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.

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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.

Top 8 finishers on each month's league leaderboard win credit with Cardhoarder.

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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 8 weeks, 3 days.

Combo

Tournaments Only
Season 27▾
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	1317	2120–2113–2	50.1	17	98	59
Storm	193	273–327	45.5	0	8	8
Sultai Tendrils	6	8–19	29.6
Dimir Tendrils	4	7–5	58.3
Dragonstorm	3	5–7	41.7	0	1
Hazoret Storm	138	219–225	49.3	0	5	7
Simic Storm	2	0–4	0.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	8	0–16	0.0
Izzet Storm	22	30–38	44.1	0	2	1
Reanimator	409	785–655–1	54.5	7	46	25
Recurring Nightmare	26	30–33	47.6	0	2	1
Dragon Nightmare	16	21–21	50.0			1
Jund Nightmare	1	0–3	0.0
Worldgorger Dragon	30	52–48	52.0	0	1	3
Starlit Graves	4	8–6	57.1	0	1
Traditional Reanimator	348	694–566–1	55.1	7	42	21
Rakdos Reanimator	9	14–20	41.2
Dimir Reanimator	18	25–21	54.3			1
Mono Black Reanimator	319	653–521–1	55.6	7	42	20
Grixis Reanimator	1	2–3	40.0
Oriss Genesis	1	1–1	50.0
Biovisionary	1	0–2	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	133	255–181–1	58.5	4	15	11
Dubious Challenge	1	1–2	33.3
Warp World	54	79–96	45.1	1	1	1
Temur Glimpse	29	47–43	52.2			1
Actual Warp World	3	3–6	33.3
Four Color Glimpse	22	29–47	38.2	1	1
Hypergenesis	65	125–110	53.2	0	3	2
New Perspectives	1	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	55	83–86	49.1	5	10
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	50	72–81	47.1	4	9
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	5	11–5	68.8	1	1
Fake-Twin	2	1–3	25.0
Naya Fake-Twin	1	0–2	0.0
Combo Post	1	0–3	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	23	16–34	32.0
Anvil Colossus	4	4–7	36.4
Seismic Swans	1	1–0	100.0
Eggs	18	17–33	34.0			1
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	1	0–3	0.0
Retraction Helix Combo	1	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	26	31–40	43.7
Izzet Ascension	62	94–84	52.8	0	10	4
Ominous Good	2	1–5	16.7
Jokulhaups Combo	12	18–22	45.0
Soulflayer	5	1–9	10.0
Reanim8 Rack	3	0–5	0.0
Breakfast	27	52–45	53.6			1
Oops All Spells	27	52–45	53.6			1
Oops All Lands	1	0–2	0.0
Dredge	31	29–43	40.3
Polymorph	6	8–8	50.0
Protean Hulk Combo	1	0–2	0.0
Ad Nauseam	12	14–27	34.1			1
GreenTwin	27	35–56	38.5	0	3
Intruder Alarm	9	9–11	45.0
Restore Balance	14	20–17	54.1	0	1
Belcher	69	137–98	58.3			5
Endless Belch	21	31–27	53.4			2
Possibility Storm	3	4–5	44.4	0	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	478–401	54.4
Mono Black Aggro	7–3	70.0
Heroic	13–25	34.2
Mono White Heroic	8–19	29.6
Azorius Heroic	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	3–3	50.0
Boros Heroic	2–2	50.0
Red Deck Wins	138–114	54.8
Goblins	18–15	54.5
Tokens	4–1	80.0
Selesnya Tokens	2–1	66.7
Mono White Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	6–5	54.5
White Weenie	38–23	62.3
Quest for the Holy Relic	4–2	66.7
Soldiers	13–11	54.2
Chroma White	2–0	100.0
Elves	60–67	47.2
Werewolves	0–1	0.0
Minotaurs	6–1	85.7
Warriors	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	9–11	45.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	3–5	37.5
Gruul Aggro	8–5	61.5
Gruul Landfall	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	4–11	26.7
