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.

Affinity

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Season 18▾
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	4106	8143–7094	53.4	58	393	203
Artifact Aggro	901	1972–1458	57.5	20	94	58
Affinity	721	1604–1165	57.9	20	91	45

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	406–365	52.7
Mono Black Aggro	4–2	66.7
Heroic	38–50	43.2
Mono White Heroic	29–43	40.3
Azorius Heroic	0–3	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	7–4	63.6
Boros Heroic	2–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	43–72	37.4
Mono Red Devotion	1–2	33.3
Proliferate Red	1–1	50.0
Goblins	7–5	58.3
Tokens	9–9	50.0
Selesnya Tokens	2–5	28.6
Mono White Tokens	3–2	60.0
Mono Green Stompy	23–9	71.9
White Weenie	20–16	55.6
Odric Keywords	0–1	0.0
Soldiers	5–2	71.4
Kithkin	1–0	100.0
Elves	27–29	48.2
Werewolves	3–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	12–2	85.7
Selesnya Counters	5–1	83.3
Rogues	5–2	71.4
Zombies	6–3	66.7
Gruul Aggro	7–2	77.8
Gruul Landfall	2–0	100.0
Merfolk	33–28	54.1
Mono Red Swarm	8–4	66.7
Artifact Aggro	74–83	47.1
Affinity	65–65	50.0
Boros Vehicles	0–1	0.0
Salvage Titan	1–1	50.0
Tempered Steel	4–9	30.8
Mono Blue Architect	4–7	36.4
Madness	7–3	70.0
Golgari Madness	5–2	71.4
Rakdos Madness	1–1	50.0
Voltron	18–10	64.3
Hexproof	14–10	58.3
Equipment Aggro	4–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	0–1	0.0
Knights	5–1	83.3
AggroSlide	28–18	60.9
Cats	14–7	66.7
Mono White Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	13–7	65.0
Rakdos Aggro	7–7	50.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Combo	316–219	59.1
Storm	57–49	53.8
Dimir Tendrils	45–44	50.6
Dragonstorm	2–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	1–1	50.0
Grixis Tendrils	3–2	60.0
Stormpost	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	73–69	51.4
Worldgorger Dragon	19–35	35.2
Double Dragon	1–0	100.0
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	52–34	60.5
Rakdos Reanimator	9–6	60.0
Dimir Reanimator	3–1	75.0
Mono Black Reanimator	40–27	59.7
Oriss Genesis	10–1	90.9
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–1	66.7
Warp World	4–1	80.0
Actual Warp World	4–1	80.0
Maniac Combo	1–4	20.0
Hypergenesis	3–4	42.9
Jeskai Ascendancy	32–13	71.1
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	23–11	67.6
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	7–1	87.5
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–1	66.7
Myr Incubator	2–0	100.0
Combo Post	0–1	0.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Eggs	3–0	100.0
Turntimber Ranger	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	5–0	100.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	3–0	100.0
Taking Turns	16–10	61.5
Quest for Ula's Temple	0–1	0.0
Izzet Ascension	16–15	51.6
Ominous Good	4–1	80.0
Jokulhaups Combo	5–1	83.3
Soulflayer	5–5	50.0
Breakfast	6–6	50.0
Oops All Spells	6–6	50.0
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Dredge	34–32	51.5
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Protean Hulk Combo	8–1	88.9
Dice Factory	3–0	100.0
Possibility Storm	2–2	50.0
Control	271–136	66.6
Mono Black Control	1–2	33.3
Esper Control	12–6	66.7
Demonic Rising	9–6	60.0
Mono Blue Control	7–0	100.0
Dimir Control	16–14	53.3
Azorius Control	41–30	57.7
Cawblade	1–2	33.3
Turbo Fog	4–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Control	10–2	83.3
Mill	29–3	90.6
Boros Control	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Control	9–5	64.3
Azorius Cloudpost Control	3–3	50.0
Blackpost	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	13–7	65.0
Cruel Control	5–4	55.6
Chandra Nalaar	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Control	2–0	100.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Dragons	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	13–1	92.9
