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?

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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

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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, 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	5–0s
Combo	2741	4511–4604	49.5	15	72	126
Storm	870	1573–1265	55.4	6	24	66
Dragonstorm	41	57–70	44.9	0	1
Hazoret Storm	12	5–16	23.8	0	1
Simic Storm	5	0–5	0.0
Citadel Storm	32	30–72	29.4
High Tide	767	1473–1076	57.8	6	22	66
Grixis Tendrils	1	1–2	33.3
Reanimator	343	647–586	52.5	1	13	15
Worldgorger Dragon	254	523–434	54.6	1	12	12
Double Dragon	171	384–299	56.2	1	11	10
Traditional Reanimator	51	69–85	44.8	0	1	1
Rakdos Reanimator	4	5–7	41.7
Dimir Reanimator	6	7–11	38.9	0	1
Mono Black Reanimator	13	24–19	55.8
Grixis Reanimator	9	18–17	51.4			1
Oriss Genesis	28	44–45	49.4			2
Biovisionary	3	3–3	50.0
Dubious Challenge	76	114–126	47.5	1	5	2
Warp World	13	21–28	42.9
Actual Warp World	13	21–28	42.9
New Perspectives	6	1–6	14.3
Jeskai Ascendancy	58	83–104	44.4			3
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	51	72–90	44.4			3
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	6	11–9	55.0
Myr Incubator	6	4–10	28.6
Fake-Twin	86	144–151	48.8	2	4	2
Jeskai Fake-Twin	28	32–50	39.0
Naya Fake-Twin	42	95–69	57.9	2	4	2
Combo Post	9	10–17	37.0
Metalwork Colossus	64	85–121	41.3	0	1	3
Seismic Swans	15	27–25	51.9
Eye of the Storm	1	0–3	0.0
Eggs	73	100–160	38.5	0	1
Saffi Combo	3	3–10	23.1
Turntimber Ranger	1
Heartless Summoning Combo	1	1–2	33.3
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	4	4–11	26.7
Blazing Shoal Combo	46	77–78	49.7			2
Retraction Helix Combo	2	3–7	30.0
Taking Turns	178	211–350	37.6	0	2	4
Quest for Ula's Temple	6	5–16	23.8
Izzet Ascension	47	53–87	37.9			1
Ominous Good	169	281–313	47.3	2	6	5
Jokulhaups Combo	105	180–182	49.7	1	3	2
Soulflayer	80	132–138	48.9	1	5	1
Breakfast	253	496–384	56.4	1	7	15
Hermit Gond	58	123–85	59.1	0	3	4
Hermit Dredge	75	129–111	53.8	1	2	5
Neoform Hermit	85	172–135	56.0	0	1	3
Oops All Lands	17	16–40	28.6
Dredge	2	1–6	14.3
Polymorph	23	20–59	25.3
Protean Hulk Combo	9	13–21	38.2			1
Storm Herald	7	5–12	29.4
Stuffy Doll	49	85–78	52.1	0	1	2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	971–1165	45.5
Mono Black Aggro	4–9	30.8
Heroic	98–141	41.0
Mono White Heroic	70–100	41.2
Azorius Heroic	6–16	27.3
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	17–23	42.5
Boros Heroic	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	105–205	33.9
Mono Red Devotion	1–2	33.3
Goblins	48–43	52.7
Tokens	31–35	47.0
Selesnya Tokens	3–1	75.0
Mono White Tokens	25–34	42.4
Mono Green Stompy	40–42	48.8
White Weenie	70–95	42.4
Quest for the Holy Relic	13–9	59.1
Soldiers	9–12	42.9
Elves	91–65	58.3
Selesnya Little Kid	40–24	62.5
Selesnya Counters	26–19	57.8
Rogues	1–1	50.0
Zombies	119–154	43.6
Gruul Aggro	19–27	41.3
Merfolk	3–1	75.0
Mono Red Swarm	21–15	58.3
Artifact Aggro	47–35	57.3
Affinity	5–0	100.0
Salvage Titan	9–4	69.2
Tempered Steel	32–31	50.8
Madness	12–1	92.3
Gruul Madness	2–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	6–1	85.7
Rakdos Madness	4–0	100.0
Voltron	19–16	54.3
Hexproof	6–5	54.5
Equipment Aggro	3–5	37.5
Hateful Auras	7–3	70.0
Slivers	0–1	0.0
