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?

Check out the guide to Magic Online.
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

View the full legal cards list
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 8 weeks, 3 days.

Cephalid Breakfast

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Combo	5807	12225–11273–18	52.0	433	2821
Breakfast	741	1851–1331–1	58.2	87	461
Cephalid Breakfast	129	316–232–1	57.7	17	99
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	81	191–159–1	54.6	7	58
Grixis Breakfast	40	104–61	63.0	8	35

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	122–76	61.6
Mono Black Aggro	13–17	43.3
Heroic	2–1	66.7
Mono White Heroic	2–1	66.7
Red Deck Wins	21–16	56.8
Mono Red Devotion	1–1	50.0
Goblins	4–1	80.0
Tokens	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Tokens	2–0	100.0
White Weenie	8–4	66.7
Odric Keywords	2–1	66.7
Soldiers	0–1	0.0
Elves	3–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	2–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	51–32	61.4
Tempered Steel	51–32	61.4
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Illusions	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	7–2	77.8
Equipment Aggro	7–2	77.8
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	57–46	55.3
Storm	1–1	50.0
Dimir Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	1–2	33.3
Recurring Nightmare	0–1	0.0
Jund Nightmare	0–1	0.0
Worldgorger Dragon	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	4–1	80.0
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
New Perspectives	3–1	75.0
Metalwork Colossus	6–2	75.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	38–38	50.0
Cephalid Breakfast	38–38	50.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	25–20	55.6
Grixis Breakfast	10–13	43.5
Oops All Lands	0–1	0.0
Control	56–40	58.3
Mono Black Control	1–1	50.0
Esper Control	1–0	100.0
Demonic Rising	5–2	71.4
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	0–3	0.0
Dreadful Inspiration	0–1	0.0
Azorius Control	1–0	100.0
Cawblade	1–0	100.0
Turbo Fog	0–1	0.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Control	7–3	70.0
Mill	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Azorius Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Grixis Control	7–3	70.0
Stax	0–1	0.0
Stagnant Control	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Control	1–1	50.0
Galleon Control	1–2	33.3
Dynavolt Tower	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	3–0	100.0
Astral Slide	2–0	100.0
Five Color Control	1–1	50.0
Sultai Control	19–13	59.4
Guildgate Control	1–2	33.3
Four Color Counter Ghazi	3–2	60.0
Aggro-Combo	8–8	50.0
Aristocrats	8–5	61.5
Mono Black Aristocrats	7–4	63.6
Golgari Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	13–2–1	86.7
Izzet Tempo	4–2–1	66.7
Azorius Skies	6–0	100.0
Combo-Control	16–17	48.5
Curses	7–10	41.2
Oketra's Monument	1–0	100.0
Azorius Oketra's Monument	1–0	100.0
Burning Vengeance	0–1	0.0
Cruel Combo-Control	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	0–1	0.0
Displace Loop	0–1	0.0
Peregrine Drake	0–1	0.0
Lich's Mastery	3–3	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	4–1	80.0
Wildfire	4–1	80.0
Midrange	37–27	57.8
Temur Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	3–1	75.0
Jund	2–2	50.0
Blink	2–0	100.0
Wave Blink	1–0	100.0
Azorius Wave	1–0	100.0
Acid Trip	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	3–0	100.0
Allies	5–4	55.6
Orzhov Allies	1–2	33.3
Mardu Allies	2–2	50.0
Boros Allies	2–0	100.0
Treefolk	1–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–1	50.0
White Jund	4–1	80.0
Vampires	3–1	75.0
Mono Black Vampires	3–1	75.0
Legends Midrange	4–8	33.3
Boros Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mardu Legends	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Legends	3–7	30.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–4	20.0
Ramp	7–16	30.4
Rofellos Ramp	4–14	22.2
Channel-Rofellos	4–14	22.2
Cloudpost Ramp	1–1	50.0
Simic Post	1–0	100.0
Devoid Cruelty	0–1	0.0