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 8 weeks, 3 days.

Artifact Midrange

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Midrange	6716	13042–13556–34	49.0	359	3128
Artifact Midrange	147	266–316	45.7	5	86
Boros Engineers	8	22–15	59.5	1	6

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	53–71	42.7
Mono Black Aggro	1–3	25.0
Heroic	5–3	62.5
Mono White Heroic	3–1	75.0
Azorius Heroic	1–1	50.0
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	17–17	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–5	28.6
White Weenie	8–13	38.1
Soldiers	1–3	25.0
Mono White Humans	5–4	55.6
Elves	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Zombies	0–2	0.0
Gruul Aggro	0–2	0.0
Artifact Aggro	10–10	50.0
Affinity	8–9	47.1
Hardened Scales Affinity	0–1	0.0
Salvage Titan	2–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	0–1	0.0
Voltron	0–1	0.0
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
Slivers	1–1	50.0
Knights	2–1	66.7
AggroSlide	1–4	20.0
Boros Aggro	0–2	0.0
Humans	1–2	33.3
Boros Humans	1–2	33.3
Legends Aggro	2–5	28.6
Boros Legends Aggro	2–5	28.6
Combo	41–78	34.5
Storm	10–25	28.6
Dimir Tendrils	4–12	25.0
Dark Tide	1–1	50.0
Hazoret Storm	3–0	100.0
High Tide	1–9	10.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	1–3	25.0
Song Storm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Recurring Nightmare	1–0	100.0
Necro Combo	1–0	100.0
Warp World	0–2	0.0
Boros Glimpse	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	0–4	0.0
Hyperwave	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–6	25.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	2–6	25.0
Umbral Mantle	1–1	50.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	4–1	80.0
Taking Turns	0–1	0.0
Izzet Ascension	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	15–34	30.6
Oops All Spells	15–34	30.6
Oops All Lands	0–1	0.0
Dredge	0–1	0.0
Ad Nauseam	1–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	1–0	100.0
Phoenix Altar	0–1	0.0
Actual Twin	1–0	100.0
Izzet Twin	1–0	100.0
Control	46–35	56.8
Esper Control	3–1	75.0
Demonic Rising	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Control	1–1	50.0
Azorius Control	17–4	81.0
Cawblade	2–1	66.7
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	6–5	54.5
Cloudpost Control	2–3	40.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Stax	1–0	100.0
Stagnant Control	0–1	0.0
Ponza	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	8–9	47.1
Astral Slide	8–9	47.1
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	3–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	2–9	18.2
Aggro-Combo	36–33	52.2
Aristocrats	5–6	45.5
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Aristocrats	2–4	33.3
Burn	4–4	50.0
Infect	3–2	60.0
Simic Infect	2–1	66.7
Trickbind Dreadnought	24–19	55.8
Izzet Dreadnought	12–11	52.2
Mono Blue Dreadnought	12–8	60.0
Hushnought	0–1	0.0
Combo Goblins	0–1	0.0
Dirty Kitty	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	20–12	62.5
Izzet Tempo	10–1	90.9
Blue Madness	0–1	0.0
Simic Madness	0–1	0.0
Lich Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	3–2	60.0
Mono Blue Librarians	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	2–1	66.7
Dimir Tempo	1–1	50.0
Dimir Faeries	0–1	0.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	1–2	33.3
Combo-Control	16–20	44.4
Curses	1–2	33.3
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Approach Necro	0–1	0.0
Mindcrank	2–2	50.0
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	1–2	33.3
Mass Land Destruction	10–12	45.5
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	9–12	42.9
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	3–6	33.3
Temur Jokulhaups Control	3–2	60.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	2–1	66.7
Midrange	50–65	43.5
The Rock	3–1	75.0
Abzan Midrange	2–3	40.0
Selesnya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jund	2–2	50.0
Blink	2–10	16.7
Orzhov Blink	2–9	18.2
Allies	0–3	0.0
Mardu Allies	0–2	0.0
Azorius Allies	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Vampires	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–4	33.3
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–1	50.0
Angels	5–1	83.3
Orzhov Angels	5–1	83.3
Lifegain Midrange	2–3	40.0
Martyr's Grace	2–3	40.0
Orzhov Midrange	8–15	34.8
Orzhov Capenna	2–3	40.0
Jeskai Midrange	0–2	0.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	3–1	75.0
Fires of Invention	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	6–7	46.2
Mardu Hero	3–4	42.9
Five Color Hero	2–2	50.0
Naya Hero	1–1	50.0
Simic Snow	0–2	0.0
Artifact Midrange	6–6	50.0
Game Objects	0–1	0.0
Ramp	4–2	66.7
Cloudpost Ramp	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	1–0	100.0
Field Ramp	1–0	100.0