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.

Red Deck Wins

Tournaments Only
All Time▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
7. 31
8. 30
9. 29
10. 28
11. 27
12. 26
13. 25
14. 24
15. 23
16. 22
17. 21
18. 20
19. 19
20. 18
21. 17
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24. 14
25. 13
26. 12
27. 11
28. 10
29. 9
30. 8
31. 7
32. 6
33. 5
34. 4
35. 3
36. 2
37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Aggro	12054	24557–23504–65	51.1	748	5832
Red Deck Wins	3093	6782–5872–29	53.6	214	1602
Mono Red Devotion	82	191–150–5	56.0	4	37
Prisoner	12	21–22	48.8	0	5
Proliferate Red	37	76–65	53.9	3	15

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	2169–2082–8	51.0
Mono Black Aggro	62–42–1	59.6
Heroic	142–202–1	41.3
Mono White Heroic	85–152–1	35.9
Azorius Heroic	9–10	47.4
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	28–19	59.6
Boros Heroic	11–14	44.0
Selesnya Heroic	5–5	50.0
Red Deck Wins	740–740–6	50.0
Mono Red Devotion	35–36	49.3
Prisoner	2–2	50.0
Proliferate Red	13–14	48.1
Goblins	68–53	56.2
Tokens	76–59	56.3
Selesnya Tokens	38–24	61.3
Mardu Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono White Tokens	25–28	47.2
Orzhov Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	50–65	43.5
White Weenie	160–138	53.7
Odric Keywords	15–3	83.3
Quest for the Holy Relic	14–10	58.3
Soldiers	21–27	43.8
Kithkin	1–1	50.0
Mono White Humans	8–3	72.7
Elves	91–54	62.8
Werewolves	5–1	83.3
Minotaurs	1–1	50.0
Warriors	4–2	66.7
Selesnya Little Kid	19–22	46.3
Selesnya Counters	1–2	33.3
Rogues	20–6	76.9
Zombies	74–134	35.6
Gruul Aggro	28–20	58.3
Merfolk	40–14	74.1
Mono Red Swarm	30–20	60.0
8 Whack	9–5	64.3
Artifact Aggro	174–163	51.6
Affinity	88–80	52.4
Hush-finity	0–1	0.0
Hardened Scales Affinity	5–9	35.7
Boros Vehicles	1–0	100.0
Salvage Titan	5–1	83.3
Tempered Steel	67–74	47.5
Mono Blue Architect	9–6	60.0
Devoid Aggro	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Aggro	9–3	75.0
Illusions	1–0	100.0
Devastating Dreams	7–14	33.3
Madness	15–10	60.0
Gruul Madness	2–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	2–2	50.0
Rakdos Madness	10–8	55.6
Jund Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	33–37	47.1
Hexproof	7–18	28.0
Equipment Aggro	15–10	60.0
Hateful Auras	4–4	50.0
Slivers	10–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	2–8	20.0
Knights	36–30	54.5
AggroSlide	164–146	52.9
Cats	13–13	50.0
Mono White Cats	3–2	60.0
Selesnya Cats	10–11	47.6
Rakdos Aggro	8–3	72.7
Boros Aggro	8–3	72.7
Humans	27–29	48.2
Gruul Humans	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	6–1	85.7
Bant Humans	3–0	100.0
Jeskai Humans	5–8	38.5
Boros Humans	3–16	15.8
Orzhov Humans	4–4	50.0
Azorius Humans	2–0	100.0
Shamans	4–2	66.7
Brushwaggs	2–0	100.0
Mono Red Eldrazi	1–2	33.3
Legends Aggro	23–32	41.8
Boros Legends Aggro	23–28	45.1
Selesnya Legends Aggro	0–2	0.0
Bard Class	0–1	0.0
Permanent Vacation	2–1	66.7