Mono Red Swarm	3–7	30.0
Artifact Aggro	98–67	59.4
Affinity	53–31	63.1
Salvage Titan	0–1	0.0
Tempered Steel	39–35	52.7
Mono Blue Architect	4–0	100.0
Madness	13–9	59.1
Golgari Madness	4–6	40.0
Rakdos Madness	3–3	50.0
Jund Madness	2–0	100.0
Voltron	8–8	50.0
Hexproof	4–2	66.7
Equipment Aggro	1–1	50.0
Hateful Auras	3–5	37.5
Slivers	1–1	50.0
Naya Zoo	2–1	66.7
Knights	11–3	78.6
AggroSlide	0–3	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	12–9	57.1
Boros Aggro	4–2	66.7
Humans	3–4	42.9
Jeskai Humans	0–1	0.0
Boros Humans	1–0	100.0
Azorius Humans	1–0	100.0
Brushwaggs	1–0	100.0
Combo	452–452–2	50.0
Storm	71–57	55.5
Sultai Tendrils	2–2	50.0
Dimir Tendrils	3–0	100.0
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	60–50	54.5
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	4–5	44.4
Reanimator	117–168–1	41.1
Recurring Nightmare	7–5	58.3
Dragon Nightmare	5–4	55.6
Jund Nightmare	1–0	100.0
Worldgorger Dragon	10–11	47.6
Starlit Graves	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	99–152–1	39.4
Rakdos Reanimator	4–3	57.1
Dimir Reanimator	5–7	41.7
Mono Black Reanimator	90–142–1	38.8
Necrotic Ooze Combo	42–45–1	48.3
Warp World	21–19	52.5
Temur Glimpse	7–12	36.8
Actual Warp World	1–1	50.0
Four Color Glimpse	13–6	68.4
Hypergenesis	23–18	56.1
New Perspectives	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	25–9	73.5
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	24–8	75.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Naya Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Combo Post	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	7–5	58.3
Anvil Colossus	2–0	100.0
Eggs	9–6	60.0
Retraction Helix Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	11–13	45.8
Izzet Ascension	16–27	37.2
Jokulhaups Combo	3–5	37.5
Soulflayer	2–0	100.0
Reanim8 Rack	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	9–11	45.0
Oops All Spells	9–11	45.0
Dredge	11–1	91.7
Polymorph	2–3	40.0
Ad Nauseam	8–4	66.7
GreenTwin	12–10	54.5
Intruder Alarm	3–3	50.0
Restore Balance	5–6	45.5
Belcher	30–29	50.8
Endless Belch	8–10	44.4
Possibility Storm	2–1	66.7
Control	268–322	45.4
Mono Black Control	2–1	66.7
Esper Control	28–43	39.4
Demonic Rising	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Control	7–8	46.7
Dimir Control	14–22	38.9
Azorius Control	73–116	38.6
Cawblade	0–1	0.0
Izzet Control	5–2	71.4
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	8–2	80.0
Boros Control	3–1	75.0
Cloudpost Control	13–7	65.0
Blackpost	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	4–5	44.4
Grixis Control	5–3	62.5
Cruel Control	3–3	50.0
Stax	10–11	47.6
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	5–5	50.0
Izzet Dragons	1–2	33.3
Dimir Dragons	1–0	100.0
Ponza	15–10	60.0
Mono White Control	11–11	50.0
Life is Ez	2–5	28.6
Dynavolt Tower	1–1	50.0
Cycling Control	11–10	52.4
Astral Slide	11–9	55.0
Five Color Control	15–15	50.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	0–1	0.0
Last Stand Control	13–14	48.1
Sultai Control	5–2	71.4
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	1–1	50.0
Pox	9–15	37.5
Orzhov Control	15–14	51.7
Prison	4–16	20.0
Enchantress	4–16	20.0
Aggro-Combo	218–251	46.5
Aristocrats	29–29	50.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–4	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–4	33.3
Golgari Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Mardu Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Food	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	8–4	66.7
