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 1 week, 2 days.

The Penny Dreadful 500 is on Nov 16th with free entry and $500 in prizes!

Seasons Past Control

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	36165	57852–63704–43	47.6	269	2496	1327
Seasons Past Control	445	738–877	45.7	0	16	8

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	152–198	43.4
Mono Black Aggro	4–7	36.4
Heroic	8–16	33.3
Mono White Heroic	5–7	41.7
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–5	16.7
Boros Heroic	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Heroic	0–3	0.0
Red Deck Wins	11–37	22.9
Goblins	7–9	43.8
Tokens	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono White Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	8–13	38.1
White Weenie	17–14	54.8
Soldiers	4–2	66.7
Kithkin	1–1	50.0
Mono White Humans	0–2	0.0
Elves	19–7	73.1
Werewolves	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–3	25.0
Zombies	5–4	55.6
Gruul Aggro	4–3	57.1
Gruul Landfall	1–2	33.3
Merfolk	1–3	25.0
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	14–32	30.4
Affinity	3–9	25.0
Hardened Scales Affinity	2–2	50.0
Salvage Titan	0–4	0.0
Tempered Steel	5–14	26.3
Mono Blue Architect	3–3	50.0
Mono Blue Aggro	2–0	100.0
Illusions	1–0	100.0
Devastating Dreams	1–0	100.0
Madness	9–6	60.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	8–5	61.5
Voltron	6–2	75.0
Hexproof	1–1	50.0
Equipment Aggro	3–1	75.0
Hateful Auras	2–0	100.0
Slivers	2–2	50.0
Knights	3–6	33.3
AggroSlide	2–5	28.6
Cats	4–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	4–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–4	0.0
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Humans	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Humans	1–0	100.0
Boros Humans	0–2	0.0
Shamans	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Eldrazi	0–1	0.0
Legends Aggro	14–8	63.6
Boros Legends Aggro	11–7	61.1
Selesnya Legends Aggro	2–1	66.7
Pirates	0–3	0.0
Rats	2–2	50.0
Combo	130–185	41.3
Storm	19–58	24.7
Dimir Tendrils	2–18	10.0
Dark Tide	0–1	0.0
Dragonstorm	3–3	50.0
Hazoret Storm	2–1	66.7
Simic Storm	0–2	0.0
Citadel Storm	3–5	37.5
High Tide	2–19	9.5
Grixis Tendrils	2–1	66.7
Izzet Storm	3–5	37.5
Song Storm	1–1	50.0
Channel Storm	0–2	0.0
Reanimator	21–23	47.7
Recurring Nightmare	4–7	36.4
Dragon Nightmare	3–2	60.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–1	50.0
Starlit Graves	2–0	100.0
Living Death	3–3	50.0
Excruciator Combo	3–3	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	9–12	42.9
Rakdos Reanimator	2–8	20.0
Mono Black Reanimator	2–4	33.3
Oriss Genesis	1–3	25.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	3–3	50.0
Warp World	2–8	20.0
Temur Glimpse	1–0	100.0
Boros Glimpse	0–6	0.0
Four Color Glimpse	0–2	0.0
Maniac Combo	2–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	2–3	40.0
New Perspectives	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–3	40.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–2	50.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	4–2	66.7
Anvil Colossus	1–2	33.3
Upheaval Colossus	1–0	100.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	5–4	55.6
Taking Turns	2–1	66.7
Izzet Ascension	1–2	33.3
Soulflayer	4–2	66.7
Breakfast	13–16	44.8
Oops All Spells	13–15	46.4
Unctus	0–1	0.0
Oops All Lands	1–1	50.0
Dredge	3–4	42.9
Insidious Roots Dredge	0–1	0.0
Dice Factory	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	1–1	50.0
Enduring Ideal	2–2	50.0
Chain of Acid	4–3	57.1
GreenTwin	2–1	66.7
Tibalt's Trickery	4–1	80.0
Intruder Alarm	1–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	3–1	75.0
Restore Balance	4–7	36.4
Gyruda	6–9	40.0
Belcher	1–2	33.3
Tameshi Bloom	0–2	0.0
Possibility Storm	2–3	40.0
Midnight Mass	5–11	31.3
Phoenix Altar	0–1	0.0
Actual Twin	0–1	0.0
Izzet Twin	0–1	0.0
Nadu Combo	1–1	50.0
Primal Prayers Combo	0–1	0.0
Control	114–126	47.5
Mono Black Control	1–2	33.3
Esper Control	9–14	39.1
Demonic Rising	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	0–2	0.0
Dimir Control	11–10	52.4
Azorius Control	16–31	34.0
Cawblade	0–1	0.0
Turbo Fog	2–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–3	25.0
Mill	2–2	50.0
Boros Control	4–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	11–12	47.8
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Blackpost	3–3	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–3	40.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	2–2	50.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	2–5	28.6
Cruel Control	1–1	50.0
Stax	7–9	43.8
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	0–5	0.0
Izzet Dragons	0–1	0.0
Esper Dragons	0–1	0.0
Runeflare	5–0	100.0
Ponza	1–3	25.0
Mono White Control	5–3	62.5
Life is Ez	2–2	50.0
Cycling Control	3–1	75.0
Astral Slide	2–0	100.0
Five Color Control	4–0	100.0
Last Stand Control	2–0	100.0
Sultai Control	2–2	50.0
