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, 2 days.

The Season Kick Off is on Nov 30th with free entry and over 100 tix in prizes to 32nd place!

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Aggro	11959	24364–23307–65	51.1	736	5770
Red Deck Wins	3081	6759–5846–29	53.6	213	1593
Mono Red Devotion	82	191–150–5	56.0	4	37

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	70–64	52.2
Mono Black Aggro	2–4	33.3
Heroic	6–7	46.2
Mono White Heroic	6–7	46.2
Red Deck Wins	36–35	50.7
Mono Red Devotion	5–5	50.0
Goblins	4–0	100.0
Tokens	3–3	50.0
Selesnya Tokens	0–3	0.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–1	0.0
White Weenie	8–2	80.0
Odric Keywords	2–0	100.0
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Kithkin	0–1	0.0
Elves	2–2	50.0
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Zombies	2–2	50.0
Artifact Aggro	3–2	60.0
Affinity	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	2–2	50.0
Devastating Dreams	1–2	33.3
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	0–3	0.0
Combo	24–16–1	60.0
Storm	8–1	88.9
Sultai Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tendrils	6–1	85.7
High Tide	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	7–8–1	46.7
Recurring Nightmare	1–1	50.0
Dragon Nightmare	1–1	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	6–7–1	46.2
Dimir Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Oriss Genesis	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–1	0.0
Dubious Challenge	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	0–1	0.0
Cat Wave	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	3–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Umbral Mantle	0–1	0.0
Combo Post	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	1–1	50.0
Cephalid Breakfast	1–1	50.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	1–1	50.0
Control	29–28–3	50.9
Mono Black Control	2–0	100.0
Esper Control	4–3	57.1
Demonic Rising	1–10–1	9.1
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	3–2–1	60.0
Azorius Control	9–1	90.0
Adam's Ale	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	2–1	66.7
Mardu Control	0–1–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	1–3	25.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Izzet Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	0–2	0.0
Cruel Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Control	1–1	50.0
Cycling Control	3–1	75.0
Astral Slide	3–1	75.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–2	0.0
Aggro-Combo	12–7	63.2
Aristocrats	6–3	66.7
Mono Black Aristocrats	3–3	50.0
Golgari Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	2–3	40.0
Infect	2–0	100.0
Pummeler	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Control	9–2	81.8
Simic Flash	2–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	4–1	80.0
Lich Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
12 Pest	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	8–8	50.0
Cruel Combo-Control	3–8	27.3
Battle of Wits	2–0	100.0
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Midrange	27–22–1	55.1
Temur Ascendancy	4–1	80.0
Prophet Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Angels and Taxes	0–1	0.0
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	4–6	40.0
Selesnya Midrange	0–1–1	0.0
Jund	3–3	50.0
Blink	2–0	100.0
Wave Blink	2–0	100.0
Azorius Wave	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Allies	3–0	100.0
Orzhov Allies	2–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Yisan-Prophet	1–1	50.0
White Jund	0–1	0.0
Vampires	1–3	25.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–1	0.0
Prophet Glare	1–2	33.3
Ramp	12–3	80.0
Rofellos Ramp	3–0	100.0
Channel-Rofellos	3–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	4–1	80.0
Eldrazipost	2–0	100.0
Greenpost	1–0	100.0
Gruul Post	1–1	50.0
Devoid Cruelty	1–1	50.0