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?

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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!

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	37368	62479–63744–18	49.5	431	2796	1688
Reanimator	5505	10449–9122–4	53.4	58	469	275
Recurring Nightmare	1010	1923–1640	54.0	8	86	51
Dragon Nightmare	563	1170–882	57.0	8	65	34

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	335–264	55.9
Mono Black Aggro	11–5	68.8
Heroic	12–15	44.4
Mono White Heroic	5–3	62.5
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	7–11	38.9
Selesnya Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	74–90	45.1
Mono Red Devotion	1–3	25.0
Prisoner	1–2	33.3
Goblins	27–15	64.3
Tokens	19–6	76.0
Selesnya Tokens	4–2	66.7
Mono White Tokens	10–2	83.3
Orzhov Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	6–4	60.0
White Weenie	22–7	75.9
Odric Keywords	2–0	100.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	5–1	83.3
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Elves	30–22	57.7
Werewolves	0–1	0.0
Minotaurs	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	4–3	57.1
Rogues	1–2	33.3
Zombies	18–14	56.3
Gruul Aggro	6–1	85.7
Merfolk	6–3	66.7
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	18–18	50.0
Affinity	5–6	45.5
Tempered Steel	8–9	47.1
Mono Blue Architect	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Aggro	2–1	66.7
Illusions	2–0	100.0
Madness	5–2	71.4
Gruul Madness	1–1	50.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	3–0	100.0
Voltron	6–2	75.0
Hexproof	3–1	75.0
Boros Auras	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	0–1	0.0
Slivers	5–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	5–0	100.0
Knights	8–6	57.1
AggroSlide	28–27	50.9
Cats	5–1	83.3
Mono White Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–3	25.0
Rakdos Hellbent	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	1–6	14.3
Humans	8–6	57.1
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Bant Humans	3–2	60.0
Jeskai Humans	4–3	57.1
Shamans	0–1	0.0
Rats	1–0	100.0
Combo	204–201	50.4
Storm	51–72	41.5
Sultai Tendrils	3–1	75.0
Dimir Tendrils	14–18	43.8
Dragonstorm	3–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	3–2	60.0
Simic Storm	1–6	14.3
Citadel Storm	3–1	75.0
High Tide	12–17	41.4
Grixis Tendrils	1–2	33.3
Izzet Storm	0–1	0.0
Channel Storm	7–23	23.3
Reanimator	75–72	51.0
Recurring Nightmare	39–35	52.7
Dragon Nightmare	28–28	50.0
Jund Nightmare	0–2	0.0
Four Color Powerful Magic	2–1	66.7
Worldgorger Dragon	0–2	0.0
Living Death	4–4	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	32–31	50.8
Rakdos Reanimator	9–14	39.1
Dimir Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	14–17	45.2
Oriss Genesis	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–2	0.0
Dubious Challenge	1–1	50.0
Hypergenesis	5–2	71.4
New Perspectives	3–0	100.0
Monumental Ignus	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	4–7	36.4
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	3–2	60.0
Myr Incubator	0–1	0.0
Umbral Mantle	4–1	80.0
Fake-Twin	2–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	7–4	63.6
Upheaval Colossus	3–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	1–2	33.3
Eggs	5–2	71.4
Turntimber Ranger	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–1	50.0
Taking Turns	2–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	6–2	75.0
Ominous Good	3–2	60.0
Jokulhaups Combo	7–6	53.8
Soulflayer	2–0	100.0
Breakfast	3–5	37.5
Cephalid Breakfast	1–1	50.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	1–1	50.0
Oops All Spells	0–3	0.0
Oops All Lands	2–1	66.7
Dredge	2–0	100.0
Polymorph	2–1	66.7
Protean Hulk Combo	0–1	0.0
Dice Factory	0–2	0.0
Ad Nauseam	4–0	100.0
Ad Swanseam	1–0	100.0
GreenTwin	0–1	0.0
Tibalt's Trickery	1–1	50.0
Calibrated Blast	0–1	0.0
Restore Balance	0–3	0.0
Stuffy Doll	4–1	80.0
Belcher	0–1	0.0
Control	196–115	63.0
Mono Black Control	4–3	57.1
Esper Control	18–8	69.2
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	4–3	57.1
Dimir Control	11–5	68.8
Azorius Control	30–23	56.6
Cawblade	0–1	0.0
Turbo Fog	7–2	77.8
Izzet Control	4–1	80.0
Mardu Control	2–0	100.0
Mill	2–0	100.0
Boros Control	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Control	23–20	53.5
Azorius Cloudpost Control	10–6	62.5
Blackpost	2–3	40.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	5–8	38.5
Dimir Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	1–1	50.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	7–4	63.6
Cruel Control	2–3	40.0
Stax	2–5	28.6
Chandra Nalaar	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Control	7–4	63.6
Jeskai Approach	1–1	50.0
