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!

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro-Control	13729	24144–22812–3	51.4	89	962	679
Blue Madness	830	1290–1464	46.8	5	42	28
Temur Madness	142	245–255	49.0	1	9	3

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	61–63	49.2
Mono Black Aggro	0–4	0.0
Heroic	2–6	25.0
Mono White Heroic	0–4	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–1	66.7
Boros Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	21–16	56.8
Mono Red Devotion	1–2	33.3
Proliferate Red	1–2	33.3
Goblins	2–2	50.0
Tokens	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mardu Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–1	50.0
White Weenie	11–8	57.9
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–4	20.0
Soldiers	0–1	0.0
Kithkin	1–0	100.0
Elves	2–4	33.3
Werewolves	0–1	0.0
Minotaurs	1–0	100.0
Warriors	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–5	16.7
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	2–2	50.0
Gruul Aggro	2–2	50.0
Artifact Aggro	5–4	55.6
Affinity	0–3	0.0
Boros Vehicles	2–0	100.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	1–1	50.0
Devoid Aggro	1–0	100.0
Devastating Dreams	1–1	50.0
Madness	2–0	100.0
Gruul Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	2–1	66.7
Hexproof	2–1	66.7
Knights	1–0	100.0
Cats	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–2	0.0
Humans	1–0	100.0
Boros Humans	1–0	100.0
Shamans	1–0	100.0
Combo	39–29	57.4
Storm	10–6	62.5
Dimir Tendrils	2–0	100.0
Dragonstorm	0–1	0.0
Hazoret Storm	5–3	62.5
Izzet Storm	1–2	33.3
Reanimator	7–10	41.2
Starlit Graves	0–5	0.0
Grozoth	2–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	5–5	50.0
Dimir Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	3–2	60.0
Oriss Genesis	1–0	100.0
Necro Combo	3–1	75.0
Faith Necro	1–0	100.0
Deathmantle Necro	2–1	66.7
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stormless Storm	2–1	66.7
Dubious Challenge	0–1	0.0
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Four Color Glimpse	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	3–1	75.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Fake-Twin	2–0	100.0
Combo Post	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–1	0.0
Eye of the Storm	1–0	100.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Saffi Combo	1–0	100.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	2–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	0–1	0.0
Dredge	0–1	0.0
Polymorph	0–1	0.0
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Control	52–55	48.6
Mono Black Control	1–2	33.3
Esper Control	6–4	60.0
Demonic Rising	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Control	2–0	100.0
Dimir Control	3–0	100.0
Azorius Control	5–10	33.3
Turbo Fog	2–0	100.0
Izzet Control	6–1	85.7
Mardu Control	3–2	60.0
Mill	1–1	50.0
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	0–3	0.0
Blackpost	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Grixis Control	2–3	40.0
Cruel Control	1–2	33.3
Stax	2–1	66.7
Pollute the Planet	1–1	50.0
Chandra Nalaar	0–2	0.0
Stagnant Control	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	4–6	40.0
Runeflare	1–1	50.0
Ponza	4–4	50.0
Mono White Control	0–2	0.0
Life is Ez	0–2	0.0
Cycling Control	2–2	50.0
Astral Slide	2–2	50.0
Five Color Control	0–2	0.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	0–1	0.0
Sultai Control	0–1	0.0
Guildgate Control	0–2	0.0
Pox	0–1	0.0
Enchantments Control	1–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Control	1–1	50.0
Prison	0–1	0.0
Enchantress	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	10–13	43.5
Aristocrats	4–4	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–3	25.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Food	1–0	100.0
Burn	2–2	50.0
Infect	2–2	50.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–0	100.0
Golgari Infect	0–1	0.0
Pummeler	0–1	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–2	50.0
Izzet Dreadnought	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Hushnought	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	17–10	63.0
Izzet Tempo	4–1	80.0
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Blue Madness	5–5	50.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Temur Madness	4–4	50.0
Grixis Madness	0–1	0.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Wizards	1–1	50.0
12 Pest	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	0–1	0.0
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	17–18	48.6
Curses	1–1	50.0
Burning Vengeance	0–1	0.0
Cruel Combo-Control	6–3	66.7
Approach Necro	1–5	16.7
Sunforger	1–0	100.0
Pickles	0–1	0.0
Mindcrank	2–1	66.7
Displace Loop	0–1	0.0
Peregrine Drake	0–1	0.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	0–1	0.0
Zur's Weirding	3–0	100.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–2	50.0
Wildfire	2–1	66.7
Thryx-Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Thopter-Sword	0–1	0.0
Azorius Thopter-Sword	0–1	0.0
Midrange	45–59	43.3
Temur Ascendancy	1–6	14.3
The Rock	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Midrange	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Value Town	0–2	0.0
Jund	3–4	42.9
Blink	3–2	60.0
Anti-Persecution	0–3	0.0
Graveyard Value	2–2	50.0
Séance	0–1	0.0
Varolz Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Indestructible	0–1	0.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Allies	1–1	50.0
BRGW Allies	1–1	50.0
Treefolk	0–1	0.0
Mardu Midrange	2–2	50.0
Vampires	3–3	50.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Vampires	2–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	2–0	100.0
Elementals	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–4	42.9
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	6–10	37.5
Necro Midrange	2–5	28.6
Mono Black Devotion	1–4	20.0
Hellion Whip	2–1	66.7
Dimir Midrange	0–4	0.0
Dimir Vat	0–3	0.0
Temur Energy	0–1	0.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–1	0.0
Martyr's Grace	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Sultai Emerge	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–1	50.0
Mythic Colossification	1–0	100.0
Neoform	0–1	0.0
Temur Neoform	0–1	0.0
Clerics	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	0–1	0.0
Coinflips	0–1	0.0
Ramp	4–8	33.3
Rofellos Ramp	0–3	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	1–3	25.0
Golgari Post	0–1	0.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	0–1	0.0
Greenpost	1–1	50.0
Domain	0–1	0.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	1–0	100.0