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.

Current League

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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
Combo	37368	62479–63744–18	49.5	431	2796	1688
Cat Wave	87	198–141	58.4	4	13	7
Acid Wave	22	55–40	57.9	2	5	2

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	59–41	59.0
Mono Black Aggro	2–0	100.0
Heroic	18–10	64.3
Mono White Heroic	15–9	62.5
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	3–1	75.0
Red Deck Wins	16–8	66.7
Mono Red Devotion	3–3	50.0
Goblins	0–2	0.0
Tokens	3–2	60.0
Selesnya Tokens	2–2	50.0
White Weenie	3–5	37.5
Odric Keywords	1–3	25.0
Soldiers	1–2	33.3
Elves	1–0	100.0
Warriors	0–3	0.0
Rogues	0–1	0.0
Zombies	2–2	50.0
Gruul Aggro	1–2	33.3
Merfolk	3–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	1–2	33.3
Affinity	0–1	0.0
Boros Vehicles	1–0	100.0
Salvage Titan	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Aggro	3–2	60.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Gruul Madness	1–0	100.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	43–32	57.3
Storm	2–1	66.7
Dimir Tendrils	2–1	66.7
Reanimator	11–6	64.7
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	2–1	66.7
Traditional Reanimator	9–5	64.3
Dimir Reanimator	4–2	66.7
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–2	33.3
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Actual Warp World	1–0	100.0
Zubera Tribal	1–1	50.0
Maniac Combo	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	14–12	53.8
Hyperwave	3–8	27.3
New Perspectives	3–4	42.9
Cat Wave	5–5	50.0
Monumental Ignus	1–0	100.0
Control	37–26	58.7
Mono Black Control	3–0	100.0
Demonic Rising	7–1	87.5
Dimir Control	2–1	66.7
Azorius Control	9–5	64.3
Adam's Ale	4–1	80.0
Turbo Fog	2–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–2	33.3
Boros Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	1–10	9.1
Cruel Control	1–10	9.1
Stax	1–0	100.0
Stagnant Control	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	2–0	100.0
Dragon Control	2–3	40.0
Grixis Dragons	2–3	40.0
Galleon Control	3–2	60.0
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	21–14	60.0
Aristocrats	16–10	61.5
Mono Black Aristocrats	3–2	60.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	4–2	66.7
Golgari Aristocrats	3–4	42.9
Abzan Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Mardu Aristocrats	3–0	100.0
Burn	2–3	40.0
Infect	1–0	100.0
Turbo Myth	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Control	5–5	50.0
Izzet Tempo	3–1	75.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–2	33.3
Temur Clues	1–1	50.0
Dimir Tempo	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	2–3	40.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Swarm Intelligence	0–1	0.0
Pickles	0–2	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–0	100.0
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Midrange	17–15	53.1
Temur Ascendancy	3–2	60.0
The Rock	1–1	50.0
Blink	1–2	33.3
Wave Blink	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	0–2	0.0
Dimir Graves	0–1	0.0
Indestructible	2–0	100.0
Allies	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Allies	0–1	0.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Ramp	14–5	73.7
Villainous Wealth	2–0	100.0
Devoid Cruelty	7–4	63.6
Applejacks	1–0	100.0
Orcish Aids	1–0	100.0