0.0
Devoid Cruelty	1–0	100.0
Domain	1–0	100.0