Cephalid Breakfast

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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How do I get started with Magic Online?

Check out the guide to Magic Online.
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

View the full legal cards list
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 14 weeks, 6 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	830	1521–1478	50.7	21	115	34
Breakfast	261	656–402	62.0	17	82	13
Cephalid Breakfast	261	656–402	62.0	17	82	13
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	177	458–275	62.5	7	41	11
Grixis Breakfast	69	158–102	60.8	8	35	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	188–113	62.5
Mono Black Aggro	15–22	40.5
Heroic	5–1	83.3
Mono White Heroic	2–0	100.0
Azorius Heroic	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	26–18	59.1
Goblins	11–2	84.6
Tokens	3–1	75.0
Selesnya Tokens	2–1	66.7
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	23–7	76.7
Odric Keywords	4–1	80.0
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Chroma White	5–2	71.4
Elves	3–0	100.0
Minotaurs	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	2–1	66.7
Artifact Aggro	70–49	58.8
Affinity	0–1	0.0
Boros Vehicles	1–1	50.0
Tempered Steel	69–47	59.5
Mono Blue Aggro	1–1	50.0
Illusions	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	13–4	76.5
Equipment Aggro	10–3	76.9
Rakdos Aggro	4–3	57.1
Rakdos Hellbent	4–3	57.1
Boros Aggro	4–2	66.7
Shamans	0–2	0.0
Combo	120–85	58.5
Storm	4–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	9–6	60.0
New Perspectives	12–2	85.7
Runeflare	6–3	66.7
Metalwork Colossus	15–6	71.4
Breakfast	67–67	50.0
Cephalid Breakfast	67–67	50.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	49–46	51.6
Grixis Breakfast	13–14	48.1
Control	122–65	65.2
Mono Black Control	3–0	100.0
Esper Control	0–1	0.0
Demonic Rising	11–4	73.3
Paradox Haze Lock	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	3–0	100.0
Dimir Control	2–2	50.0
Azorius Control	3–3	50.0
Cawblade	3–1	75.0
Turbo Fog	0–1	0.0
Izzet Control	2–0	100.0
Mardu Control	8–4	66.7
Mill	4–1	80.0
Grixis Control	14–7	66.7
Stax	3–3	50.0
Birthday Stax	2–0	100.0
Stagnant Control	4–3	57.1
Jeskai Control	4–2	66.7
Galleon Control	2–2	50.0
Mono White Control	10–5	66.7
Life is Ez	6–5	54.5
Dynavolt Tower	1–2	33.3
Cycling Control	6–1	85.7
Astral Slide	5–0	100.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	28–16	63.6
Guildgate Control	1–3	25.0
Bant Control	1–1	50.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	5–2	71.4
Aggro-Combo	37–20	64.9
Aristocrats	33–19	63.5
Mono Black Aristocrats	29–16	64.4
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Abzan Aristocrats	3–0	100.0
Infect	4–0	100.0
Pummeler	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	18–7	72.0
Izzet Tempo	5–5	50.0
Azorius Skies	9–2	81.8
Azorius Tempo	3–0	100.0
Combo-Control	36–39	48.0
Curses	16–27	37.2
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Lich's Mastery	7–10	41.2
Mass Land Destruction	10–2	83.3
Wildfire	10–2	83.3
Midrange	128–71	64.3
Temur Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
The Rock	12–6	66.7
Grenzo	2–2	50.0
Abzan Midrange	10–4	71.4
Jund	12–10	54.5
Blink	16–2	88.9
Acid Trip	7–1	87.5
Graveyard Value	2–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Allies	15–5	75.0
Orzhov Allies	2–2	50.0
Mardu Allies	4–2	66.7
Boros Allies	7–1	87.5
Treefolk	2–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	3–2	60.0
Mardu Midrange	1–1	50.0
White Jund	13–5	72.2
Vampires	4–6	40.0
Mono Black Vampires	4–6	40.0
Legends Midrange	13–9	59.1
Boros Legends Midrange	1–1	50.0
Mardu Legends	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Legends	5–7	41.7
Elementals	2–4	33.3
Rakdos Midrange	1–4	20.0
Stoic Midrange	1–0	100.0
Card Advantage White	0–3	0.0
Big Red	1–1	50.0
Ramp	7–2	77.8
Domain	1–0	100.0
Applejacks	2–0	100.0