Pirates	1–2	33.3
Rats	2–2	50.0
Combo	925–903–2	50.6
Storm	211–159	57.0
Sultai Tendrils	1–1	50.0
Dimir Tendrils	69–44	61.1
Dragonstorm	20–13	60.6
Hazoret Storm	16–3	84.2
Simic Storm	6–2	75.0
Reclamation Storm	1–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	15–6	71.4
High Tide	30–49	38.0
Grixis Tendrils	4–0	100.0
Stormpost	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Post Desire	1–1	50.0
Izzet Storm	20–21	48.8
Swath Storm	1–1	50.0
Channel Storm	17–18	48.6
Reanimator	215–239–1	47.4
Recurring Nightmare	50–50	50.0
Dragon Nightmare	40–40	50.0
Jund Nightmare	1–1	50.0
Four Color Powerful Magic	5–1	83.3
Worldgorger Dragon	26–29	47.3
Double Dragon	5–5	50.0
Starlit Graves	2–3	40.0
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	0–1	0.0
8 Goyf	3–1	75.0
Living Death	12–14	46.2
Excruciator Combo	0–1	0.0
Grozoth	1–5	16.7
Traditional Reanimator	121–136–1	47.1
Rakdos Reanimator	19–24	44.2
Dimir Reanimator	13–13	50.0
Mono Black Reanimator	52–69	43.0
Grixis Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Reanimator	1–2	33.3
Oriss Genesis	6–2	75.0
Necro Combo	11–4–1	73.3
Faith Necro	7–2–1	77.8
Deathmantle Necro	1–2	33.3
Biovisionary	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	13–25	34.2
Mono Green Stormless Storm	4–1	80.0
Dubious Challenge	7–3	70.0
Warp World	15–23	39.5
Temur Glimpse	3–3	50.0
Boros Glimpse	11–18	37.9
Actual Warp World	1–0	100.0
Four Color Glimpse	0–2	0.0
Maniac Combo	12–3	80.0
Hypergenesis	24–58	29.3
Hyperwave	7–7	50.0
New Perspectives	20–3	87.0
Cat Wave	2–6	25.0
Acid Wave	1–3	25.0
Splendid Reclamation Combo	1–0	100.0
Monumental Ignus	3–3	50.0
Mardu Life	3–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	28–49	36.4
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	12–29	29.3
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	10–16	38.5
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–2	50.0
Myr Incubator	3–3	50.0
Umbral Mantle	10–6	62.5
Fake-Twin	20–5	80.0
Murderous Mastery	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Fake-Twin	7–5	58.3
Naya Fake-Twin	6–0	100.0
Combo Post	4–7	36.4
Metalwork Colossus	22–14	61.1
Anvil Colossus	7–7	50.0
Upheaval Colossus	8–3	72.7
Infinite Infinite Combos	3–3	50.0
Seismic Swans	3–6	33.3
Eye of the Storm	1–0	100.0
Eggs	10–23	30.3
Saffi Combo	1–0	100.0
Turntimber Ranger	2–1	66.7
Heartless Summoning Combo	4–1	80.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	1–1	50.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	7–8	46.7
Taking Turns	12–7	63.2
Quest for Ula's Temple	2–1	66.7
Izzet Ascension	25–19	56.8
Ominous Good	10–4	71.4
Jokulhaups Combo	10–3	76.9
Soulflayer	13–11	54.2
Reanim8 Rack	8–6	57.1
Breakfast	74–133	35.7
Cephalid Breakfast	16–21	43.2
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	14–15	48.3
Grixis Breakfast	2–5	28.6
Hermit Gond	1–4	20.0
Hermit Dredge	3–1	75.0
Oops All Spells	32–95	25.2
