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	1899	3416–3151	52.0	42	242	82
Storm	617	1053–1049	50.1	14	60	22
Sultai Tendrils	2	0–2	0.0
Dimir Tendrils	332	615–503	55.0	14	42	13
Dark Tide	47	110–68	61.8	2	4	5
Dragonstorm	21	34–46	42.5	0	1
Hazoret Storm	37	51–70	42.1	0	6	1
Simic Storm	45	87–83	51.2	0	1	5
Citadel Storm	11	9–25	26.5
High Tide	6	7–11	38.9	0	1
Grixis Tendrils	22	35–44	44.3	0	1
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	7	3–16	15.8
Izzet Storm	82	144–157	47.8	0	6	3
Song Storm	12	16–15	51.6	0	1
Reanimator	136	183–227	44.6	0	7	3
Recurring Nightmare	118	177–204	46.5	0	6	3
Dragon Nightmare	9	4–17	19.0
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	1	0–2	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	14	6–16	27.3	0	1
Dimir Reanimator	4	2–4	33.3
Mono Black Reanimator	2	1–4	20.0
Biovisionary	2	1–2	33.3
Necrotic Ooze Combo	12	17–12	58.6	0	1	1
Dubious Challenge	2	4–4	50.0
Warp World	28	30–51	37.0
Temur Glimpse	2	1–2	33.3
Actual Warp World	1	0–1	0.0
Four Color Glimpse	23	27–44	38.0
Zubera Tribal	1	0–1	0.0
Maniac Combo	1	3–2	60.0
Hypergenesis	71	109–124	46.8	0	3	1
New Perspectives	4	3–4	42.9
Jeskai Ascendancy	77	142–119	54.4	4	15	1
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	24	34–38	47.2	1	3	1
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	53	108–81	57.1	3	12
Umbral Mantle	6	4–14	22.2
Fake-Twin	7	7–16	30.4
Jeskai Fake-Twin	2	0–5	0.0
Naya Fake-Twin	3	2–7	22.2
Combo Post	1	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	29	44–48	47.8	0	2
Anvil Colossus	19	36–27	57.1	0	2
Upheaval Colossus	5	5–12	29.4
Seismic Swans	14	21–27	43.8
Heartless Summoning Combo	5	4–7	36.4	0	1
Blazing Shoal Combo	22	36–39	48.0			1
Retraction Helix Combo	2	1–6	14.3
Taking Turns	32	48–73	39.7			1
Quest for Ula's Temple	1	2–2	50.0
Izzet Ascension	13	12–25	32.4
Ominous Good	2	3–5	37.5
Soulflayer	28	48–54	47.1			2
Breakfast	531	1312–798	62.2	23	141	41
Oops All Spells	526	1304–788	62.3	23	141	41
Unctus	5	8–10	44.4
Oops All Lands	3	3–7	30.0
Dredge	10	11–23	32.4
Polymorph	14	12–29	29.3
Dice Factory	3	0–8	0.0
Storm Herald	13	11–28	28.2
Enduring Ideal	4	0–9	0.0
Ad Nauseam	73	118–101	53.9	0	5	6
Ad Swanseam	1	1–2	33.3
Chain of Acid	17	22–31	41.5
Intruder Alarm	8	5–20	20.0	0	1
Calibrated Blast	6	7–10	41.2
Restore Balance	24	38–42	47.5	0	3	1
Gyruda	12	10–22	31.3
Stuffy Doll	1	1–2	33.3
Belcher	30	69–46	60.0	0	2	2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	609–516	54.1
Mono Black Aggro	42–32	56.8
Heroic	48–79	37.8
Mono White Heroic	32–61	34.4
Azorius Heroic	6–6	50.0
Boros Heroic	9–11	45.0
Red Deck Wins	136–119	53.3
Mono Red Devotion	2–2	50.0
Goblins	6–3	66.7
Tokens	15–13	53.6
Selesnya Tokens	5–3	62.5
Mono White Tokens	5–7	41.7
Orzhov Tokens	3–2	60.0
Mono Green Stompy	35–27	56.5
White Weenie	31–57	35.2
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–1	0.0
Soldiers	1–2	33.3
Chroma White	1–3	25.0
Elves	50–29	63.3
Werewolves	5–3	62.5
Warriors	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	4–0	100.0
Rogues	0–2	0.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	13–17	43.3
Gruul Landfall	4–5	44.4
Merfolk	9–3	75.0
Artifact Aggro	93–78	54.4
Affinity	68–55	55.3
Hush-finity	6–8	42.9
Salvage Titan	6–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	16–20	44.4
Mono Blue Architect	3–3	50.0
Mono Blue Aggro	2–0	100.0
Illusions	2–0	100.0
Madness	12–4	75.0
Rakdos Madness	12–4	75.0
