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?

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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

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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 4 days, 2 hours.

Congratulations to vagstor, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 35)

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Ramp	9830	16458–17849–2	48.0	67	575	354
Cloudpost Ramp	4513	7907–8337	48.7	23	195	155
Golgari Post	206	392–380	50.8	0	5	9

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	88–92	48.9
Mono Black Aggro	8–4	66.7
Heroic	22–10	68.8
Mono White Heroic	15–6	71.4
Azorius Heroic	3–1	75.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	3–3	50.0
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	6–20	23.1
Mono Red Devotion	1–1	50.0
Proliferate Red	1–0	100.0
Goblins	6–4	60.0
Tokens	2–6	25.0
Selesnya Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono White Tokens	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Tokens	0–2	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	3–5	37.5
White Weenie	4–3	57.1
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–2	0.0
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Kithkin	1–0	100.0
Elves	5–16	23.8
Werewolves	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	4–0	100.0
Selesnya Counters	1–0	100.0
Rogues	2–0	100.0
Zombies	4–4	50.0
Merfolk	1–1	50.0
Mono Red Swarm	2–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	7–3	70.0
Affinity	5–3	62.5
Hardened Scales Affinity	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	0–3	0.0
Illusions	0–1	0.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	2–1	66.7
Slivers	0–1	0.0
Knights	0–2	0.0
AggroSlide	2–4	33.3
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–1	0.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	0–1	0.0
Shamans	0–1	0.0
Pirates	1–0	100.0
Combo	56–92	37.8
Storm	9–24	27.3
Dimir Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Hazoret Storm	0–1	0.0
Simic Storm	3–5	37.5
Citadel Storm	0–2	0.0
High Tide	1–9	10.0
Stormpost	4–5	44.4
Mono Blue Post Desire	4–5	44.4
Izzet Storm	0–1	0.0
Swath Storm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	5–12	29.4
Recurring Nightmare	0–1	0.0
Dragon Nightmare	0–1	0.0
Worldgorger Dragon	0–3	0.0
Double Dragon	0–3	0.0
8 Goyf	1–0	100.0
Living Death	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	3–7	30.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Reanimator	2–5	28.6
Oriss Genesis	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–3	25.0
Dubious Challenge	0–6	0.0
Maniac Combo	3–2	60.0
New Perspectives	0–3	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–5	0.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–3	0.0
Fake-Twin	1–1	50.0
Naya Fake-Twin	0–1	0.0
Combo Post	3–3	50.0
Metalwork Colossus	8–9	47.1
Anvil Colossus	2–1	66.7
Upheaval Colossus	5–8	38.5
Seismic Swans	0–1	0.0
Eggs	6–7	46.2
Saffi Combo	2–0	100.0
Taking Turns	2–1	66.7
Izzet Ascension	0–1	0.0
Ominous Good	2–0	100.0
Soulflayer	0–2	0.0
Breakfast	5–2	71.4
Hermit Gond	1–0	100.0
Hermit Dredge	0–1	0.0
Neoform Hermit	4–1	80.0
Dredge	0–1	0.0
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	1–1	50.0
Ad Nauseam	1–0	100.0
Ad Swanseam	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	0–1	0.0
Gyruda	0–1	0.0
Belcher	0–1	0.0
Control	99–42	70.2
Mono Black Control	3–0	100.0
Esper Control	11–3	78.6
Demonic Rising	11–2	84.6
Mono Blue Control	3–0	100.0
Dimir Control	5–1	83.3
Azorius Control	8–7	53.3
Turbo Fog	3–1	75.0
Izzet Control	3–0	100.0
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Control	7–5	58.3
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	4–3	57.1
Dimir Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	2–1	66.7
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	3–1	75.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	6–2	75.0
Jeskai Approach	0–1	0.0
Galleon Control	0–1	0.0
Runeflare	2–1	66.7
Ponza	2–4	33.3
Dynavolt Tower	3–2	60.0
Cycling Control	4–0	100.0
Astral Slide	4–0	100.0
Five Color Control	2–0	100.0
Sultai Control	3–2	60.0
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	1–1	50.0
Pox	4–4	50.0
Orzhov Control	4–1	80.0
Prison	2–0	100.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	13–16	44.8
Aristocrats	2–10	16.7
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–3	40.0
Golgari Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Abzan Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Burn	2–0	100.0
Infect	4–2	66.7
Simic Infect	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–0	100.0
Pummeler	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	3–2	60.0
Izzet Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Chancellor of the Forge Combo	0–1	0.0
Combo Goblins	0–1	0.0
Goblin Persist	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	19–16	54.3
Izzet Tempo	2–2	50.0
Azorius Skies	1–1	50.0
Blue Madness	2–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Temur Madness	1–0	100.0
12 Pest	2–0	100.0
Ninjas	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	5–6	45.5
Izzet Spells	3–2	60.0
Dimir Tempo	0–4	0.0
Dimir Librarians	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	11–19	36.7
Curses	0–1	0.0
Cruel Combo-Control	0–1	0.0
Battle of Wits	2–1	66.7
Displace Loop	0–1	0.0
Yosei Vat	1–1	50.0
Zur's Weirding	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	1–2	33.3
Mass Land Destruction	5–12	29.4
Wildfire	5–11	31.3
Thryx-Wildfire	0–4	0.0
Borderpost Wildfire	2–7	22.2
Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Midrange	89–80	52.7
Temur Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
The Rock	7–4	63.6
Grenzo	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	9–7	56.3
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	4–1	80.0
Blink	6–8	42.9
Wave Blink	5–7	41.7
Cloudpost Wave Blink	2–2	50.0
Esper Wave	0–1	0.0
Azorius Wave	3–2	60.0
Abzan Wave	0–1	0.0
Bant Wave	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	6–3	66.7
Varolz Dreadnought	2–2	50.0
Enchantments Matter	2–0	100.0
Allies	1–5	16.7
Mardu Allies	0–1	0.0
Boros Allies	0–2	0.0
Mono White Allies	1–1	50.0
Fake-Rack	4–2	66.7
Mardu Midrange	3–4	42.9
Vampires	3–4	42.9
Mono Black Vampires	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Vampires	1–2	33.3
Legends Midrange	5–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–8	20.0
Naya Midrange	2–0	100.0
Big Red	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–1	75.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–1	50.0
Dimir Midrange	0–1	0.0
Temur Energy	1–1	50.0
Angels	0–3	0.0
Mono White Angels	0–2	0.0
Toughness Matters	1–1	50.0
Lifegain Midrange	3–1	75.0
Sultai Midrange	4–2	66.7
Sultai Energy	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–2	33.3
Heartless Summoning Stompy	0–1	0.0
Zur the Enchanter	1–0	100.0
Neoform	2–0	100.0
Sultai Neoform	2–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	0–2	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	0–5	0.0
Mardu Hero	0–1	0.0
Five Color Hero	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Hero	0–1	0.0
Gruul Obosh	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	1–1	50.0
Death Cloud	1–1	50.0
Laelia Cascade	1–0	100.0
Ramp	17–22	43.6
Rofellos Ramp	2–4	33.3
Wild Pair	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	10–16	38.5
Eldrazipost	0–1	0.0
Locus Awakening	1–1	50.0
Golgari Post	4–4	50.0
Greenpost	2–7	22.2
Gruul Post	1–1	50.0
Simic Post	0–1	0.0
Eureka!	2–0	100.0
Defenders	0–1	0.0
Carth Superfriends	1–1	50.0
Unclassified	0–1	0.0