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 2 weeks, 2 days.

Simic Vat

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro-Control	13650	24015–22688–3	51.4	89	951	676
Simic Flash	244	390–416–1	48.4	1	22	6
Simic Vat	57	131–97	57.5	0	14	2

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	27–38	41.5
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	2–2	50.0
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Heroic	1–2	33.3
Red Deck Wins	16–13	55.2
Mono Red Devotion	1–0	100.0
Proliferate Red	1–0	100.0
Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–1	50.0
White Weenie	1–7	12.5
Odric Keywords	0–2	0.0
Kithkin	0–2	0.0
Elves	0–1	0.0
Werewolves	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	0–3	0.0
Merfolk	1–1	50.0
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
8 Whack	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	0–6	0.0
Affinity	0–5	0.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	2–1	66.7
AggroSlide	0–1	0.0
Combo	23–12	65.7
Storm	1–2	33.3
Hazoret Storm	1–2	33.3
Reanimator	12–4	75.0
Recurring Nightmare	4–1	80.0
Dragon Nightmare	1–0	100.0
Jund Nightmare	2–0	100.0
Four Color Powerful Magic	1–1	50.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–0	100.0
Double Dragon	1–0	100.0
Living Death	5–2	71.4
Traditional Reanimator	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–0	100.0
New Perspectives	3–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–2	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Umbral Mantle	0–1	0.0
Combo Post	0–1	0.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Stuffy Doll	1–0	100.0
Control	28–11	71.8
Esper Control	1–1	50.0
Azorius Control	1–1	50.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	12–5	70.6
Azorius Cloudpost Control	2–2	50.0
Blackpost	3–2	60.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	3–0	100.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	4–0	100.0
Jeskai Approach	1–0	100.0
Galleon Control	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	0–1	0.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Combo	12–6	66.7
Aristocrats	8–6	57.1
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Aristocrats	5–4	55.6
Golgari Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	2–0	100.0
Infect	2–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	4–2	66.7
Simic Flash	1–1	50.0
Simic Vat	1–1	50.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
12 Pest	0–1	0.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	8–5	61.5
Cruel Combo-Control	0–2	0.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Sunforger	1–0	100.0
Displace Loop	1–0	100.0
Yosei Vat	1–1	50.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–2	50.0
Wildfire	2–2	50.0
Midrange	22–17	56.4
Temur Ascendancy	2–0	100.0
The Rock	2–3	40.0
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Blink	3–1	75.0
Wave Blink	3–1	75.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	1–0	100.0
Azorius Wave	2–1	66.7
Allies	1–2	33.3
Mardu Allies	1–1	50.0
Vampires	2–6	25.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–6	0.0
Orzhov Vampires	2–0	100.0
Hellion Whip	0–1	0.0
Temur Energy	3–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	2–1	66.7
Sultai Emerge	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Midrange	0–1	0.0
Ramp	7–6	53.8
Rofellos Ramp	1–3	25.0
Cloudpost Ramp	6–2	75.0
Eldrazipost	0–1	0.0
Locus Awakening	1–0	100.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	1–0	100.0