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.

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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.

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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 8 weeks, 3 days.

Protean Hulk Combo

Tournaments Only
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2. 36
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	37603	62853–64148–18	49.5	433	2821	1694
Protean Hulk Combo	91	124–177	41.2	0	4	3

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	32–43	42.7
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	3–5	37.5
Mono White Heroic	2–2	50.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–3	25.0
Red Deck Wins	2–10	16.7
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–2	0.0
White Weenie	3–1	75.0
Kithkin	1–0	100.0
Mono White Humans	0–1	0.0
Elves	2–4	33.3
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Zombies	3–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	0–2	0.0
Artifact Aggro	3–8	27.3
Affinity	1–8	11.1
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	1–0	100.0
Voltron	0–2	0.0
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
Hateful Auras	0–1	0.0
Knights	1–1	50.0
AggroSlide	2–4	33.3
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	2–0	100.0
Humans	0–1	0.0
Azorius Humans	0–1	0.0
Shamans	1–0	100.0
Legends Aggro	1–1	50.0
Boros Legends Aggro	1–1	50.0
Combo	18–40	31.0
Storm	5–17	22.7
Dimir Tendrils	0–8	0.0
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	2–6	25.0
Grixis Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Channel Storm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	4–8	33.3
Recurring Nightmare	1–0	100.0
Dragon Nightmare	1–0	100.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–5	16.7
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Dimir Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Oriss Genesis	1–0	100.0
Eggs	0–2	0.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	2–0	100.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	1–3	25.0
Ominous Good	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Combo	0–3	0.0
Breakfast	1–1	50.0
Oops All Spells	1–1	50.0
Dredge	2–2	50.0
Polymorph	0–1	0.0
Restore Balance	1–1	50.0
Possibility Storm	0–1	0.0
Control	23–23	50.0
Esper Control	2–0	100.0
Dimir Control	0–3	0.0
Azorius Control	1–2	33.3
Turbo Fog	2–0	100.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	5–2	71.4
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	1–0	100.0
Chandra Nalaar	0–1	0.0
Runeflare	0–1	0.0
Ponza	2–6	25.0
Mono White Control	0–2	0.0
Cycling Control	2–1	66.7
Astral Slide	2–1	66.7
Five Color Control	0–1	0.0
Shrines	0–1	0.0
Sultai Control	0–1	0.0
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	2–2	50.0
Prison	1–1	50.0
Enchantress	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	7–10	41.2
Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	2–2	50.0
Infect	1–2	33.3
Simic Infect	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–0	100.0
Pummeler	1–0	100.0
Hermit Humans	0–1	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Combo Goblins	2–2	50.0
Goblin Persist	2–0	100.0
Dirty Kitty	0–2	0.0
Aggro-Control	3–13	18.8
Izzet Tempo	1–5	16.7
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Wizards	0–1	0.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–4	0.0
Izzet Spells	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	3–5	37.5
Curses	1–1	50.0
Mindcrank	0–1	0.0
Zur's Weirding	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–2	33.3
Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Thryx-Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Midrange	25–31	44.6
Abzan Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	3–0	100.0
Wave Blink	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Wave	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Blink	1–0	100.0
Anti-Persecution	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	1–2	33.3
Séance	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	0–2	0.0
Mardu Midrange	2–4	33.3
Yisan-Prophet	1–0	100.0
Vampires	2–2	50.0
Mono Black Vampires	2–2	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–3	50.0
Big Red	1–3	25.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–5	28.6
Mono Black Devotion	1–1	50.0
Heart of Darkness	0–2	0.0
Toughness Matters	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–0	100.0
Martyr's Grace	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–1	66.7
Prophet Glare	0–2	0.0
Neoform	2–0	100.0
Sultai Neoform	1–0	100.0
Party	0–1	0.0
Simic Snow	0–1	0.0
Ramp	13–12	52.0
Rofellos Ramp	1–2	33.3
Cloudpost Ramp	7–10	41.2
Greenpost	7–10	41.2
Summer Bloom Ramp	1–0	100.0
Historic Bloom	1–0	100.0
Eureka!	1–0	100.0