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.

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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.

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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.

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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 12 weeks, 5 days.

Heroic

Tournaments Only
Season 18▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	4106	8143–7094	53.4	58	393	203
Heroic	424	958–714	57.3	12	61	21
Mono White Heroic	318	750–523	58.9	12	60	15
Azorius Heroic	7	10–19	34.5
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	86	178–139	56.2			6
Boros Heroic	3	4–6	40.0
Selesnya Heroic	3	5–10	33.3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	312–179	63.5
Mono Black Aggro	1–1	50.0
Heroic	41–41	50.0
Mono White Heroic	30–24	55.6
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	9–15	37.5
Selesnya Heroic	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	50–38	56.8
Mono Red Devotion	3–0	100.0
Goblins	3–2	60.0
Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	11–7	61.1
White Weenie	25–7	78.1
Soldiers	6–1	85.7
Kithkin	1–0	100.0
Elves	22–4	84.6
Werewolves	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	4–1	80.0
Selesnya Counters	2–1	66.7
Rogues	1–2	33.3
Zombies	3–2	60.0
Gruul Aggro	3–0	100.0
Gruul Landfall	2–0	100.0
Merfolk	26–11	70.3
Mono Red Swarm	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	53–42	55.8
Affinity	50–38	56.8
Tempered Steel	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Architect	0–3	0.0
Madness	2–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	2–0	100.0
Voltron	15–2	88.2
Hexproof	10–2	83.3
Equipment Aggro	5–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	2–0	100.0
Knights	3–1	75.0
AggroSlide	24–7	77.4
Cats	3–3	50.0
Mono White Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	2–3	40.0
Rakdos Aggro	9–5	64.3
Boros Aggro	2–0	100.0
Combo	188–137	57.8
Storm	53–34	60.9
Dimir Tendrils	35–29	54.7
Dragonstorm	1–1	50.0
Hazoret Storm	1–0	100.0
Grixis Tendrils	5–2	71.4
Stormpost	1–1	50.0
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	42–48	46.7
Worldgorger Dragon	15–28	34.9
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	26–20	56.5
Rakdos Reanimator	8–1	88.9
Mono Black Reanimator	18–19	48.6
Oriss Genesis	8–2	80.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	3–1	75.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	10–3	76.9
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	5–1	83.3
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	5–1	83.3
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Myr Incubator	2–2	50.0
Seismic Swans	2–0	100.0
Eggs	2–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	4–2	66.7
Taking Turns	5–8	38.5
Quest for Ula's Temple	2–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	6–6	50.0
Ominous Good	6–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Combo	3–1	75.0
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	3–5	37.5
Oops All Spells	3–5	37.5
Oops All Lands	1–2	33.3
Dredge	27–17	61.4
Protean Hulk Combo	1–2	33.3
Dice Factory	1–1	50.0
Control	112–125	47.3
Mono Black Control	0–3	0.0
Esper Control	4–4	50.0
Demonic Rising	0–3	0.0
Mono Blue Control	1–1	50.0
Dimir Control	6–15	28.6
Azorius Control	14–21	40.0
Cawblade	3–4	42.9
Turbo Fog	2–1	66.7
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Control	4–3	57.1
Mill	9–7	56.3
Cloudpost Control	6–3	66.7
Azorius Cloudpost Control	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	5–2	71.4
Cruel Control	1–1	50.0
Chandra Nalaar	0–1	0.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	5–0	100.0
Ponza	18–11	62.1
Mono White Control	1–5	16.7
Life is Ez	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	4–12	25.0
Astral Slide	4–12	25.0
Five Color Control	11–5	68.8
Five Color Collected Conjuring	7–5	58.3
Shrines	4–0	100.0
Sultai Control	2–2	50.0
Bant Control	3–0	100.0
Pox	13–20	39.4
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–2	0.0
Prison	0–1	0.0
Enchantress	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	49–37	57.0
Aristocrats	17–18	48.6
Mono Black Aristocrats	4–3	57.1
Orzhov Aristocrats	5–5	50.0
Golgari Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Food	2–2	50.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	6–6	50.0
Burn	8–4	66.7
Infect	10–5	66.7
Simic Infect	6–3	66.7
Mono Black Infect	1–0	100.0
Pummeler	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	3–5	37.5
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–5	16.7
Izzet Blitzkrieg	6–5	54.5
Chancellor of the Forge Combo	2–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	2–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	50–51	49.5
Izzet Tempo	17–22	43.6
Azorius Skies	0–2	0.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Temur Madness	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	3–2	60.0
Wizards	3–2	60.0
Ninjas	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Tempo	9–12	42.9
Izzet Spells	8–5	61.5
Dimir Tempo	4–1	80.0
Combo-Control	25–33	43.1
Curses	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	3–1	75.0
Shared Fate	0–2	0.0
Mindcrank	3–6	33.3
Dragoncrank	0–3	0.0
Yosei Vat	0–2	0.0
Hive Mind	0–1	0.0
Zur's Weirding	14–16	46.7
Solar Flare	3–3	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–1	50.0
Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Thryx-Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Midrange	168–113	59.8
Temur Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
The Rock	4–2	66.7
Grenzo	2–1	66.7
Abzan Midrange	5–0	100.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Value Town	1–1	50.0
Jund	4–0	100.0
Blink	1–0	100.0
Anti-Persecution	3–3	50.0
Graveyard Value	5–7	41.7
Séance	4–7	36.4
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Allies	5–1	83.3
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
BRGW Allies	0–1	0.0
Azorius Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	1–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	7–6	53.8
Mardu Midrange	15–14	51.7
Vampires	3–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	3–0	100.0
Elementals	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	16–12	57.1
Card Advantage White	2–0	100.0
Big Red	6–5	54.5
Mono Black Midrange	29–19	60.4
Mono Black Devotion	11–5	68.8
Heart of Darkness	12–10	54.5
Dimir Midrange	4–4	50.0
Angels	4–4	50.0
Orzhov Angels	4–4	50.0
Toughness Matters	2–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–1	66.7
Mutate	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	3–7	30.0
Orzhov Midrange	10–9	52.6
Jeskai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Prophet Glare	2–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	2–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	0–2	0.0
Neoform	6–1	85.7
Temur Neoform	2–0	100.0
Sultai Neoform	1–1	50.0
Simic Neoform	2–0	100.0
Party	3–2	60.0
Clerics	5–1	83.3
Death Cloud	2–1	66.7
Illness in the Ranks	1–0	100.0
Ramp	54–39	58.1
Cloudpost Ramp	44–34	56.4
Golgari Post	0–1	0.0
Greenpost	38–32	54.3
Gruul Post	1–0	100.0
Simic Post	1–0	100.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	3–4	42.9
Historic Bloom	2–3	40.0
Defenders	2–0	100.0