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, 2 days.

The Season Kick Off is on Nov 30th with free entry and over 100 tix in prizes to 32nd place!

Combo

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	1020	1706–1717	49.8	15	111	41
Storm	38	35–92	27.6	0	1
Dragonstorm	2	0–3	0.0
Citadel Storm	22	29–50	36.7	0	1
Grixis Tendrils	3	1–7	12.5
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	11	5–32	13.5
Reanimator	9	3–16	15.8
Traditional Reanimator	9	3–16	15.8
Rakdos Reanimator	3	0–10	0.0
Orzhov Reanimator	3	3–3	50.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	43	77–60	56.2	1	3	3
Dubious Challenge	7	15–15	50.0
Warp World	324	716–507	58.5	10	69	20
Temur Glimpse	79	174–141	55.2	2	16	4
Boros Glimpse	238	530–353	60.0	8	53	16
Hypergenesis	13	18–20	47.4	0	1
Splendid Reclamation Combo	8	7–14	33.3
Jeskai Ascendancy	6	9–15	37.5			1
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	6	9–15	37.5			1
Fake-Twin	2	1–8	11.1
Metalwork Colossus	7	5–11	31.3	0	1
Anvil Colossus	3	2–4	33.3	0	1
Upheaval Colossus	1	0–1	0.0
Seismic Swans	6	4–10	28.6
Eggs	4	4–12	25.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1	1–1	50.0	1	1
Blazing Shoal Combo	14	25–30	45.5	0	2
Taking Turns	10	5–11	31.3
Quest for Ula's Temple	3	0–7	0.0
Izzet Ascension	1	1–2	33.3
Ominous Good	3	1–6	14.3
Soulflayer	1	1–2	33.3
Breakfast	55	91–84	52.0	0	5	3
Oops All Spells	54	91–79	53.5	0	5	3
Oops All Lands	95	167–123	57.6	1	6	2
Dredge	152	217–266	44.9	1	9	4
Insidious Roots Dredge	131	189–225	45.7	1	9	3
Polymorph	7	5–16	23.8
Storm Herald	13	22–27	44.9
Enduring Ideal	3	1–4	20.0
Tibalt's Trickery	15	24–29	45.3	0	1
Intruder Alarm	7	4–14	22.2	0	1
Calibrated Blast	23	38–42	47.5			2
Restore Balance	52	92–76	54.8	1	7	5
Gyruda	10	19–16	54.3	0	2
Belcher	4	3–5	37.5
Possibility Storm	11	11–32	25.6
Midnight Mass	14	23–18	56.1			1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	374–460	44.8
Mono Black Aggro	2–0	100.0
Heroic	5–20	20.0
Azorius Heroic	2–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	3–20	13.0
Red Deck Wins	69–94	42.3
Goblins	2–1	66.7
Tokens	4–5	44.4
Selesnya Tokens	2–2	50.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Tokens	1–2	33.3
Mono Green Stompy	9–15	37.5
White Weenie	46–57	44.7
Odric Keywords	1–0	100.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	3–0	100.0
Soldiers	25–34	42.4
Mono White Humans	15–21	41.7
Elves	3–2	60.0
Selesnya Little Kid	6–3	66.7
Selesnya Counters	2–1	66.7
Zombies	5–2	71.4
Gruul Aggro	8–2	80.0
Merfolk	6–3	66.7
Artifact Aggro	67–71	48.6
Affinity	60–61	49.6
Hardened Scales Affinity	60–59	50.4
Tempered Steel	2–3	40.0
Mono Blue Architect	3–6	33.3
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Illusions	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Jund Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	13–17	43.3
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	2–1	66.7
Hateful Auras	10–16	38.5
Slivers	0–1	0.0
Naya Zoo	3–0	100.0
Knights	2–1	66.7
AggroSlide	10–7	58.8
Rakdos Aggro	3–3	50.0
Boros Aggro	5–4	55.6
Humans	50–97	34.0
Selesnya Humans	4–1	80.0
Boros Humans	21–60	25.9
Orzhov Humans	24–35	40.7
Legends Aggro	18–19	48.6
Boros Legends Aggro	7–5	58.3
Bard Class	10–13	43.5
Permanent Vacation	10–5	66.7
Pirates	21–25	45.7
Rats	3–5	37.5
Combo	253–253	50.0
Storm	14–5	73.7
Citadel Storm	10–3	76.9
Grixis Tendrils	2–1	66.7
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	2–1	66.7
Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	9–11	45.0
Dubious Challenge	5–4	55.6
Warp World	81–117	40.9
Temur Glimpse	22–28	44.0
Boros Glimpse	58–87	40.0
Hypergenesis	5–5	50.0
Splendid Reclamation Combo	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Ascendancy	3–3	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	3–3	50.0
Metalwork Colossus	4–2	66.7
Anvil Colossus	3–1	75.0
Seismic Swans	2–0	100.0
