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.

How do I get started with Magic Online?

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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 4 days, 1 hour.

Congratulations to thewatchwander, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 34)

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	687	1015–1290	44.0	6	54	11
The Rock	19	18–39	31.6
Golgari Citadel	1	2–3	40.0
Grenzo	6	4–13	23.5	0	1
Abzan Midrange	28	50–68	42.4	1	3
Selesnya Midrange	2	8–1	88.9
Selesnya Value Town	1	4–0	100.0
Jund	27	30–67	30.9
Blink	17	26–17	60.5	0	2	2
Acid Trip	1	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Blink	6	9–8	52.9	0	2
Anti-Persecution	4	3–13	18.8
Graveyard Value	14	25–27	48.1
Séance	1	2–3	40.0
Enchantments Matter	3	2–6	25.0
Allies	11	12–9	57.1	0	1
Orzhov Allies	1	2–0	100.0
Azorius Allies	7	7–5	58.3
Treefolk	1	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	7	4–20	16.7
Mardu Midrange	6	16–11	59.3	0	2
Vampires	2	2–3	40.0
Orzhov Vampires	1	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	3	6–6	50.0
Elementals	15	11–21	34.4
Rakdos Midrange	10	12–12	50.0			1
Naya Midrange	4	1–8	11.1
Big Red	7	5–12	29.4	0	1
Mono Black Midrange	70	104–131	44.3	0	7	1
Dimir Midrange	14	27–24	52.9
Angels	119	253–206	55.1	5	22	4
Mono White Angels	70	158–118	57.2	4	10	3
Azorius Angels	27	53–49	52.0	1	6
Orzhov Angels	3	6–3	66.7
Toughness Matters	15	21–36	36.8
Lifegain Midrange	36	43–83	34.1	0	1
Mutate	1	3–1	75.0
Sultai Midrange	25	43–44	49.4	0	1
Fight Rigging	15	27–27	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	31	40–49	44.9	0	2
Jeskai Midrange	9	16–15	51.6			1
Heartless Summoning Stompy	13	11–32	25.6
Fires of Invention	23	22–40	35.5
Hero of Precinct One	14	11–25	30.6
Mardu Hero	1	1–3	25.0
Orzhov Hero	1	3–2	60.0
Five Color Hero	11	7–17	29.2
Clerics	1	0–2	0.0
Artifact Midrange	37	57–70	44.9	0	1
Death Cloud	14	15–30	33.3
Nissa Company	29	53–46	53.5	0	9	2
Game Objects	12	8–19	29.6

