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.

Browse Decklists from tournaments, leagues and elsewhere

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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.

To find the Penny Dreadful community join the Discord.
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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How do I enter a tournament?

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
Cloudpost Control	2666	4646–4638–5	50.0	18	194	123
Blackpost	224	375–454	45.2	1	9	8

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	91–101	47.4
Mono Black Aggro	5–2	71.4
Heroic	4–7	36.4
Mono White Heroic	1–4	20.0
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	18–21	46.2
Prisoner	2–0	100.0
Goblins	2–3	40.0
Tokens	5–4	55.6
Selesnya Tokens	3–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	0–4	0.0
Orzhov Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	5–7	41.7
White Weenie	6–11	35.3
Odric Keywords	0–1	0.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–1	0.0
Soldiers	1–2	33.3
Elves	7–6	53.8
Werewolves	3–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	6–0	100.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	4–4	50.0
Gruul Aggro	4–1	80.0
Gruul Landfall	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	2–4	33.3
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	4–13	23.5
Affinity	2–7	22.2
Tempered Steel	1–6	14.3
Devoid Aggro	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Madness	2–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	2–2	50.0
Hexproof	1–1	50.0
Boros Auras	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
Knights	2–3	40.0
AggroSlide	1–4	20.0
Cats	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Cats	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–2	33.3
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Humans	3–1	75.0
Bant Humans	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Humans	1–0	100.0
Boros Humans	1–0	100.0
Legends Aggro	0–2	0.0
Boros Legends Aggro	0–1	0.0
Bard Class	0–1	0.0
Combo	50–89	36.0
Storm	8–15	34.8
Dimir Tendrils	0–4	0.0
Dragonstorm	1–2	33.3
Hazoret Storm	1–0	100.0
Simic Storm	1–1	50.0
Citadel Storm	2–1	66.7
High Tide	1–1	50.0
Stormpost	0–2	0.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	1–2	33.3
Channel Storm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	16–26	38.1
Recurring Nightmare	6–8	42.9
Dragon Nightmare	3–2	60.0
Jund Nightmare	1–3	25.0
Four Color Powerful Magic	1–0	100.0
Worldgorger Dragon	3–1	75.0
Living Death	2–5	28.6
Excruciator Combo	1–2	33.3
Traditional Reanimator	5–12	29.4
Rakdos Reanimator	2–5	28.6
Mono Black Reanimator	2–7	22.2
Oriss Genesis	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	1–2	33.3
New Perspectives	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–3	25.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Umbral Mantle	0–1	0.0
Fake-Twin	1–4	20.0
Murderous Mastery	0–1	0.0
Naya Fake-Twin	1–1	50.0
Combo Post	1–2	33.3
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Eggs	1–2	33.3
Turntimber Ranger	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	0–1	0.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	2–2	50.0
Izzet Ascension	1–1	50.0
Ominous Good	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Combo	0–4	0.0
Soulflayer	1–3	25.0
Breakfast	0–5	0.0
Oops All Spells	0–5	0.0
Oops All Lands	1–3	25.0
Dredge	2–1	66.7
Enduring Ideal	0–1	0.0
Ad Nauseam	1–0	100.0
Tibalt's Trickery	1–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	2–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	0–1	0.0
Nadu Combo	0–4	0.0
Control	71–73	49.3
Mono Black Control	0–2	0.0
Esper Control	2–2	50.0
Demonic Rising	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	1–4	20.0
Azorius Control	5–7	41.7
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–1	50.0
Mardu Control	2–1	66.7
Mill	3–5	37.5
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	10–22	31.3
Azorius Cloudpost Control	3–4	42.9
Blackpost	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–8	0.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	2–4	33.3
Izzet Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	0–3	0.0
