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, 6 days.

Combo

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Season 34▾
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	851	1451–1422	50.5	6	67	31
Storm	158	266–285	48.3	0	7	6
Dimir Tendrils	56	78–100	43.8	0	3	1
Dragonstorm	1	0–3	0.0
Citadel Storm	86	182–158	53.5	0	4	5
Stormpost	1	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Post Desire	1	0–1	0.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	2	0–8	0.0
Reanimator	6	1–6	14.3
Traditional Reanimator	6	1–6	14.3
Necrotic Ooze Combo	90	159–129	55.2	2	9	3
Dubious Challenge	1	2–3	40.0
Warp World	6	7–15	31.8
Four Color Glimpse	4	5–11	31.3
Maniac Combo	2	3–2	60.0
Hypergenesis	118	218–187	53.8	2	16	3
New Perspectives	1	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	30	46–44	51.1	0	4	1
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	27	44–36	55.0	0	4	1
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	3	2–8	20.0
Metalwork Colossus	8	14–15	48.3
Anvil Colossus	2	0–5	0.0
Seismic Swans	15	36–35	50.7	0	4
Eggs	4	2–7	22.2
Heartless Summoning Combo	6	6–12	33.3
Taking Turns	7	11–11	50.0			1
Quest for Ula's Temple	1	2–3	40.0
Izzet Ascension	1	2–3	40.0
Soulflayer	24	47–48	49.5	0	5	1
Reanim8 Rack	15	28–28	50.0	0	5	1
Breakfast	9	25–18	58.1	0	1
Unctus	1	3–2	60.0
Oops All Lands	32	80–57	58.4	0	4	2
Dredge	12	12–27	30.8	0	1
Polymorph	51	70–74	48.6	1	4	3
Dice Factory	2	2–2	50.0
Storm Herald	8	8–15	34.8
Enduring Ideal	41	89–70	56.0	1	9	3
Ad Nauseam	9	10–15	40.0
Tibalt's Trickery	1	3–2	60.0
Calibrated Blast	13	27–19	58.7			1
Restore Balance	11	13–18	41.9	0	1
Gyruda	7	14–12	53.8
Belcher	18	37–37	50.0			1
Tameshi Bloom	3	1–3	25.0
Possibility Storm	1	2–1	66.7
Phoenix Altar	5	8–10	44.4
Actual Twin	87	162–116	58.3	0	2	5
Izzet Twin	70	138–96	59.0	0	2	5
Boros Twin	9	15–11	57.7
Primal Prayers Combo	14	25–24	51.0			1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	261–314	45.4
Mono Black Aggro	10–20	33.3
Heroic	27–21	56.3
Mono White Heroic	0–2	0.0
Azorius Heroic	9–7	56.3
Boros Heroic	13–12	52.0
Red Deck Wins	68–120	36.2
Goblins	0–1	0.0
Tokens	5–6	45.5
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Tokens	4–6	40.0
Mono Green Stompy	12–13	48.0
White Weenie	15–5	75.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	9–3	75.0
Chroma White	1–0	100.0
Elves	6–6	50.0
Werewolves	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–1	50.0
Rogues	6–6	50.0
Zombies	2–2	50.0
Gruul Aggro	11–9	55.0
Gruul Landfall	3–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	29–45	39.2
Affinity	26–41	38.8
Hardened Scales Affinity	24–38	38.7
Mono Blue Architect	2–4	33.3
Mono Blue Aggro	3–0	100.0
Illusions	2–0	100.0
Madness	2–3	40.0
Golgari Madness	2–3	40.0
Voltron	3–4	42.9
Equipment Aggro	2–4	33.3
Hateful Auras	1–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	4–1	80.0
Knights	10–9	52.6
AggroSlide	16–14	53.3
Cats	3–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	3–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	5–9	35.7
Boros Aggro	1–2	33.3
Humans	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Humans	0–1	0.0
Legends Aggro	15–9	62.5
Bard Class	15–9	62.5
Permanent Vacation	1–0	100.0
Rats	6–6	50.0
Combo	304–304	50.0
Storm	62–47	56.9
Dimir Tendrils	18–14	56.3
Citadel Storm	35–32	52.2
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	5–0	100.0
Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	24–31	43.6
Warp World	5–1	83.3
Four Color Glimpse	3–1	75.0
Maniac Combo	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	38–50	43.2
New Perspectives	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	8–13	38.1
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	7–12	36.8
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Metalwork Colossus	4–4	50.0
Seismic Swans	8–7	53.3
Heartless Summoning Combo	3–1	75.0
Taking Turns	3–1	75.0
Izzet Ascension	3–0	100.0
Soulflayer	10–8	55.6
Reanim8 Rack	7–5	58.3
Breakfast	6–4	60.0
Oops All Lands	15–19	44.1
Dredge	3–5	37.5
Polymorph	16–24	40.0
Storm Herald	6–3	66.7
Enduring Ideal	14–16	46.7
Ad Nauseam	1–2	33.3
