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.

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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.

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
Midrange	41489	68106–73112–34	48.2	351	3078	1592
Blink	4600	9334–7101	56.8	120	559	339
Wave Blink	1763	3798–2608	59.3	54	243	140
Orzhov Wave	404	840–579	59.2	11	63	29

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	192–125	60.6
Mono Black Aggro	10–1	90.9
Heroic	11–7	61.1
Mono White Heroic	5–6	45.5
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	4–0	100.0
Selesnya Heroic	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	44–41	51.8
Proliferate Red	1–0	100.0
Goblins	7–4	63.6
Tokens	5–1	83.3
Mono White Tokens	5–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	19–4	82.6
White Weenie	11–8	57.9
Odric Keywords	1–0	100.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	2–1	66.7
Chroma White	1–0	100.0
Elves	6–10	37.5
Minotaurs	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Counters	2–1	66.7
Rogues	2–0	100.0
Zombies	7–9	43.8
Gruul Aggro	8–6	57.1
Merfolk	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Swarm	3–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	22–5	81.5
Affinity	6–1	85.7
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	13–4	76.5
Mono Blue Architect	2–0	100.0
Madness	4–3	57.1
Golgari Madness	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Jund Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	0–1	0.0
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
Knights	3–4	42.9
AggroSlide	6–13	31.6
Rakdos Aggro	4–1	80.0
Boros Aggro	6–2	75.0
Shamans	2–0	100.0
Legends Aggro	6–1	85.7
Boros Legends Aggro	4–1	80.0
Combo	154–104	59.7
Storm	24–16	60.0
Dimir Tendrils	3–1	75.0
Dragonstorm	4–2	66.7
Simic Storm	0–1	0.0
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	10–12	45.5
Grixis Tendrils	2–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	2–0	100.0
Reanimator	24–29	45.3
Recurring Nightmare	8–13	38.1
Dragon Nightmare	6–6	50.0
Worldgorger Dragon	8–10	44.4
Double Dragon	5–6	45.5
Traditional Reanimator	5–5	50.0
Rakdos Reanimator	2–3	40.0
Mono Black Reanimator	2–1	66.7
Grixis Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Oriss Genesis	0–2	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	4–4	50.0
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	2–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	16–11	59.3
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	5–1	83.3
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	11–10	52.4
Myr Incubator	0–2	0.0
Fake-Twin	4–3	57.1
Jeskai Fake-Twin	3–0	100.0
Naya Fake-Twin	0–3	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	2–0	100.0
Anvil Colossus	1–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	1–1	50.0
Eggs	2–1	66.7
Heartless Summoning Combo	4–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	3–3	50.0
Taking Turns	3–3	50.0
Izzet Ascension	6–3	66.7
Ominous Good	2–1	66.7
Jokulhaups Combo	4–0	100.0
Soulflayer	2–1	66.7
Breakfast	21–13	61.8
Hermit Gond	1–0	100.0
Hermit Dredge	2–0	100.0
Oops All Spells	15–12	55.6
Neoform Hermit	3–0	100.0
Oops All Lands	2–0	100.0
Dredge	2–1	66.7
Protean Hulk Combo	0–1	0.0
Storm Herald	1–1	50.0
Enduring Ideal	4–2	66.7
Ad Nauseam	2–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	1–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	0–2	0.0
Restore Balance	1–0	100.0
Gyruda	4–4	50.0
Tameshi Bloom	5–0	100.0
Possibility Storm	2–0	100.0
Control	126–98	56.3
Mono Black Control	4–1	80.0
Esper Control	9–5	64.3
Demonic Rising	0–2	0.0
Dimir Control	8–9	47.1
Azorius Control	14–11	56.0
Cawblade	0–1	0.0
Turbo Fog	2–0	100.0
Izzet Control	3–1	75.0
Mill	3–1	75.0
Cloudpost Control	9–13	40.9
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Blackpost	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	4–4	50.0
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	1–7	12.5
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	6–4	60.0
Cruel Control	2–0	100.0
Stax	12–4	75.0
Jeskai Control	4–2	66.7
Dragon Control	2–2	50.0
Izzet Dragons	0–1	0.0
