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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Minimum 60 cards. Any number of basic lands. Max four of any other legal card. Sideboard of up to fifteen cards.

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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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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.

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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 9 weeks, 4 days.

Combo

Tournaments Only
Season 23▾
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	1837	3195–3026	51.4	27	124	124
Storm	962	1971–1492	56.9	24	86	98
Sultai Tendrils	2	2–5	28.6
Dimir Tendrils	2	1–3	25.0	1	1
Dragonstorm	18	22–40	35.5	0	1
Hazoret Storm	32	46–60	43.4	0	1	1
Citadel Storm	13	7–34	17.1
High Tide	546	1033–887	53.8	9	34	53
Grixis Tendrils	2	1–3	25.0
Stormpost	1	2–3	40.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	8	4–12	25.0
Izzet Storm	4	6–11	35.3
Song Storm	1	0–2	0.0
Channel Storm	316	832–402	67.4	14	49	43
Reanimator	313	518–526	49.6	1	18	14
Recurring Nightmare	233	415–390	51.6	1	15	12
Dragon Nightmare	160	307–276	52.7	1	13	8
Jund Nightmare	1	1–2	33.3
Worldgorger Dragon	31	58–49	54.2	0	2	2
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	1	2–2	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	44	39–77	33.6	0	1
Rakdos Reanimator	1	0–1	0.0
Dimir Reanimator	20	20–37	35.1
Mono Black Reanimator	18	19–31	38.0	0	1
Oriss Genesis	18	20–23	46.5			1
Biovisionary	1	0–1	0.0
Dubious Challenge	14	19–21	47.5
Warp World	74	129–139	48.1			3
Temur Glimpse	7	10–17	37.0
Four Color Glimpse	66	119–120	49.8			3
Zubera Tribal	3	1–4	20.0
Maniac Combo	2	4–2	66.7
Hypergenesis	22	31–44	41.3			1
New Perspectives	1	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	12	22–24	47.8
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	7	9–12	42.9
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	5	13–12	52.0
Fake-Twin	4	2–6	25.0
Metalwork Colossus	18	34–29	54.0
Anvil Colossus	7	17–11	60.7
Upheaval Colossus	9	16–13	55.2
Seismic Swans	4	8–11	42.1
Eggs	27	13–54	19.4
Heartless Summoning Combo	6	4–11	26.7
Blazing Shoal Combo	17	18–25	41.9	0	2
Taking Turns	9	3–16	15.8
Ominous Good	2	2–6	25.0
Soulflayer	9	16–19	45.7
Reanim8 Rack	2	5–5	50.0
Breakfast	87	136–142	48.9	2	9	4
Hermit Gond	6	14–9	60.9
Oops All Spells	43	70–62	53.0	2	8	2
Oops All Lands	4	2–9	18.2
Dredge	9	16–11	59.3			1
Polymorph	5	6–11	35.3
Protean Hulk Combo	10	16–19	45.7	0	1
Dice Factory	28	43–57	43.0	0	1	1
Storm Herald	2	3–5	37.5
Enduring Ideal	20	24–33	42.1
Ad Nauseam	22	7–42	14.3
Ad Swanseam	2	1–3	25.0
GreenTwin	17	18–35	34.0
Intruder Alarm	2	1–6	14.3
Calibrated Blast	4	5–8	38.5
Restore Balance	50	53–99	34.9	0	5
Stuffy Doll	4	3–8	27.3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	713–763	48.3
Mono Black Aggro	7–13	35.0
Heroic	97–134	42.0
Mono White Heroic	30–29	50.8
Azorius Heroic	7–2	77.8
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	57–101	36.1
Boros Heroic	2–2	50.0
Red Deck Wins	89–116	43.4
Mono Red Devotion	1–0	100.0
Goblins	12–12	50.0
Tokens	20–10	66.7
Selesnya Tokens	5–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	14–10	58.3
Mono Green Stompy	13–8	61.9
White Weenie	50–55	47.6
Quest for the Holy Relic	6–6	50.0
Kithkin	5–1	83.3
Chroma White	0–1	0.0
Elves	101–80	55.8
Selesnya Little Kid	4–2	66.7
Rogues	2–5	28.6
Zombies	20–8	71.4
Gruul Aggro	1–1	50.0
Merfolk	22–21	51.2
Mono Red Swarm	3–1	75.0
