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 8 weeks, 3 days.

Swarm Intelligence

Tournaments Only
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1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo-Control	11151	19375–19156–13	50.3	103	854	523
Swarm Intelligence	51	98–115	46.0	3	10	1

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	26–35	42.6
Heroic	3–2	60.0
Mono White Heroic	2–1	66.7
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	1–15	6.3
Proliferate Red	0–2	0.0
Goblins	0–4	0.0
Tokens	7–4	63.6
Selesnya Tokens	6–4	60.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–2	0.0
Elves	0–1	0.0
Warriors	1–1	50.0
Zombies	2–0	100.0
Merfolk	2–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	0–3	0.0
Artifact Aggro	1–0	100.0
Boros Vehicles	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	2–0	100.0
Madness	2–0	100.0
Gruul Madness	1–0	100.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	2–1	66.7
Humans	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Combo	11–7	61.1
Storm	0–1	0.0
Dimir Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	4–2	66.7
Starlit Graves	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	4–1	80.0
Rakdos Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Biovisionary	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stormless Storm	0–1	0.0
Zubera Tribal	0–1	0.0
Maniac Combo	2–0	100.0
Cat Wave	1–0	100.0
Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–1	50.0
Control	18–22	45.0
Mono Black Control	0–1	0.0
Esper Control	1–5	16.7
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	1–1	50.0
Watery Oath	0–1	0.0
Azorius Control	2–2	50.0
Adam's Ale	1–0	100.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Mardu Control	1–1	50.0
Mill	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	1–1	50.0
Cruel Control	1–1	50.0
Stax	2–5	28.6
Pollute the Planet	1–4	20.0
Jeskai Control	0–1	0.0
Dragon Control	3–2	60.0
Esper Dragons	2–1	66.7
Grixis Dragons	0–1	0.0
Galleon Control	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	1–1	50.0
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	4–8	33.3
Aristocrats	3–8	27.3
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–3	25.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–3	25.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Burn	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	0–6	0.0
Izzet Tempo	0–1	0.0
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Blue Madness	0–3	0.0
Simic Madness	0–1	0.0
Grixis Madness	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	11–11	50.0
Curses	0–1	0.0
Burning Vengeance	1–0	100.0
Cruel Combo-Control	3–4	42.9
Approach Necro	1–1	50.0
Shared Fate	1–0	100.0
Swarm Intelligence	3–3	50.0
Sunforger	0–1	0.0
Hive Mind	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–0	100.0
Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Midrange	24–23	51.1
Temur Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Prophet Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	0–1	0.0
Blink	2–1	66.7
Wave Blink	1–0	100.0
Esper Wave	1–0	100.0
Anti-Persecution	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	0–3	0.0
Séance	0–1	0.0
Enchantments Matter	1–1	50.0
Constellation	1–1	50.0
Allies	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Allies	2–0	100.0
Treefolk	0–1	0.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Midrange	3–5	37.5
Necro Midrange	3–4	42.9
Mono Black Devotion	0–1	0.0
Hellion Whip	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	0–1	0.0
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Ramp	4–3	57.1
Rofellos Ramp	2–1	66.7
Devoid Cruelty	1–2	33.3