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.

How do I get started with Magic Online?

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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.

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 2 weeks, 2 days.

Cephalid Breakfast

Tournaments Only
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1. All
2. 35
3. 34
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	37163	62153–63378–18	49.5	427	2764	1682
Breakfast	3020	6562–4495–1	59.3	86	457	217
Cephalid Breakfast	410	915–635–1	59.0	17	99	23
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	315	713–490–1	59.3	7	58	21
Grixis Breakfast	69	158–102	60.8	8	35	1

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	281–177	61.4
Mono Black Aggro	27–35	43.5
Heroic	11–7	61.1
Mono White Heroic	5–4	55.6
Azorius Heroic	1–1	50.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	41–45	47.7
Mono Red Devotion	1–1	50.0
Goblins	12–4	75.0
Tokens	5–1	83.3
Selesnya Tokens	4–1	80.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–0	100.0
White Weenie	41–15	73.2
Odric Keywords	5–1	83.3
Soldiers	7–1	87.5
Chroma White	5–2	71.4
Elves	10–0	100.0
Minotaurs	3–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	2–0	100.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	6–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	2–0	100.0
Merfolk	2–1	66.7
Artifact Aggro	81–53	60.4
Affinity	2–2	50.0
Boros Vehicles	1–1	50.0
Tempered Steel	78–50	60.9
Mono Blue Aggro	1–1	50.0
Illusions	1–0	100.0
Madness	2–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	14–5	73.7
Equipment Aggro	11–4	73.3
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	4–3	57.1
Rakdos Hellbent	4–3	57.1
Boros Aggro	4–2	66.7
Humans	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Shamans	0–2	0.0
Combo	146–108	57.5
Storm	17–1	94.4
Dimir Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Hazoret Storm	2–0	100.0
Simic Storm	4–0	100.0
Stormpost	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Post Desire	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	2–0	100.0
Reanimator	2–5	28.6
Recurring Nightmare	1–2	33.3
Dragon Nightmare	1–1	50.0
Jund Nightmare	0–1	0.0
Worldgorger Dragon	0–1	0.0
Living Death	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	9–6	60.0
Hypergenesis	1–4	20.0
New Perspectives	12–2	85.7
Metalwork Colossus	15–6	71.4
Eggs	3–2	60.0
Breakfast	76–76	50.0
Cephalid Breakfast	76–76	50.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	58–55	51.3
Grixis Breakfast	13–14	48.1
Oops All Lands	0–1	0.0
Control	156–101	60.7
Mono Black Control	5–1	83.3
Esper Control	3–7	30.0
Demonic Rising	13–6	68.4
Paradox Haze Lock	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	4–0	100.0
Dimir Control	3–6	33.3
Dreadful Inspiration	0–1	0.0
Azorius Control	4–3	57.1
Cawblade	3–1	75.0
Turbo Fog	4–5	44.4
Izzet Control	2–1	66.7
Mardu Control	8–4	66.7
Mill	4–1	80.0
Cloudpost Control	5–4	55.6
Azorius Cloudpost Control	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–2	50.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	15–7	68.2
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	5–5	50.0
Birthday Stax	2–0	100.0
Stagnant Control	4–3	57.1
Jeskai Control	7–5	58.3
Dragon Control	0–1	0.0
Galleon Control	2–2	50.0
Runeflare	7–3	70.0
Mono White Control	10–7	58.8
Life is Ez	6–6	50.0
Dynavolt Tower	1–2	33.3
Cycling Control	8–2	80.0
Astral Slide	6–1	85.7
Five Color Control	1–2	33.3
Sultai Control	28–16	63.6
Guildgate Control	1–3	25.0
Bant Control	1–1	50.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	5–2	71.4
Aggro-Combo	45–33	57.7
Aristocrats	37–24	60.7
Mono Black Aristocrats	32–16	66.7
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Golgari Aristocrats	1–3	25.0
Abzan Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Burn	0–2	0.0
Infect	6–1	85.7
Golgari Infect	1–0	100.0
Pummeler	1–2	33.3
Hermit Humans	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Control	36–20–1	64.3
Izzet Tempo	9–8–1	52.9
Azorius Skies	9–2	81.8
Blue Madness	3–2	60.0
Simic Madness	3–2	60.0
Ninjas	2–3	40.0
Mono Blue Gush	4–4	50.0
Izzet Spells	1–1	50.0
Azorius Tempo	3–0	100.0
Combo-Control	42–43	49.4
Curses	16–27	37.2
Oketra's Monument	1–0	100.0
Azorius Oketra's Monument	1–0	100.0
Burning Vengeance	0–1	0.0
Cruel Combo-Control	1–1	50.0
Battle of Wits	5–1	83.3
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Displace Loop	0–1	0.0
Peregrine Drake	0–1	0.0
Lich's Mastery	7–10	41.2
Mass Land Destruction	10–2	83.3
Wildfire	10–2	83.3
Midrange	175–102	63.2
Temur Ascendancy	3–1	75.0
The Rock	13–6	68.4
Grenzo	2–2	50.0
Abzan Midrange	10–4	71.4
Jund	13–13	50.0
Blink	23–10	69.7
Wave Blink	7–8	46.7
Cloudpost Wave Blink	0–2	0.0
Azorius Wave	7–6	53.8
Acid Trip	7–1	87.5
Graveyard Value	9–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Allies	19–5	79.2
Orzhov Allies	4–2	66.7
Mardu Allies	4–2	66.7
Boros Allies	8–1	88.9
BRGW Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	2–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	4–2	66.7
Fake-Rack	2–1	66.7
Mardu Midrange	1–2	33.3
Yisan-Prophet	0–1	0.0
White Jund	13–5	72.2
Vampires	6–7	46.2
Mono Black Vampires	4–7	36.4
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	13–9	59.1
Boros Legends Midrange	1–1	50.0
Mardu Legends	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Legends	5–7	41.7
Elementals	2–4	33.3
Rakdos Midrange	1–4	20.0
Stoic Midrange	1–0	100.0
Card Advantage White	0–3	0.0
Big Red	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Midrange	6–8	42.9
Dimir Midrange	0–4	0.0
Temur Energy	2–1	66.7
Toughness Matters	5–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Clerics	0–1	0.0
Ramp	34–50	40.5
Rofellos Ramp	25–44	36.2
Channel-Rofellos	24–44	35.3
Cloudpost Ramp	1–2	33.3
Simic Post	1–0	100.0
Devoid Cruelty	0–1	0.0
Domain	1–0	100.0
Applejacks	2–0	100.0
Unclassified	0–1	0.0