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	778	1357–1214	52.8	14	87	45
Storm	39	56–80	41.2			1
Hazoret Storm	4	8–9	47.1
Citadel Storm	1	0–1	0.0
High Tide	29	46–58	44.2			1
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	3	1–8	11.1
Reanimator	199	423–294	59.0	3	22	17
Living Death	135	289–197	59.5	2	14	13
Excruciator Combo	117	254–173	59.5	2	14	11
Traditional Reanimator	64	134–97	58.0	1	8	4
Dimir Reanimator	6	10–8	55.6
Orzhov Reanimator	46	113–73	60.8	1	8	4
Oriss Genesis	2	2–3	40.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	37	96–51	65.3	1	4	4
Warp World	2	1–5	16.7
Four Color Glimpse	2	1–5	16.7
Zubera Tribal	1	0–2	0.0
Maniac Combo	1	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	15	14–22	38.9	0	2
Jeskai Ascendancy	10	14–14	50.0	0	1	1
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	10	14–14	50.0	0	1	1
Metalwork Colossus	58	104–99	51.2	1	3	3
Anvil Colossus	48	93–76	55.0	1	2	3
Upheaval Colossus	1	0–2	0.0
Seismic Swans	7	11–13	45.8	0	2
Eggs	10	0–17	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	13	23–21	52.3			1
Taking Turns	7	7–17	29.2	0	1
Quest for Ula's Temple	1	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	1	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	6	7–14	33.3	0	1
Breakfast	60	128–67	65.6	3	13	4
Oops All Spells	2	1–3	25.0
Unctus	58	127–64	66.5	3	13	4
Oops All Lands	33	44–62	41.5	1	4
Dredge	6	4–10	28.6
Polymorph	1	0–1	0.0
Dice Factory	1	0–2	0.0
Storm Herald	12	15–19	44.1	0	2	1
Enduring Ideal	2	1–5	16.7
Chain of Acid	1	0–1	0.0
Intruder Alarm	1	0–1	0.0
Calibrated Blast	4	6–11	35.3
Restore Balance	11	13–17	43.3	0	1
Phoenix Altar	1	4–1	80.0
Actual Twin	34	70–58	54.7	2	8	3
Izzet Twin	30	64–50	56.1	2	8	3
Boros Twin	1	2–3	40.0
Nadu Combo	135	240–184	56.6	3	19	10
Amalia Combo	32	38–57	40.0	0	3
Primal Prayers Combo	5	10–8	55.6

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	262–241	52.1
Mono Black Aggro	5–4	55.6
Heroic	16–22	42.1
Mono White Heroic	6–8	42.9
Boros Heroic	2–3	40.0
Selesnya Heroic	8–9	47.1
Red Deck Wins	22–17	56.4
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	70–77	47.6
White Weenie	33–50	39.8
Soldiers	7–8	46.7
Mono White Humans	24–42	36.4
Elves	20–12	62.5
Werewolves	2–3	40.0
Selesnya Little Kid	7–2	77.8
Rogues	2–0	100.0
Zombies	3–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	1–1	50.0
Gruul Landfall	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	3–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	7–0	100.0
Affinity	4–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Devastating Dreams	6–4	60.0
Voltron	6–0	100.0
Hexproof	4–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Knights	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aggro	6–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	4–3	57.1
Humans	12–13	48.0
Selesnya Humans	3–10	23.1
Orzhov Humans	5–2	71.4
Legends Aggro	25–24	51.0
Boros Legends Aggro	21–21	50.0
Selesnya Legends Aggro	1–1	50.0
Bard Class	0–1	0.0
Permanent Vacation	2–1	66.7
Pirates	1–0	100.0
Rats	3–2	60.0
Combo	346–346	50.0
Storm	22–14	61.1
Hazoret Storm	1–2	33.3
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	16–12	57.1
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	3–0	100.0
Reanimator	79–105	42.9
Living Death	53–76	41.1
Excruciator Combo	48–70	40.7
Traditional Reanimator	26–29	47.3
Dimir Reanimator	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Reanimator	18–25	41.9
Oriss Genesis	1–1	50.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	11–25	30.6
Zubera Tribal	2–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	8–5	61.5
Jeskai Ascendancy	3–4	42.9
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	3–4	42.9
Metalwork Colossus	29–30	49.2
Anvil Colossus	24–26	48.0
Seismic Swans	6–2	75.0
Eggs	10–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	4–7	36.4
Taking Turns	4–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	3–1	75.0
Breakfast	18–36	33.3
Unctus	18–36	33.3
Oops All Lands	22–13	62.9
Dredge	2–0	100.0
Storm Herald	2–7	22.2
Calibrated Blast	5–2	71.4