Grixis Control	3–2	60.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	3–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	8–5	61.5
Jeskai Approach	2–2	50.0
Runeflare	2–1	66.7
Ponza	4–5	44.4
Mono White Control	1–2	33.3
Life is Ez	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	7–1	87.5
Astral Slide	7–1	87.5
Five Color Control	2–2	50.0
Last Stand Control	1–2	33.3
Sultai Control	2–1	66.7
Sultai Ultimatum	0–1	0.0
Guildgate Control	0–2	0.0
Pox	0–2	0.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	4–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	3–3	50.0
Orzhov Control	3–2	60.0
Aggro-Combo	17–32	34.7
Aristocrats	12–14	46.2
Mono Black Aristocrats	6–6	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Abzan Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Mardu Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Food	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Burn	1–2	33.3
Infect	0–5	0.0
Simic Infect	0–3	0.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–2	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–2	33.3
Hushnought	1–2	33.3
Liquimetal Fishing	0–1	0.0
Combo Goblins	2–5	28.6
Goblin Persist	2–5	28.6
Aggro-Control	25–35	41.7
Simic Flash	2–3	40.0
Simic Vat	2–3	40.0
Izzet Tempo	6–6	50.0
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Blue Madness	1–1	50.0
Simic Madness	0–1	0.0
Temur Madness	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–1	50.0
Wizards	1–3	25.0
12 Pest	2–3	40.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–5	28.6
Izzet Spells	2–7	22.2
Dimir Tempo	6–2	75.0
Azorius Tempo	0–3	0.0
Combo-Control	14–19	42.4
Curses	1–1	50.0
Cruel Combo-Control	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	2–4	33.3
Displace Loop	1–1	50.0
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Yosei Vat	1–0	100.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	0–3	0.0
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Liliana's Contract	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	4–8	33.3
Wildfire	2–2	50.0
Jokulhaups Control	2–6	25.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	1–3	25.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Midrange	90–80	52.9
Temur Ascendancy	3–1	75.0
The Rock	4–2	66.7
Abzan Midrange	3–2	60.0
Jund	2–2	50.0
Blink	7–13	35.0
Wave Blink	4–10	28.6
Cloudpost Wave Blink	1–2	33.3
Azorius Wave	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Wave	0–2	0.0
Abzan Wave	1–3	25.0
Bant Wave	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Blink	1–1	50.0
Graveyard Value	5–7	41.7
Séance	1–2	33.3
Varolz Dreadnought	2–4	33.3
Allies	0–2	0.0
Mardu Allies	0–1	0.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	2–2	50.0
Mardu Midrange	1–4	20.0
Vampires	8–2	80.0
Mono Black Vampires	6–2	75.0
Orzhov Vampires	2–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	5–3	62.5
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	8–7	53.3
Mono Black Devotion	4–2	66.7
Davriel Braids	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	0–1	0.0
Temur Energy	2–1	66.7
Angels	0–1	0.0
Mono White Angels	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	4–1	80.0
Martyr's Grace	1–1	50.0
Mutate	1–1	50.0
Sultai Midrange	2–5	28.6
Sultai Emerge	2–3	40.0
Orzhov Midrange	3–6	33.3
Orzhov Capenna	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	0–2	0.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	0–2	0.0
Neoform	1–0	100.0
Sultai Neoform	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	1–1	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	3–6	33.3
Mardu Hero	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Hero	0–1	0.0
Five Color Hero	2–2	50.0
Naya Hero	0–1	0.0
Simic Snow	0–2	0.0
Artifact Midrange	5–0	100.0
Nissa Company	0–1	0.0
Game Objects	1–0	100.0
Laelia Cascade	0–1	0.0
Wight Midrange	0–2	0.0
Jund Wight	0–2	0.0
Ramp	17–25	40.5
Rofellos Ramp	4–7	36.4
Channel-Rofellos	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	7–15	31.8
Eldrazipost	2–2	50.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	2–8	20.0
Gruul Post	0–1	0.0
Simic Post	1–4	20.0
Domain	1–0	100.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	0–1	0.0
Carth Superfriends	1–1	50.0
Jund Carth	1–0	100.0
Applejacks	1–0	100.0