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 day, 13 hours.

Congratulations to thewatchwander, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 34)

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Aggro	11777	23983–22938–65	51.1	725	5667
White Weenie	1020	2099–2028–2	50.9	67	523
Soldiers	215	500–423	54.2	21	120

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	144–111	56.5
Mono Black Aggro	4–1	80.0
Heroic	5–4	55.6
Mono White Heroic	3–3	50.0
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	25–21	54.3
Mono Red Devotion	0–1	0.0
Goblins	4–2	66.7
Tokens	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	0–2	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	35–32	52.2
Odric Keywords	0–2	0.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–1	50.0
Soldiers	23–23	50.0
Mono White Humans	5–2	71.4
Elves	2–3	40.0
Selesnya Little Kid	4–0	100.0
Selesnya Counters	2–0	100.0
Zombies	1–2	33.3
Gruul Aggro	3–1	75.0
Merfolk	2–1	66.7
Mono Red Swarm	4–5	44.4
Artifact Aggro	13–12	52.0
Affinity	10–9	52.6
Hardened Scales Affinity	8–7	53.3
Tempered Steel	3–2	60.0
Mono Blue Architect	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Illusions	1–0	100.0
Madness	3–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	3–0	100.0
Voltron	3–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	1–0	100.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	8–12	40.0
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Humans	8–4	66.7
Jeskai Humans	2–0	100.0
Boros Humans	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Humans	3–2	60.0
Mono Red Eldrazi	0–1	0.0
Legends Aggro	9–1	90.0
Boros Legends Aggro	8–1	88.9
Bard Class	1–0	100.0
Permanent Vacation	2–0	100.0
Pirates	2–4	33.3
Rats	1–1	50.0
Combo	120–111	51.9
Storm	10–7	58.8
Dimir Tendrils	0–2	0.0
Dragonstorm	1–1	50.0
Hazoret Storm	2–0	100.0
Simic Storm	2–0	100.0
Reclamation Storm	2–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	1–4	20.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	7–3	70.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–2	33.3
Double Dragon	1–0	100.0
Starlit Graves	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	6–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	3–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–5	28.6
Warp World	31–21	59.6
Temur Glimpse	4–0	100.0
Boros Glimpse	27–21	56.3
Hypergenesis	2–7	22.2
Hyperwave	0–1	0.0
New Perspectives	4–0	100.0
Myr Incubator	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	2–2	50.0
Anvil Colossus	1–2	33.3
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	6–1	85.7
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	2–1	66.7
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Ominous Good	1–1	50.0
Jokulhaups Combo	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	2–1	66.7
Cephalid Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Oops All Spells	1–0	100.0
Unctus	0–1	0.0
Oops All Lands	1–2	33.3
Dredge	5–3	62.5
Insidious Roots Dredge	3–3	50.0
GreenTwin	0–1	0.0
Intruder Alarm	1–2	33.3
Calibrated Blast	2–0	100.0
Restore Balance	1–2	33.3
Midnight Mass	2–4	33.3
Phoenix Altar	10–12	45.5
Actual Twin	21–34	38.2
Izzet Twin	20–29	40.8
Boros Twin	1–5	16.7
Control	72–51	58.5
Esper Control	5–4	55.6
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	1–1	50.0
Dimir Control	4–5	44.4
Azorius Control	22–9	71.0
Cawblade	1–1	50.0
Turbo Fog	1–1	50.0
Izzet Control	2–1	66.7
Mill	4–0	100.0
Boros Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	6–1	85.7
Azorius Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	4–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–7	12.5
Cruel Control	1–7	12.5
Stax	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Control	2–2	50.0
Dragon Control	4–1	80.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Esper Dragons	0–1	0.0
Ponza	0–1	0.0
Mono White Control	5–3	62.5
Cycling Control	1–2	33.3
Astral Slide	1–2	33.3
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Last Stand Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	1–2	33.3
Guildgate Control	3–3	50.0
Orzhov Control	1–3	25.0
Prison	4–3	57.1
Enchantress	4–3	57.1
Aggro-Combo	35–22	61.4
Aristocrats	25–15	62.5
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Food	1–3	25.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	20–10	66.7
Burn	5–3	62.5
Infect	3–1	75.0
Simic Infect	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Infect	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–3	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–3	0.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	1–0	100.0
Dirty Kitty	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	19–24	44.2
Izzet Tempo	1–4	20.0
Azorius Skies	1–1	50.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
Wizards	2–0	100.0
Ninjas	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	5–9	35.7
Mono Blue Librarians	3–8	27.3
Izzet Spells	2–2	50.0
Dimir Tempo	2–1	66.7
Dimir Librarians	0–1	0.0
Azorius Tempo	3–4	42.9
Combo-Control	15–16	48.4
Cruel Combo-Control	0–2	0.0
Battle of Wits	2–1	66.7
Approach Necro	0–1	0.0
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	2–0	100.0
Displace Loop	2–2	50.0
Familiars	2–2	50.0
Zur's Weirding	1–1	50.0
Solar Flare	3–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–1	50.0
Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Thopter-Sword	0–2	0.0
Esper Thopter-Sword	0–1	0.0
Resurgent Belief	1–0	100.0
Greasefang	1–4	20.0
Orzhov Greasefang	1–4	20.0
Coveted Falcon Combo	0–2	0.0
Midrange	77–76	50.3
Temur Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
The Rock	8–2	80.0
Grenzo	1–1	50.0
Jund	6–2	75.0
Blink	18–22	45.0
Wave Blink	2–0	100.0
Azorius Wave	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Blink	14–20	41.2
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Allies	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
Boros Allies	0–1	0.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
White Jund	1–0	100.0
Vampires	3–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	2–0	100.0
Boros Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–4	33.3
Naya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	8–13	38.1
Necro Midrange	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Devotion	2–4	33.3
Heart of Darkness	0–2	0.0
Hellion Whip	2–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	5–2	71.4
Toughness Matters	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	4–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–3	40.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–8	11.1
Neoform	1–0	100.0
Sultai Neoform	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	4–5	44.4
Hero of Precinct One	0–3	0.0
Five Color Hero	0–1	0.0
Naya Hero	0–1	0.0
Clerics	2–2	50.0
Artifact Midrange	3–1	75.0
Nissa Company	0–2	0.0
Illness in the Ranks	1–0	100.0
Ramp	18–12	60.0
Rofellos Ramp	2–2	50.0
Channel-Rofellos	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	8–5	61.5
Golgari Post	0–1	0.0
Greenpost	6–3	66.7
Simic Post	2–0	100.0
Devoid Cruelty	0–2	0.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	1–0	100.0
Historic Bloom	1–0	100.0
Applejacks	1–1	50.0
Field Ramp	5–1	83.3