Naya Zoo	0–1	0.0
Knights	63–104	37.7
AggroSlide	104–107	49.3
Cats	11–9	55.0
Mono White Cats	7–2	77.8
Selesnya Cats	2–2	50.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–1	50.0
Boros Aggro	5–3	62.5
Humans	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Humans	0–1	0.0
Pirates	0–1	0.0
Rats	1–1	50.0
Combo	991–991	50.0
Storm	266–357	42.7
Dragonstorm	21–15	58.3
Hazoret Storm	5–3	62.5
Simic Storm	1–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	14–8	63.6
High Tide	219–327	40.1
Grixis Tendrils	1–1	50.0
Reanimator	141–124	53.2
Worldgorger Dragon	104–98	51.5
Double Dragon	69–68	50.4
Traditional Reanimator	23–11	67.6
Rakdos Reanimator	2–1	66.7
Dimir Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	4–5	44.4
Grixis Reanimator	2–2	50.0
Oriss Genesis	5–12	29.4
Biovisionary	2–0	100.0
Dubious Challenge	20–13	60.6
Warp World	5–4	55.6
Actual Warp World	5–4	55.6
Jeskai Ascendancy	16–23	41.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	10–22	31.3
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	4–1	80.0
Myr Incubator	2–0	100.0
Fake-Twin	28–24	53.8
Jeskai Fake-Twin	10–4	71.4
Naya Fake-Twin	13–18	41.9
Combo Post	2–4	33.3
Metalwork Colossus	39–24	61.9
Seismic Swans	6–4	60.0
Eye of the Storm	1–0	100.0
Eggs	32–15	68.1
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	1–1	50.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	9–15	37.5
Retraction Helix Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	69–52	57.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	3–1	75.0
Izzet Ascension	20–14	58.8
Ominous Good	66–67	49.6
Jokulhaups Combo	52–46	53.1
Soulflayer	39–22	63.9
Breakfast	80–121	39.8
Hermit Gond	15–26	36.6
Hermit Dredge	23–20	53.5
Neoform Hermit	34–47	42.0
Oops All Lands	7–0	100.0
Dredge	3–0	100.0
Polymorph	17–8	68.0
Protean Hulk Combo	4–1	80.0
Storm Herald	4–3	57.1
Stuffy Doll	17–19	47.2
Control	785–705	52.7
Mono Black Control	19–25	43.2
Esper Control	35–65	35.0
Demonic Rising	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Control	5–9	35.7
Dimir Control	24–44	35.3
Azorius Control	64–53	54.7
Turbo Fog	28–13	68.3
Izzet Control	6–1	85.7
Mardu Control	16–24	40.0
Mill	37–13	74.0
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	13–18	41.9
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–4	20.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	5–10	33.3
Mono White Cloudpost Control	3–1	75.0
Grixis Control	64–59	52.0
Cruel Control	31–25	55.4
Stax	73–66	52.5
Chandra Nalaar	8–2	80.0
Jeskai Control	31–21	59.6
Jeskai Approach	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Galleon Control	0–2	0.0
Runeflare	29–23	55.8
Ponza	104–107	49.3
Mono White Control	9–7	56.3
Life is Ez	5–5	50.0
Dynavolt Tower	1–1	50.0
Cycling Control	21–19	52.5
Astral Slide	6–2	75.0
Five Color Control	15–7	68.2
Shrines	2–0	100.0
Sultai Control	77–65	54.2
Guildgate Control	51–24	68.0
Bant Control	12–6	66.7
Temur Reclamation	17–7	70.8
Enchantments Control	11–6	64.7
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	178–201	47.0
Aristocrats	80–72	52.6
Mono Black Aristocrats	18–12	60.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	23–19	54.8
Golgari Aristocrats	3–6	33.3
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Mardu Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Food	5–4	55.6
