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 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
Aggro	50320	94009–84190–65	52.8	736	5770	2366
Red Deck Wins	9392	20866–14710–29	58.7	213	1593	643
Proliferate Red	114	276–187	59.6	3	15	9

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	91–69	56.9
Mono Black Aggro	2–0	100.0
Heroic	8–6	57.1
Mono White Heroic	5–4	55.6
Azorius Heroic	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Heroic	2–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	31–23	57.4
Mono Red Devotion	1–0	100.0
Proliferate Red	11–11	50.0
Goblins	3–2	60.0
Tokens	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–2	50.0
White Weenie	8–4	66.7
Elves	2–0	100.0
Werewolves	2–0	100.0
Warriors	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	2–1	66.7
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	2–4	33.3
Gruul Aggro	1–3	25.0
Merfolk	2–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	12–10	54.5
Affinity	7–5	58.3
Salvage Titan	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–1	50.0
Illusions	0–1	0.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	8–6	57.1
Hexproof	0–2	0.0
Equipment Aggro	8–4	66.7
Naya Zoo	0–2	0.0
Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Humans	1–0	100.0
Combo	32–9	78.0
Storm	4–1	80.0
Dimir Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Hazoret 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	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	7–2	77.8
Recurring Nightmare	2–0	100.0
Four Color Powerful Magic	2–0	100.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–0	100.0
Living Death	3–1	75.0
Grozoth	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Dimir Reanimator	0–1	0.0
New Perspectives	4–0	100.0
Splendid Reclamation Combo	2–0	100.0
Monumental Ignus	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Combo Post	2–0	100.0
Turntimber Ranger	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	1–2	33.3
Oops All Spells	0–2	0.0
Neoform Hermit	1–0	100.0
Dredge	0–2	0.0
Stuffy Doll	1–0	100.0
Control	52–35	59.8
Mono Black Control	4–2	66.7
Esper Control	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Control	5–3	62.5
Cawblade	1–0	100.0
Turbo Fog	2–1	66.7
Izzet Control	1–2	33.3
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	7–3	70.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Dimir Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	0–1	0.0
Cruel Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	0–3	0.0
Pollute the Planet	0–2	0.0
Birthday Stax	0–1	0.0
Chandra Nalaar	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Control	9–7	56.3
Jeskai Approach	1–2	33.3
Dragon Control	1–1	50.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	2–0	100.0
Ponza	0–1	0.0
Dynavolt Tower	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	8–3	72.7
Astral Slide	4–2	66.7
Five Color Control	2–1	66.7
Sultai Control	3–0	100.0
Pox	0–1	0.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Combo	8–9	47.1
Aristocrats	4–8	33.3
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Golgari Aristocrats	2–4	33.3
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Mardu Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	1–0	100.0
Infect	2–1	66.7
Pummeler	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	13–14	48.1
Simic Flash	0–1	0.0
Simic Vat	0–1	0.0
Izzet Tempo	6–3	66.7
Blue Madness	3–1	75.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Temur Madness	2–1	66.7
Lich Aggro-Control	0–2	0.0
Tetsukotog	0–2	0.0
12 Pest	3–3	50.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	22–8	73.3
Curses	0–1	0.0
Cruel Combo-Control	1–1	50.0
Battle of Wits	3–0	100.0
Swarm Intelligence	2–0	100.0
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	0–1	0.0
Displace Loop	3–0	100.0
Hedron Alignment	0–1	0.0
Yosei Vat	3–0	100.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	0–2	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	7–2	77.8
Wildfire	7–2	77.8
Midrange	38–34	52.8
Temur Ascendancy	2–5	28.6
The Rock	0–1	0.0
Grenzo	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	2–1	66.7
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	4–7	36.4
Wave Blink	2–5	28.6
Cloudpost Wave Blink	2–2	50.0
Azorius Wave	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Wave	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	5–2	71.4
Enchantments Matter	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Enchantress	2–0	100.0
Allies	1–1	50.0
Mardu Allies	1–0	100.0
Boros Allies	0–1	0.0
Selvala Morningstar	0–1	0.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	4–2	66.7
Mono Black Vampires	2–2	50.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	1–0	100.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	0–4	0.0
Necro Midrange	0–1	0.0
Hellion Whip	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	0–1	0.0
Dimir Vat	0–1	0.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	2–2	50.0
Sultai Emerge	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	3–3	50.0
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Ramp	20–9	69.0
Rofellos Ramp	15–5	75.0
Wild Pair	4–0	100.0
Channel-Rofellos	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	1–3	25.0
Golgari Post	0–1	0.0
Greenpost	0–2	0.0
Domain	1–0	100.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	1–0	100.0
Historic Bloom	1–0	100.0
Defenders	0–1	0.0