Restore Balance	6–2	75.0
Actual Twin	10–17	37.0
Izzet Twin	9–13	40.9
Nadu Combo	61–59	50.8
Amalia Combo	19–12	61.3
Primal Prayers Combo	3–0	100.0
Control	226–202	52.8
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	11–8	57.9
Mono Blue Control	6–3	66.7
Dimir Control	7–15	31.8
Azorius Control	32–71	31.1
Cawblade	4–8	33.3
Turbo Fog	2–1	66.7
Izzet Control	17–15	53.1
Mardu Control	3–4	42.9
Mill	6–4	60.0
Boros Control	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Control	34–17	66.7
Azorius Cloudpost Control	7–6	53.8
Blackpost	10–2	83.3
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	5–3	62.5
Dimir Cloudpost Control	5–2	71.4
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	3–2	60.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	4–2	66.7
Grixis Control	15–12	55.6
Cruel Control	8–5	61.5
Stax	23–11	67.6
Jeskai Control	4–4	50.0
Dragon Control	2–0	100.0
Esper Dragons	1–0	100.0
Ponza	12–1	92.3
Mono White Control	7–8	46.7
Dynavolt Tower	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	0–1	0.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	0–1	0.0
Sultai Control	2–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	2–0	100.0
Bant Control	3–1	75.0
Seasons Past Control	8–4	66.7
Orzhov Control	20–17	54.1
Prison	6–3	66.7
Enchantress	6–1	85.7
Aggro-Combo	31–15	67.4
Aristocrats	11–8	57.9
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–3	50.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	8–5	61.5
Burn	11–6	64.7
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Liquimetal Fishing	6–1	85.7
Aggro-Control	101–118	46.1
Simic Flash	1–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	10–14	41.7
Azorius Skies	2–1	66.7
Blue Madness	5–0	100.0
Simic Madness	3–0	100.0
Wizards	5–1	83.3
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	6–1	85.7
Mono Blue Librarians	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	4–2	66.7
Dimir Tempo	34–32	51.5
Azorius Tempo	33–67	33.0
Combo-Control	10–12	45.5
Battle of Wits	5–3	62.5
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Lich's Mastery	1–1	50.0
Hive Mind	0–1	0.0
Zur's Weirding	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	0–4	0.0
Midrange	332–247	57.3
The Rock	7–1	87.5
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Midrange	4–4	50.0
Selesnya Value Town	2–0	100.0
Jund	12–7	63.2
Blink	70–75	48.3
Acid Trip	3–2	60.0
Orzhov Blink	62–67	48.1
Graveyard Value	5–6	45.5
Séance	0–1	0.0
Enchantments Matter	4–1	80.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	12–8	60.0
Mardu Midrange	3–0	100.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	7–2	77.8
Boros Legends Midrange	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Legends	4–0	100.0
Elementals	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Midrange	16–17	48.5
Big Red	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	13–14	48.1
Mono Black Devotion	7–8	46.7
Hellion Whip	2–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	8–5	61.5
Toughness Matters	6–4	60.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–1	50.0
Mutate	2–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Midrange	12–8	60.0
Jeskai Midrange	2–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	4–3	57.1
Ordealbreak	5–6	45.5
Enigmatic Incarnation	5–6	45.5
Party	2–2	50.0
Fires of Invention	6–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	10–9	52.6
Five Color Hero	9–8	52.9
Jeskai Hero	1–1	50.0
Artifact Midrange	2–2	50.0
Coinflips	2–0	100.0
Death Cloud	2–0	100.0
Nissa Company	2–0	100.0
Illness in the Ranks	4–2	66.7
Game Objects	4–3	57.1
Laelia Cascade	21–21	50.0
Wight Midrange	52–37	58.4
Golgari Wight	14–7	66.7
Jund Wight	25–22	53.2
Ramp	48–33	59.3
Villainous Wealth	3–3	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	23–17	57.5
Eldrazipost	6–2	75.0
Golgari Post	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	2–4	33.3
Simic Post	14–11	56.0
Domain	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	7–4	63.6
Applejacks	0–3	0.0
Unclassified	1–0	100.0