Neoform Hermit	19–10	65.5
Unctus	1–2	33.3
Oops All Lands	6–5	54.5
Dredge	18–20	47.4
Insidious Roots Dredge	4–1	80.0
Polymorph	1–2	33.3
Protean Hulk Combo	4–0	100.0
Dice Factory	2–0	100.0
Storm Herald	2–2	50.0
Enduring Ideal	11–6	64.7
Ad Nauseam	1–0	100.0
Chain of Acid	3–2	60.0
GreenTwin	4–1	80.0
Tibalt's Trickery	1–1	50.0
Calibrated Blast	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	11–8	57.9
Gyruda	3–0	100.0
Stuffy Doll	3–1	75.0
Belcher	2–2	50.0
Endless Belch	0–1	0.0
Tameshi Bloom	3–5	37.5
Possibility Storm	1–0	100.0
Phoenix Altar	0–1	0.0
Actual Twin	1–1	50.0
Izzet Twin	1–1	50.0
Nadu Combo	1–1	50.0
Amalia Combo	1–0	100.0
Control	1139–796–10	58.9
Mono Black Control	20–21–1	48.8
Esper Control	86–37	69.9
Demonic Rising	51–45–4	53.1
Mono Blue Control	12–14	46.2
Dimir Control	82–44–2	65.1
Watery Oath	4–1	80.0
Azorius Control	176–140	55.7
Adam's Ale	5–8	38.5
Cawblade	11–11	50.0
Turbo Fog	25–23	52.1
Izzet Control	27–21	56.3
Mardu Control	6–7–1	46.2
Mill	17–5	77.3
Boros Control	5–4	55.6
Cloudpost Control	91–70–1	56.5
Azorius Cloudpost Control	20–17–1	54.1
Blackpost	2–5	28.6
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	26–10	72.2
Dimir Cloudpost Control	11–10	52.4
Izzet Cloudpost Control	5–2	71.4
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	1–6	14.3
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	2–4	33.3
Mono White Cloudpost Control	16–11	59.3
Grixis Control	48–32–1	60.0
Cruel Control	24–12–1	66.7
Stax	32–26	55.2
Necro Stax	1–0	100.0
Pollute the Planet	6–9	40.0
Birthday Stax	0–4	0.0
Chandra Nalaar	11–6	64.7
Stagnant Control	3–1	75.0
Jeskai Control	50–53	48.5
Jeskai Approach	4–6	40.0
Dragon Control	27–23	54.0
Izzet Dragons	11–7	61.1
Esper Dragons	2–0	100.0
Grixis Dragons	2–0	100.0
Dimir Dragons	1–0	100.0
UBRG Dragons	2–6	25.0
Galleon Control	4–3	57.1
Runeflare	7–0	100.0
Ponza	46–26	63.9
Mono White Control	11–16	40.7
Life is Ez	2–1	66.7
Dynavolt Tower	8–1	88.9
Cycling Control	55–25	68.8
Astral Slide	48–24	66.7
Five Color Control	19–12	61.3
Shrines	1–0	100.0
Last Stand Control	4–4	50.0
Sultai Control	23–8	74.2
Sultai Ultimatum	4–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	40–51	44.0
Bant Control	13–6	68.4
Temur Reclamation	11–5	68.8
Pox	26–9	74.3
Enchantments Control	2–2	50.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	33–12	73.3
Seasons Past Control	5–2	71.4
Orzhov Control	23–32	41.8
Prison	13–11	54.2
Enchantress	9–11	45.0
Aggro-Combo	435–375–1	53.7
Aristocrats	152–163–1	48.3
Mono Black Aristocrats	33–53	38.4
Orzhov Aristocrats	28–35	44.4
Golgari Aristocrats	20–14–1	58.8
Abzan Aristocrats	11–6	64.7
Mardu Aristocrats	2–5	28.6
Food	11–8	57.9
Rakdos Aristocrats	40–36	52.6
Boros Bombardment	2–4	33.3
Burn	66–37	64.1
Infect	68–26	72.3
Simic Infect	26–12	68.4
Blazing Shoal Infect	9–1	90.0
Golgari Infect	7–10	41.2
Mono Black Infect	3–0	100.0
Turbo Myth	4–0	100.0
Pummeler	7–5	58.3