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	202–269	42.9
Mono Black Aggro	11–7	61.1
Heroic	15–29	34.1
Azorius Heroic	8–8	50.0
Boros Heroic	5–19	20.8
Selesnya Heroic	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	63–95	39.9
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	11–11	50.0
Selesnya Tokens	4–3	57.1
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Tokens	6–8	42.9
Mono Green Stompy	6–7	46.2
White Weenie	7–13	35.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	4–8	33.3
Soldiers	0–1	0.0
Chroma White	1–0	100.0
Elves	4–3	57.1
Selesnya Little Kid	2–2	50.0
Rogues	8–12	40.0
Zombies	2–2	50.0
Gruul Aggro	7–4	63.6
Gruul Landfall	3–1	75.0
Artifact Aggro	26–38	40.6
Affinity	23–37	38.3
Hardened Scales Affinity	21–36	36.8
Mono Blue Architect	3–1	75.0
Madness	2–2	50.0
Golgari Madness	2–2	50.0
Voltron	7–7	50.0
Equipment Aggro	6–6	50.0
Hateful Auras	1–1	50.0
Naya Zoo	1–4	20.0
Knights	10–10	50.0
AggroSlide	8–13	38.1
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	3–2	60.0
Humans	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Humans	1–1	50.0
Legends Aggro	4–6	40.0
Bard Class	3–6	33.3
Rats	1–1	50.0
Combo	202–288	41.2
Storm	46–50	47.9
Dimir Tendrils	23–15	60.5
Citadel Storm	19–33	36.5
Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	28–33	45.9
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Warp World	1–2	33.3
Four Color Glimpse	1–2	33.3
Hypergenesis	24–40	37.5
Jeskai Ascendancy	4–8	33.3
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	3–8	27.3
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–1	50.0
Anvil Colossus	1–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	4–5	44.4
Heartless Summoning Combo	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	2–2	50.0
Izzet Ascension	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	6–12	33.3
Reanim8 Rack	3–7	30.0
Breakfast	2–4	33.3
Oops All Lands	8–21	27.6
Dredge	4–2	66.7
Polymorph	10–15	40.0
Dice Factory	2–1	66.7
Storm Herald	2–1	66.7
Enduring Ideal	11–14	44.0
Calibrated Blast	3–10	23.1
Restore Balance	3–0	100.0
Gyruda	0–3	0.0
Belcher	3–6	33.3
Tameshi Bloom	1–0	100.0
Phoenix Altar	0–3	0.0
Actual Twin	19–36	34.5
Izzet Twin	18–29	38.3
Boros Twin	1–4	20.0
Control	199–297	40.1
Mono Black Control	7–12	36.8
Esper Control	2–7	22.2
Mono Blue Control	1–5	16.7
Dimir Control	15–27	35.7
Azorius Control	21–37	36.2
Turbo Fog	3–2	60.0
Izzet Control	2–0	100.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	4–3	57.1
Boros Control	6–5	54.5
Cloudpost Control	44–76	36.7
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Blackpost	4–7	36.4
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	18–27	40.0
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	20–36	35.7
Grixis Control	4–2	66.7
Stax	12–9	57.1
Jeskai Control	4–1	80.0
Dragon Control	1–1	50.0
Runeflare	5–4	55.6
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Five Color Control	2–1	66.7
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–0	100.0
Last Stand Control	1–1	50.0
Sultai Control	1–1	50.0
Guildgate Control	3–0	100.0
Bant Control	0–1	0.0
Pox	9–10	47.4
Seasons Past Control	6–3	66.7
Orzhov Control	33–71	31.7
Prison	13–14	48.1
Enchantress	11–13	45.8
Aggro-Combo	40–50	44.4
Aristocrats	31–45	40.8
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Golgari Aristocrats	5–7	41.7
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	21–34	38.2
Boros Bombardment	1–0	100.0
Burn	7–4	63.6
Hushnought	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Control	55–61	47.4
Simic Flash	1–2	33.3
Izzet Tempo	3–3	50.0
Azorius Skies	3–4	42.9
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	3–5	37.5
Mono Blue Tempo	10–21	32.3
Mono Blue Librarians	7–14	33.3
Izzet Spells	8–2	80.0
Dimir Tempo	22–19	53.7
Dimir Faeries	6–5	54.5
Dimir Librarians	5–6	45.5
Azorius Tempo	3–4	42.9
Combo-Control	47–63	42.7
Curses	0–1	0.0
Battle of Wits	6–4	60.0
Sunforger	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	23–36	39.0
Liliana's Contract	1–1	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	5–1	83.3
Wildfire	5–1	83.3
Borderpost Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Archfiend Alteration	6–13	31.6
Resurgent Belief	2–1	66.7
Greasefang	2–3	40.0
Orzhov Greasefang	1–2	33.3
Midrange	201–201	50.0
The Rock	3–4	42.9
Golgari Citadel	0–1	0.0
Grenzo	2–1	66.7
Abzan Midrange	12–11	52.2
Selesnya Midrange	0–2	0.0
Jund	9–3	75.0
Blink	3–9	25.0
Orzhov Blink	1–3	25.0
Anti-Persecution	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	5–1	83.3
Enchantments Matter	2–0	100.0
Allies	2–4	33.3
Orzhov Allies	0–1	0.0
Azorius Allies	2–3	40.0
Fake-Rack	2–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	2–2	50.0
Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	1–1	50.0
Elementals	5–2	71.4
Rakdos Midrange	5–2	71.4
Naya Midrange	2–0	100.0
Big Red	3–3	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	25–18	58.1
Dimir Midrange	5–6	45.5
Angels	23–52	30.7
Mono White Angels	14–25	35.9
Azorius Angels	7–15	31.8
Orzhov Angels	0–2	0.0
Toughness Matters	6–3	66.7
Lifegain Midrange	8–12	40.0
Mutate	1–3	25.0
Sultai Midrange	8–8	50.0
Fight Rigging	5–6	45.5
Orzhov Midrange	7–10	41.2
Jeskai Midrange	2–2	50.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	8–3	72.7
Fires of Invention	7–3	70.0
Hero of Precinct One	8–1	88.9
Mardu Hero	2–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	5–1	83.3
Artifact Midrange	12–17	41.4
Death Cloud	1–3	25.0
Nissa Company	6–5	54.5
Game Objects	2–2	50.0
Ramp	69–61	53.1
Rofellos Ramp	21–18	53.8
Cloudpost Ramp	17–13	56.7
Eldrazipost	4–1	80.0
Golgari Post	4–3	57.1
Greenpost	3–6	33.3
Gruul Post	3–3	50.0
Domain	1–0	100.0
Eureka!	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	3–6	33.3
Applejacks	5–9	35.7