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 1 week.

The Penny Dreadful 500 is on Nov 16th with free entry and $500 in prizes!

Dimir Vat

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	41489	68106–73112–34	48.2	351	3078	1592
Dimir Midrange	1106	1758–1974	47.1	8	83	44
Dimir Vat	52	97–73	57.1	1	2	5

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	20–25	44.4
Red Deck Wins	5–5	50.0
Mono Red Devotion	1–0	100.0
Proliferate Red	1–0	100.0
Tokens	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–1	0.0
White Weenie	4–7	36.4
Elves	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	2–5	28.6
Selesnya Counters	0–1	0.0
Zombies	0–1	0.0
Gruul Aggro	1–2	33.3
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	1–1	50.0
Affinity	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Gruul Madness	1–0	100.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Combo	11–14	44.0
Storm	3–8	27.3
Hazoret Storm	1–8	11.1
Reanimator	3–1	75.0
Grozoth	3–1	75.0
Oriss Genesis	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Umbral Mantle	0–1	0.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Dice Factory	1–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	0–1	0.0
Control	16–11	59.3
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	2–0	100.0
Demonic Rising	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Control	1–1	50.0
Dimir Control	3–0	100.0
Azorius Control	2–1	66.7
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	1–2	33.3
Cruel Control	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Control	2–3	40.0
Runeflare	3–1	75.0
Ponza	0–1	0.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	5–1	83.3
Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	3–0	100.0
Infect	1–1	50.0
Simic Infect	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	8–4	66.7
Blue Madness	6–0	100.0
Simic Madness	3–0	100.0
Temur Madness	3–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	0–2	0.0
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	6–5	54.5
Cruel Combo-Control	4–1	80.0
Mindcrank	1–1	50.0
Displace Loop	1–2	33.3
Peregrine Drake	1–2	33.3
Mass Land Destruction	0–1	0.0
Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Thryx-Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Midrange	26–12	68.4
Temur Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
The Rock	2–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Value Town	0–1	0.0
Jund	1–3	25.0
Blink	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	2–1	66.7
Allies	1–0	100.0
Vampires	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–1	75.0
Dimir Midrange	5–2	71.4
Dimir Vat	1–1	50.0
Toughness Matters	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	2–0	100.0
Sultai Emerge	2–0	100.0
Coinflips	1–0	100.0
Ramp	5–1	83.3
Rofellos Ramp	0–1	0.0
Selvala Tokens	1–0	100.0