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
Aggro	559	1165–1087–1	51.7	40	246
Artifact Aggro	176	475–319	59.8	19	97
Affinity	166	465–304	60.5	19	93
Hush-finity	9	28–18	60.9	1	3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	156–104	60.0
Mono Black Aggro	1–1	50.0
Heroic	31–18	63.3
Mono White Heroic	29–17	63.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	6–1	85.7
Goblins	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	2–1	66.7
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Elves	21–19	52.5
Warriors	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	6–3	66.7
Artifact Aggro	58–53	52.3
Affinity	53–53	50.0
Hush-finity	4–2	66.7
Tempered Steel	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Architect	2–0	100.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	24–5	82.8
Rakdos Aggro	2–1	66.7
Combo	77–56	57.9
Storm	5–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	3–0	100.0
Swath Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	7–8	46.7
Hypergenesis	5–5	50.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	16–13	55.2
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	12–9	57.1
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	4–4	50.0
Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Combo Post	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–1	0.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Eggs	20–17	54.1
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	4–0	100.0
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Dice Factory	3–1	75.0
Enduring Ideal	5–3	62.5
Ad Nauseam	7–6	53.8
Ad Swanseam	3–3	50.0
Control	51–33	60.7
Esper Control	6–5	54.5
Azorius Control	18–15	54.5
Cawblade	11–15	42.3
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Mardu Control	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Control	4–2	66.7
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	3–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	3–2	60.0
Cruel Control	3–2	60.0
Stax	2–1	66.7
Chandra Nalaar	3–1	75.0
Jeskai Control	1–1	50.0
Dragon Control	2–0	100.0
Ponza	2–1	66.7
Cycling Control	2–1	66.7
Astral Slide	2–1	66.7
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	4–3	57.1
Aggro-Combo	45–31	59.2
Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Golgari Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	10–9	52.6
Infect	6–6	50.0
Simic Infect	2–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	4–6	40.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	5–2	71.4
Hushnought	4–2	66.7
Liquimetal Fishing	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	19–11	63.3
Goblin Persist	19–11	63.3
Aggro-Control	28–18	60.9
Izzet Tempo	6–2	75.0
Wizards	8–2	80.0
Ninjas	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	7–10	41.2
Izzet Spells	2–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	2–2	50.0
Combo-Control	45–22	67.2
Curses	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	20–8	71.4
Dragoncrank	0–1	0.0
Hedron Alignment	2–0	100.0
Lich's Mastery	2–0	100.0
Solar Flare	1–1	50.0
Plasma Swans	13–7	65.0
Mass Land Destruction	6–6	50.0
Wildfire	6–6	50.0
Borderpost Wildfire	6–6	50.0
Midrange	49–36	57.6
Blink	13–19	40.6
Graveyard Value	1–1	50.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Allies	8–3	72.7
Boros Allies	0–2	0.0
Esper Allies	8–1	88.9
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–1	50.0
Legends Midrange	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Legends	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	4–1	80.0
Mono Black Midrange	8–3	72.7
Mono Black Devotion	7–2	77.8
Dimir Midrange	2–1	66.7
Angels	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Angels	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–2	50.0
Clerics	1–2	33.3
Ramp	14–4	77.8
Rofellos Ramp	4–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	10–3	76.9
Greenpost	9–3	75.0