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 7 weeks, 3 days.

Midrange

Tournaments Only
Season 33▾
1. All
2. 33
3. 32
4. 31
5. 30
6. 29
7. 28
8. 27
9. 26
10. 25
11. 24
12. 23
13. 22
14. 21
15. 20
16. 19
17. 18
18. 17
19. 16
20. 15
21. 14
22. 13
23. 12
24. 11
25. 10
26. 9
27. 8
28. 7
29. 6
30. 5
31. 4
32. 3
33. 2
34. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	903	1421–1647	46.3	14	83	26
The Rock	146	252–251	50.1	1	13	4
Grenzo	9	20–13	60.6	0	1
Abzan Midrange	47	71–97	42.3	0	1	1
Selesnya Midrange	46	70–81	46.4
Jund	8	12–14	46.2
Blink	45	82–70	53.9	1	4	3
Graveyard Value	26	17–45	27.4
Enchantments Matter	11	10–22	31.3
Allies	6	4–13	23.5
Azorius Allies	1	1–1	50.0
-1/-1 Counters	1	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	19	10–46	17.9
Mardu Midrange	7	4–12	25.0
Vampires	10	7–23	23.3
Mono Black Vampires	4	6–9	40.0
Orzhov Vampires	4	1–9	10.0
Legends Midrange	13	15–22	40.5
Boros Legends Midrange	6	6–8	42.9
Orzhov Legends	4	7–7	50.0
Selesnya Legends	1	1–3	25.0
Elementals	1	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	19	34–45	43.0	1	3
Naya Midrange	4	5–10	33.3
Big Red	10	12–21	36.4	0	3
Mono Black Midrange	5	0–11	0.0
Dimir Midrange	29	45–43	51.1			3
Angel Tribal	22	31–42	42.5	0	3
Toughness Matters	7	6–15	28.6
Lifegain Midrange	10	18–14	56.3			2
Adventures	3	6–8	42.9
Mutate	3	1–2	33.3
Sultai Midrange	24	32–54	37.2	0	1
Fight Rigging	10	19–20	48.7	0	1
Orzhov Midrange	87	197–139	58.6	8	23	5
Jeskai Midrange	3	4–5	44.4
Heartless Summoning Stompy	91	200–144	58.1	2	20	4
Zur the Enchanter	1	0–1	0.0
Ordealbreak	2	0–3	0.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	2	0–3	0.0
Fires of Invention	31	53–53	50.0	0	1	1
Hero of Precinct One	17	24–35	40.7
Mardu Hero	1	3–2	60.0
Five Color Hero	4	3–8	27.3
Naya Hero	2	3–4	42.9
Boros Hero	3	7–8	46.7
Clerics	8	15–10	60.0	1	2	1
Artifact Midrange	39	45–75	37.5	0	2
Death Cloud	29	53–59	47.3			1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	374–384	49.3
Mono Black Aggro	7–4	63.6
Heroic	1–1	50.0
Boros Heroic	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	68–88	43.6
Goblins	2–1	66.7
Tokens	8–6	57.1
Selesnya Tokens	4–5	44.4
Mono Green Stompy	13–9	59.1
White Weenie	44–44	50.0
Odric Keywords	3–0	100.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	7–5	58.3
Soldiers	19–16	54.3
Mono White Humans	13–20	39.4
Elves	3–5	37.5
Selesnya Little Kid	5–3	62.5
Selesnya Counters	2–2	50.0
Zombies	12–3	80.0
Gruul Aggro	2–4	33.3
Merfolk	0–3	0.0
Artifact Aggro	61–53	53.5
Affinity	52–45	53.6
Hardened Scales Affinity	48–43	52.7
Tempered Steel	2–4	33.3
Mono Blue Architect	7–4	63.6
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	17–8	68.0
Hexproof	2–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	5–2	71.4
Hateful Auras	10–5	66.7
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
Knights	2–3	40.0
AggroSlide	8–6	57.1
Cats	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	4–1	80.0
Boros Aggro	1–2	33.3
Humans	62–74	45.6
Selesnya Humans	1–5	16.7
Boros Humans	32–34	48.5
Orzhov Humans	29–34	46.0
Legends Aggro	20–21	48.8
Boros Legends Aggro	4–5	44.4
Selesnya Legends Aggro	1–0	100.0
Bard Class	13–13	50.0
Permanent Vacation	10–16	38.5
Pirates	18–29	38.3
Combo	226–268	45.7
Storm	14–6	70.0
Citadel Storm	4–6	40.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	10–0	100.0
Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	9–10	47.4
Dubious Challenge	2–4	33.3
Warp World	53–89	37.3
Temur Glimpse	23–27	46.0
Boros Glimpse	25–60	29.4
Hypergenesis	1–6	14.3
Jeskai Ascendancy	3–3	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	3–3	50.0
"Twin"	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	3–1	75.0