Voltron	11–1	91.7
Hexproof	8–1	88.9
Equipment Aggro	2–0	100.0
Slivers	11–7	61.1
Knights	23–7	76.7
AggroSlide	20–7	74.1
Cats	4–3	57.1
Selesnya Cats	3–2	60.0
Rakdos Aggro	9–7	56.3
Boros Aggro	9–8	52.9
Humans	1–0	100.0
Shamans	1–0	100.0
Brushwaggs	6–4	60.0
Pirates	3–2	60.0
Rats	2–0	100.0
Combo	627–627	50.0
Storm	207–185	52.8
Dimir Tendrils	110–113	49.3
Dark Tide	10–18	35.7
Dragonstorm	9–7	56.3
Hazoret Storm	10–4	71.4
Simic Storm	16–7	69.6
Citadel Storm	1–3	25.0
High Tide	2–1	66.7
Grixis Tendrils	11–13	45.8
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	27–25	51.9
Song Storm	3–3	50.0
Reanimator	50–18	73.5
Recurring Nightmare	44–17	72.1
Dragon Nightmare	2–0	100.0
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	5–1	83.3
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–1	50.0
Dubious Challenge	1–1	50.0
Warp World	12–7	63.2
Four Color Glimpse	11–7	61.1
Maniac Combo	2–1	66.7
Hypergenesis	32–7	82.1
Jeskai Ascendancy	21–26	44.7
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	10–7	58.8
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	11–19	36.7
Umbral Mantle	1–0	100.0
Fake-Twin	5–2	71.4
Naya Fake-Twin	4–1	80.0
Metalwork Colossus	9–10	47.4
Anvil Colossus	6–6	50.0
Upheaval Colossus	3–2	60.0
Seismic Swans	5–3	62.5
Heartless Summoning Combo	0–2	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	8–8	50.0
Retraction Helix Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	12–3	80.0
Izzet Ascension	5–2	71.4
Ominous Good	0–2	0.0
Soulflayer	13–9	59.1
Breakfast	159–281	36.1
Oops All Spells	156–280	35.8
Unctus	3–1	75.0
Oops All Lands	1–2	33.3
Dredge	7–1	87.5
Polymorph	5–2	71.4
Dice Factory	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	2–2	50.0
Enduring Ideal	2–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	18–29	38.3
Chain of Acid	4–2	66.7
Intruder Alarm	2–1	66.7
Calibrated Blast	3–0	100.0
Restore Balance	5–4	55.6
Gyruda	8–0	100.0
Belcher	10–10	50.0
Control	633–542	53.9
Mono Black Control	8–2	80.0
Esper Control	36–32	52.9
Mono Blue Control	3–2	60.0
Dimir Control	21–14	60.0
Dreadful Inspiration	1–2	33.3
Azorius Control	148–188	44.0
Cawblade	6–6	50.0
Turbo Fog	3–0	100.0
Izzet Control	11–6	64.7
Mill	9–3	75.0
Boros Control	3–4	42.9
Cloudpost Control	59–46	56.2
Azorius Cloudpost Control	5–4	55.6
Blackpost	4–3	57.1
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	19–11	63.3
Izzet Cloudpost Control	3–0	100.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	26–27	49.1
Grixis Control	13–11	54.2
Cruel Control	0–2	0.0
Stax	35–21	62.5
Jeskai Control	1–1	50.0
Dragon Control	4–1	80.0
Izzet Dragons	2–0	100.0
Grixis Dragons	1–1	50.0
Runeflare	19–8	70.4
Ponza	35–25	58.3
Mono White Control	11–8	57.9
Life is Ez	6–4	60.0
Cycling Control	72–88	45.0
Astral Slide	72–88	45.0
Five Color Control	12–6	66.7
Five Color Collected Conjuring	3–0	100.0
Shrines	2–1	66.7
Last Stand Control	5–5	50.0
Guildgate Control	3–1	75.0
Bant Control	2–1	66.7
Temur Reclamation	1–0	100.0
Pox	24–15	61.5
Enchantments Control	2–5	28.6
Seasons Past Control	27–13	67.5
Orzhov Control	40–28	58.8
Prison	25–12	67.6
Enchantress	22–10	68.8
Aggro-Combo	342–420	44.9
Aristocrats	38–28	57.6
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–3	40.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	8–6	57.1
Golgari Aristocrats	5–4	55.6
Abzan Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Mardu Aristocrats	4–2	66.7