8 Whack	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	90–108	45.5
Affinity	35–28	55.6
Salvage Titan	7–18	28.0
Tempered Steel	27–39	40.9
Mono Blue Architect	15–15	50.0
Mono Blue Aggro	3–5	37.5
Illusions	3–5	37.5
Madness	19–9	67.9
Gruul Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	15–9	62.5
Voltron	6–6	50.0
Hexproof	4–4	50.0
Equipment Aggro	2–2	50.0
Slivers	23–6	79.3
Naya Zoo	6–3	66.7
Knights	26–15	63.4
AggroSlide	22–10	68.8
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	2–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	15–20	42.9
Humans	53–109	32.7
Selesnya Humans	1–2	33.3
Bant Humans	15–29	34.1
Jeskai Humans	19–30	38.8
Boros Humans	4–4	50.0
Azorius Humans	13–42	23.6
Brushwaggs	0–1	0.0
Combo	606–606	50.0
Storm	292–379	43.5
Sultai Tendrils	3–0	100.0
Dragonstorm	11–4	73.3
Hazoret Storm	8–12	40.0
Citadel Storm	11–2	84.6
High Tide	176–200	46.8
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Stormpost	1–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	2–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	0–1	0.0
Song Storm	1–0	100.0
Channel Storm	71–160	30.7
Reanimator	113–90	55.7
Recurring Nightmare	93–74	55.7
Dragon Nightmare	63–50	55.8
Jund Nightmare	1–1	50.0
Worldgorger Dragon	6–7	46.2
Traditional Reanimator	14–9	60.9
Dimir Reanimator	7–4	63.6
Mono Black Reanimator	5–5	50.0
Oriss Genesis	6–3	66.7
Dubious Challenge	2–4	33.3
Warp World	19–20	48.7
Temur Glimpse	1–1	50.0
Four Color Glimpse	17–19	47.2
Hypergenesis	8–2	80.0
New Perspectives	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	7–2	77.8
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	5–1	83.3
Metalwork Colossus	5–4	55.6
Anvil Colossus	3–2	60.0
Upheaval Colossus	2–2	50.0
Seismic Swans	5–0	100.0
Eggs	9–1	90.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	3–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	4–7	36.4
Taking Turns	4–1	80.0
Ominous Good	2–0	100.0
Soulflayer	4–2	66.7
Reanim8 Rack	1–1	50.0
Breakfast	25–40	38.5
Hermit Gond	4–5	44.4
Oops All Spells	16–20	44.4
Oops All Lands	3–1	75.0
Dredge	2–5	28.6
Polymorph	5–0	100.0
Protean Hulk Combo	7–3	70.0
Dice Factory	10–10	50.0
Storm Herald	1–1	50.0
Enduring Ideal	5–4	55.6
Ad Nauseam	12–1	92.3
Ad Swanseam	1–1	50.0
GreenTwin	10–4	71.4
Calibrated Blast	1–2	33.3
Restore Balance	20–6	76.9
Stuffy Doll	2–1	66.7
Control	584–505	53.6
Mono Black Control	22–15	59.5
Esper Control	66–87	43.1
Demonic Rising	3–5	37.5
Mono Blue Control	38–30	55.9
Dimir Control	32–18	64.0
Azorius Control	104–129	44.6
Cawblade	0–1	0.0
Turbo Fog	8–4	66.7
Izzet Control	9–11	45.0
Mill	8–2	80.0
Boros Control	5–3	62.5
Cloudpost Control	41–23	64.1
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Blackpost	3–3	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	36–20	64.3
Grixis Control	15–13	53.6
Cruel Control	1–1	50.0
Stax	21–18	53.8
Jeskai Control	13–7	65.0
Dragon Control	8–5	61.5
Izzet Dragons	7–5	58.3
Runeflare	13–4	76.5
Ponza	24–18	57.1
Mono White Control	29–38	43.3
Life is Ez	20–29	40.8
Dynavolt Tower	2–0	100.0
Cycling Control	4–0	100.0
Astral Slide	3–0	100.0
Five Color Control	8–3	72.7
Five Color Collected Conjuring	3–0	100.0
Shrines	2–0	100.0
Last Stand Control	1–1	50.0
Sultai Control	6–3	66.7
Sultai Ultimatum	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	33–16	67.3
Bant Control	3–1	75.0
Pox	31–34	47.7
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	12–4	75.0
Orzhov Control	2–7	22.2
Prison	21–6	77.8
Enchantress	20–6	76.9
Aggro-Combo	189–170	52.6
Aristocrats	57–44	56.4