Hermit Humans	4–1	80.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	63–81	43.8
Izzet Dreadnought	7–4	63.6
Mono Blue Dreadnought	51–75	40.5
Izzet Blitzkrieg	12–4	75.0
Hushnought	30–25	54.5
Liquimetal Fishing	3–1	75.0
Combo Goblins	21–25	45.7
Goblin Persist	10–17	37.0
Dirty Kitty	11–8	57.9
Dwarf Combo	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	390–259	60.1
Simic Flash	13–16	44.8
Simic Vat	5–10	33.3
Izzet Tempo	101–60	62.7
Azorius Skies	13–4	76.5
Blue Madness	12–14	46.2
Simic Madness	3–7	30.0
Temur Madness	8–5	61.5
Grixis Madness	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	6–6	50.0
Temur Clues	7–1	87.5
Wizards	12–8	60.0
Tetsukotog	4–2	66.7
12 Pest	5–5	50.0
Ninjas	16–7	69.6
Mono Blue Gush	6–3	66.7
Mono Blue Tempo	73–49	59.8
Mono Blue Librarians	4–4	50.0
Izzet Spells	41–31	56.9
Dimir Tempo	34–13	72.3
Dimir Faeries	4–0	100.0
Dimir Librarians	3–0	100.0
Sultai Tempo	1–0	100.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	2–16	11.1
Azorius Tempo	13–12	52.0
Spirits	1–0	100.0
Azorius Spirits	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	378–236	61.6
Curses	10–11	47.6
Burning Vengeance	4–1	80.0
Cruel Combo-Control	45–39	53.6
Battle of Wits	30–10	75.0
Approach Necro	7–7	50.0
Shared Fate	1–2	33.3
Swarm Intelligence	5–1	83.3
Sunforger	0–3	0.0
Pickles	7–0	100.0
Mindcrank	26–23	53.1
Dragoncrank	0–1	0.0
Displace Loop	18–9	66.7
Peregrine Drake	7–4	63.6
Familiars	1–0	100.0
Hedron Alignment	9–2	81.8
Yosei Vat	8–6	57.1
Lich's Mastery	1–0	100.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	9–1	90.0
Hive Mind	13–11	54.2
Zur's Weirding	18–10	64.3
Solar Flare	15–15	50.0
Plasma Swans	9–12	42.9
Mass Land Destruction	122–68	64.2
Wildfire	51–29	63.8
Thryx-Wildfire	7–3	70.0
Borderpost Wildfire	12–6	66.7
Jokulhaups Control	71–39	64.5
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	31–16	66.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	12–8	60.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	15–5	75.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	4–3	57.1
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	3–2	60.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	5–4	55.6
Thopter-Sword	1–1	50.0
Azorius Thopter-Sword	0–1	0.0
Esper Thopter-Sword	1–0	100.0
Archfiend Alteration	0–1	0.0
Resurgent Belief	1–0	100.0
Greasefang	4–2	66.7
Orzhov Greasefang	3–2	60.0
Midrange	1032–1025–8	50.2
Temur Ascendancy	28–25	52.8
Prophet Ascendancy	2–0	100.0
The Rock	19–24	44.2
Golgari Citadel	0–2	0.0
Angels and Taxes	8–9–1	47.1
Grenzo	14–11–2	56.0
Abzan Midrange	43–38	53.1
Selesnya Midrange	9–11–1	45.0
Selesnya Value Town	6–4	60.0
Jund	43–35	55.1
Blink	117–180	39.4
Wave Blink	60–104	36.6
Cloudpost Wave Blink	11–8	57.9
Esper Wave	5–5	50.0
Azorius Wave	26–67	28.0
Orzhov Wave	14–17	45.2
Abzan Wave	1–3	25.0
Bant Wave	0–2	0.0
Acid Trip	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Blink	14–41	25.5
Anti-Persecution	1–2	33.3
