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.

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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.

Locus Awakening

Tournaments Only
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Ramp	9830	16459–17851–2	48.0	67	575	354
Cloudpost Ramp	4513	7907–8338	48.7	23	195	155
Locus Awakening	57	69–117	37.1			1

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	13–43	23.2
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	1–2	33.3
Mono White Heroic	0–1	0.0
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	1–17	5.6
Prisoner	1–5	16.7
Goblins	0–1	0.0
Tokens	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–1	0.0
White Weenie	0–1	0.0
Elves	0–6	0.0
Minotaurs	1–0	100.0
Warriors	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	0–4	0.0
Rogues	1–1	50.0
Zombies	0–1	0.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	3–3	50.0
Affinity	2–2	50.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	2–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	1–1	50.0
Combo	7–18	28.0
Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	0–5	0.0
Recurring Nightmare	0–3	0.0
Dragon Nightmare	0–1	0.0
Jund Nightmare	0–2	0.0
Living Death	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–4	33.3
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–4	20.0
Fake-Twin	1–2	33.3
Murderous Mastery	1–2	33.3
Combo Post	0–2	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	2–1	66.7
Upheaval Colossus	1–1	50.0
Izzet Ascension	0–2	0.0
Control	18–13	58.1
Esper Control	2–0	100.0
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	2–2	50.0
Mill	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	8–2	80.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	0–1	0.0
Cruel Control	0–1	0.0
Chandra Nalaar	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Control	3–3	50.0
Jeskai Approach	1–1	50.0
Dynavolt Tower	0–1	0.0
Pox	0–1	0.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Combo	5–5	50.0
Aristocrats	3–3	50.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Infect	1–2	33.3
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–1	0.0
Pummeler	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	0–4	0.0
Simic Flash	0–1	0.0
Simic Vat	0–1	0.0
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Tetsukotog	0–1	0.0
12 Pest	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	6–8	42.9
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Hedron Alignment	0–1	0.0
Liliana's Contract	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	4–7	36.4
Wildfire	4–7	36.4
Thryx-Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Midrange	16–23	41.0
Temur Ascendancy	1–5	16.7
The Rock	0–3	0.0
Abzan Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jund	0–2	0.0
Blink	1–1	50.0
Wave Blink	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	1–1	50.0
Graveyard Value	0–1	0.0
Allies	3–3	50.0
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
Mardu Allies	2–0	100.0
Mono White Allies	0–2	0.0
Treefolk	1–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	2–0	100.0
Vampires	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Vampires	0–1	0.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Big Red	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	0–2	0.0
Davriel Braids	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Sultai Emerge	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Ramp	4–3	57.1
Rofellos Ramp	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Ramp	1–2	33.3
Golgari Post	1–1	50.0
Reclamation at Wake	1–0	100.0