Runeflare	3–0	100.0
Ponza	15–11	57.7
Mono White Control	12–4	75.0
Life is Ez	5–3	62.5
Cycling Control	6–3	66.7
Astral Slide	6–2	75.0
Five Color Control	3–1	75.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	2–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	7–1	87.5
Bant Control	4–2	66.7
Pox	5–3	62.5
Enchantments Control	1–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	3–3	50.0
Seasons Past Control	2–3	40.0
Orzhov Control	4–2	66.7
Prison	1–1	50.0
Enchantress	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	55–60	47.8
Aristocrats	28–21	57.1
Mono Black Aristocrats	10–5	66.7
Orzhov Aristocrats	12–12	50.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–3	25.0
Food	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	7–8	46.7
Infect	4–7	36.4
Simic Infect	2–6	25.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–1	50.0
Golgari Infect	1–0	100.0
Pummeler	5–3	62.5
Trickbind Dreadnought	4–11	26.7
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–10	9.1
Izzet Blitzkrieg	2–1	66.7
Combo Goblins	2–9	18.2
Goblin Persist	2–2	50.0
Dirty Kitty	0–6	0.0
Aggro-Control	58–46	55.8
Simic Flash	4–1	80.0
Simic Vat	0–1	0.0
Izzet Tempo	11–10	52.4
Azorius Skies	2–2	50.0
Blue Madness	4–1	80.0
Simic Madness	3–1	75.0
Lich Aggro-Control	2–0	100.0
Tetsukotog	1–0	100.0
12 Pest	2–1	66.7
Ninjas	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	9–13	40.9
Mono Blue Librarians	0–2	0.0
Izzet Spells	10–8	55.6
Dimir Tempo	5–6	45.5
Ensoul Aggro-Control	2–0	100.0
Azorius Tempo	3–1	75.0
Combo-Control	39–51	43.3
Curses	2–0	100.0
Burning Vengeance	1–0	100.0
Cruel Combo-Control	2–4	33.3
Battle of Wits	3–4	42.9
Shared Fate	2–0	100.0
Pickles	0–1	0.0
Displace Loop	4–4	50.0
Hedron Alignment	1–1	50.0
Yosei Vat	3–3	50.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	2–0	100.0
Hive Mind	2–2	50.0
Plasma Swans	0–2	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	15–26	36.6
Wildfire	11–9	55.0
Thryx-Wildfire	2–2	50.0
Borderpost Wildfire	2–1	66.7
Jokulhaups Control	4–17	19.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	2–7	22.2
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	0–3	0.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–5	16.7
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Resurgent Belief	0–2	0.0
Midrange	221–117	65.4
Temur Ascendancy	5–3	62.5
The Rock	5–4	55.6
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	7–1	87.5
Selesnya Midrange	7–2	77.8
Selesnya Value Town	3–1	75.0
Jund	8–4	66.7
Blink	20–17	54.1
Wave Blink	19–16	54.3
Cloudpost Wave Blink	3–1	75.0
Esper Wave	3–5	37.5
Azorius Wave	6–3	66.7
Orzhov Wave	6–6	50.0
Abzan Wave	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Blink	1–1	50.0
Graveyard Value	10–9	52.6
Séance	2–3	40.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–6	14.3
Allies	4–6	40.0
Mardu Allies	0–3	0.0
Boros Allies	1–1	50.0
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
Azorius Allies	1–1	50.0
Treefolk	3–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	6–4	60.0
Mardu Midrange	3–0	100.0
Vampires	10–6	62.5
Mono Black Vampires	7–3	70.0
Rakdos Vampires	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Vampires	2–1	66.7
Legends Midrange	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	24–5	82.8
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	4–4	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	21–7	75.0
Mono Black Devotion	15–5	75.0
Davriel Braids	1–1	50.0
Dimir Midrange	3–2	60.0
Temur Energy	1–0	100.0
Angels	2–1	66.7
Mono White Angels	2–1	66.7
Toughness Matters	2–2	50.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–3	25.0
Martyr's Grace	0–2	0.0
Mutate	3–2	60.0
Sultai Midrange	7–2	77.8
Sultai Emerge	4–2	66.7
Orzhov Midrange	4–1	80.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Zur the Enchanter	2–1	66.7
Ordealbreak	0–2	0.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	0–2	0.0
Mythic Colossification	0–1	0.0
Neoform	1–0	100.0
Temur Neoform	1–0	100.0
Party	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	1–1	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	6–9	40.0
Mardu Hero	0–1	0.0
Five Color Hero	3–7	30.0
Jeskai Hero	1–0	100.0
Gruul Obosh	1–1	50.0
Simic Snow	14–5	73.7
Artifact Midrange	2–0	100.0
Coinflips	0–2	0.0
Death Cloud	4–4	50.0
Game Objects	2–0	100.0
Ramp	62–28	68.9
Rofellos Ramp	18–10	64.3
Wild Pair	2–2	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	24–14	63.2
Eldrazipost	2–1	66.7
Locus Awakening	1–0	100.0
Golgari Post	1–0	100.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	5–0	100.0
Greenpost	11–6	64.7
Gruul Post	0–2	0.0
Simic Post	1–2	33.3
Temur Bombardment	1–0	100.0
Reclamation at Wake	5–2	71.4
Sarkhan's Unsealing Ramp	2–1	66.7