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 1 week, 2 days.

The Penny Dreadful 500 is on Nov 16th with free entry and $500 in prizes!

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	36165	57852–63704–43	47.6	269	2496	1327
Dynavolt Tower	268	397–506	44.0	1	11	6

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	96–151	38.9
Mono Black Aggro	7–3	70.0
Heroic	10–11	47.6
Mono White Heroic	6–8	42.9
Azorius Heroic	1–1	50.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–1	66.7
Boros Heroic	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	10–38	20.8
Mono Red Devotion	3–3	50.0
Proliferate Red	0–1	0.0
Goblins	5–10	33.3
Tokens	7–9	43.8
Selesnya Tokens	4–3	57.1
Mardu Tokens	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	3–4	42.9
White Weenie	8–9	47.1
Odric Keywords	3–1	75.0
Soldiers	0–2	0.0
Kithkin	1–0	100.0
Chroma White	0–1	0.0
Elves	2–6	25.0
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	4–3	57.1
Rogues	1–2	33.3
Zombies	7–17	29.2
Gruul Aggro	2–6	25.0
Merfolk	1–1	50.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	5–17	22.7
Affinity	1–4	20.0
Boros Vehicles	0–1	0.0
Salvage Titan	1–1	50.0
Tempered Steel	2–11	15.4
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Devoid Aggro	1–0	100.0
Devastating Dreams	1–0	100.0
Madness	4–2	66.7
Gruul Madness	2–2	50.0
Jund Madness	2–0	100.0
Voltron	8–1	88.9
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Boros Auras	2–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	2–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	0–1	0.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Aggro	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Hellbent	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	2–0	100.0
Humans	0–2	0.0
Gruul Humans	0–2	0.0
Combo	50–68	42.4
Storm	9–12	42.9
Dimir Tendrils	1–1	50.0
Dragonstorm	1–3	25.0
Hazoret Storm	1–1	50.0
Simic Storm	0–3	0.0
Grixis Tendrils	2–1	66.7
Stormpost	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Post Desire	1–1	50.0
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Channel Storm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	4–11	26.7
Worldgorger Dragon	1–4	20.0
8 Goyf	1–2	33.3
Living Death	2–0	100.0
Grozoth	0–2	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	0–3	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	0–3	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	3–2	60.0
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	0–2	0.0
New Perspectives	0–3	0.0
Monumental Ignus	3–2	60.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	3–7	30.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–3	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Umbral Mantle	2–3	40.0
Fake-Twin	3–3	50.0
Murderous Mastery	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Fake-Twin	0–1	0.0
Naya Fake-Twin	0–1	0.0
Combo Post	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–5	0.0
Upheaval Colossus	0–5	0.0
Eye of the Storm	1–0	100.0
Eggs	3–3	50.0
Saffi Combo	2–0	100.0
Retraction Helix Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	0–2	0.0
Reanim8 Rack	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	3–1	75.0
Cephalid Breakfast	2–1	66.7
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Grixis Breakfast	1–1	50.0
Neoform Hermit	1–0	100.0
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	0–2	0.0
Restore Balance	0–1	0.0
Gyruda	0–1	0.0
Nadu Combo	0–1	0.0
Control	98–107	47.8
Mono Black Control	6–3	66.7
Esper Control	2–5	28.6
Demonic Rising	3–3	50.0
Dimir Control	5–6	45.5
Azorius Control	12–16	42.9
Turbo Fog	2–3	40.0
Izzet Control	4–2	66.7
Mardu Control	3–2	60.0
Mill	2–1	66.7
Boros Control	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Control	4–7	36.4
Azorius Cloudpost Control	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–3	25.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	0–3	0.0
Grixis Control	4–6	40.0
Cruel Control	2–2	50.0
Stax	8–13	38.1
Pollute the Planet	5–9	35.7
Birthday Stax	1–2	33.3
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	11–12	47.8
Dragon Control	2–3	40.0
Galleon Control	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	0–1	0.0
Ponza	1–4	20.0
Dynavolt Tower	5–5	50.0
Cycling Control	2–6	25.0
Astral Slide	1–4	20.0
Sultai Control	5–2	71.4
Bant Control	2–1	66.7
Pox	1–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	3–1	75.0
Prison	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	14–26	35.0
Aristocrats	6–17	26.1
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–3	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–7	30.0
Golgari Aristocrats	2–6	25.0
Mardu Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	3–3	50.0
Infect	4–3	57.1
Simic Infect	1–0	100.0
Pummeler	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	19–11	63.3
Izzet Tempo	9–5	64.3
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	1–2	33.3
Simic Madness	0–1	0.0
Lich Aggro-Control	0–2	0.0
Wizards	3–0	100.0
Tetsukotog	1–0	100.0
12 Pest	0–2	0.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	19–25	43.2
Curses	2–2	50.0
Cruel Combo-Control	0–3	0.0
Battle of Wits	3–1	75.0
Sunforger	1–1	50.0
Mindcrank	2–3	40.0
Displace Loop	5–5	50.0
Peregrine Drake	3–3	50.0
Familiars	2–1	66.7
Lich's Mastery	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	2–1	66.7
Mass Land Destruction	1–8	11.1
Wildfire	1–8	11.1
Borderpost Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Midrange	85–88	49.1
Temur Ascendancy	5–21	19.2
The Rock	5–3	62.5
Abzan Midrange	9–10	47.4
Knights of Windgrace	0–1	0.0
Jund	10–4	71.4
Blink	3–7	30.0
Wave Blink	0–5	0.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	0–3	0.0
Azorius Wave	0–2	0.0
Graveyard Value	3–2	60.0
Varolz Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Constellation	1–0	100.0
Allies	3–11	21.4
Orzhov Allies	0–2	0.0
Mardu Allies	0–2	0.0
Boros Allies	1–1	50.0
Mono White Allies	1–1	50.0
Esper Allies	1–2	33.3
BRGW Allies	0–1	0.0
Treefolk	0–2	0.0
-1/-1 Counters	4–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	0–3	0.0
White Jund	1–0	100.0
Vampires	4–3	57.1
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Vampires	1–1	50.0
Legends Midrange	2–1	66.7
Boros Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mardu Legends	1–1	50.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–1	0.0
Naya Midrange	2–4	33.3
Big Red	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Midrange	1–1	50.0
Hellion Whip	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	2–2	50.0
Sultai Emerge	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	7–2	77.8
Prophet Glare	0–1	0.0
Ordealbreak	1–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–0	100.0
Mythic Colossification	0–1	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	0–1	0.0
Illness in the Ranks	1–0	100.0
Ramp	16–30	34.8
Rofellos Ramp	3–13	18.8
Wild Pair	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	6–7	46.2
Locus Awakening	1–0	100.0
Golgari Post	2–3	40.0
Greenpost	1–4	20.0
Domain	1–1	50.0