Rakdos Aristocrats	26–28	48.1
Burn	42–68	38.2
Infect	19–17	52.8
Blazing Shoal Infect	17–16	51.5
Mono Black Infect	2–1	66.7
Pummeler	4–0	100.0
Hermit Humans	7–5	58.3
Trickbind Dreadnought	19–36	34.5
Izzet Dreadnought	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Dreadnought	14–31	31.1
Chancellor of the Forge Combo	1–0	100.0
Hushnought	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	5–1	83.3
Goblin Persist	5–1	83.3
Aggro-Control	258–381	40.4
Simic Flash	5–2	71.4
Simic Vat	1–1	50.0
Izzet Tempo	58–80	42.0
Azorius Skies	25–30	45.5
Blue Madness	21–23	47.7
Simic Madness	16–21	43.2
Temur Madness	0–1	0.0
Grixis Madness	5–1	83.3
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Wizards	6–11	35.3
Ninjas	8–19	29.6
Mono Blue Tempo	70–125	35.9
Izzet Spells	47–55	46.1
Dimir Tempo	11–27	28.9
Combo-Control	279–239	53.9
Curses	9–7	56.3
Burning Vengeance	4–2	66.7
Cruel Combo-Control	10–2	83.3
Battle of Wits	14–12	53.8
Sunforger	6–5	54.5
Pickles	8–12	40.0
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Lich's Mastery	3–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	30–21	58.8
Solar Flare	14–15	48.3
Plasma Swans	14–13	51.9
Liliana's Contract	5–1	83.3
Mass Land Destruction	148–140	51.4
Wildfire	148–140	51.4
Thryx-Wildfire	54–60	47.4
Borderpost Wildfire	86–72	54.4
Midrange	786–711	52.5
Temur Ascendancy	13–7	65.0
The Rock	27–19	58.7
Golgari Citadel	23–17	57.5
Grenzo	2–2	50.0
Abzan Midrange	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Midrange	10–7	58.8
Selesnya Value Town	9–6	60.0
Jund	87–59	59.6
Blink	104–116	47.3
Wave Blink	71–99	41.8
Esper Wave	2–5	28.6
Azorius Wave	24–43	35.8
Orzhov Wave	31–39	44.3
Bant Wave	12–11	52.2
Anti-Persecution	4–1	80.0
Graveyard Value	37–25	59.7
Varolz Dreadnought	19–10	65.5
Enchantments Matter	4–0	100.0
Constellation	1–0	100.0
Allies	4–1	80.0
Esper Allies	2–1	66.7
Treefolk	24–13	64.9
Fake-Rack	25–25	50.0
Mardu Midrange	14–12	53.8
Yisan-Prophet	2–0	100.0
Vampires	13–11	54.2
Mono Black Vampires	1–6	14.3
Rakdos Vampires	12–3	80.0
Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Elementals	3–2	60.0
Rakdos Midrange	66–65	50.4
Naya Midrange	6–1	85.7
Big Red	32–31	50.8
Mono Black Midrange	82–112	42.3
Mono Black Devotion	46–64	41.8
Davriel Braids	4–4	50.0
Dimir Midrange	29–48	37.7
Angels	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Angels	2–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	20–10	66.7
Lifegain Midrange	5–8	38.5
Adventures	3–1	75.0
Mutate	2–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	13–12	52.0
Sultai Emerge	6–1	85.7
Orzhov Midrange	11–16	40.7
Jeskai Midrange	20–17	54.1
Heartless Summoning Stompy	13–12	52.0
Zur the Enchanter	4–1	80.0
Ordealbreak	6–5	54.5
Enigmatic Incarnation	6–5	54.5
Mythic Colossification	9–9	50.0
Neoform	19–19	50.0
Temur Neoform	5–5	50.0
Sultai Neoform	10–13	43.5
Coinflips	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	5–7	41.7
Ramp	263–211	55.5
Villainous Wealth	2–1	66.7
Rofellos Ramp	1–1	50.0
Wild Pair	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	189–157	54.6
Golgari Post	17–7	70.8
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	18–25	41.9
Greenpost	127–102	55.5
Gruul Post	1–0	100.0
Simic Post	11–11	50.0
Domain	4–4	50.0
Reclamation at Wake	1–0	100.0
Eureka!	42–36	53.8
Applejacks	2–2	50.0