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 12 weeks, 6 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	1899	3416–3151	52.0	42	242	82
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

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	246–96	71.9
Mono Black Aggro	21–4	84.0
Heroic	16–21	43.2
Mono White Heroic	14–19	42.4
Azorius Heroic	1–1	50.0
Boros Heroic	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	64–19	77.1
Mono Red Devotion	1–0	100.0
Goblins	3–0	100.0
Tokens	9–0	100.0
Selesnya Tokens	4–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	11–7	61.1
White Weenie	13–18	41.9
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Elves	15–4	78.9
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	2–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	4–3	57.1
Gruul Landfall	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	3–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	46–13	78.0
Affinity	32–12	72.7
Hush-finity	2–1	66.7
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	12–0	100.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Illusions	1–0	100.0
Madness	4–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	4–0	100.0
Voltron	5–0	100.0
Hexproof	4–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Slivers	5–0	100.0
Knights	6–1	85.7
AggroSlide	8–2	80.0
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	3–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	2–2	50.0
Shamans	1–0	100.0
Brushwaggs	1–1	50.0
Pirates	1–0	100.0
Combo	281–159	63.9
Storm	94–37	71.8
Dimir Tendrils	58–28	67.4
Dark Tide	6–3	66.7
Dragonstorm	0–3	0.0
Hazoret Storm	5–1	83.3
Simic Storm	9–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
Grixis Tendrils	5–1	83.3
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	9–2	81.8
Song Storm	1–2	33.3
Reanimator	21–3	87.5
Recurring Nightmare	18–3	85.7
Dragon Nightmare	1–0	100.0
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–1	0.0
Warp World	3–0	100.0
Four Color Glimpse	3–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	2–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	15–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	11–11	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	4–2	66.7
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	7–9	43.8
Fake-Twin	2–1	66.7
Naya Fake-Twin	2–1	66.7
Metalwork Colossus	4–2	66.7
Anvil Colossus	4–1	80.0
Upheaval Colossus	0–1	0.0
Seismic Swans	2–1	66.7
Heartless Summoning Combo	0–2	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	5–0	100.0
Retraction Helix Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	2–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	5–3	62.5
Breakfast	84–84	50.0
Oops All Spells	84–84	50.0
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	6–8	42.9
Chain of Acid	0–1	0.0
Calibrated Blast	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	4–1	80.0
Gyruda	3–0	100.0
Belcher	8–2	80.0
Control	209–169	55.3
Mono Black Control	2–0	100.0
Esper Control	10–8	55.6
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	10–2	83.3
Dreadful Inspiration	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	37–53	41.1
Cawblade	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	4–0	100.0
Mill	0–1	0.0
Boros Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	22–10	68.8
Azorius Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	7–3	70.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	12–6	66.7
Grixis Control	3–3	50.0
Stax	15–7	68.2
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	8–1	88.9
Ponza	17–12	58.6
Mono White Control	5–2	71.4
Life is Ez	3–0	100.0
Cycling Control	31–49	38.8
Astral Slide	31–49	38.8
Five Color Control	4–1	80.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–0	100.0
Last Stand Control	3–1	75.0
Guildgate Control	0–1	0.0
Pox	9–5	64.3
Enchantments Control	2–2	50.0
Seasons Past Control	6–3	66.7
Orzhov Control	13–8	61.9
Prison	7–0	100.0
Enchantress	6–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	147–105	58.3
Aristocrats	10–7	58.8
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	6–1	85.7
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Mardu Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Boros Bombardment	0–3	0.0
Burn	31–5	86.1
Infect	39–25	60.9
Simic Infect	31–23	57.4
Blazing Shoal Infect	2–1	66.7
Trickbind Dreadnought	50–54	48.1
Izzet Dreadnought	20–17	54.1
Mono Blue Dreadnought	28–36	43.8
Chancellor of the Forge Combo	1–0	100.0
Hushnought	10–14	41.7
Liquimetal Fishing	4–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	2–0	100.0
Dirty Kitty	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	64–38	62.7
Izzet Tempo	29–19	60.4
Azorius Skies	2–0	100.0
Blue Madness	1–1	50.0
Wizards	2–1	66.7
Ninjas	10–2	83.3
Mono Blue Tempo	9–6	60.0
Mono Blue Librarians	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	3–1	75.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	2–2	50.0
Combo-Control	90–84	51.7
Curses	5–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	19–1	95.0
Mindcrank	8–15	34.8
Displace Loop	2–0	100.0
Familiars	2–0	100.0
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	48–65	42.5
Wildfire	5–3	62.5
Borderpost Wildfire	2–1	66.7
Jokulhaups Control	43–62	41.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	12–19	38.7
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	0–9	0.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	8–11	42.1
Jund Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	3–1	75.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	11–9	55.0
Archfiend Alteration	3–1	75.0
Resurgent Belief	1–0	100.0
Midrange	230–135	63.0
The Rock	7–3	70.0
Golgari Citadel	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	7–1	87.5
Selesnya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jund	10–1	90.9
Blink	3–4	42.9
Orzhov Blink	2–1	66.7
Anti-Persecution	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	3–2	60.0
Varolz Dreadnought	0–2	0.0
Enchantments Matter	2–1	66.7
Allies	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
Boros Allies	1–0	100.0
Azorius Allies	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	7–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	7–0	100.0
Vampires	3–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	3–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	9–1	90.0
Naya Midrange	4–0	100.0
Big Red	8–3	72.7
Mono Black Midrange	9–2	81.8
Mono Black Devotion	3–2	60.0
Hellion Whip	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	3–2	60.0
Angels	1–7	12.5
Orzhov Angels	1–7	12.5
Lifegain Midrange	19–12	61.3
Martyr's Grace	19–12	61.3
Sultai Midrange	3–0	100.0
Fight Rigging	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	31–43	41.9
Orzhov Capenna	10–4	71.4
Jeskai Midrange	4–5	44.4
Heartless Summoning Stompy	5–0	100.0
Mythic Colossification	1–0	100.0
Party	0–1	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	11–13	45.8
Mardu Hero	7–7	50.0
Five Color Hero	3–5	37.5
Boros Hero	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	49–23	68.1
Coinflips	6–0	100.0
Death Cloud	5–1	83.3
Illness in the Ranks	1–0	100.0
Ramp	45–12	78.9
Cloudpost Ramp	28–8	77.8
Greenpost	27–6	81.8
Gruul Post	1–2	33.3
Domain	2–0	100.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	5–0	100.0
Defenders	2–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	2–1	66.7
Applejacks	1–0	100.0