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 12 weeks, 2 days.

The Season Kick Off is on Nov 30th with free entry and over 100 tix in prizes to 32nd place!

Myr Incubator

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	37368	62479–63744–18	49.5	431	2796	1688
Myr Incubator	165	264–253	51.1	0	7	9

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	50–66	43.1
Mono Black Aggro	2–1	66.7
Heroic	3–3	50.0
Mono White Heroic	1–3	25.0
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	11–12	47.8
Goblins	1–6	14.3
Tokens	2–3	40.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–2	33.3
Mono White Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–2	0.0
White Weenie	4–7	36.4
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–3	0.0
Soldiers	1–1	50.0
Elves	4–6	40.0
Rogues	2–0	100.0
Zombies	0–4	0.0
Merfolk	2–7	22.2
Artifact Aggro	5–10	33.3
Affinity	0–5	0.0
Salvage Titan	2–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	2–5	28.6
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Devastating Dreams	1–1	50.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	1–1	50.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	3–1	75.0
Cats	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Cats	1–1	50.0
Humans	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Shamans	1–0	100.0
Combo	65–41	61.3
Storm	17–7	70.8
Dimir Tendrils	8–5	61.5
Citadel Storm	2–0	100.0
High Tide	0–1	0.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–1	50.0
Izzet Storm	2–0	100.0
Reanimator	14–9	60.9
Recurring Nightmare	1–0	100.0
Dragon Nightmare	1–0	100.0
Worldgorger Dragon	6–1	85.7
Double Dragon	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	7–8	46.7
Rakdos Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Reanimator	2–5	28.6
Oriss Genesis	4–0	100.0
Warp World	3–0	100.0
Actual Warp World	1–0	100.0
Four Color Glimpse	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	4–2	66.7
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	3–1	75.0
Umbral Mantle	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–1	0.0
Upheaval Colossus	0–1	0.0
Eggs	1–1	50.0
Turntimber Ranger	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	2–0	100.0
Taking Turns	0–1	0.0
Izzet Ascension	1–2	33.3
Ominous Good	2–1	66.7
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Reanim8 Rack	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	2–3	40.0
Oops All Spells	2–3	40.0
Dredge	8–4	66.7
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	0–1	0.0
Intruder Alarm	1–0	100.0
Gyruda	0–1	0.0
Tameshi Bloom	0–1	0.0
Possibility Storm	0–1	0.0
Control	50–39	56.2
Mono Black Control	1–1	50.0
Esper Control	4–2	66.7
Demonic Rising	5–2	71.4
Dimir Control	0–3	0.0
Azorius Control	7–8	46.7
Izzet Control	2–1	66.7
Mardu Control	5–1	83.3
Mill	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Control	2–3	40.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–3	0.0
Grixis Control	3–2	60.0
Cruel Control	2–1	66.7
Stax	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	1–2	33.3
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Dragons	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–1	50.0
Ponza	1–5	16.7
Cycling Control	4–0	100.0
Astral Slide	3–0	100.0
Five Color Control	2–0	100.0
Shrines	2–0	100.0
Bant Control	1–3	25.0
Pox	4–1	80.0
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Prison	1–1	50.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	10–10	50.0
Aristocrats	5–1	83.3
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	3–0	100.0
Burn	2–1	66.7
Infect	1–2	33.3
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–1	66.7
Izzet Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Chancellor of the Forge Combo	0–2	0.0
Combo Goblins	0–2	0.0
Goblin Persist	0–2	0.0
Aggro-Control	14–19	42.4
Izzet Tempo	5–8	38.5
Azorius Skies	0–3	0.0
Blue Madness	1–1	50.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–5	0.0
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	1–1	50.0
Dimir Faeries	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	8–14	36.4
Curses	1–2	33.3
Battle of Wits	0–1	0.0
Sunforger	1–1	50.0
Pickles	0–1	0.0
Mindcrank	1–1	50.0
Hive Mind	0–1	0.0
Zur's Weirding	3–1	75.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–5	28.6
Wildfire	0–4	0.0
Thryx-Wildfire	0–2	0.0
Borderpost Wildfire	0–2	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	2–1	66.7
Temur Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Midrange	50–52	49.0
Temur Ascendancy	6–1	85.7
Jund	6–7	46.2
Blink	3–4	42.9
Wave Blink	2–3	40.0
Azorius Wave	0–3	0.0
Orzhov Wave	2–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	1–1	50.0
Allies	3–5	37.5
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
Boros Allies	1–2	33.3
Mono White Allies	0–1	0.0
Treefolk	3–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–1	50.0
Fake-Rack	0–1	0.0
Mardu Midrange	1–1	50.0
Yisan-Prophet	0–2	0.0
White Jund	1–1	50.0
Vampires	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Vampires	1–2	33.3
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Boros Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–2	50.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–4	33.3
Heart of Darkness	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	0–2	0.0
Angels	1–0	100.0
Mono White Angels	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–0	100.0
Martyr's Grace	2–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	4–2	66.7
Sultai Emerge	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Midrange	2–2	50.0
Ordealbreak	2–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	2–0	100.0
Mythic Colossification	0–2	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–1	50.0
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Boros Hero	0–1	0.0
Ramp	17–12	58.6
Rofellos Ramp	3–3	50.0
Channel-Rofellos	3–2	60.0
Cloudpost Ramp	7–8	46.7
Greenpost	4–8	33.3
Simic Post	1–0	100.0
Domain	2–1	66.7