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.

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 12 weeks, 2 days.

The Season Kick Off is on Nov 30th with free entry and over 100 tix in prizes to 32nd place!

Orzhov Hero

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	41628	68323–73351–34	48.2	357	3096	1596
Hero of Precinct One	1366	2378–2355–1	50.2	9	93	57
Orzhov Hero	208	414–355	53.8	3	18	10

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	75–77	49.3
Mono Black Aggro	4–4	50.0
Heroic	5–5	50.0
Mono White Heroic	1–2	33.3
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	3–1	75.0
Boros Heroic	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	17–13	56.7
Goblins	3–3	50.0
Tokens	2–3	40.0
Selesnya Tokens	2–1	66.7
Mono White Tokens	0–2	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–2	50.0
White Weenie	5–3	62.5
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–1	50.0
Elves	8–5	61.5
Werewolves	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	4–3	57.1
Selesnya Counters	3–1	75.0
Rogues	0–1	0.0
Zombies	1–3	25.0
Mono Red Swarm	3–2	60.0
8 Whack	2–2	50.0
Artifact Aggro	3–7	30.0
Affinity	2–6	25.0
Boros Vehicles	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	0–1	0.0
Madness	1–1	50.0
Jund Madness	1–1	50.0
Voltron	3–2	60.0
Hexproof	3–2	60.0
Slivers	1–1	50.0
Naya Zoo	0–1	0.0
Knights	4–1	80.0
AggroSlide	4–10	28.6
Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–2	33.3
Boros Aggro	2–1	66.7
Shamans	1–0	100.0
Legends Aggro	0–1	0.0
Boros Legends Aggro	0–1	0.0
Combo	72–42	63.2
Storm	8–1	88.9
Hazoret Storm	1–0	100.0
Simic Storm	0–1	0.0
High Tide	2–0	100.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	2–0	100.0
Swath Storm	2–0	100.0
Reanimator	3–9	25.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–1	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	2–8	20.0
Dimir Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	2–6	25.0
Orzhov Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Oriss Genesis	0–2	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–3	25.0
Maniac Combo	2–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	5–2	71.4
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–1	66.7
Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Naya Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	8–3	72.7
Anvil Colossus	5–1	83.3
Upheaval Colossus	2–2	50.0
Eggs	2–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–0	100.0
Retraction Helix Combo	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	8–4	66.7
Jokulhaups Combo	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	0–2	0.0
Breakfast	19–7	73.1
Hermit Dredge	1–0	100.0
Oops All Spells	13–2	86.7
Neoform Hermit	4–5	44.4
Dredge	2–0	100.0
Polymorph	0–1	0.0
Enduring Ideal	2–4	33.3
Ad Nauseam	1–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	1–0	100.0
Stuffy Doll	0–2	0.0
Belcher	1–0	100.0
Tameshi Bloom	1–1	50.0
Possibility Storm	0–1	0.0
Control	74–61	54.8
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	6–4	60.0
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	6–3	66.7
Azorius Control	20–16	55.6
Cawblade	7–6	53.8
Turbo Fog	3–1	75.0
Izzet Control	2–0	100.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Boros Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	8–8	50.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	2–3	40.0
Blackpost	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	3–0	100.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	2–3	40.0
Grixis Control	7–5	58.3
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	2–0	100.0
Dragon Control	1–2	33.3
Izzet Dragons	1–2	33.3
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Ponza	4–8	33.3
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	0–2	0.0
Astral Slide	0–2	0.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Last Stand Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	0–3	0.0
Sultai Ultimatum	0–3	0.0
Bant Control	3–1	75.0
Pox	1–3	25.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–1	0.0
Seasons Past Control	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	2–0	100.0
Prison	1–1	50.0
Enchantress	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	42–34	55.3
Aristocrats	6–4	60.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–3	50.0
Mardu Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Boros Bombardment	1–0	100.0
Burn	9–5	64.3
Infect	5–11	31.3
Simic Infect	5–1	83.3
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–5	0.0
Golgari Infect	0–5	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	7–0	100.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	3–0	100.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	2–0	100.0
Hushnought	10–6	62.5
Liquimetal Fishing	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	2–8	20.0
Goblin Persist	2–7	22.2
Dirty Kitty	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	37–18	67.3
Izzet Tempo	9–4	69.2
Azorius Skies	1–1	50.0
Blue Madness	1–1	50.0
Simic Madness	1–1	50.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	4–4	50.0
Mono Blue Faeries	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Librarians	0–1	0.0
Dimir Tempo	12–1	92.3
Sultai Tempo	1–1	50.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	1–6	14.3
Combo-Control	17–20	45.9
Burning Vengeance	1–0	100.0
Cruel Combo-Control	0–1	0.0
Battle of Wits	2–0	100.0
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	3–3	50.0
Hive Mind	2–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	2–1	66.7
Mass Land Destruction	5–15	25.0
Wildfire	1–4	20.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–3	25.0
Jokulhaups Control	4–11	26.7
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	3–7	30.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
Midrange	81–91	47.1
The Rock	2–6	25.0
Abzan Midrange	5–9	35.7
Jund	3–0	100.0
Blink	7–8	46.7
Wave Blink	4–5	44.4
Esper Wave	1–0	100.0
Azorius Wave	2–4	33.3
Abzan Wave	1–0	100.0
Bant Wave	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	8–2	80.0
Varolz Dreadnought	4–1	80.0
Enchantments Matter	1–1	50.0
Allies	0–2	0.0
Mono White Allies	0–1	0.0
Azorius Allies	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–1	50.0
Vampires	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	2–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Legends	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Legends	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–13	18.8
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	5–1	83.3
Mono Black Midrange	2–5	28.6
Mono Black Devotion	2–4	33.3
Hellion Whip	1–1	50.0
Dimir Midrange	1–4	20.0
Toughness Matters	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	4–5	44.4
Sultai Energy	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	4–6	40.0
Jeskai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Ordealbreak	1–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–0	100.0
Neoform	0–1	0.0
Sultai Neoform	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	9–6	60.0
Hero of Precinct One	9–8	52.9
Abzan Hero	1–0	100.0
Mardu Hero	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Hero	7–7	50.0
Gruul Obosh	1–2	33.3
Clerics	0–1	0.0
Coinflips	1–0	100.0
Illness in the Ranks	1–0	100.0
Game Objects	5–2	71.4
Ramp	16–12	57.1
Rofellos Ramp	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	10–10	50.0
Greenpost	8–6	57.1
Gruul Post	1–2	33.3
Simic Post	0–2	0.0
Domain	1–0	100.0
Defenders	0–1	0.0
Carth Superfriends	1–0	100.0