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
Ramp	9835	16463–17863–2	48.0	67	576	354
Rofellos Ramp	2050	4251–3333	56.1	36	245	131
Wild Pair	109	178–200	47.1	0	6	4

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	46–65	41.4
Mono Black Aggro	0–2	0.0
Heroic	3–8	27.3
Mono White Heroic	2–6	25.0
Azorius Heroic	0–1	0.0
Boros Heroic	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	3–16	15.8
Mono Red Devotion	0–1	0.0
Proliferate Red	0–4	0.0
Goblins	2–4	33.3
Tokens	4–2	66.7
Selesnya Tokens	3–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–2	33.3
White Weenie	4–3	57.1
Odric Keywords	0–1	0.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Elves	3–4	42.9
Warriors	1–0	100.0
Rogues	1–1	50.0
Zombies	3–6	33.3
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	3–1	75.0
Artifact Aggro	5–5	50.0
Affinity	2–3	40.0
Tempered Steel	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Aggro	3–0	100.0
Illusions	1–0	100.0
Voltron	2–1	66.7
Hexproof	1–1	50.0
Hateful Auras	1–0	100.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	5–3	62.5
Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Humans	0–3	0.0
Jeskai Humans	0–3	0.0
Legends Aggro	0–2	0.0
Boros Legends Aggro	0–1	0.0
Bard Class	0–1	0.0
Combo	35–29	54.7
Storm	7–7	50.0
Dimir Tendrils	1–1	50.0
Dragonstorm	1–1	50.0
Hazoret Storm	2–1	66.7
Simic Storm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	1–1	50.0
Izzet Storm	1–2	33.3
Swath Storm	0–1	0.0
Channel Storm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	10–4	71.4
Recurring Nightmare	2–2	50.0
Dragon Nightmare	2–2	50.0
Worldgorger Dragon	2–0	100.0
Grozoth	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	5–2	71.4
Rakdos Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Dubious Challenge	2–0	100.0
Warp World	0–1	0.0
Four Color Glimpse	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	2–2	50.0
New Perspectives	1–0	100.0
Monumental Ignus	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Combo Post	0–2	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Infinite Infinite Combos	3–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Eye of the Storm	1–0	100.0
Eggs	0–2	0.0
Saffi Combo	0–2	0.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	2–1	66.7
Izzet Ascension	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Combo	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	1–1	50.0
Reanim8 Rack	1–1	50.0
Breakfast	0–2	0.0
Oops All Spells	0–2	0.0
Primal Prayers Combo	1–0	100.0
Control	33–37	47.1
Mono Black Control	1–3	25.0
Esper Control	0–1	0.0
Demonic Rising	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	4–3	57.1
Azorius Control	5–7	41.7
Turbo Fog	2–1	66.7
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–1	50.0
Cruel Control	1–1	50.0
Stax	1–7	12.5
Pollute the Planet	1–4	20.0
Birthday Stax	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Control	3–2	60.0
Galleon Control	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Ponza	2–4	33.3
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Dynavolt Tower	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	1–1	50.0
Astral Slide	0–1	0.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	2–1	66.7
Pox	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Control	1–1	50.0
Prison	2–0	100.0
Enchantress	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	6–8	42.9
Aristocrats	2–4	33.3
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–3	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	1–1	50.0
Infect	2–1	66.7
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	9–16	36.0
Izzet Tempo	6–8	42.9
Blue Madness	1–1	50.0
Simic Madness	1–1	50.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Faeries	0–2	0.0
Izzet Spells	0–2	0.0
Dimir Tempo	0–1	0.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	6–10	37.5
Curses	0–1	0.0
Battle of Wits	2–0	100.0
Shared Fate	0–1	0.0
Pickles	0–1	0.0
Mindcrank	1–1	50.0
Displace Loop	2–1	66.7
Peregrine Drake	2–1	66.7
Yosei Vat	1–0	100.0
Lich's Mastery	0–1	0.0
Hive Mind	0–1	0.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	0–2	0.0
Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Midrange	35–27	56.5
Temur Ascendancy	2–3	40.0
The Rock	0–1	0.0
Grenzo	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	0–2	0.0
Blink	0–7	0.0
Orzhov Blink	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	2–3	40.0
Séance	1–0	100.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	1–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	4–0	100.0
Selvala Morningstar	1–0	100.0
Vampires	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Vampires	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–0	100.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	5–1	83.3
Mono Black Devotion	2–1	66.7
Dimir Midrange	1–1	50.0
Toughness Matters	1–1	50.0
Mutate	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–0	100.0
Mythic Colossification	1–0	100.0
Simic Snow	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	1–1	50.0
Ramp	8–8	50.0
Rofellos Ramp	3–1	75.0
Cloudpost Ramp	2–4	33.3
Golgari Post	0–2	0.0
Greenpost	2–2	50.0
Devoid Cruelty	0–1	0.0