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!

Hellion Whip

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	41628	68323–73351–34	48.2	357	3096	1596
Hellion Whip	132	236–233	50.3	1	11	7

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	64–61	51.2
Heroic	2–3	40.0
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–3	25.0
Red Deck Wins	15–14	51.7
Proliferate Red	1–0	100.0
Goblins	3–1	75.0
Tokens	8–2	80.0
Selesnya Tokens	5–1	83.3
Mono White Tokens	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	4–2	66.7
White Weenie	9–15	37.5
Odric Keywords	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	2–2	50.0
Kithkin	1–0	100.0
Elves	3–3	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	2–1	66.7
Rogues	0–1	0.0
Zombies	0–2	0.0
Gruul Aggro	1–2	33.3
Merfolk	2–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	0–3	0.0
8 Whack	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	1–2	33.3
Affinity	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Architect	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–1	50.0
Illusions	1–1	50.0
Madness	1–1	50.0
Gruul Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	4–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	3–4	42.9
Gruul Humans	3–3	50.0
Legends Aggro	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Legends Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	39–35	52.7
Storm	17–11	60.7
Dimir Tendrils	2–0	100.0
Dark Tide	1–0	100.0
Dragonstorm	3–1	75.0
Hazoret Storm	9–7	56.3
Grixis Tendrils	3–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	0–1	0.0
Izzet Storm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	1–5	16.7
Recurring Nightmare	0–1	0.0
Jund Nightmare	0–1	0.0
Living Death	0–1	0.0
Excruciator Combo	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–3	25.0
Dubious Challenge	2–0	100.0
Warp World	0–1	0.0
Boros Glimpse	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	0–1	0.0
Mardu Life	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	3–2	60.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–0	100.0
Fake-Twin	3–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–3	0.0
Anvil Colossus	0–2	0.0
Upheaval Colossus	0–1	0.0
Seismic Swans	7–2	77.8
Eye of the Storm	2–0	100.0
Turntimber Ranger	0–1	0.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Combo	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	1–1	50.0
Reanim8 Rack	1–1	50.0
Breakfast	0–2	0.0
Oops All Spells	0–1	0.0
Neoform Hermit	0–1	0.0
Storm Herald	0–1	0.0
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Stuffy Doll	0–1	0.0
Actual Twin	0–1	0.0
Izzet Twin	0–1	0.0
Control	38–32	54.3
Mono Black Control	2–0	100.0
Esper Control	3–2	60.0
Demonic Rising	1–1	50.0
Dimir Control	3–3	50.0
Azorius Control	2–4	33.3
Adam's Ale	0–1	0.0
Turbo Fog	1–1	50.0
Mardu Control	1–3	25.0
Mill	1–2	33.3
Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	7–2	77.8
Cruel Control	5–1	83.3
Stax	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Control	11–7	61.1
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	0–2	0.0
Ponza	0–1	0.0
Mono White Control	2–0	100.0
Dynavolt Tower	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	12–19	38.7
Aristocrats	3–6	33.3
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Abzan Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	1–5	16.7
Infect	3–2	60.0
Simic Infect	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–0	100.0
Golgari Infect	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Infect	0–1	0.0
Turbo Myth	1–0	100.0
Hushnought	1–5	16.7
Combo Goblins	3–1	75.0
Goblin Persist	0–1	0.0
Dirty Kitty	3–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	13–20	39.4
Simic Flash	2–3	40.0
Simic Vat	1–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	3–5	37.5
Blue Madness	3–4	42.9
Simic Madness	0–2	0.0
Temur Madness	1–2	33.3
Temur Clues	0–1	0.0
Wizards	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	0–1	0.0
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Tempo	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	10–20	33.3
Burning Vengeance	1–0	100.0
Cruel Combo-Control	4–8	33.3
Swarm Intelligence	0–1	0.0
Displace Loop	3–5	37.5
Peregrine Drake	2–4	33.3
Familiars	1–1	50.0
Lich's Mastery	1–0	100.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	0–1	0.0
Hive Mind	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	0–3	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	0–3	0.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Midrange	48–39	55.2
Temur Ascendancy	4–1	80.0
The Rock	1–1	50.0
Abzan Midrange	4–1	80.0
Selesnya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jund	3–4	42.9
Graveyard Value	3–1	75.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Allies	0–1	0.0
Treefolk	0–2	0.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–3	50.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–9	10.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–2	33.3
Hellion Whip	2–2	50.0
Dimir Midrange	3–2	60.0
Temur Energy	0–1	0.0
Angels	1–1	50.0
Mono White Angels	1–1	50.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Emerge	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–1	50.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Mythic Colossification	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	0–1	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Hero	1–1	50.0
Coinflips	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Ramp	11–7	61.1
Rofellos Ramp	0–2	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	1–2	33.3
Greenpost	0–1	0.0
Gruul Post	1–0	100.0
Simic Post	0–1	0.0
Domain	2–0	100.0
Selvala Tokens	1–1	50.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	1–0	100.0
Unclassified	1–0	100.0