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 1 week.

The Penny Dreadful 500 is on Nov 16th with free entry and $500 in prizes!

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	37235	62270–63485–18	49.5	428	2776	1687
Storm	8091	13156–14124–4	48.2	94	477	394
Channel Storm	328	844–430	66.2	14	51	43

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	194–136	58.8
Mono Black Aggro	3–6	33.3
Heroic	32–23	58.2
Mono White Heroic	13–8	61.9
Azorius Heroic	2–1	66.7
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	16–14	53.3
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	22–26	45.8
Goblins	2–1	66.7
Tokens	5–1	83.3
Selesnya Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono White Tokens	5–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–1	50.0
White Weenie	21–18	53.8
Quest for the Holy Relic	5–0	100.0
Soldiers	0–1	0.0
Elves	25–7	78.1
Rogues	1–1	50.0
Zombies	3–3	50.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	4–3	57.1
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	21–15	58.3
Affinity	7–3	70.0
Salvage Titan	0–2	0.0
Tempered Steel	8–7	53.3
Mono Blue Architect	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Illusions	1–0	100.0
Madness	5–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	5–0	100.0
Voltron	3–1	75.0
Hexproof	3–1	75.0
Slivers	7–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	1–1	50.0
Knights	4–3	57.1
AggroSlide	7–4	63.6
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	5–2	71.4
Humans	16–20	44.4
Selesnya Humans	0–1	0.0
Bant Humans	5–7	41.7
Jeskai Humans	8–10	44.4
Boros Humans	3–0	100.0
Combo	161–73	68.8
Storm	83–50	62.4
Dragonstorm	2–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	3–0	100.0
High Tide	47–21	69.1
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Song Storm	1–0	100.0
Channel Storm	29–29	50.0
Reanimator	32–10	76.2
Recurring Nightmare	28–8	77.8
Dragon Nightmare	23–7	76.7
Jund Nightmare	1–0	100.0
Worldgorger Dragon	2–1	66.7
Traditional Reanimator	2–1	66.7
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Dubious Challenge	2–0	100.0
Warp World	6–0	100.0
Four Color Glimpse	6–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	3–2	60.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Upheaval Colossus	1–0	100.0
Eggs	1–1	50.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	4–1	80.0
Oops All Spells	3–0	100.0
Oops All Lands	0–1	0.0
Dredge	2–0	100.0
Polymorph	3–0	100.0
Protean Hulk Combo	1–0	100.0
Dice Factory	3–1	75.0
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	2–1	66.7
Ad Nauseam	2–0	100.0
GreenTwin	1–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	1–1	50.0
Restore Balance	8–0	100.0
Stuffy Doll	0–1	0.0
Control	153–63	70.8
Mono Black Control	4–2	66.7
Esper Control	22–8	73.3
Mono Blue Control	14–8	63.6
Dimir Control	9–5	64.3
Azorius Control	30–12	71.4
Turbo Fog	2–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	12–3	80.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Blackpost	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	9–3	75.0
Grixis Control	2–3	40.0
Cruel Control	1–1	50.0
Stax	5–2	71.4
Jeskai Control	3–2	60.0
Dragon Control	3–1	75.0
Izzet Dragons	3–1	75.0
Runeflare	1–3	25.0
Ponza	5–1	83.3
Mono White Control	6–3	66.7
Life is Ez	4–3	57.1
Dynavolt Tower	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	2–0	100.0
Astral Slide	2–0	100.0
Five Color Control	3–0	100.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	2–0	100.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Ultimatum	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	8–3	72.7
Pox	11–6	64.7
Seasons Past Control	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	1–1	50.0
Prison	5–0	100.0
Enchantress	5–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	45–19	70.3
Aristocrats	18–2	90.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	6–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Burn	8–9	47.1
Infect	2–5	28.6
Blazing Shoal Infect	2–5	28.6
Hermit Humans	2–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–1	66.7
Izzet Blitzkrieg	3–1	75.0
Hushnought	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	8–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	2–0	100.0
Dirty Kitty	6–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	93–56	62.4
Izzet Tempo	21–3	87.5
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	5–2	71.4
Simic Madness	5–2	71.4
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	7–3	70.0
Mono Blue Tempo	28–23	54.9
Mono Blue Faeries	2–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	12–11	52.2
Dimir Tempo	11–5	68.8
Dimir Faeries	2–1	66.7
Sultai Tempo	0–1	0.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	2–0	100.0
Azorius Tempo	2–5	28.6
Combo-Control	23–8	74.2
Curses	1–0	100.0
Burning Vengeance	1–0	100.0
Cruel Combo-Control	0–1	0.0
Battle of Wits	2–0	100.0
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	3–0	100.0
Solar Flare	0–2	0.0
Plasma Swans	2–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	12–4	75.0
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	11–4	73.3
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	5–4	55.6
Temur Jokulhaups Control	6–0	100.0
Midrange	152–64	70.4
The Rock	8–1	88.9
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	2–1	66.7
Jund	4–4	50.0
Blink	1–2	33.3
Wave Blink	1–1	50.0
Azorius Wave	1–1	50.0
Graveyard Value	6–1	85.7
Varolz Dreadnought	4–0	100.0
Allies	2–2	50.0
Azorius Allies	1–1	50.0
Fake-Rack	7–4	63.6
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	12–6	66.7
Big Red	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	10–7	58.8
Mono Black Devotion	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	3–3	50.0
Angels	1–0	100.0
Mono White Angels	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–2	0.0
Martyr's Grace	0–2	0.0
Sultai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	5–0	100.0
Jeskai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Zur the Enchanter	1–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	4–2	66.7
Enigmatic Incarnation	4–2	66.7
Mythic Colossification	0–1	0.0
Party	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	9–1	90.0
Hero of Precinct One	14–13	51.9
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	5–5	50.0
Jeskai Hero	2–1	66.7
Simic Snow	42–6	87.5
Artifact Midrange	4–0	100.0
Death Cloud	1–1	50.0
Game Objects	2–0	100.0
Ramp	23–11	67.6
Rofellos Ramp	4–8	33.3
Wild Pair	1–0	100.0
Channel-Rofellos	2–7	22.2
Cloudpost Ramp	16–3	84.2
Greenpost	12–1	92.3
Gruul Post	3–2	60.0
Simic Post	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	1–0	100.0