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.

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 8 weeks, 3 days.

Boros Humans

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Aggro	12054	24557–23504–65	51.1	748	5832
Humans	192	393–384	50.6	14	107
Boros Humans	75	163–134	54.9	8	50

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	50–24	67.6
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	5–1	83.3
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	3–0	100.0
Selesnya Heroic	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	16–3	84.2
Goblins	2–2	50.0
White Weenie	3–4	42.9
Soldiers	2–2	50.0
Mono White Humans	0–2	0.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	2–1	66.7
Affinity	1–1	50.0
Hardened Scales Affinity	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Voltron	2–1	66.7
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
Hateful Auras	2–0	100.0
AggroSlide	2–3	40.0
Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	3–2	60.0
Boros Humans	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Humans	2–0	100.0
Mono Red Eldrazi	0–1	0.0
Legends Aggro	8–5	61.5
Boros Legends Aggro	7–5	58.3
Bard Class	1–0	100.0
Permanent Vacation	1–0	100.0
Pirates	2–0	100.0
Combo	32–24	57.1
Storm	3–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	2–0	100.0
Warp World	13–6	68.4
Temur Glimpse	5–1	83.3
Boros Glimpse	8–5	61.5
Hypergenesis	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	2–2	50.0
Anvil Colossus	1–2	33.3
Blazing Shoal Combo	2–3	40.0
Izzet Ascension	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Oops All Spells	1–0	100.0
Oops All Lands	1–4	20.0
Dredge	2–1	66.7
Insidious Roots Dredge	2–1	66.7
Dice Factory	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	3–2	60.0
Belcher	1–0	100.0
Midnight Mass	0–2	0.0
Actual Twin	0–2	0.0
Izzet Twin	0–2	0.0
Control	18–16	52.9
Esper Control	2–0	100.0
Demonic Rising	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Control	6–5	54.5
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–3	25.0
Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	2–1	66.7
Cruel Control	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Control	0–1	0.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Ponza	1–1	50.0
Seasons Past Control	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	2–1	66.7
Prison	0–1	0.0
Enchantress	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	11–5	68.8
Aristocrats	11–4	73.3
Golgari Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	9–4	69.2
Dwarf Combo	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	8–8	50.0
Izzet Tempo	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Librarians	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	0–1	0.0
Dimir Faeries	0–1	0.0
Azorius Tempo	0–2	0.0
Spirits	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Spirits	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	6–2	75.0
Battle of Wits	2–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–0	100.0
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Resurgent Belief	1–1	50.0
Greasefang	2–1	66.7
Esper Greasefang	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Greasefang	1–1	50.0
Midrange	36–54	40.0
The Rock	3–5	37.5
Abzan Midrange	1–2	33.3
Blink	12–22	35.3
Orzhov Blink	11–19	36.7
Enchantments Matter	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	1–0	100.0
Naya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	6–6	50.0
Necro Midrange	5–6	45.5
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Angels	0–1	0.0
Mono White Angels	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Fight Rigging	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	3–6	33.3
Ordealbreak	1–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	0–1	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	0–1	0.0
Five Color Hero	0–1	0.0
Clerics	2–3	40.0
Simic Snow	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	2–1	66.7
Boros Engineers	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	0–2	0.0
Illness in the Ranks	1–0	100.0
Game Objects	0–1	0.0
Ramp	2–1	66.7
Field Ramp	2–1	66.7