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.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	37314	62397–63622–18	49.5	430	2789	1688
Breakfast	3037	6591–4514–1	59.4	87	461	217
Unctus	109	219–130	62.8	3	17	9

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	39–22	63.9
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Heroic	4–1	80.0
Mono White Heroic	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Heroic	2–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	3–5	37.5
Mono Green Stompy	7–2	77.8
White Weenie	5–7	41.7
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Mono White Humans	2–4	33.3
Elves	2–1	66.7
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	6–0	100.0
Affinity	3–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	3–0	100.0
Voltron	3–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	1–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–1	0.0
Humans	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Humans	1–0	100.0
Legends Aggro	3–2	60.0
Boros Legends Aggro	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Legends Aggro	1–0	100.0
Rats	0–1	0.0
Combo	69–36	65.7
Storm	14–11	56.0
Dimir Tendrils	1–2	33.3
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	12–9	57.1
Reanimator	12–4	75.0
Recurring Nightmare	0–1	0.0
Living Death	6–3	66.7
Excruciator Combo	5–3	62.5
Traditional Reanimator	6–0	100.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Reanimator	5–0	100.0
Oriss Genesis	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	3–2	60.0
Zubera Tribal	1–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	5–1	83.3
Anvil Colossus	4–1	80.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	0–2	0.0
Breakfast	6–4	60.0
Oops All Spells	2–0	100.0
Unctus	4–4	50.0
Oops All Lands	0–1	0.0
Dredge	8–1	88.9
Polymorph	0–1	0.0
Dice Factory	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	1–0	100.0
Gyruda	1–0	100.0
Belcher	5–2	71.4
Actual Twin	2–0	100.0
Izzet Twin	2–0	100.0
Nadu Combo	4–2	66.7
Amalia Combo	0–1	0.0
Control	28–20	58.3
Esper Control	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	3–12	20.0
Cawblade	0–3	0.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	3–1	75.0
Cruel Control	3–1	75.0
Stax	3–2	60.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	4–1	80.0
Prison	3–0	100.0
Enchantress	3–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	6–10	37.5
Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Burn	2–1	66.7
Infect	0–1	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–7	22.2
Mono Blue Dreadnought	2–6	25.0
Hushnought	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	12–8	60.0
Izzet Tempo	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	2–2	50.0
Azorius Tempo	6–6	50.0
Combo-Control	7–8	46.7
Battle of Wits	0–1	0.0
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Liliana's Contract	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–1	66.7
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Thopter-Sword	3–4	42.9
Azorius Thopter-Sword	0–1	0.0
Dimir Thopter-Sword	0–3	0.0
Esper Thopter-Sword	1–0	100.0
Archfiend Alteration	1–0	100.0
Midrange	44–23	65.7
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	9–10	47.4
Acid Trip	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Blink	7–9	43.8
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	2–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	2–0	100.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	5–2	71.4
Mono Black Devotion	1–1	50.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–1	50.0
Martyr's Grace	1–1	50.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	8–6	57.1
Artifact Midrange	0–1	0.0
Coinflips	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	2–0	100.0
Laelia Cascade	3–0	100.0
Wight Midrange	3–3	50.0
Golgari Wight	1–0	100.0
Jund Wight	1–3	25.0
Ramp	14–3	82.4
Cloudpost Ramp	7–2	77.8
Eldrazipost	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	3–1	75.0
Gruul Post	3–0	100.0
Simic Post	0–1	0.0
Carth Superfriends	2–0	100.0