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
Storm	8110	13189–14164–4	48.2	95	479	394
Stormpost	98	171–170	50.1	0	2	7
Mono Blue Post Desire	64	108–117	48.0	0	2	5

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	16–38	29.6
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Heroic	1–10	9.1
Mono White Heroic	1–7	12.5
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–3	0.0
Red Deck Wins	6–6	50.0
Proliferate Red	1–0	100.0
Goblins	1–1	50.0
Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono White Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–1	0.0
White Weenie	0–3	0.0
Kithkin	0–1	0.0
Elves	2–2	50.0
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Rogues	2–0	100.0
Zombies	1–2	33.3
Merfolk	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	1–4	20.0
Affinity	0–3	0.0
Boros Vehicles	1–0	100.0
Salvage Titan	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Aggro	0–2	0.0
Illusions	0–2	0.0
Madness	0–1	0.0
Golgari Madness	0–1	0.0
Humans	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Humans	0–2	0.0
Combo	25–19	56.8
Storm	4–3	57.1
Simic Storm	3–0	100.0
Stormpost	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Post Desire	1–1	50.0
Izzet Storm	0–2	0.0
Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–1	66.7
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	2–1	66.7
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
Combo Post	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	4–3	57.1
Upheaval Colossus	3–2	60.0
Eggs	4–1	80.0
Saffi Combo	1–2	33.3
Taking Turns	2–0	100.0
Breakfast	1–2	33.3
Cephalid Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Hermit Gond	0–1	0.0
Hermit Dredge	1–0	100.0
Control	21–14	60.0
Esper Control	3–2	60.0
Demonic Rising	4–1	80.0
Dimir Control	2–0	100.0
Azorius Control	2–2	50.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	2–3	40.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Ponza	0–2	0.0
Dynavolt Tower	1–1	50.0
Cycling Control	1–1	50.0
Astral Slide	1–1	50.0
Pox	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Combo	4–7	36.4
Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Infect	0–1	0.0
Pummeler	1–1	50.0
Hermit Humans	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–2	0.0
Izzet Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Control	3–0	100.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	3–2	60.0
Battle of Wits	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–1	66.7
Wildfire	2–1	66.7
Midrange	27–24	52.9
The Rock	1–2	33.3
Abzan Midrange	5–6	45.5
Jund	0–1	0.0
Blink	10–1	90.9
Wave Blink	9–1	90.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	4–1	80.0
Azorius Wave	5–0	100.0
Acid Trip	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	2–3	40.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Allies	2–2	50.0
Mardu Allies	1–0	100.0
Mono White Allies	1–1	50.0
Treefolk	0–1	0.0
Vampires	0–3	0.0
Orzhov Vampires	0–3	0.0
Big Red	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–0	100.0
Temur Energy	1–1	50.0
Toughness Matters	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Sultai Energy	0–1	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–1	50.0
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Naya Hero	0–1	0.0
Ramp	9–13	40.9
Rofellos Ramp	2–8	20.0
Channel-Rofellos	1–7	12.5
Cloudpost Ramp	6–5	54.5
Golgari Post	5–4	55.6
Defenders	1–0	100.0