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 1 week.

The Penny Dreadful 500 is on Nov 16th with free entry and $500 in prizes!

Pollute the Planet

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	36176	57871–63727–43	47.6	269	2496	1327
Stax	1552	2341–2931–1	44.4	4	91	31
Pollute the Planet	175	395–289–1	57.7	4	31	8

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	101–80	55.8
Mono Black Aggro	2–5	28.6
Heroic	5–2	71.4
Mono White Heroic	1–0	100.0
Azorius Heroic	2–1	66.7
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–1	66.7
Red Deck Wins	25–16	61.0
Proliferate Red	2–0	100.0
Goblins	6–7	46.2
Tokens	9–10	47.4
Selesnya Tokens	7–7	50.0
Mardu Tokens	0–2	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	4–1	80.0
White Weenie	8–4	66.7
Odric Keywords	2–2	50.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Kithkin	2–0	100.0
Elves	6–2	75.0
Warriors	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Zombies	13–23	36.1
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	5–4	55.6
Affinity	2–1	66.7
Hush-finity	0–1	0.0
Boros Vehicles	1–3	25.0
Salvage Titan	2–0	100.0
Devoid Aggro	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	2–2	50.0
Madness	3–1	75.0
Gruul Madness	2–1	66.7
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	2–0	100.0
Hexproof	2–0	100.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Cats	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	2–0	100.0
Combo	35–32	52.2
Storm	3–3	50.0
Sultai Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Dragonstorm	0–3	0.0
Reanimator	7–12	36.8
Worldgorger Dragon	2–5	28.6
Starlit Graves	2–0	100.0
8 Goyf	0–3	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	3–4	42.9
Mono Black Reanimator	2–4	33.3
Necro Combo	4–0	100.0
Faith Necro	1–0	100.0
Deathmantle Necro	3–0	100.0
Mono Green Stormless Storm	1–2	33.3
Warp World	3–0	100.0
Actual Warp World	3–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
New Perspectives	1–0	100.0
Monumental Ignus	1–2	33.3
Mardu Life	1–1	50.0
Fake-Twin	2–2	50.0
Jeskai Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Infinite Infinite Combos	1–3	25.0
Turntimber Ranger	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–0	100.0
Dice Factory	1–0	100.0
Stuffy Doll	2–1	66.7
Control	105–62	62.9
Mono Black Control	5–5	50.0
Esper Control	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	12–5	70.6
Azorius Control	15–9	62.5
Turbo Fog	4–2	66.7
Izzet Control	4–1	80.0
Mardu Control	2–2	50.0
Mill	3–0	100.0
Boros Control	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	4–0	100.0
Cruel Control	2–0	100.0
Stax	16–17	48.5
Necro Stax	1–0	100.0
Pollute the Planet	7–7	50.0
Birthday Stax	1–3	25.0
Chandra Nalaar	0–1	0.0
Stagnant Control	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	9–6	60.0
Dragon Control	2–1	66.7
Izzet Dragons	1–1	50.0
Ponza	7–1	87.5
Dynavolt Tower	9–5	64.3
Cycling Control	2–3	40.0
Astral Slide	2–3	40.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Combo	12–7	63.2
Aristocrats	5–4	55.6
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Golgari Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	3–2	60.0
Infect	1–1	50.0
Hermit Humans	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	1–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	17–15	53.1
Izzet Tempo	6–10	37.5
Blue Madness	5–2	71.4
Simic Madness	2–1	66.7
Temur Madness	1–1	50.0
Grixis Madness	1–0	100.0
Temur Clues	2–0	100.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Gush	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	1–1	50.0
Combo-Control	22–17–1	56.4
Curses	1–0	100.0
Burning Vengeance	1–0	100.0
Cruel Combo-Control	6–2	75.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Approach Necro	1–4–1	20.0
Shared Fate	2–0	100.0
Swarm Intelligence	4–1	80.0
Mindcrank	2–5	28.6
Dragoncrank	1–0	100.0
Displace Loop	0–4	0.0
Peregrine Drake	0–4	0.0
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	3–0	100.0
Wildfire	3–0	100.0
Midrange	85–58	59.4
Temur Ascendancy	4–9	30.8
The Rock	3–1	75.0
Grenzo	3–1	75.0
Abzan Midrange	8–2	80.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	3–11	21.4
Wave Blink	1–0	100.0
Azorius Wave	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	6–1	85.7
Séance	2–0	100.0
Indestructible	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	0–2	0.0
Constellation	0–2	0.0
Allies	5–1	83.3
Orzhov Allies	3–1	75.0
Boros Allies	1–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	2–3	40.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Selvala Morningstar	1–0	100.0
Vampires	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Vampires	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	10–13	43.5
Necro Midrange	8–13	38.1
Temur Energy	2–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	3–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	6–2	75.0
Sultai Midrange	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Ramp	18–18	50.0
Villainous Wealth	0–1	0.0
Rofellos Ramp	16–13	55.2
Wild Pair	4–1	80.0
Channel-Rofellos	6–4	60.0
Cloudpost Ramp	0–1	0.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	0–1	0.0