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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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.

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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 weeks, 3 days.

Stax

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Control	5852	10733–11878–43	47.5	269	2492
Stax	202	363–426–1	46.0	4	92
Necro Stax	2	3–6	33.3	0	1
Pollute the Planet	53	135–93–1	59.2	4	31
Birthday Stax	17	31–33	48.4	0	8

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	114–125	47.7
Mono Black Aggro	4–3	57.1
Heroic	4–3	57.1
Mono White Heroic	2–1	66.7
Azorius Heroic	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	25–31	44.6
Mono Red Devotion	1–0	100.0
Proliferate Red	1–0	100.0
Goblins	3–4	42.9
Tokens	10–8	55.6
Selesnya Tokens	6–6	50.0
Mardu Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono White Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	6–2	75.0
White Weenie	11–13	45.8
Odric Keywords	2–2	50.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–1	50.0
Soldiers	1–2	33.3
Kithkin	2–0	100.0
Chroma White	0–1	0.0
Mono White Humans	0–1	0.0
Elves	5–4	55.6
Selesnya Little Kid	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Counters	0–1	0.0
Zombies	8–18	30.8
Gruul Aggro	3–1	75.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	11–15	42.3
Affinity	6–5	54.5
Boros Vehicles	1–0	100.0
Salvage Titan	0–1	0.0
Tempered Steel	4–9	30.8
Mono Blue Aggro	2–2	50.0
Illusions	0–1	0.0
Madness	2–3	40.0
Gruul Madness	1–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	0–3	0.0
Voltron	3–0	100.0
Hexproof	3–0	100.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	3–5	37.5
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	0–1	0.0
Legends Aggro	5–5	50.0
Boros Legends Aggro	5–4	55.6
Bard Class	0–1	0.0
Pirates	2–1	66.7
Rats	0–2	0.0
Combo	46–68	40.4
Storm	9–8	52.9
Dragonstorm	2–3	40.0
High Tide	5–3	62.5
Izzet Storm	1–1	50.0
Channel Storm	1–1	50.0
Reanimator	6–15	28.6
Worldgorger Dragon	0–7	0.0
Double Dragon	0–1	0.0
Starlit Graves	2–0	100.0
8 Goyf	0–2	0.0
Living Death	0–2	0.0
Excruciator Combo	0–2	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	3–4	42.9
Rakdos Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stormless Storm	0–1	0.0
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Four Color Glimpse	1–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
New Perspectives	1–0	100.0
Monumental Ignus	0–3	0.0
Mardu Life	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Umbral Mantle	1–0	100.0
Fake-Twin	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–1	50.0
Infinite Infinite Combos	2–3	40.0
Eggs	1–4	20.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–2	33.3
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Ominous Good	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	0–3	0.0
Breakfast	8–10	44.4
Cephalid Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Grixis Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Hermit Dredge	1–1	50.0
Oops All Spells	4–7	36.4
Unctus	2–2	50.0
Oops All Lands	0–1	0.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	0–1	0.0
Gyruda	0–1	0.0
Stuffy Doll	2–0	100.0
Tameshi Bloom	0–4	0.0
Possibility Storm	0–2	0.0
Nadu Combo	0–1	0.0
Control	75–47	61.5
Mono Black Control	4–2	66.7
Esper Control	4–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	10–6	62.5
Azorius Control	9–7	56.3
Adam's Ale	0–1	0.0
Turbo Fog	3–3	50.0
Izzet Control	4–0	100.0
Mardu Control	1–3	25.0
Mill	3–0	100.0
Boros Control	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Control	3–2	60.0
Blackpost	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	0–2	0.0
Stax	8–8	50.0
Pollute the Planet	2–2	50.0
Birthday Stax	0–3	0.0
Jeskai Control	3–2	60.0
Dragon Control	4–1	80.0
Izzet Dragons	2–1	66.7
Esper Dragons	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Dynavolt Tower	2–2	50.0
Cycling Control	5–2	71.4
Astral Slide	4–2	66.7
Sultai Control	3–2	60.0
Pox	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Control	2–2	50.0
Prison	1–0	100.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	18–28	39.1
Aristocrats	6–10	37.5
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–4	20.0
Golgari Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Abzan Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–3	25.0
Boros Bombardment	0–1	0.0
Burn	4–5	44.4
Infect	2–3	40.0
Simic Infect	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–1	0.0
Golgari Infect	0–2	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	3–6	33.3
Izzet Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	2–5	28.6
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Hushnought	1–1	50.0
Combo Goblins	1–2	33.3
Goblin Persist	0–2	0.0
Dirty Kitty	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	11–25	30.6
Izzet Tempo	2–6	25.0
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Blue Madness	1–2	33.3
Simic Madness	0–1	0.0
Temur Madness	0–1	0.0
Grixis Madness	1–0	100.0
Temur Clues	2–0	100.0
Wizards	0–1	0.0
Ninjas	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–6	0.0
Mono Blue Librarians	0–2	0.0
Izzet Spells	1–4	20.0
Dimir Tempo	4–2	66.7
Ensoul Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Tempo	1–1	50.0
Combo-Control	27–26–1	50.9
Curses	1–1	50.0
Cruel Combo-Control	4–2	66.7
Battle of Wits	2–1	66.7
Approach Necro	2–3–1	40.0
Shared Fate	2–0	100.0
Swarm Intelligence	4–2	66.7
Mindcrank	3–1	75.0
Displace Loop	0–1	0.0
Peregrine Drake	0–1	0.0
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Yosei Vat	0–1	0.0
Zur's Weirding	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	1–2	33.3
Plasma Swans	1–2	33.3
Mass Land Destruction	5–9	35.7
Wildfire	2–3	40.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Jokulhaups Control	3–6	33.3
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–2	33.3
Jund Jokulhaups Control	1–2	33.3
Midrange	62–92	40.3
Temur Ascendancy	3–6	33.3
The Rock	1–2	33.3
Golgari Citadel	0–1	0.0
Grenzo	3–3	50.0
Abzan Midrange	1–5	16.7
Selesnya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Value Town	1–1	50.0
Jund	1–4	20.0
Blink	6–17	26.1
Wave Blink	2–5	28.6
Azorius Wave	2–3	40.0
Orzhov Wave	0–1	0.0
Abzan Wave	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Blink	0–2	0.0
Graveyard Value	4–4	50.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	0–3	0.0
Constellation	0–2	0.0
Allies	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Allies	1–1	50.0
Mardu Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	2–0	100.0
Selvala Morningstar	1–1	50.0
Mardu Midrange	1–1	50.0
White Jund	1–0	100.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	0–4	0.0
Mardu Legends	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Legends	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Legends	0–1	0.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–2	0.0
Card Advantage White	0–1	0.0
Big Red	2–2	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	9–13	40.9
Necro Midrange	6–9	40.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–2	33.3
Hellion Whip	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	1–2	33.3
Lifegain Midrange	2–4	33.3
Martyr's Grace	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	3–2	60.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	0–1	0.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	2–1	66.7
Hero of Precinct One	2–1	66.7
Mardu Hero	0–1	0.0
Five Color Hero	2–0	100.0
Simic Snow	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	0–1	0.0
Death Cloud	0–1	0.0
Illness in the Ranks	1–0	100.0
Wight Midrange	0–4	0.0
Jund Wight	0–3	0.0
Ramp	10–15	40.0
Rofellos Ramp	6–10	37.5
Wild Pair	3–1	75.0
Channel-Rofellos	2–6	25.0
Cloudpost Ramp	3–3	50.0
Greenpost	2–3	40.0
Simic Post	1–0	100.0