Druid 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 6 days.

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The Penny Dreadful 500 is on Apr 20th with free entry and $500 in prizes!

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

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	111–72	60.7
Mono Black Aggro	8–15	34.8
Heroic	3–0	100.0
Mono White Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	17–15	53.1
Goblins	11–2	84.6
Tokens	3–1	75.0
Selesnya Tokens	2–1	66.7
White Weenie	18–4	81.8
Odric Keywords	4–1	80.0
Chroma White	5–1	83.3
Elves	2–0	100.0
Minotaurs	1–0	100.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	2–1	66.7
Artifact Aggro	32–25	56.1
Boros Vehicles	0–1	0.0
Tempered Steel	32–24	57.1
Mono Blue Aggro	0–1	0.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	6–3	66.7
Equipment Aggro	3–2	60.0
Rakdos Aggro	2–2	50.0
Rakdos Hellbent	2–2	50.0
Boros Aggro	2–1	66.7
Shamans	0–2	0.0
Combo	89–64	58.2
Storm	2–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	9–5	64.3
New Perspectives	12–1	92.3
Runeflare	6–3	66.7
Metalwork Colossus	9–5	64.3
Breakfast	46–49	48.4
Cephalid Breakfast	46–49	48.4
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	37–37	50.0
Grixis Breakfast	6–5	54.5
Control	91–47	65.9
Mono Black Control	2–0	100.0
Demonic Rising	10–2	83.3
Paradox Haze Lock	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	3–0	100.0
Dimir Control	2–1	66.7
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	7–4	63.6
Mill	2–1	66.7
Grixis Control	12–7	63.2
Stax	2–1	66.7
Birthday Stax	1–0	100.0
Stagnant Control	4–3	57.1
Jeskai Control	3–2	60.0
Mono White Control	8–4	66.7
Life is Ez	4–4	50.0
Dynavolt Tower	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	3–0	100.0
Astral Slide	3–0	100.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	16–11	59.3
Guildgate Control	1–2	33.3
Bant Control	1–1	50.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	5–1	83.3
Aggro-Combo	30–12	71.4
Aristocrats	28–12	70.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	25–9	73.5
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Abzan Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Infect	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	12–5	70.6
Izzet Tempo	1–4	20.0
Azorius Skies	8–1	88.9
Azorius Tempo	2–0	100.0
Combo-Control	28–24	53.8
Curses	11–14	44.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Lich's Mastery	5–8	38.5
Mass Land Destruction	9–2	81.8
Wildfire	9–2	81.8
Midrange	95–50	65.5
Temur Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
The Rock	11–4	73.3
Grenzo	1–1	50.0
Abzan Midrange	7–2	77.8
Jund	11–7	61.1
Blink	7–2	77.8
Acid Trip	3–1	75.0
Graveyard Value	2–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Allies	11–2	84.6
Orzhov Allies	0–1	0.0
Mardu Allies	3–0	100.0
Boros Allies	7–1	87.5
-1/-1 Counters	2–2	50.0
Mardu Midrange	1–1	50.0
White Jund	12–5	70.6
Vampires	3–6	33.3
Mono Black Vampires	3–6	33.3
Legends Midrange	7–3	70.0
Mardu Legends	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	0–3	0.0
Elementals	2–3	40.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–3	0.0
Stoic Midrange	1–0	100.0
Card Advantage White	0–3	0.0
Big Red	1–1	50.0
Ramp	2–1	66.7
Applejacks	1–0	100.0