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!

Temur Energy

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	41489	68106–73112–34	48.2	351	3078	1592
Temur Energy	58	115–96	54.5	0	4	3

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	23–26	46.9
Mono Black Aggro	1–2	33.3
Heroic	2–1	66.7
Mono White Heroic	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	11–7	61.1
Mono Red Devotion	1–0	100.0
Goblins	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–1	0.0
White Weenie	2–3	40.0
Elves	2–2	50.0
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	0–1	0.0
Zombies	0–2	0.0
Merfolk	0–2	0.0
Artifact Aggro	1–2	33.3
Affinity	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Architect	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Voltron	0–2	0.0
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
Combo	18–11	62.1
Storm	2–2	50.0
Simic Storm	1–1	50.0
Stormpost	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Post Desire	1–1	50.0
Reanimator	2–3	40.0
Recurring Nightmare	0–1	0.0
Dragon Nightmare	0–1	0.0
8 Goyf	0–1	0.0
Living Death	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–1	0.0
Maniac Combo	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	0–1	0.0
New Perspectives	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Fake-Twin	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Fake-Twin	0–1	0.0
Combo Post	2–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	3–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Eye of the Storm	1–0	100.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	1–2	33.3
Cephalid Breakfast	1–2	33.3
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	1–2	33.3
Control	20–13	60.6
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	0–2	0.0
Demonic Rising	1–1	50.0
Azorius Control	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Control	4–3	57.1
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Blackpost	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	3–1	75.0
Cruel Control	2–1	66.7
Stax	0–2	0.0
Pollute the Planet	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Control	3–0	100.0
Galleon Control	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	2–0	100.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	1–0	100.0
Prison	0–1	0.0
Enchantress	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	1–4	20.0
Pummeler	0–1	0.0
Hermit Humans	1–1	50.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Combo Goblins	0–1	0.0
Dirty Kitty	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	6–7	46.2
Simic Flash	0–3	0.0
Simic Vat	0–3	0.0
Izzet Tempo	2–1	66.7
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Blue Madness	2–1	66.7
Simic Madness	0–1	0.0
Temur Madness	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Gush	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	1–1	50.0
Combo-Control	10–5	66.7
Curses	1–0	100.0
Cruel Combo-Control	1–1	50.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Displace Loop	2–1	66.7
Zur's Weirding	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	3–2	60.0
Wildfire	3–2	60.0
Midrange	28–15	65.1
Temur Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Value Town	0–1	0.0
Blink	4–3	57.1
Wave Blink	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	0–1	0.0
Azorius Wave	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	2–1	66.7
Allies	1–4	20.0
Mardu Allies	0–2	0.0
Boros Allies	1–0	100.0
Mono White Allies	0–2	0.0
Treefolk	2–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Yisan-Prophet	0–1	0.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–1	50.0
Hellion Whip	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Temur Energy	2–2	50.0
Toughness Matters	3–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Sultai Energy	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Ramp	9–15	37.5
Rofellos Ramp	5–11	31.3
Channel-Rofellos	2–7	22.2
Cloudpost Ramp	4–3	57.1
Eldrazipost	1–0	100.0
Golgari Post	1–1	50.0
Greenpost	0–1	0.0