Esper Dragons	1–1	50.0
Ponza	6–9	40.0
Mono White Control	5–2	71.4
Cycling Control	1–2	33.3
Astral Slide	0–1	0.0
Five Color Control	2–1	66.7
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–0	100.0
Last Stand Control	0–1	0.0
Sultai Control	5–5	50.0
Guildgate Control	2–1	66.7
Bant Control	0–3	0.0
Temur Reclamation	2–1	66.7
Pox	12–10	54.5
Seasons Past Control	2–4	33.3
Orzhov Control	5–3	62.5
Prison	6–2	75.0
Enchantress	5–2	71.4
Aggro-Combo	102–36	73.9
Aristocrats	7–8	46.7
Mono Black Aristocrats	3–2	60.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Aristocrats	2–3	40.0
Burn	9–3	75.0
Infect	27–2	93.1
Simic Infect	19–1	95.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	5–1	83.3
Golgari Infect	3–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	36–11	76.6
Izzet Dreadnought	4–0	100.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	31–10	75.6
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Chancellor of the Forge Combo	1–0	100.0
Hushnought	3–2	60.0
Liquimetal Fishing	2–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	15–10	60.0
Goblin Persist	2–2	50.0
Dirty Kitty	13–8	61.9
Aggro-Control	52–33	61.2
Simic Flash	0–1	0.0
Izzet Tempo	11–7	61.1
Azorius Skies	3–3	50.0
Blue Madness	5–3	62.5
Simic Madness	3–2	60.0
Grixis Madness	1–0	100.0
Wizards	4–1	80.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	19–11	63.3
Mono Blue Librarians	10–4	71.4
Izzet Spells	5–4	55.6
Dimir Tempo	2–3	40.0
Dimir Faeries	2–0	100.0
Combo-Control	34–37	47.9
Curses	1–0	100.0
Cruel Combo-Control	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	5–13	27.8
Shared Fate	1–0	100.0
Sunforger	1–0	100.0
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Displace Loop	1–0	100.0
Familiars	1–0	100.0
Yosei Vat	1–1	50.0
Hive Mind	4–3	57.1
Zur's Weirding	2–1	66.7
Solar Flare	2–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	5–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	9–18	33.3
Wildfire	2–10	16.7
Thryx-Wildfire	0–2	0.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–8	11.1
Jokulhaups Control	7–8	46.7
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	4–6	40.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	2–2	50.0
Resurgent Belief	0–1	0.0
Midrange	142–101	58.4
The Rock	2–0	100.0
Golgari Citadel	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	9–4	69.2
Selesnya Midrange	3–1	75.0
Selesnya Value Town	2–1	66.7
Jund	2–8	20.0
Blink	31–32	49.2
Wave Blink	29–30	49.2
Cloudpost Wave Blink	1–0	100.0
Azorius Wave	8–10	44.4
Orzhov Wave	16–16	50.0
Abzan Wave	3–2	60.0
Orzhov Blink	1–1	50.0
Anti-Persecution	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	6–7	46.2
Séance	1–0	100.0
Varolz Dreadnought	2–5	28.6
Enchantments Matter	0–1	0.0
Allies	5–5	50.0
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
Mardu Allies	1–1	50.0
Mono White Allies	2–2	50.0
Azorius Allies	1–1	50.0
Treefolk	0–1	0.0
Mardu Midrange	1–2	33.3
Leave // Chance Midrange	0–1	0.0
Vampires	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Vampires	2–1	66.7
Legends Midrange	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	10–2	83.3
Big Red	5–1	83.3
Mono Black Midrange	9–3	75.0
Mono Black Devotion	3–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	3–2	60.0
Angels	1–0	100.0
Mono White Angels	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	5–9	35.7
Martyr's Grace	4–9	30.8
Adventures	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	8–2	80.0
Orzhov Midrange	12–6	66.7
Jeskai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Prophet Glare	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Neoform	3–1	75.0
Temur Neoform	2–0	100.0
Sultai Neoform	1–1	50.0
Fires of Invention	2–2	50.0
Clerics	0–3	0.0
Artifact Midrange	3–0	100.0
Coinflips	2–0	100.0
Death Cloud	4–0	100.0
Illness in the Ranks	1–0	100.0
Ramp	38–45	45.8
Villainous Wealth	1–0	100.0
Rofellos Ramp	11–24	31.4
Cloudpost Ramp	19–15	55.9
Eldrazipost	1–0	100.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	2–0	100.0
Greenpost	14–12	53.8
Gruul Post	0–1	0.0
Simic Post	0–2	0.0
Eureka!	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	2–3	40.0
Jund Carth	1–0	100.0