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	1–1	50.0
Pox	2–7	22.2
Enchantments Control	1–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	9–9	50.0
Orzhov Control	2–3	40.0
Prison	7–1	87.5
Enchantress	4–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	41–50	45.1
Aristocrats	12–18	40.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–3	50.0
Golgari Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Abzan Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Food	4–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–10	0.0
Boros Bombardment	0–1	0.0
Burn	5–3	62.5
Necro Burn	0–2	0.0
Infect	14–10	58.3
Simic Infect	6–7	46.2
Blazing Shoal Infect	3–1	75.0
Golgari Infect	5–2	71.4
Turbo Myth	0–1	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–7	12.5
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–7	0.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	0–2	0.0
Hushnought	5–5	50.0
Liquimetal Fishing	3–1	75.0
Combo Goblins	0–3	0.0
Goblin Persist	0–1	0.0
Dirty Kitty	0–2	0.0
Aggro-Control	48–59	44.9
Simic Flash	1–2	33.3
Izzet Tempo	17–12	58.6
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	2–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	3–2	60.0
Mono Blue Tempo	9–9	50.0
Mono Blue Librarians	4–1	80.0
Izzet Spells	5–9	35.7
Dimir Tempo	7–13	35.0
Dimir Faeries	3–6	33.3
Azorius Tempo	1–1	50.0
Combo-Control	41–52	44.1
Curses	2–1	66.7
Burning Vengeance	1–0	100.0
Cruel Combo-Control	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	6–5	54.5
Pickles	0–1	0.0
Mindcrank	3–5	37.5
Displace Loop	1–1	50.0
Familiars	1–1	50.0
Yosei Vat	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	2–5	28.6
Zur's Weirding	4–2	66.7
Solar Flare	1–3	25.0
Plasma Swans	1–1	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	15–25	37.5
Wildfire	3–3	50.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Jokulhaups Control	12–22	35.3
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	4–7	36.4
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	6–6	50.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	1–2	33.3
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–2	33.3
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	0–3	0.0
Resurgent Belief	3–2	60.0
Greasefang	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Greasefang	0–1	0.0
Midrange	178–170	51.1
Temur Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
The Rock	8–6	57.1
Golgari Citadel	2–0	100.0
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	3–4	42.9
Selesnya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Value Town	0–1	0.0
Jund	8–7	53.3
Blink	16–43	27.1
Wave Blink	6–17	26.1
Cloudpost Wave Blink	1–4	20.0
Azorius Wave	1–7	12.5
Orzhov Wave	4–2	66.7
Abzan Wave	0–1	0.0
Bant Wave	0–3	0.0
Orzhov Blink	6–10	37.5
Graveyard Value	9–7	56.3
Séance	2–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	4–0	100.0
Allies	4–2	66.7
Orzhov Allies	0–1	0.0
Mardu Allies	1–0	100.0
Boros Allies	2–0	100.0
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	2–1	66.7
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Vampires	6–2	75.0
Mono Black Vampires	4–2	66.7
Orzhov Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	15–6	71.4
Boros Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mardu Legends	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	3–4	42.9
Selesnya Legends	3–0	100.0
Elementals	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	5–10	33.3
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	2–3	40.0
Mono Black Midrange	15–18	45.5
Necro Midrange	4–2	66.7
Mono Black Devotion	6–6	50.0
Davriel Braids	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	5–4	55.6
Angels	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Angels	0–1	0.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	8–2	80.0
Martyr's Grace	0–1	0.0
Adventures	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	4–4	50.0
Sultai Emerge	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–5	28.6
Orzhov Capenna	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–1	50.0
Ordealbreak	3–1	75.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	3–1	75.0
Fires of Invention	5–9	35.7
Hero of Precinct One	11–2	84.6
Mardu Hero	4–1	80.0
Orzhov Hero	1–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	2–1	66.7
Naya Hero	3–0	100.0
Simic Snow	3–7	30.0
Artifact Midrange	9–8	52.9
Coinflips	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	2–5	28.6
Nissa Company	1–0	100.0
Illness in the Ranks	1–0	100.0
Game Objects	4–0	100.0
Wight Midrange	2–2	50.0
Golgari Wight	1–1	50.0
Jund Wight	0–1	0.0
Ramp	32–36	47.1
Rofellos Ramp	7–5	58.3
Cloudpost Ramp	9–18	33.3
Eldrazipost	2–0	100.0
Greenpost	4–7	36.4
Gruul Post	1–1	50.0
Simic Post	2–7	22.2
Domain	2–0	100.0
Defenders	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	4–2	66.7
Jund Carth	1–0	100.0
Applejacks	0–3	0.0
Field Ramp	1–1	50.0
Unclassified	2–1	66.7