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?

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.

Current League

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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 12 weeks, 6 days.

Jeskai Approach

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	36252	57989–63849–43	47.6	269	2504	1331
Jeskai Control	1064	1900–1896	50.1	11	96	42
Jeskai Approach	85	159–151	51.3	0	4	7

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	47–43	52.2
Mono Black Aggro	3–0	100.0
Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono White Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	16–24	40.0
Mono Red Devotion	2–0	100.0
Proliferate Red	2–1	66.7
Tokens	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Tokens	0–2	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	3–1	75.0
White Weenie	4–2	66.7
Odric Keywords	0–1	0.0
Elves	4–0	100.0
Werewolves	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	3–3	50.0
Zombies	0–2	0.0
Gruul Aggro	0–2	0.0
Merfolk	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	5–2	71.4
Affinity	5–2	71.4
Madness	0–1	0.0
Gruul Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	2–1	66.7
Hexproof	0–1	0.0
Boros Auras	1–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	2–0	100.0
AggroSlide	0–1	0.0
Combo	18–21	46.2
Storm	0–1	0.0
High Tide	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	7–11	38.9
Recurring Nightmare	4–4	50.0
Dragon Nightmare	1–1	50.0
Jund Nightmare	1–1	50.0
Four Color Powerful Magic	2–1	66.7
Living Death	3–6	33.3
Traditional Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	0–1	0.0
New Perspectives	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Umbral Mantle	5–3	62.5
Fake-Twin	1–2	33.3
Murderous Mastery	1–2	33.3
Combo Post	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–1	0.0
Anvil Colossus	0–1	0.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Stuffy Doll	1–0	100.0
Possibility Storm	0–1	0.0
Control	26–32	44.8
Esper Control	3–1	75.0
Azorius Control	0–3	0.0
Turbo Fog	0–1	0.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	10–14	41.7
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–3	25.0
Blackpost	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	4–3	57.1
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Chandra Nalaar	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Control	4–8	33.3
Jeskai Approach	2–2	50.0
Ponza	1–1	50.0
Cycling Control	0–1	0.0
Astral Slide	0–1	0.0
Five Color Control	5–2	71.4
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	13–8	61.9
Aristocrats	6–5	54.5
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–3	50.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Abzan Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Mardu Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	1–2	33.3
Infect	1–1	50.0
Pummeler	2–0	100.0
Hushnought	1–0	100.0
Liquimetal Fishing	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	4–4	50.0
Simic Flash	0–1	0.0
Simic Vat	0–1	0.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
12 Pest	0–2	0.0
Izzet Spells	1–1	50.0
Combo-Control	10–4	71.4
Battle of Wits	3–1	75.0
Displace Loop	2–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	5–2	71.4
Wildfire	5–2	71.4
Midrange	31–25	55.4
Temur Ascendancy	3–5	37.5
The Rock	2–0	100.0
Grenzo	0–1	0.0
Jund	2–2	50.0
Blink	4–3	57.1
Wave Blink	4–3	57.1
Cloudpost Wave Blink	2–2	50.0
Azorius Wave	2–1	66.7
Graveyard Value	0–2	0.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Allies	3–2	60.0
Mardu Allies	1–1	50.0
Boros Allies	1–1	50.0
-1/-1 Counters	2–0	100.0
Vampires	6–1	85.7
Mono Black Vampires	6–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	0–1	0.0
Elementals	0–2	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	0–2	0.0
Mono Black Devotion	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	2–2	50.0
Sultai Emerge	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–1	50.0
Ramp	10–14	41.7
Rofellos Ramp	5–7	41.7
Cloudpost Ramp	5–7	41.7
Eldrazipost	1–2	33.3
Locus Awakening	1–1	50.0
Golgari Post	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	0–2	0.0
Gruul Post	1–0	100.0
Simic Post	1–0	100.0