Eggs	3–1	75.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	5–3	62.5
Taking Turns	1–1	50.0
Ominous Good	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	11–18	37.9
Oops All Spells	11–18	37.9
Oops All Lands	11–17	39.3
Dredge	50–22	69.4
Insidious Roots Dredge	40–21	65.6
Polymorph	3–1	75.0
Storm Herald	4–4	50.0
Tibalt's Trickery	1–4	20.0
Intruder Alarm	2–2	50.0
Calibrated Blast	4–3	57.1
Restore Balance	9–14	39.1
Gyruda	2–3	40.0
Belcher	1–0	100.0
Possibility Storm	4–2	66.7
Midnight Mass	2–0	100.0
Control	260–272	48.9
Esper Control	27–45	37.5
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	2–1	66.7
Dimir Control	13–16	44.8
Azorius Control	75–121	38.3
Turbo Fog	13–12	52.0
Izzet Control	18–22	45.0
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	9–4	69.2
Boros Control	9–6	60.0
Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	12–5	70.6
Cruel Control	9–3	75.0
Stax	6–4	60.0
Chandra Nalaar	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Control	5–3	62.5
Dragon Control	2–2	50.0
Runeflare	4–2	66.7
Mono White Control	21–7	75.0
Cycling Control	6–0	100.0
Astral Slide	3–0	100.0
Five Color Control	3–5	37.5
Last Stand Control	3–1	75.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	12–4	75.0
Orzhov Control	6–3	66.7
Prison	7–3	70.0
Aggro-Combo	86–118	42.2
Aristocrats	70–107	39.5
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Aristocrats	66–104	38.8
Boros Bombardment	0–1	0.0
Burn	10–7	58.8
Turbo Myth	1–0	100.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Hushnought	1–0	100.0
Dwarf Combo	2–4	33.3
Aggro-Control	83–107	43.7
Simic Flash	6–3	66.7
Izzet Tempo	16–13	55.2
Blue Madness	3–1	75.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	28–52	35.0
Mono Blue Librarians	20–37	35.1
Izzet Spells	8–4	66.7
Dimir Tempo	9–6	60.0
Dimir Faeries	1–0	100.0
Dimir Librarians	2–1	66.7
Azorius Tempo	7–26	21.2
Combo-Control	81–90	47.4
Battle of Wits	18–11	62.1
Sunforger	4–7	36.4
Curious Niv-Mizzet	2–0	100.0
Solar Flare	2–1	66.7
Mass Land Destruction	12–4	75.0
Wildfire	12–4	75.0
Borderpost Wildfire	3–0	100.0
Resurgent Belief	2–2	50.0
Greasefang	38–60	38.8
Esper Greasefang	12–20	37.5
Orzhov Greasefang	25–39	39.1
Coveted Falcon Combo	3–3	50.0
Midrange	410–358	53.4
The Rock	46–41	52.9
Grenzo	3–5	37.5
Abzan Midrange	22–19	53.7
Selesnya Midrange	11–16	40.7
Jund	6–2	75.0
Blink	76–67	53.1
Orzhov Blink	56–50	52.8
Graveyard Value	5–4	55.6
Enchantments Matter	3–4	42.9
Allies	5–1	83.3
Fake-Rack	10–2	83.3
Mardu Midrange	2–2	50.0
Vampires	4–1	80.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	2–1	66.7
Legends Midrange	5–13	27.8
Boros Legends Midrange	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Legends	4–11	26.7
Selesnya Legends	0–1	0.0
Elementals	2–3	40.0
Rakdos Midrange	12–7	63.2
Naya Midrange	2–2	50.0
Big Red	6–5	54.5
Mono Black Midrange	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	10–14	41.7
Angels	11–6	64.7
Mono White Angels	7–4	63.6
Azorius Angels	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Angels	3–2	60.0
Toughness Matters	5–3	62.5
Lifegain Midrange	3–5	37.5
Adventures	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	8–10	44.4
Fight Rigging	4–3	57.1
Orzhov Midrange	10–16	38.5
Jeskai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	39–48	44.8
Ordealbreak	1–2	33.3
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–2	33.3
Fires of Invention	18–4	81.8
Hero of Precinct One	6–5	54.5
Mardu Hero	0–1	0.0
Five Color Hero	2–1	66.7
Naya Hero	0–1	0.0
Boros Hero	1–0	100.0
Clerics	1–7	12.5
Artifact Midrange	17–8	68.0
Death Cloud	8–7	53.3
Nissa Company	8–3	72.7
Illness in the Ranks	6–10	37.5
Game Objects	10–6	62.5
Ramp	159–59	72.9
Villainous Wealth	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	5–0	100.0
Temurpost	5–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	14–9	60.9
Applejacks	2–1	66.7
Field Ramp	102–42	70.8
Superfriends	3–0	100.0