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

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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!

Devastating Dreams

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	50320	94009–84190–65	52.8	736	5770	2366
Devastating Dreams	99	234–169	58.1	2	20	6

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	70–44	61.4
Mono Black Aggro	5–0	100.0
Heroic	2–1	66.7
Azorius Heroic	1–1	50.0
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	20–13	60.6
Mono Red Devotion	3–3	50.0
Goblins	6–2	75.0
Tokens	5–4	55.6
Selesnya Tokens	5–4	55.6
Mono Green Stompy	0–3	0.0
White Weenie	5–6	45.5
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Kithkin	1–0	100.0
Mono White Humans	0–2	0.0
Elves	3–1	75.0
Selesnya Little Kid	0–2	0.0
Rogues	0–1	0.0
Zombies	3–3	50.0
Merfolk	4–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
8 Whack	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	2–3	40.0
Boros Vehicles	0–1	0.0
Salvage Titan	1–2	33.3
Tempered Steel	1–0	100.0
Devoid Aggro	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Devastating Dreams	1–1	50.0
Voltron	3–1	75.0
Boros Auras	0–1	0.0
Equipment Aggro	2–0	100.0
Slivers	2–0	100.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Humans	0–1	0.0
Combo	27–17	61.4
Storm	8–1	88.9
Dimir Tendrils	4–0	100.0
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	5–6	45.5
Traditional Reanimator	5–6	45.5
Mono Black Reanimator	1–4	20.0
Orzhov Reanimator	0–2	0.0
Maniac Combo	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Myr Incubator	1–1	50.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–2	33.3
Anvil Colossus	0–1	0.0
Upheaval Colossus	0–1	0.0
Cruel Combo	0–1	0.0
Eggs	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–1	50.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Combo	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Neoform Hermit	1–0	100.0
Actual Twin	1–0	100.0
Izzet Twin	1–0	100.0
Nadu Combo	1–1	50.0
Control	46–29	61.3
Esper Control	6–6	50.0
Demonic Rising	10–2	83.3
Mono Blue Control	2–0	100.0
Dimir Control	1–1	50.0
Azorius Control	6–5	54.5
Izzet Control	1–1	50.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	3–2	60.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	0–2	0.0
Dragon Control	1–1	50.0
Izzet Dragons	1–1	50.0
Galleon Control	0–1	0.0
Ponza	2–1	66.7
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Life is Ez	0–1	0.0
Dynavolt Tower	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	4–0	100.0
Astral Slide	4–0	100.0
Bant Control	3–1	75.0
Pox	1–1	50.0
Enchantments Control	1–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–1	0.0
Seasons Past Control	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	11–8	57.9
Aristocrats	7–4	63.6
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Golgari Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Abzan Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Mardu Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Infect	3–1	75.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–1	0.0
Pummeler	0–1	0.0
Hushnought	1–1	50.0
Combo Goblins	0–1	0.0
Goblin Persist	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	13–11	54.2
Izzet Tempo	3–4	42.9
Azorius Skies	1–2	33.3
Blue Madness	1–1	50.0
Temur Madness	1–1	50.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Wizards	3–1	75.0
Tetsukotog	0–1	0.0
Dimir Tempo	1–1	50.0
Dimir Faeries	1–0	100.0
Azorius Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	13–8	61.9
Curses	0–1	0.0
Cruel Combo-Control	6–4	60.0
Pickles	1–1	50.0
Mindcrank	2–1	66.7
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–0	100.0
Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Midrange	45–50	47.4
Temur Ascendancy	5–4	55.6
Prophet Ascendancy	3–1	75.0
The Rock	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	3–3	50.0
Knights of Windgrace	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Value Town	1–0	100.0
Jund	3–6	33.3
Blink	2–8	20.0
Orzhov Blink	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	6–2	75.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Allies	1–3	25.0
Mardu Allies	0–1	0.0
Esper Allies	0–2	0.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	2–1	66.7
Leave // Chance Midrange	1–0	100.0
Yisan-Prophet	1–1	50.0
White Jund	1–0	100.0
Vampires	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	0–2	0.0
Legends Midrange	0–4	0.0
Boros Legends Midrange	0–3	0.0
Elementals	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–2	33.3
Naya Midrange	0–2	0.0
Big Red	0–3	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Devotion	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	2–0	100.0
Sultai Emerge	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	0–1	0.0
Five Color Hero	0–1	0.0
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Ramp	9–2	81.8
Cloudpost Ramp	1–1	50.0
Eldrazipost	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	0–1	0.0
Domain	3–1	75.0