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!

Summer Bloom Ramp

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Ramp	9835	16463–17863–2	48.0	67	576	354
Summer Bloom Ramp	245	331–478	40.9	0	1	9
Historic Bloom	71	103–132	43.8			3

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	83–126	39.7
Mono Black Aggro	2–1	66.7
Heroic	5–8	38.5
Mono White Heroic	2–3	40.0
Azorius Heroic	1–2	33.3
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–3	40.0
Red Deck Wins	10–22	31.3
Mono Red Devotion	1–1	50.0
Proliferate Red	0–1	0.0
Goblins	1–2	33.3
Tokens	5–7	41.7
Selesnya Tokens	1–2	33.3
Mono White Tokens	3–2	60.0
Mono Green Stompy	4–4	50.0
White Weenie	5–12	29.4
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–1	0.0
Soldiers	2–2	50.0
Elves	9–8	52.9
Rogues	2–3	40.0
Zombies	4–7	36.4
Gruul Aggro	1–2	33.3
Merfolk	1–6	14.3
Mono Red Swarm	2–1	66.7
Artifact Aggro	6–24	20.0
Affinity	5–15	25.0
Hush-finity	0–1	0.0
Tempered Steel	1–7	12.5
Mono Blue Architect	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Aggro	0–1	0.0
Madness	3–1	75.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	2–1	66.7
Voltron	9–3	75.0
Hexproof	7–2	77.8
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	1–1	50.0
Knights	1–1	50.0
AggroSlide	4–3	57.1
Cats	5–5	50.0
Mono White Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	5–4	55.6
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Humans	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Humans	2–1	66.7
Shamans	0–1	0.0
Combo	56–66	45.9
Storm	19–15	55.9
Dimir Tendrils	6–7	46.2
Hazoret Storm	0–1	0.0
Simic Storm	1–2	33.3
Grixis Tendrils	5–0	100.0
Stormpost	0–1	0.0
Izzet Storm	2–3	40.0
Song Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	2–12	14.3
Worldgorger Dragon	0–6	0.0
Grozoth	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–6	14.3
Rakdos Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–5	16.7
Oriss Genesis	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–1	50.0
Warp World	0–1	0.0
Actual Warp World	0–1	0.0
Zubera Tribal	0–1	0.0
Maniac Combo	1–1	50.0
Hypergenesis	2–2	50.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–4	33.3
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–3	25.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Umbral Mantle	1–1	50.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–1	0.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Turntimber Ranger	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	1–3	25.0
Izzet Ascension	1–1	50.0
Ominous Good	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Combo	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	6–9	40.0
Oops All Spells	6–9	40.0
Dredge	8–4	66.7
Protean Hulk Combo	0–1	0.0
Dice Factory	1–1	50.0
Ad Nauseam	0–2	0.0
Gyruda	0–1	0.0
Belcher	0–1	0.0
Possibility Storm	1–0	100.0
Control	66–64	50.8
Mono Black Control	0–2	0.0
Esper Control	4–2	66.7
Demonic Rising	1–3	25.0
Mono Blue Control	2–2	50.0
Dimir Control	4–4	50.0
Azorius Control	9–14	39.1
Cawblade	1–0	100.0
Turbo Fog	2–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–1	50.0
Mardu Control	1–1	50.0
Mill	2–3	40.0
Cloudpost Control	4–0	100.0
Blackpost	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Grixis Control	3–2	60.0
Cruel Control	3–1	75.0
Stax	4–1	80.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	2–4	33.3
Runeflare	4–0	100.0
Ponza	3–9	25.0
Mono White Control	3–0	100.0
Life is Ez	2–0	100.0
Cycling Control	6–1	85.7
Astral Slide	3–1	75.0
Five Color Control	3–1	75.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–1	50.0
Shrines	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	2–4	33.3
Pox	3–8	27.3
Enchantments Control	1–0	100.0
Prison	0–1	0.0
Enchantress	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	15–27	35.7
Aristocrats	7–5	58.3
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Food	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	4–1	80.0
Burn	2–3	40.0
Infect	1–6	14.3
Simic Infect	0–2	0.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–1	50.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–6	14.3
Izzet Dreadnought	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–4	0.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Hushnought	0–2	0.0
Combo Goblins	1–3	25.0
Goblin Persist	0–1	0.0
Dirty Kitty	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Control	20–47	29.9
Izzet Tempo	8–24	25.0
Azorius Skies	0–2	0.0
Blue Madness	3–3	50.0
Simic Madness	2–2	50.0
Temur Madness	0–1	0.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–3	25.0
Ninjas	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	4–6	40.0
Mono Blue Faeries	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	0–4	0.0
Dimir Tempo	3–3	50.0
Sultai Tempo	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	20–31	39.2
Curses	3–1	75.0
Burning Vengeance	0–1	0.0
Cruel Combo-Control	3–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	1–10	9.1
Dragoncrank	1–2	33.3
Displace Loop	1–1	50.0
Familiars	1–0	100.0
Yosei Vat	2–0	100.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	0–1	0.0
Zur's Weirding	3–3	50.0
Solar Flare	0–3	0.0
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	5–11	31.3
Wildfire	3–4	42.9
Thryx-Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	2–7	22.2
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	1–3	25.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	1–3	25.0
Midrange	58–88	39.7
Temur Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
The Rock	4–1	80.0
Grenzo	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Midrange	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Value Town	2–0	100.0
Jund	2–2	50.0
Blink	7–13	35.0
Orzhov Blink	2–1	66.7
Graveyard Value	3–5	37.5
Séance	1–3	25.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Enchantments Matter	0–2	0.0
Allies	3–3	50.0
Mardu Allies	2–3	40.0
Treefolk	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	2–2	50.0
Mardu Midrange	2–6	25.0
Vampires	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–7	22.2
Naya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Big Red	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Midrange	4–15	21.1
Mono Black Devotion	1–3	25.0
Heart of Darkness	0–4	0.0
Hellion Whip	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	2–2	50.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–3	0.0
Martyr's Grace	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	3–8	27.3
Orzhov Capenna	0–1	0.0
Prophet Glare	2–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	1–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–0	100.0
Neoform	3–1	75.0
Sultai Neoform	0–1	0.0
Simic Neoform	2–0	100.0
Clerics	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	0–2	0.0
Coinflips	0–1	0.0
Death Cloud	0–1	0.0
Ramp	13–29	31.0
Rofellos Ramp	0–3	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	8–20	28.6
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	0–1	0.0
Greenpost	8–16	33.3
Gruul Post	0–1	0.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	5–5	50.0
Historic Bloom	3–3	50.0