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.

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 12 weeks, 2 days.

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

Four Color Counter Ghazi

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	36323	58113–63941–43	47.6	270	2510	1337
Four Color Counter Ghazi	236	388–462	45.6	1	51	3

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	108–174	38.3
Mono Black Aggro	6–5	54.5
Heroic	11–4	73.3
Mono White Heroic	8–1	88.9
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	19–66	22.4
Mono Red Devotion	2–0	100.0
Prisoner	0–4	0.0
Proliferate Red	1–2	33.3
Goblins	7–2	77.8
Tokens	6–6	50.0
Selesnya Tokens	4–1	80.0
Mono White Tokens	2–2	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	3–4	42.9
White Weenie	7–10	41.2
Odric Keywords	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Kithkin	0–1	0.0
Elves	2–6	25.0
Minotaurs	1–0	100.0
Warriors	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	4–3	57.1
Rogues	0–2	0.0
Zombies	1–3	25.0
Gruul Aggro	5–2	71.4
Merfolk	2–4	33.3
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
8 Whack	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	13–36	26.5
Affinity	9–16	36.0
Hush-finity	0–1	0.0
Salvage Titan	0–1	0.0
Tempered Steel	3–17	15.0
Mono Blue Architect	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Aggro	0–1	0.0
Devastating Dreams	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–4	20.0
Gruul Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	0–3	0.0
Voltron	6–4	60.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	3–4	42.9
Naya Zoo	1–1	50.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	5–1	83.3
Cats	2–0	100.0
Mono White Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	2–4	33.3
Rakdos Hellbent	1–2	33.3
Humans	1–1	50.0
Gruul Humans	0–1	0.0
Combo	47–45	51.1
Storm	6–4	60.0
Dimir Tendrils	1–1	50.0
Hazoret Storm	3–0	100.0
High Tide	0–1	0.0
Grixis Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Swath Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	12–9	57.1
Recurring Nightmare	3–5	37.5
Dragon Nightmare	3–3	50.0
Worldgorger Dragon	0–1	0.0
Living Death	7–1	87.5
Traditional Reanimator	2–2	50.0
Mono Black Reanimator	2–2	50.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–5	16.7
Hypergenesis	2–0	100.0
New Perspectives	5–3	62.5
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Umbral Mantle	2–1	66.7
Combo Post	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	2–2	50.0
Anvil Colossus	1–0	100.0
Infinite Infinite Combos	0–1	0.0
Seismic Swans	0–1	0.0
Eye of the Storm	0–1	0.0
Eggs	1–3	25.0
Turntimber Ranger	1–0	100.0
Ominous Good	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	1–1	50.0
Breakfast	2–6	25.0
Cephalid Breakfast	2–5	28.6
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	1–5	16.7
Oops All Spells	0–1	0.0
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Dredge	2–3	40.0
Dice Factory	2–2	50.0
Enduring Ideal	2–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	0–1	0.0
Stuffy Doll	1–0	100.0
Control	82–60	57.7
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	4–8	33.3
Demonic Rising	4–1	80.0
Paradox Haze Lock	1–1	50.0
Dimir Control	8–1	88.9
Azorius Control	8–6	57.1
Cawblade	1–0	100.0
Turbo Fog	4–0	100.0
Izzet Control	2–0	100.0
Mardu Control	3–1	75.0
Mill	3–1	75.0
Cloudpost Control	9–18	33.3
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–6	14.3
Blackpost	0–4	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	3–2	60.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	1–3	25.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	2–2	50.0
Stax	0–2	0.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	11–2	84.6
Jeskai Approach	0–1	0.0
Runeflare	1–1	50.0
Ponza	2–2	50.0
Mono White Control	1–4	20.0
Life is Ez	1–1	50.0
Dynavolt Tower	1–3	25.0
Cycling Control	2–2	50.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	1–2	33.3
Shrines	0–1	0.0
Sultai Control	7–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	0–1	0.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	2–0	100.0
Enchantments Control	1–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Control	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	21–29	42.0
Aristocrats	8–13	38.1
Mono Black Aristocrats	4–4	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–3	25.0
Golgari Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Abzan Aristocrats	0–3	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	0–3	0.0
Infect	4–4	50.0
Simic Infect	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–3	25.0
Pummeler	3–3	50.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–2	0.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	2–2	50.0
Hushnought	3–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	1–2	33.3
Goblin Persist	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Control	26–31	45.6
Simic Flash	2–1	66.7
Simic Vat	2–1	66.7
Izzet Tempo	7–4	63.6
Blue Madness	4–2	66.7
Simic Madness	0–1	0.0
Temur Madness	2–1	66.7
Lich Aggro-Control	2–2	50.0
Temur Clues	1–0	100.0
Wizards	0–1	0.0
Tetsukotog	1–0	100.0
12 Pest	1–6	14.3
Mono Blue Tempo	3–4	42.9
Izzet Spells	0–3	0.0
Dimir Tempo	3–4	42.9
Combo-Control	19–26	42.2
Curses	6–4	60.0
Burning Vengeance	1–0	100.0
Cruel Combo-Control	2–3	40.0
Battle of Wits	3–1	75.0
Pickles	0–1	0.0
Mindcrank	0–4	0.0
Yosei Vat	0–1	0.0
Lich's Mastery	0–1	0.0
Zur's Weirding	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	1–1	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	5–8	38.5
Wildfire	5–7	41.7
Borderpost Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Midrange	72–86	45.6
Temur Ascendancy	5–7	41.7
The Rock	4–1	80.0
Grenzo	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	3–6	33.3
Selesnya Midrange	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Value Town	0–2	0.0
Jund	1–5	16.7
Blink	3–11	21.4
Wave Blink	3–5	37.5
Cloudpost Wave Blink	0–2	0.0
Azorius Wave	3–3	50.0
Acid Trip	0–1	0.0
Anti-Persecution	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	3–2	60.0
Séance	0–1	0.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Allies	5–7	41.7
Mardu Allies	1–4	20.0
Boros Allies	2–2	50.0
Esper Allies	1–1	50.0
BRGW Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	1–3	25.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–1	50.0
Vampires	7–5	58.3
Mono Black Vampires	4–3	57.1
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	2–2	50.0
Legends Midrange	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Legends	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Legends	1–1	50.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–4	33.3
Naya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Big Red	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Midrange	3–6	33.3
Mono Black Devotion	1–0	100.0
Heart of Darkness	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	2–1	66.7
Dimir Vat	0–1	0.0
Angels	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Angels	1–1	50.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–1	66.7
Sultai Midrange	0–2	0.0
Sultai Emerge	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	4–2	66.7
Jeskai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Party	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	3–1	75.0
Abzan Hero	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Hero	1–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	0–1	0.0
Simic Snow	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	0–1	0.0
Ramp	13–11	54.2
Villainous Wealth	0–2	0.0
Rofellos Ramp	2–3	40.0
Channel-Rofellos	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	9–4	69.2
Eldrazipost	1–0	100.0
Locus Awakening	1–2	33.3
Greenpost	3–1	75.0
Gruul Post	0–1	0.0
Simic Post	1–0	100.0
Domain	0–1	0.0
Carth Superfriends	1–0	100.0
Jund Carth	1–0	100.0