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!

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	36323	58113–63941–43	47.6	270	2510	1337
Cloudpost Control	2676	4657–4656–5	50.0	18	195	123
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	92	224–145	60.7	2	6	9

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	53–40	57.0
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Heroic	4–3	57.1
Mono White Heroic	4–3	57.1
Red Deck Wins	16–13	55.2
Mono Red Devotion	1–0	100.0
Prisoner	1–2	33.3
Proliferate Red	0–1	0.0
Tokens	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–1	66.7
White Weenie	5–0	100.0
Elves	1–4	20.0
Werewolves	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	5–1	83.3
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	0–1	0.0
Gruul Aggro	2–1	66.7
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
8 Whack	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	4–3	57.1
Affinity	3–2	60.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Voltron	4–1	80.0
Equipment Aggro	2–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	2–7	22.2
Shamans	1–0	100.0
Combo	37–24	60.7
Storm	1–2	33.3
Dragonstorm	1–1	50.0
Izzet Storm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	16–10	61.5
Recurring Nightmare	6–3	66.7
Dragon Nightmare	1–1	50.0
Jund Nightmare	1–0	100.0
Four Color Powerful Magic	1–1	50.0
Living Death	4–4	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	6–3	66.7
Mono Black Reanimator	5–3	62.5
Oriss Genesis	0–1	0.0
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Actual Warp World	1–0	100.0
Zubera Tribal	1–0	100.0
New Perspectives	0–1	0.0
Splendid Reclamation Combo	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–4	33.3
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–3	25.0
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Umbral Mantle	4–1	80.0
Fake-Twin	2–0	100.0
Murderous Mastery	2–0	100.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	2–0	100.0
Soulflayer	2–1	66.7
Reanim8 Rack	2–1	66.7
Breakfast	1–1	50.0
Oops All Spells	1–1	50.0
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Control	33–27	55.0
Esper Control	3–1	75.0
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	1–5	16.7
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	9–6	60.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Blackpost	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	2–2	50.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–1	50.0
Stax	0–1	0.0
Chandra Nalaar	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Control	6–7	46.2
Jeskai Approach	3–4	42.9
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Ponza	0–2	0.0
Mono White Control	2–0	100.0
Life is Ez	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	2–1	66.7
Astral Slide	2–1	66.7
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	2–0	100.0
Sultai Ultimatum	1–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	3–1	75.0
Aggro-Combo	17–5	77.3
Aristocrats	9–3	75.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	1–1	50.0
Infect	1–0	100.0
Pummeler	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Hushnought	1–1	50.0
Combo Goblins	2–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	1–0	100.0
Dirty Kitty	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	9–4	69.2
Izzet Tempo	6–1	85.7
Tetsukotog	1–0	100.0
12 Pest	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–1	50.0
Sultai Tempo	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	14–14	50.0
Cruel Combo-Control	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	4–1	80.0
Displace Loop	1–0	100.0
Familiars	1–0	100.0
Hedron Alignment	4–0	100.0
Yosei Vat	1–2	33.3
Zur's Weirding	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–10	16.7
Wildfire	2–8	20.0
Borderpost Wildfire	0–2	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
Midrange	51–25	67.1
Temur Ascendancy	6–5	54.5
The Rock	4–1	80.0
Abzan Midrange	3–0	100.0
Selesnya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jund	2–3	40.0
Blink	4–2	66.7
Wave Blink	4–2	66.7
Cloudpost Wave Blink	1–0	100.0
Azorius Wave	3–1	75.0
Bant Wave	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	3–0	100.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Boros Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	2–0	100.0
Vampires	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	3–2	60.0
Selesnya Legends	3–1	75.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–3	25.0
Mono Black Devotion	0–1	0.0
Hellion Whip	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Temur Energy	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	3–1	75.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	0–1	0.0
Ordealbreak	1–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	3–2	60.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Hero	1–0	100.0
Gruul Obosh	1–0	100.0
Ramp	10–6	62.5
Rofellos Ramp	3–2	60.0
Cloudpost Ramp	6–3	66.7
Locus Awakening	0–1	0.0
Greenpost	3–2	60.0
Simic Post	1–0	100.0
Domain	1–0	100.0
Sarkhan's Unsealing Ramp	0–1	0.0