Graveyard Value	36–22–1	62.1
Séance	2–2	50.0
Dimir Graves	1–0	100.0
Varolz Dreadnought	7–12	36.8
Enchantments Matter	5–4	55.6
Orzhov Enchantress	2–0	100.0
Constellation	1–1	50.0
Allies	55–40–1	57.9
Orzhov Allies	12–4–1	75.0
Mardu Allies	13–11	54.2
Boros Allies	2–3	40.0
Mono White Allies	5–8	38.5
Esper Allies	5–3	62.5
BRGW Allies	4–3	57.1
Azorius Allies	3–4	42.9
Treefolk	5–6	45.5
-1/-1 Counters	5–2	71.4
Fake-Rack	14–6	70.0
Selvala Morningstar	4–5	44.4
Mardu Midrange	22–9	71.0
Yisan-Prophet	4–4	50.0
White Jund	2–1	66.7
Vampires	36–34	51.4
Mono Black Vampires	24–26	48.0
Rakdos Vampires	4–4	50.0
Orzhov Vampires	4–2	66.7
Legends Midrange	23–13	63.9
Boros Legends Midrange	1–1	50.0
Mardu Legends	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Legends	8–6	57.1
Selesnya Legends	8–3	72.7
Elementals	9–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	61–61	50.0
Naya Midrange	3–5	37.5
Card Advantage White	0–2	0.0
Big Red	14–13	51.9
Mono Black Midrange	123–124–1	49.8
Necro Midrange	13–16	44.8
Mono Black Devotion	58–47	55.2
Davriel Braids	3–1	75.0
Heart of Darkness	3–6	33.3
Hellion Whip	1–7	12.5
Dimir Midrange	31–12	72.1
Temur Energy	4–1	80.0
Angels	11–37	22.9
Mono White Angels	1–10	9.1
Azorius Angels	2–5	28.6
Orzhov Angels	8–16	33.3
Toughness Matters	3–6	33.3
Lifegain Midrange	16–21–1	43.2
Martyr's Grace	10–16–1	38.5
Mutate	2–1	66.7
Sultai Midrange	25–8	75.8
Sultai Emerge	10–0	100.0
Sultai Energy	0–1	0.0
Fight Rigging	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	58–55	51.3
Orzhov Capenna	3–2	60.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–2	33.3
Prophet Glare	4–4	50.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	3–15	16.7
Zur the Enchanter	0–2	0.0
Ordealbreak	4–2	66.7
Enigmatic Incarnation	4–2	66.7
Mythic Colossification	3–5	37.5
Neoform	0–2	0.0
Temur Neoform	0–2	0.0
Party	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	10–9	52.6
Hero of Precinct One	34–43	44.2
Abzan Hero	3–5	37.5
Mardu Hero	1–2	33.3
Esper Hero	5–2	71.4
Orzhov Hero	6–8	42.9
Five Color Hero	12–13	48.0
Naya Hero	1–6	14.3
Jeskai Hero	1–0	100.0
Gruul Obosh	1–2	33.3
Clerics	8–9	47.1
Simic Snow	12–25	32.4
Artifact Midrange	17–17	50.0
Boros Engineers	0–1	0.0
Coinflips	3–0	100.0
Death Cloud	6–2	75.0
Nissa Company	3–3	50.0
Illness in the Ranks	2–1	66.7
Game Objects	3–0	100.0
Laelia Cascade	2–0	100.0
Wight Midrange	0–3	0.0
Jund Wight	0–1	0.0
Ramp	312–195	61.5
Villainous Wealth	3–0	100.0
Rofellos Ramp	143–103	58.1
Wild Pair	5–2	71.4
Channel-Rofellos	103–85	54.8
Cloudpost Ramp	86–60	58.9
Eldrazipost	9–1	90.0
Locus Awakening	3–0	100.0
Golgari Post	7–1	87.5
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	2–0	100.0
Greenpost	46–49	48.4
Gruul Post	7–6	53.8
Simic Post	3–1	75.0
Devoid Cruelty	13–6	68.4
Domain	3–6	33.3
Summer Bloom Ramp	4–0	100.0
Sarkhan's Unsealing Ramp	2–0	100.0
Applejacks	4–1	80.0
Field Ramp	6–2	75.0
Unclassified	2–1	66.7