Tibalt's Trickery	2–1	66.7
Calibrated Blast	5–4	55.6
Restore Balance	2–3	40.0
Gyruda	2–4	33.3
Belcher	11–7	61.1
Phoenix Altar	3–0	100.0
Actual Twin	24–35	40.7
Izzet Twin	18–32	36.0
Boros Twin	4–1	80.0
Primal Prayers Combo	1–2	33.3
Control	310–334	48.1
Mono Black Control	19–15	55.9
Esper Control	2–3	40.0
Mono Blue Control	1–1	50.0
Dimir Control	27–44	38.0
Azorius Control	32–52	38.1
Turbo Fog	5–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Control	0–2	0.0
Mill	9–3	75.0
Boros Control	4–4	50.0
Cloudpost Control	74–76	49.3
Azorius Cloudpost Control	4–3	57.1
Blackpost	6–3	66.7
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	19–38	33.3
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	3–1	75.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	40–30	57.1
Grixis Control	3–6	33.3
Stax	12–12	50.0
Jeskai Control	4–5	44.4
Dragon Control	3–0	100.0
Runeflare	4–1	80.0
Ponza	1–1	50.0
Mono White Control	2–2	50.0
Life is Ez	2–1	66.7
Dynavolt Tower	2–0	100.0
Five Color Control	3–1	75.0
Last Stand Control	3–0	100.0
Sultai Control	0–2	0.0
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	8–8	50.0
Enchantments Control	1–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	7–2	77.8
Orzhov Control	70–81	46.4
Prison	14–11	56.0
Enchantress	13–10	56.5
Aggro-Combo	49–66	42.6
Aristocrats	40–56	41.7
Mono Black Aristocrats	3–3	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Golgari Aristocrats	7–5	58.3
Food	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	26–45	36.6
Boros Bombardment	1–0	100.0
Burn	8–7	53.3
Hushnought	1–2	33.3
Dwarf Combo	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	66–76	46.5
Simic Flash	1–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	3–5	37.5
Azorius Skies	2–3	40.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	4–4	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	12–33	26.7
Mono Blue Librarians	8–27	22.9
Izzet Spells	7–4	63.6
Dimir Tempo	30–19	61.2
Dimir Faeries	4–6	40.0
Dimir Librarians	14–8	63.6
Azorius Tempo	4–7	36.4
Combo-Control	49–68	41.9
Battle of Wits	2–3	40.0
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Yosei Vat	0–1	0.0
Lich's Mastery	0–1	0.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	24–37	39.3
Liliana's Contract	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–0	100.0
Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Archfiend Alteration	8–21	27.6
Resurgent Belief	0–1	0.0
Greasefang	4–2	66.7
Esper Greasefang	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Greasefang	3–0	100.0
Midrange	297–211	58.5
The Rock	10–3	76.9
Golgari Citadel	2–0	100.0
Grenzo	3–1	75.0
Abzan Midrange	16–15	51.6
Selesnya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Value Town	0–1	0.0
Jund	16–12	57.1
Blink	1–4	20.0
Acid Trip	1–0	100.0
Anti-Persecution	5–1	83.3
Graveyard Value	6–5	54.5
Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	5–2	71.4
Mardu Midrange	6–2	75.0
Vampires	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	2–0	100.0
Elementals	1–4	20.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–7	30.0
Naya Midrange	3–0	100.0
Big Red	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	29–23	55.8
Dimir Midrange	4–9	30.8
Angels	50–40	55.6
Mono White Angels	28–27	50.9
Azorius Angels	14–5	73.7
Orzhov Angels	0–1	0.0
Toughness Matters	8–7	53.3
Lifegain Midrange	20–5	80.0
Sultai Midrange	12–12	50.0
Fight Rigging	5–10	33.3
Orzhov Midrange	11–9	55.0
Jeskai Midrange	3–5	37.5
Heartless Summoning Stompy	6–3	66.7
Fires of Invention	10–1	90.9
Hero of Precinct One	2–3	40.0
Orzhov Hero	1–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	1–3	25.0
Artifact Midrange	15–6	71.4
Death Cloud	6–2	75.0
Nissa Company	14–14	50.0
Game Objects	5–6	45.5
Ramp	112–49	69.6
Villainous Wealth	0–1	0.0
Rofellos Ramp	37–12	75.5
Wild Pair	0–2	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	22–10	68.8
Eldrazipost	7–4	63.6
Golgari Post	4–0	100.0
Greenpost	6–3	66.7
Gruul Post	2–2	50.0
Domain	2–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	12–7	63.2
Applejacks	11–8	57.9
Unclassified	3–0	100.0