Food	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	5–1	83.3
Boros Bombardment	9–10	47.4
Burn	71–44	61.7
Infect	74–105	41.3
Simic Infect	60–90	40.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	5–10	33.3
Trickbind Dreadnought	113–169	40.1
Izzet Dreadnought	41–56	42.3
Mono Blue Dreadnought	64–107	37.4
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Chancellor of the Forge Combo	1–0	100.0
Hushnought	29–55	34.5
Liquimetal Fishing	6–4	60.0
Combo Goblins	7–13	35.0
Dirty Kitty	7–13	35.0
Aggro-Control	164–161	50.5
Izzet Tempo	69–79	46.6
Azorius Skies	5–1	83.3
Blue Madness	4–5	44.4
Simic Madness	1–1	50.0
Temur Madness	0–1	0.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Wizards	8–3	72.7
Ninjas	22–25	46.8
Mono Blue Tempo	21–19	52.5
Mono Blue Librarians	1–3	25.0
Izzet Spells	4–7	36.4
Dimir Tempo	10–2	83.3
Sultai Tempo	1–0	100.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	7–5	58.3
Combo-Control	296–301	49.6
Curses	14–12	53.8
Battle of Wits	59–21	73.8
Shared Fate	2–0	100.0
Pickles	0–1	0.0
Mindcrank	24–43	35.8
Displace Loop	5–1	83.3
Familiars	5–1	83.3
Hedron Alignment	2–0	100.0
Hive Mind	2–1	66.7
Plasma Swans	1–4	20.0
Mass Land Destruction	168–207	44.8
Wildfire	12–9	57.1
Borderpost Wildfire	6–5	54.5
Jokulhaups Control	156–198	44.1
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	49–50	49.5
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	10–39	20.4
Temur Jokulhaups Control	23–38	37.7
Jund Jokulhaups Control	2–2	50.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	10–9	52.6
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	33–32	50.8
Archfiend Alteration	5–6	45.5
Resurgent Belief	2–0	100.0
Midrange	610–505	54.7
The Rock	22–10	68.8
Golgari Citadel	1–0	100.0
Grenzo	1–2	33.3
Abzan Midrange	19–15	55.9
Selesnya Midrange	5–5	50.0
Jund	38–13	74.5
Blink	18–18	50.0
Orzhov Blink	9–12	42.9
Anti-Persecution	4–1	80.0
Graveyard Value	11–10	52.4
Séance	1–1	50.0
Varolz Dreadnought	0–4	0.0
Enchantments Matter	5–3	62.5
Allies	5–6	45.5
Orzhov Allies	1–1	50.0
Boros Allies	1–0	100.0
Azorius Allies	1–4	20.0
Fake-Rack	23–16	59.0
Mardu Midrange	9–6	60.0
Vampires	4–2	66.7
Mono Black Vampires	4–1	80.0
Rakdos Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	22–14	61.1
Naya Midrange	12–2	85.7
Big Red	19–5	79.2
Mono Black Midrange	15–8	65.2
Mono Black Devotion	7–5	58.3
Hellion Whip	3–2	60.0
Dimir Midrange	12–5	70.6
Angels	6–8	42.9
Orzhov Angels	6–8	42.9
Toughness Matters	1–5	16.7
Lifegain Midrange	49–41	54.4
Martyr's Grace	45–41	52.3
Sultai Midrange	10–0	100.0
Fight Rigging	5–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	85–120	41.5
Orzhov Capenna	24–22	52.2
Jeskai Midrange	6–12	33.3
Heartless Summoning Stompy	13–4	76.5
Ordealbreak	3–2	60.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	3–2	60.0
Mythic Colossification	3–2	60.0
Party	2–1	66.7
Hero of Precinct One	34–51	40.0
Mardu Hero	18–24	42.9
Five Color Hero	13–23	36.1
Naya Hero	1–1	50.0
Boros Hero	0–2	0.0
Clerics	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	89–85	51.1
Coinflips	15–2	88.2
Death Cloud	9–1	90.0
Illness in the Ranks	2–1	66.7
Ramp	135–79	63.1
Cloudpost Ramp	90–61	59.6
Golgari Post	2–1	66.7
Greenpost	80–50	61.5
Gruul Post	3–5	37.5
Simic Post	3–4	42.9
Domain	5–0	100.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	6–3	66.7
Defenders	3–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	5–2	71.4
Applejacks	1–1	50.0