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
Combo	37368	62479–63744–18	49.5	431	2796	1688
Reanimator	5505	10449–9122–4	53.4	58	469	275
Grozoth	69	121–95	56.0	2	8	3

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	35–25	58.3
Mono Black Aggro	2–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	9–5	64.3
Proliferate Red	0–1	0.0
Goblins	2–1	66.7
Tokens	4–2	66.7
Mardu Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	5–3	62.5
Elves	1–2	33.3
Werewolves	0–1	0.0
Warriors	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–1	50.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	0–1	0.0
Gruul Aggro	4–3	57.1
Merfolk	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	2–2	50.0
Affinity	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	15–10	60.0
Storm	7–4	63.6
Hazoret Storm	6–2	75.0
Simic Storm	0–1	0.0
Grixis Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Umbral Mantle	1–0	100.0
Fake-Twin	2–0	100.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	0–2	0.0
Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Oops All Spells	0–1	0.0
Control	23–18	56.1
Esper Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	2–2	50.0
Turbo Fog	3–0	100.0
Izzet Control	0–2	0.0
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	1–5	16.7
Cruel Control	1–2	33.3
Stax	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	5–0	100.0
Runeflare	0–2	0.0
Ponza	3–2	60.0
Mono White Control	1–1	50.0
Life is Ez	0–1	0.0
Dynavolt Tower	2–0	100.0
Cycling Control	1–1	50.0
Astral Slide	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Control	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	5–8	38.5
Aristocrats	3–2	60.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	0–2	0.0
Infect	1–2	33.3
Golgari Infect	1–1	50.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Combo Goblins	0–1	0.0
Goblin Persist	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	10–8	55.6
Izzet Tempo	1–1	50.0
Blue Madness	6–3	66.7
Simic Madness	4–0	100.0
Temur Madness	0–2	0.0
Grixis Madness	2–1	66.7
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	0–2	0.0
Combo-Control	5–7	41.7
Curses	0–1	0.0
Cruel Combo-Control	2–4	33.3
Shared Fate	1–0	100.0
Sunforger	1–0	100.0
Displace Loop	0–2	0.0
Peregrine Drake	0–2	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–0	100.0
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Midrange	27–15	64.3
Temur Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
The Rock	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Value Town	0–1	0.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	3–2	60.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Allies	0–1	0.0
Mono White Allies	0–1	0.0
Treefolk	3–0	100.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–1	0.0
Naya Midrange	3–0	100.0
Big Red	0–2	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–1	66.7
Dimir Midrange	1–3	25.0
Dimir Vat	1–3	25.0
Angels	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Angels	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Prophet Glare	1–0	100.0
Mythic Colossification	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	0–1	0.0
Ramp	1–4	20.0
Rofellos Ramp	0–1	0.0
Wild Pair	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	0–1	0.0
Greenpost	0–1	0.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	0–1	0.0