Anvil Colossus	1–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	1–2	33.3
Blazing Shoal Combo	4–6	40.0
Taking Turns	3–2	60.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Ominous Good	1–1	50.0
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	18–8	69.2
Oops All Spells	16–8	66.7
Oops All Lands	25–35	41.7
Dredge	27–36	42.9
Insidious Roots Dredge	25–29	46.3
Polymorph	2–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Tibalt's Trickery	4–3	57.1
Intruder Alarm	0–1	0.0
Calibrated Blast	7–9	43.8
Restore Balance	14–13	51.9
Gyruda	3–7	30.0
Possibility Storm	2–1	66.7
Midnight Mass	4–8	33.3
Control	207–289	41.7
Esper Control	27–40	40.3
Mono Blue Control	4–1	80.0
Dimir Control	9–2	81.8
Azorius Control	52–106	32.9
Turbo Fog	12–5	70.6
Izzet Control	15–23	39.5
Mardu Control	2–0	100.0
Mill	6–5	54.5
Boros Control	5–9	35.7
Grixis Control	8–10	44.4
Cruel Control	7–8	46.7
Stax	6–9	40.0
Jeskai Control	5–5	50.0
Dragon Control	1–2	33.3
Runeflare	1–9	10.0
Mono White Control	18–15	54.5
Cycling Control	4–1	80.0
Astral Slide	4–1	80.0
Five Color Control	2–4	33.3
Bant Control	1–2	33.3
Seasons Past Control	4–5	44.4
Orzhov Control	16–29	35.6
Prison	6–5	54.5
Enchantress	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	71–88	44.7
Aristocrats	56–83	40.3
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–2	60.0
Food	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Aristocrats	51–79	39.2
Boros Bombardment	0–1	0.0
Burn	9–3	75.0
Aggro-Control	62–86	41.9
Simic Flash	5–3	62.5
Izzet Tempo	7–11	38.9
Blue Madness	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	31–54	36.5
Mono Blue Librarians	22–43	33.8
Izzet Spells	2–2	50.0
Dimir Tempo	6–11	35.3
Azorius Tempo	4–1	80.0
Combo-Control	61–92	39.9
Burning Vengeance	2–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	7–7	50.0
Sunforger	6–4	60.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	0–1	0.0
Solar Flare	2–4	33.3
Mass Land Destruction	11–9	55.0
Wildfire	11–9	55.0
Borderpost Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Resurgent Belief	1–3	25.0
Greasefang	31–64	32.6
Esper Greasefang	5–15	25.0
Orzhov Greasefang	23–47	32.9
Midrange	341–341	50.0
The Rock	62–53	53.9
Grenzo	3–4	42.9
Abzan Midrange	16–15	51.6
Selesnya Midrange	17–16	51.5
Jund	4–3	57.1
Blink	11–18	37.9
Graveyard Value	4–3	57.1
Enchantments Matter	2–2	50.0
Allies	0–2	0.0
Azorius Allies	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	8–4	66.7
Mardu Midrange	2–1	66.7
Vampires	6–1	85.7
Mono Black Vampires	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	2–2	50.0
Boros Legends Midrange	1–1	50.0
Elementals	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	9–9	50.0
Naya Midrange	0–3	0.0
Big Red	4–2	66.7
Mono Black Midrange	3–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	9–7	56.3
Angel Tribal	8–8	50.0
Toughness Matters	3–2	60.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–1	66.7
Adventures	0–1	0.0
Mutate	1–1	50.0
Sultai Midrange	11–9	55.0
Fight Rigging	5–5	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	38–52	42.2
Jeskai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	28–61	31.5
Zur the Enchanter	1–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	1–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	13–17	43.3
Hero of Precinct One	8–2	80.0
Mardu Hero	0–1	0.0
Five Color Hero	1–0	100.0
Naya Hero	1–0	100.0
Boros Hero	2–1	66.7
Clerics	2–2	50.0
Artifact Midrange	23–9	71.9
Death Cloud	11–12	47.8
Ramp	77–99	43.8
Cloudpost Ramp	2–6	25.0
Simic Post	0–1	0.0
Temurpost	2–5	28.6
Carth Superfriends	9–18	33.3
Applejacks	4–0	100.0
Field Ramp	48–58	45.3
Superfriends	3–4	42.9
Unclassified	2–0	100.0