Boros Bombardment	12–15	44.4
Burn	20–11	64.5
Infect	21–24	46.7
Simic Infect	5–7	41.7
Blazing Shoal Infect	14–17	45.2
Trickbind Dreadnought	86–145	37.2
Izzet Dreadnought	2–4	33.3
Mono Blue Dreadnought	65–135	32.5
Izzet Blitzkrieg	21–13	61.8
Hushnought	20–20	50.0
Liquimetal Fishing	4–1	80.0
Combo Goblins	17–8	68.0
Goblin Persist	3–2	60.0
Dirty Kitty	14–6	70.0
Aggro-Control	69–93	42.6
Izzet Tempo	14–17	45.2
Azorius Skies	1–1	50.0
Blue Madness	2–1	66.7
Simic Madness	2–0	100.0
Wizards	5–9	35.7
Ninjas	17–18	48.6
Mono Blue Tempo	8–28	22.2
Mono Blue Faeries	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Librarians	4–17	19.0
Izzet Spells	8–14	36.4
Dimir Tempo	2–1	66.7
Ensoul Aggro-Control	9–1	90.0
Combo-Control	171–157	52.1
Curses	1–5	16.7
Cruel Combo-Control	3–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	34–13	72.3
Pickles	1–1	50.0
Mindcrank	17–16	51.5
Displace Loop	2–1	66.7
Familiars	2–1	66.7
Hedron Alignment	0–1	0.0
Lich's Mastery	0–4	0.0
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	2–4	33.3
Solar Flare	5–1	83.3
Plasma Swans	1–1	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	97–105	48.0
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	96–105	47.8
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	14–16	46.7
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	40–52	43.5
Temur Jokulhaups Control	4–0	100.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	21–20	51.2
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	6–8	42.9
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	8–6	57.1
Resurgent Belief	7–5	58.3
Midrange	328–312	51.3
Temur Ascendancy	3–3	50.0
The Rock	5–1	83.3
Grenzo	2–2	50.0
Abzan Midrange	23–17	57.5
Selesnya Midrange	5–2	71.4
Jund	15–7	68.2
Blink	23–19	54.8
Orzhov Blink	8–11	42.1
Graveyard Value	5–1	83.3
Séance	2–0	100.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Allies	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
Azorius Allies	1–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	19–3	86.4
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	11–10	52.4
Mono Black Vampires	10–10	50.0
Orzhov Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	7–3	70.0
Boros Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	5–3	62.5
Selesnya Legends	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	16–18	47.1
Naya Midrange	4–2	66.7
Big Red	3–2	60.0
Mono Black Midrange	15–17	46.9
Mono Black Devotion	3–3	50.0
Dimir Midrange	0–2	0.0
Angels	7–14	33.3
Orzhov Angels	7–14	33.3
Toughness Matters	5–1	83.3
Lifegain Midrange	6–10	37.5
Martyr's Grace	6–10	37.5
Mutate	4–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	2–0	100.0
Fight Rigging	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	16–48	25.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	2–1	66.7
Zur the Enchanter	1–1	50.0
Mythic Colossification	0–1	0.0
Party	3–2	60.0
Hero of Precinct One	45–70	39.1
Mardu Hero	5–1	83.3
Five Color Hero	38–66	36.5
Naya Hero	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Hero	1–0	100.0
Clerics	31–21	59.6
Artifact Midrange	5–3	62.5
Coinflips	5–9	35.7
Game Objects	14–9	60.9
Ramp	136–125	52.1
Cloudpost Ramp	116–103	53.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	2–2	50.0
Greenpost	110–91	54.7
Gruul Post	2–3	40.0
Simic Post	2–5	28.6
Carth Superfriends	4–4	50.0