Mono Black Aristocrats	9–8	52.9
Orzhov Aristocrats	28–21	57.1
Golgari Aristocrats	4–2	66.7
Abzan Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Food	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	4–2	66.7
Boros Bombardment	0–5	0.0
Burn	50–42	54.3
Infect	21–21	50.0
Simic Infect	1–5	16.7
Blazing Shoal Infect	15–12	55.6
Pummeler	2–0	100.0
Hermit Humans	4–5	44.4
Trickbind Dreadnought	6–19	24.0
Izzet Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–2	0.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	14–12	53.8
Hushnought	1–0	100.0
Liquimetal Fishing	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	26–24	52.0
Goblin Persist	10–8	55.6
Dirty Kitty	15–15	50.0
Aggro-Control	310–377	45.1
Izzet Tempo	65–91	41.7
Azorius Skies	10–4	71.4
Blue Madness	10–10	50.0
Simic Madness	10–10	50.0
Lich Aggro-Control	5–1	83.3
Wizards	2–0	100.0
Ninjas	12–12	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	85–126	40.3
Mono Blue Faeries	5–11	31.3
Izzet Spells	47–64	42.3
Dimir Tempo	41–23	64.1
Dimir Faeries	3–2	60.0
Sultai Tempo	1–2	33.3
Ensoul Aggro-Control	9–8	52.9
Azorius Tempo	4–22	15.4
Combo-Control	80–98	44.9
Curses	8–2	80.0
Burning Vengeance	1–0	100.0
Cruel Combo-Control	0–1	0.0
Battle of Wits	2–1	66.7
Pickles	2–2	50.0
Hive Mind	9–6	60.0
Zur's Weirding	9–5	64.3
Solar Flare	2–5	28.6
Plasma Swans	2–1	66.7
Mass Land Destruction	44–67	39.6
Wildfire	3–4	42.9
Borderpost Wildfire	3–3	50.0
Jokulhaups Control	41–63	39.4
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	1–3	25.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	21–37	36.2
Temur Jokulhaups Control	11–20	35.5
Jund Jokulhaups Control	3–2	60.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	4–1	80.0
Resurgent Belief	1–3	25.0
Midrange	628–468	57.3
The Rock	26–22	54.2
Grenzo	2–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Midrange	2–2	50.0
Jund	19–15	55.9
Blink	5–0	100.0
Acid Trip	3–0	100.0
Orzhov Blink	1–0	100.0
Anti-Persecution	4–1	80.0
Graveyard Value	15–26	36.6
Varolz Dreadnought	9–19	32.1
Enchantments Matter	2–1	66.7
Allies	17–17	50.0
Mardu Allies	1–1	50.0
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
Azorius Allies	10–11	47.6
Treefolk	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	18–22	45.0
Mardu Midrange	3–0	100.0
Vampires	3–2	60.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	2–2	50.0
Legends Midrange	2–0	100.0
Mardu Legends	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	53–40	57.0
Big Red	12–14	46.2
Mono Black Midrange	51–41	55.4
Mono Black Devotion	20–7	74.1
Dimir Midrange	14–6	70.0
Angels	3–1	75.0
Mono White Angels	3–1	75.0
Toughness Matters	10–5	66.7
Lifegain Midrange	9–11	45.0
Martyr's Grace	4–10	28.6
Mutate	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	7–3	70.0
Orzhov Midrange	22–14	61.1
Jeskai Midrange	2–3	40.0
Zur the Enchanter	2–1	66.7
Ordealbreak	19–14	57.6
Enigmatic Incarnation	19–14	57.6
Mythic Colossification	0–1	0.0
Party	5–5	50.0
Fires of Invention	39–27	59.1
Hero of Precinct One	58–71	45.0
Mardu Hero	3–3	50.0
Five Color Hero	26–37	41.3
Jeskai Hero	13–8	61.9
Gruul Obosh	2–1	66.7
Simic Snow	136–69	66.3
Artifact Midrange	7–1	87.5
Coinflips	8–7	53.3
Death Cloud	4–3	57.1
Illness in the Ranks	1–0	100.0
Game Objects	10–2	83.3
Ramp	85–37	69.7
Rofellos Ramp	3–4	42.9
Wild Pair	3–4	42.9
Cloudpost Ramp	63–26	70.8
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	2–2	50.0
Greenpost	46–17	73.0
Gruul Post	12–7	63.2
Simic Post	1–0	100.0
Domain	2–1	66.7
Carth Superfriends	6–0	100.0
Applejacks	1–1	50.0
Unclassified	0–2	0.0