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.

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 8 weeks, 3 days.

Druid Cephalid Breakfast

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	37603	62853–64148–18	49.5	433	2821	1694
Breakfast	3037	6591–4516–1	59.3	87	461	217
Cephalid Breakfast	410	915–635–1	59.0	17	99	23
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	315	713–490–1	59.3	7	58	21

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	203–132	60.6
Mono Black Aggro	20–26	43.5
Heroic	9–6	60.0
Mono White Heroic	4–4	50.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	32–40	44.4
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	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	36–12	75.0
Odric Keywords	5–1	83.3
Soldiers	6–1	85.7
Chroma White	5–1	83.3
Elves	9–0	100.0
Minotaurs	3–0	100.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	6–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	2–1	66.7
Artifact Aggro	43–29	59.7
Affinity	2–1	66.7
Boros Vehicles	0–1	0.0
Tempered Steel	41–27	60.3
Mono Blue Aggro	0–1	0.0
Madness	2–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	7–4	63.6
Equipment Aggro	4–3	57.1
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	2–2	50.0
Rakdos Hellbent	2–2	50.0
Boros Aggro	2–1	66.7
Humans	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Shamans	0–2	0.0
Combo	115–84	57.8
Storm	15–1	93.8
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	2–4	33.3
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	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	9–5	64.3
Hypergenesis	1–4	20.0
New Perspectives	12–1	92.3
Metalwork Colossus	9–5	64.3
Eggs	3–2	60.0
Breakfast	55–58	48.7
Cephalid Breakfast	55–58	48.7
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	46–46	50.0
Grixis Breakfast	6–5	54.5
Oops All Lands	0–1	0.0
Control	124–81	60.5
Mono Black Control	4–1	80.0
Esper Control	3–4	42.9
Demonic Rising	11–4	73.3
Paradox Haze Lock	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	4–0	100.0
Dimir Control	3–5	37.5
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	7–4	63.6
Mill	2–1	66.7
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	13–7	65.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	4–3	57.1
Birthday Stax	1–0	100.0
Stagnant Control	4–3	57.1
Jeskai Control	6–5	54.5
Dragon Control	0–1	0.0
Runeflare	7–3	70.0
Mono White Control	8–6	57.1
Life is Ez	4–5	44.4
Dynavolt Tower	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	5–1	83.3
Astral Slide	4–1	80.0
Five Color Control	1–2	33.3
Sultai Control	16–11	59.3
Guildgate Control	1–2	33.3
Bant Control	1–1	50.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	5–1	83.3
Aggro-Combo	38–22	63.3
Aristocrats	32–15	68.1
Mono Black Aristocrats	28–9	75.7
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Golgari Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Abzan Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Burn	0–2	0.0
Infect	4–1	80.0
Golgari Infect	1–0	100.0
Pummeler	1–1	50.0
Hermit Humans	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Control	30–17–1	63.8
Izzet Tempo	5–6–1	45.5
Azorius Skies	8–1	88.9
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	2–0	100.0
Combo-Control	34–28	54.8
Curses	11–14	44.0
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	5–8	38.5
Mass Land Destruction	9–2	81.8
Wildfire	9–2	81.8
Midrange	140–76	64.8
Temur Ascendancy	2–1	66.7
The Rock	12–4	75.0
Grenzo	1–1	50.0
Abzan Midrange	7–2	77.8
Jund	12–10	54.5
Blink	14–6	70.0
Wave Blink	7–4	63.6
Azorius Wave	7–4	63.6
Acid Trip	3–1	75.0
Graveyard Value	9–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Allies	15–2	88.2
Orzhov Allies	2–1	66.7
Mardu Allies	3–0	100.0
Boros Allies	8–1	88.9
BRGW Allies	1–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	3–2	60.0
Fake-Rack	2–1	66.7
Mardu Midrange	1–2	33.3
White Jund	12–5	70.6
Vampires	5–7	41.7
Mono Black Vampires	3–7	30.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	7–3	70.0
Mardu Legends	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	0–3	0.0
Elementals	2–3	40.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–3	0.0
Stoic Midrange	1–0	100.0
Card Advantage White	0–3	0.0
Big Red	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Midrange	5–8	38.5
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	29–49	37.2
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
Applejacks	1–0	100.0
Unclassified	0–1	0.0