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 8 weeks, 3 days.

Affinity

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	2396	4607–4082–1	53.0	40	246	107
Artifact Aggro	615	1366–997	57.8	19	97	33
Affinity	545	1244–878	58.6	19	93	31
Hush-finity	25	58–43	57.4	1	3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	321–263	55.0
Mono Black Aggro	4–1	80.0
Heroic	43–50	46.2
Mono White Heroic	40–47	46.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	3–2	60.0
Red Deck Wins	20–9	69.0
Mono Red Devotion	1–0	100.0
Goblins	5–5	50.0
Tokens	3–2	60.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	2–2	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	3–2	60.0
White Weenie	9–4	69.2
Quest for the Holy Relic	5–2	71.4
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Elves	38–45	45.8
Werewolves	1–1	50.0
Warriors	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	3–2	60.0
Rogues	3–3	50.0
Zombies	6–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	9–4	69.2
Gruul Landfall	3–0	100.0
Merfolk	10–5	66.7
Artifact Aggro	111–103	51.9
Affinity	97–97	50.0
Hush-finity	7–2	77.8
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	9–5	64.3
Mono Blue Architect	4–1	80.0
Mono Blue Aggro	0–1	0.0
Madness	2–2	50.0
Gruul Madness	2–2	50.0
Voltron	2–3	40.0
Hexproof	2–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	0–3	0.0
Slivers	3–1	75.0
Knights	2–2	50.0
AggroSlide	32–11	74.4
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	6–4	60.0
Humans	1–1	50.0
Pirates	0–1	0.0
Combo	227–129	63.8
Storm	28–8	77.8
Dimir Tendrils	3–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	5–3	62.5
Simic Storm	1–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	3–1	75.0
Stormpost	1–1	50.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	4–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	4–0	100.0
Swath Storm	1–0	100.0
Song Storm	2–1	66.7
Reanimator	13–7	65.0
Worldgorger Dragon	11–5	68.8
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Dimir Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Oriss Genesis	1–1	50.0
Biovisionary	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	10–12	45.5
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Zubera Tribal	1–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	3–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	15–11	57.7
New Perspectives	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	24–23	51.1
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	20–19	51.3
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	4–4	50.0
Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Combo Post	1–4	20.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–1	50.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Eggs	24–28	46.2
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–1	50.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	4–0	100.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	2–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	7–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Combo	6–1	85.7
Soulflayer	6–3	66.7
Oops All Lands	6–0	100.0
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Dice Factory	15–7	68.2
Storm Herald	3–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	13–8	61.9
Ad Nauseam	22–11	66.7
Ad Swanseam	5–3	62.5
Control	178–102	63.6
Mono Black Control	2–0	100.0
Esper Control	20–13	60.6
Demonic Rising	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	1–1	50.0
Dimir Control	1–2	33.3
Azorius Control	42–37	53.2
Cawblade	15–22	40.5
Turbo Fog	4–2	66.7
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Control	4–2	66.7
Mill	2–0	100.0
Boros Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	19–8	70.4
Azorius Cloudpost Control	11–5	68.8
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	6–1	85.7
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Grixis Control	10–5	66.7
Cruel Control	9–5	64.3
Stax	16–8	66.7
Pollute the Planet	1–0	100.0
Chandra Nalaar	3–1	75.0
Jeskai Control	1–1	50.0
Dragon Control	3–1	75.0
Izzet Dragons	1–1	50.0
Runeflare	5–0	100.0
Ponza	7–4	63.6
Mono White Control	3–4	42.9
Life is Ez	2–4	33.3
Cycling Control	5–2	71.4
Astral Slide	5–2	71.4
Five Color Control	6–0	100.0
Shrines	2–0	100.0
Sultai Control	7–2	77.8
Sultai Ultimatum	5–2	71.4
Pox	2–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	7–5	58.3
Prison	3–3	50.0
Enchantress	3–3	50.0
Aggro-Combo	110–86	56.1
Aristocrats	10–5	66.7
Mono Black Aristocrats	4–2	66.7
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Abzan Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Burn	17–13	56.7
Infect	13–10	56.5
Simic Infect	2–1	66.7
Blazing Shoal Infect	10–9	52.6
Trickbind Dreadnought	8–7	53.3
Izzet Dreadnought	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	5–4	55.6
Izzet Blitzkrieg	13–17	43.3
Hushnought	14–5	73.7
Liquimetal Fishing	1–1	50.0
Combo Goblins	34–28	54.8
Goblin Persist	34–28	54.8
Aggro-Control	82–61	57.3
Izzet Tempo	29–18	61.7
Azorius Skies	1–2	33.3
Blue Madness	3–5	37.5
Simic Madness	3–5	37.5
Wizards	16–2	88.9
Ninjas	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Tempo	16–20	44.4
Mono Blue Faeries	2–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	3–1	75.0
Dimir Tempo	3–7	30.0
Azorius Tempo	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	99–81	55.0
Curses	2–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	3–2	60.0
Shared Fate	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	40–29	58.0
Dragoncrank	2–5	28.6
Hedron Alignment	2–0	100.0
Lich's Mastery	6–1	85.7
Hive Mind	6–3	66.7
Zur's Weirding	0–1	0.0
Solar Flare	1–2	33.3
Plasma Swans	17–21	44.7
Mass Land Destruction	20–22	47.6
Wildfire	20–22	47.6
Thryx-Wildfire	3–2	60.0
Borderpost Wildfire	17–20	45.9
Midrange	176–122	59.1
The Rock	5–0	100.0
Golgari Citadel	3–0	100.0
Grenzo	2–1	66.7
Abzan Midrange	5–0	100.0
Selesnya Midrange	2–0	100.0
Jund	3–1	75.0
Blink	36–40	47.4
Orzhov Blink	2–1	66.7
Graveyard Value	9–11	45.0
Séance	2–5	28.6
Varolz Dreadnought	5–6	45.5
Enchantments Matter	1–1	50.0
Allies	13–7	65.0
Orzhov Allies	0–2	0.0
Mardu Allies	0–1	0.0
Boros Allies	1–2	33.3
Mono White Allies	0–1	0.0
Esper Allies	9–1	90.0
Treefolk	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	4–0	100.0
Vampires	6–4	60.0
Mono Black Vampires	4–1	80.0
Rakdos Vampires	2–3	40.0
Legends Midrange	3–5	37.5
Orzhov Legends	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Legends	2–5	28.6
Rakdos Midrange	18–7	72.0
Big Red	3–5	37.5
Mono Black Midrange	14–6	70.0
Mono Black Devotion	13–5	72.2
Dimir Midrange	9–8	52.9
Angels	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Angels	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	2–1	66.7
Lifegain Midrange	2–7	22.2
Sultai Midrange	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–3	40.0
Jeskai Midrange	4–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	2–1	66.7
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–1	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	8–7	53.3
Mardu Hero	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Hero	2–1	66.7
Five Color Hero	2–2	50.0
Clerics	2–2	50.0
Simic Snow	1–0	100.0
Ramp	51–34	60.0
Villainous Wealth	7–1	87.5
Rofellos Ramp	10–8	55.6
Cloudpost Ramp	29–23	55.8
Locus Awakening	1–0	100.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	2–4	33.3
Greenpost	23–18	56.1
Simic Post	1–1	50.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	3–1	75.0
Historic Bloom	1–0	100.0