Ponza	16–10	61.5
Mono White Control	8–13	38.1
Life is Ez	3–7	30.0
Cycling Control	7–6	53.8
Astral Slide	6–6	50.0
Five Color Control	19–6	76.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	11–4	73.3
Shrines	8–2	80.0
Sultai Control	2–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	38–18	67.9
Four Color Counter Ghazi	7–2	77.8
Prison	2–1	66.7
Enchantress	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Combo	81–81	50.0
Aristocrats	34–34	50.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	4–1	80.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	8–8	50.0
Golgari Aristocrats	5–2	71.4
Mardu Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Food	2–2	50.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	12–20	37.5
Burn	13–13	50.0
Infect	9–8	52.9
Simic Infect	4–4	50.0
Golgari Infect	0–1	0.0
Pummeler	0–1	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	7–4	63.6
Mono Blue Dreadnought	6–4	60.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	3–8	27.3
Chancellor of the Forge Combo	4–3	57.1
Hushnought	2–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	7–10	41.2
Goblin Persist	6–10	37.5
Dirty Kitty	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	102–74	58.0
Izzet Tempo	32–33	49.2
Azorius Skies	7–1	87.5
Blue Madness	2–0	100.0
Simic Madness	2–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–4	20.0
Wizards	1–1	50.0
Ninjas	2–4	33.3
Mono Blue Tempo	27–15	64.3
Mono Blue Faeries	1–1	50.0
Izzet Spells	14–11	56.0
Dimir Tempo	12–2	85.7
Azorius Tempo	1–2	33.3
Combo-Control	56–35	61.5
Curses	2–2	50.0
Burning Vengeance	0–1	0.0
Battle of Wits	5–2	71.4
Mindcrank	14–8	63.6
Dragoncrank	4–5	44.4
Hedron Alignment	2–0	100.0
Yosei Vat	1–2	33.3
Hive Mind	2–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	25–16	61.0
Solar Flare	2–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–4	33.3
Wildfire	2–4	33.3
Thryx-Wildfire	1–2	33.3
Borderpost Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Midrange	276–208	57.0
Temur Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
The Rock	6–10	37.5
Grenzo	1–2	33.3
Abzan Midrange	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Value Town	0–1	0.0
Jund	6–1	85.7
Blink	4–0	100.0
Orzhov Blink	1–0	100.0
Anti-Persecution	4–1	80.0
Graveyard Value	9–8	52.9
Séance	2–5	28.6
Varolz Dreadnought	1–3	25.0
Allies	4–2	66.7
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
Azorius Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	2–1	66.7
-1/-1 Counters	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	19–9	67.9
Mardu Midrange	37–31	54.4
Yisan-Prophet	1–0	100.0
Vampires	3–2	60.0
Mono Black Vampires	3–1	75.0
Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Legends	0–1	0.0
Elementals	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Midrange	35–20	63.6
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	19–3	86.4
Mono Black Midrange	32–32	50.0
Mono Black Devotion	16–10	61.5
Heart of Darkness	10–15	40.0
Dimir Midrange	7–7	50.0
Angels	6–6	50.0
Orzhov Angels	6–6	50.0
Toughness Matters	3–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	3–6	33.3
Adventures	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	5–10	33.3
Orzhov Midrange	24–25	49.0
Prophet Glare	0–2	0.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	3–1	75.0
Ordealbreak	1–0	100.0
Neoform	7–7	50.0
Temur Neoform	1–1	50.0
Sultai Neoform	4–4	50.0
Simic Neoform	2–0	100.0
Party	3–1	75.0
Clerics	2–3	40.0
Death Cloud	3–3	50.0
Illness in the Ranks	0–1	0.0
Ramp	96–47	67.1
Cloudpost Ramp	72–40	64.3
Greenpost	62–37	62.6
Gruul Post	2–1	66.7
Simic Post	4–0	100.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	10–4	71.4
Historic Bloom	5–2	71.4
Defenders	1–0	100.0