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!

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	41628	68323–73351–34	48.2	357	3096	1596
Allies	1153	2010–1964–2	50.6	15	140	40
Mardu Allies	222	508–371	57.8	8	47	10

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	126–109	53.6
Mono Black Aggro	7–3	70.0
Heroic	9–13	40.9
Mono White Heroic	5–8	38.5
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–5	28.6
Selesnya Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	24–34	41.4
Mono Red Devotion	1–0	100.0
Prisoner	2–2	50.0
Proliferate Red	0–1	0.0
Goblins	1–2	33.3
Tokens	7–2	77.8
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	3–1	75.0
Mono Green Stompy	6–0	100.0
White Weenie	7–6	53.8
Quest for the Holy Relic	2–1	66.7
Chroma White	0–2	0.0
Elves	5–1	83.3
Werewolves	1–2	33.3
Warriors	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	4–2	66.7
Zombies	14–23	37.8
Gruul Aggro	4–1	80.0
Mono Red Swarm	2–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	18–16	52.9
Affinity	6–7	46.2
Tempered Steel	12–8	60.0
Mono Blue Architect	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–1	50.0
Illusions	1–1	50.0
Devastating Dreams	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	6–2	75.0
Hexproof	5–1	83.3
Boros Auras	0–1	0.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	1–0	100.0
Cats	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Hellbent	0–1	0.0
Humans	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Combo	63–42	60.0
Storm	21–5	80.8
Dimir Tendrils	5–0	100.0
Dragonstorm	0–1	0.0
Hazoret Storm	1–0	100.0
Simic Storm	6–1	85.7
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Stormpost	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Post Desire	0–1	0.0
Izzet Storm	3–2	60.0
Reanimator	5–5	50.0
Recurring Nightmare	3–1	75.0
Dragon Nightmare	3–0	100.0
Four Color Powerful Magic	0–1	0.0
Living Death	1–4	20.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–2	33.3
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Actual Warp World	1–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	3–3	50.0
Hypergenesis	2–2	50.0
New Perspectives	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	3–2	60.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Umbral Mantle	2–2	50.0
Fake-Twin	0–5	0.0
Jeskai Fake-Twin	0–5	0.0
Combo Post	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–2	33.3
Upheaval Colossus	1–2	33.3
Infinite Infinite Combos	1–0	100.0
Eggs	1–2	33.3
Saffi Combo	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	6–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Combo	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	3–7	30.0
Cephalid Breakfast	2–4	33.3
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	0–3	0.0
Grixis Breakfast	2–1	66.7
Oops All Spells	1–3	25.0
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	0–1	0.0
Control	93–51	64.6
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	4–3	57.1
Demonic Rising	0–6	0.0
Mono Blue Control	3–2	60.0
Dimir Control	4–0	100.0
Azorius Control	14–10	58.3
Cawblade	0–1	0.0
Turbo Fog	2–1	66.7
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Boros Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	4–4	50.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	2–2	50.0
Blackpost	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	1–2	33.3
Chandra Nalaar	1–1	50.0
Stagnant Control	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Control	6–5	54.5
Jeskai Approach	1–1	50.0
Dragon Control	2–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Galleon Control	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Ponza	12–4	75.0
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Dynavolt Tower	2–0	100.0
Cycling Control	5–1	83.3
Astral Slide	5–1	83.3
Five Color Control	1–1	50.0
Shrines	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	10–2	83.3
Guildgate Control	5–1	83.3
Bant Control	0–1	0.0
Pox	2–1	66.7
Four Color Counter Ghazi	4–1	80.0
Seasons Past Control	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	17–27	38.6
Aristocrats	10–12	45.5
Mono Black Aristocrats	5–8	38.5
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–3	50.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	1–0	100.0
Infect	3–5	37.5
Simic Infect	1–1	50.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–4	20.0
Pummeler	1–1	50.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–6	14.3
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–4	20.0
Hushnought	0–1	0.0
Combo Goblins	0–2	0.0
Goblin Persist	0–2	0.0
Aggro-Control	23–32	41.8
Simic Flash	2–1	66.7
Simic Vat	1–1	50.0
Izzet Tempo	3–4	42.9
Azorius Skies	2–7	22.2
Blue Madness	0–2	0.0
Simic Madness	0–2	0.0
Wizards	2–2	50.0
Ninjas	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Gush	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	8–11	42.1
Dimir Tempo	1–1	50.0
Dimir Faeries	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	34–20	63.0
Curses	8–7	53.3
Burning Vengeance	1–0	100.0
Cruel Combo-Control	2–1	66.7
Battle of Wits	3–2	60.0
Shared Fate	1–0	100.0
Pickles	1–1	50.0
Mindcrank	7–5	58.3
Displace Loop	2–1	66.7
Familiars	0–1	0.0
Lich's Mastery	1–0	100.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	3–2	60.0
Mass Land Destruction	3–1	75.0
Wildfire	3–1	75.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Midrange	137–80	63.1
Temur Ascendancy	4–0	100.0
The Rock	5–3	62.5
Grenzo	3–4	42.9
Abzan Midrange	8–3	72.7
Selesnya Midrange	6–0	100.0
Selesnya Value Town	3–0	100.0
Jund	6–3	66.7
Blink	24–18	57.1
Wave Blink	2–10	16.7
Cloudpost Wave Blink	0–2	0.0
Azorius Wave	1–6	14.3
Orzhov Wave	1–1	50.0
Abzan Wave	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	6–1	85.7
Enchantments Matter	1–1	50.0
Allies	15–14	51.7
Orzhov Allies	2–1	66.7
Mardu Allies	10–10	50.0
Boros Allies	0–1	0.0
Esper Allies	0–1	0.0
BRGW Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	3–3	50.0
Fake-Rack	5–1	83.3
Vampires	4–2	66.7
Mono Black Vampires	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Vampires	2–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	3–2	60.0
Mardu Legends	0–1	0.0
Elementals	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–6	0.0
Naya Midrange	2–3	40.0
Big Red	3–1	75.0
Mono Black Midrange	8–6	57.1
Dimir Midrange	4–1	80.0
Temur Energy	2–0	100.0
Angels	1–0	100.0
Mono White Angels	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–1	0.0
Martyr's Grace	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	8–2	80.0
Sultai Emerge	5–1	83.3
Sultai Energy	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	3–1	75.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	2–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–0	100.0
Abzan Hero	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	2–0	100.0
Ramp	15–10	60.0
Rofellos Ramp	5–5	50.0
Channel-Rofellos	4–2	66.7
Cloudpost Ramp	4–3	57.1
Eldrazipost	1–0	100.0
Locus Awakening	0–2	0.0
Golgari Post	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	2–0	100.0
Domain	1–0	100.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	3–2	60.0