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 2 days, 7 hours.

Congratulations to vagstor, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 35)

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	5873	10777–11925–43	47.5	269	2503
Demonic Rising	199	388–370–8	51.2	12	98

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	146–131–7	52.7
Mono Black Aggro	4–4–1	50.0
Heroic	19–15–1	55.9
Mono White Heroic	16–14–1	53.3
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	3–1	75.0
Red Deck Wins	45–51–4	46.9
Mono Red Devotion	10–1–1	90.9
Goblins	6–4	60.0
Tokens	5–6	45.5
Selesnya Tokens	4–5	44.4
Mono Green Stompy	5–1	83.3
White Weenie	12–8	60.0
Odric Keywords	7–4	63.6
Soldiers	0–1	0.0
Kithkin	1–0	100.0
Elves	8–2	80.0
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Minotaurs	2–1	66.7
Warriors	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	2–0	100.0
Rogues	0–2	0.0
Zombies	6–4	60.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	3–1	75.0
Artifact Aggro	7–17	29.2
Affinity	1–3	25.0
Boros Vehicles	1–0	100.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	4–14	22.2
Mono Blue Aggro	2–0	100.0
Devastating Dreams	2–5	28.6
Voltron	5–1–1	83.3
Hexproof	2–0–1	100.0
Boros Auras	3–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	0–5	0.0
Cats	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cats	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Humans	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Humans	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Humans	0–1	0.0
Boros Humans	1–0	100.0
Combo	43–55	43.9
Storm	7–7	50.0
Dimir Tendrils	2–7	22.2
Dragonstorm	2–0	100.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	19–17	52.8
Recurring Nightmare	1–0	100.0
Jund Nightmare	1–0	100.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	17–17	50.0
Rakdos Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Dimir Reanimator	3–8	27.3
Mono Black Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Oriss Genesis	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–0	100.0
Warp World	1–1	50.0
Temur Glimpse	0–1	0.0
Actual Warp World	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	4–10	28.6
Hyperwave	3–7	30.0
New Perspectives	0–2	0.0
Cat Wave	0–3	0.0
Splendid Reclamation Combo	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–2	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–1	50.0
Eggs	0–2	0.0
Izzet Ascension	0–1	0.0
Ominous Good	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	3–6	33.3
Cephalid Breakfast	2–5	28.6
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	2–5	28.6
Hermit Gond	1–1	50.0
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Control	67–61	52.3
Mono Black Control	4–3	57.1
Esper Control	3–3	50.0
Demonic Rising	12–12	50.0
Mono Blue Control	0–2	0.0
Dimir Control	7–9	43.8
Dreadful Inspiration	2–1	66.7
Azorius Control	7–4	63.6
Adam's Ale	0–1	0.0
Turbo Fog	2–0	100.0
Izzet Control	4–2	66.7
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Azorius Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Grixis Control	3–2	60.0
Cruel Control	2–2	50.0
Jeskai Control	3–0	100.0
Dragon Control	5–3	62.5
Grixis Dragons	1–0	100.0
UBRG Dragons	1–2	33.3
Galleon Control	2–1	66.7
Runeflare	0–1	0.0
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Dynavolt Tower	0–2	0.0
Cycling Control	1–1	50.0
Astral Slide	1–1	50.0
Five Color Control	0–1	0.0
Sultai Control	3–6	33.3
Guildgate Control	0–1	0.0
Bant Control	0–2	0.0
Pox	1–1	50.0
Enchantments Control	2–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	17–19	47.2
Aristocrats	8–12	40.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	3–7	30.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Golgari Aristocrats	2–3	40.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Mardu Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Burn	2–5	28.6
Infect	4–1	80.0
Pummeler	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Control	16–16	50.0
Simic Flash	1–1	50.0
Izzet Tempo	4–5	44.4
Azorius Skies	1–2	33.3
Blue Madness	0–2	0.0
Simic Madness	0–2	0.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–1	50.0
Temur Clues	2–2	50.0
Wizards	2–0	100.0
Tetsukotog	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	1–1	50.0
Dimir Tempo	0–1	0.0
Dimir Faeries	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	16–16	50.0
Curses	2–1	66.7
Oketra's Monument	1–0	100.0
Azorius Oketra's Monument	1–0	100.0
Cruel Combo-Control	6–5	54.5
Battle of Wits	0–1	0.0
Displace Loop	0–1	0.0
Peregrine Drake	0–1	0.0
Lich's Mastery	1–1	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	4–5	44.4
Wildfire	4–5	44.4
Thryx-Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Borderpost Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Midrange	68–54–1	55.7
Temur Ascendancy	3–5	37.5
Angels and Taxes	1–1	50.0
Grenzo	1–1	50.0
Abzan Midrange	4–7	36.4
Jund	8–6	57.1
Blink	0–6	0.0
Wave Blink	0–6	0.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	0–1	0.0
Esper Wave	0–1	0.0
Azorius Wave	0–4	0.0
Graveyard Value	4–0	100.0
Dimir Graves	1–0	100.0
Allies	8–1	88.9
Orzhov Allies	6–1	85.7
Mardu Allies	2–0	100.0
Treefolk	2–2	50.0
-1/-1 Counters	2–2	50.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Yisan-Prophet	0–2	0.0
White Jund	2–2	50.0
Vampires	2–1–1	66.7
Mono Black Vampires	1–0–1	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–1	50.0
Legends Midrange	2–2	50.0
Boros Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mardu Legends	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Legends	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–2	33.3
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–2	60.0
Mono Black Devotion	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	5–7	41.7
Sultai Emerge	4–7	36.4
Orzhov Midrange	1–1	50.0
Simic Snow	1–2	33.3
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Ramp	15–18	45.5
Rofellos Ramp	2–2	50.0
Channel-Rofellos	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Ramp	1–1	50.0
Greenpost	0–1	0.0
Devoid Cruelty	3–7	30.0
Domain	3–1	75.0
Applejacks	0–1	0.0
Orcish Aids	0–1	0.0