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 11 weeks, 6 days.

The Season Kick Off is on Nov 30th with free entry and over 100 tix in prizes to 32nd place!

Selesnya Tokens

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Aggro	11962	24370–23311–65	51.1	737	5773
Tokens	354	568–745–1	43.3	8	127
Selesnya Tokens	150	240–315–1	43.2	3	57

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	84–100–1	45.7
Mono Black Aggro	3–3	50.0
Heroic	4–6–1	40.0
Mono White Heroic	2–6–1	25.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	24–38	38.7
Mono Red Devotion	3–0	100.0
Goblins	7–4	63.6
Tokens	4–5	44.4
Selesnya Tokens	4–4	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	4–1	80.0
White Weenie	5–6	45.5
Odric Keywords	1–1	50.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	0–1	0.0
Kithkin	1–1	50.0
Elves	4–2	66.7
Selesnya Little Kid	4–1	80.0
Rogues	0–2	0.0
Zombies	3–7	30.0
Gruul Aggro	2–2	50.0
Merfolk	2–4	33.3
Mono Red Swarm	0–2	0.0
Artifact Aggro	6–4	60.0
Affinity	4–1	80.0
Hardened Scales Affinity	1–0	100.0
Salvage Titan	1–1	50.0
Tempered Steel	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Aggro	0–2	0.0
Devastating Dreams	3–3	50.0
Madness	1–1	50.0
Gruul Madness	1–1	50.0
Voltron	3–3	50.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Boros Auras	1–2	33.3
Equipment Aggro	1–1	50.0
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	1–3	25.0
Cats	0–1	0.0
Mono White Cats	0–1	0.0
Legends Aggro	1–0	100.0
Boros Legends Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	25–28	47.2
Storm	4–7	36.4
Sultai Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Dimir Tendrils	1–3	25.0
Dragonstorm	0–1	0.0
Hazoret Storm	2–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	8–8	50.0
Recurring Nightmare	2–1	66.7
Dragon Nightmare	2–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	6–7	46.2
Rakdos Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Dimir Reanimator	3–1	75.0
Necro Combo	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–1	0.0
Warp World	0–1	0.0
Four Color Glimpse	0–1	0.0
Maniac Combo	4–2	66.7
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
New Perspectives	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Infinite Infinite Combos	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	0–2	0.0
Cephalid Breakfast	0–2	0.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	0–2	0.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	1–0	100.0
Stuffy Doll	0–1	0.0
Midnight Mass	0–1	0.0
Control	44–58	43.1
Mono Black Control	1–4	20.0
Esper Control	0–2	0.0
Demonic Rising	5–4	55.6
Paradox Haze Lock	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	3–0	100.0
Dimir Control	6–2	75.0
Watery Oath	2–0	100.0
Azorius Control	2–13	13.3
Turbo Fog	1–3	25.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Control	2–0	100.0
Mill	3–0	100.0
Boros Control	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Control	0–4	0.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–4	0.0
Grixis Control	3–3	50.0
Cruel Control	2–3	40.0
Stax	6–6	50.0
Pollute the Planet	3–3	50.0
Birthday Stax	1–2	33.3
Chandra Nalaar	0–1	0.0
Stagnant Control	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	0–2	0.0
Dragon Control	1–2	33.3
Esper Dragons	1–0	100.0
Grixis Dragons	0–1	0.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Ponza	2–2	50.0
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Dynavolt Tower	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	2–1	66.7
Astral Slide	1–1	50.0
Five Color Control	0–1	0.0
Sultai Control	0–1	0.0
Guildgate Control	0–1	0.0
Bant Control	0–1	0.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Control	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	15–10	60.0
Aristocrats	8–5	61.5
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Abzan Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Burn	0–2	0.0
Pummeler	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–3	40.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	2–3	40.0
Hushnought	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	9–21	30.0
Simic Flash	0–1	0.0
Izzet Tempo	2–2	50.0
Azorius Skies	2–5	28.6
Blue Madness	1–1	50.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Grixis Madness	0–1	0.0
Lich Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
Temur Clues	0–3	0.0
Wizards	0–3	0.0
Ninjas	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	0–2	0.0
Combo-Control	20–27	42.6
Curses	1–0	100.0
Burning Vengeance	0–1	0.0
Cruel Combo-Control	2–13	13.3
Battle of Wits	3–0	100.0
Approach Necro	3–1	75.0
Swarm Intelligence	3–4	42.9
Sunforger	1–0	100.0
Pickles	0–1	0.0
Displace Loop	0–1	0.0
Peregrine Drake	0–1	0.0
Lich's Mastery	1–0	100.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	1–1	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	4–5	44.4
Wildfire	4–4	50.0
Borderpost Wildfire	2–2	50.0
Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Midrange	36–63	36.4
Temur Ascendancy	3–8	27.3
Prophet Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Grenzo	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	0–3	0.0
Jund	4–9	30.8
Blink	1–2	33.3
Wave Blink	0–1	0.0
Azorius Wave	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Blink	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	2–0	100.0
Séance	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Constellation	1–0	100.0
Allies	3–3	50.0
Orzhov Allies	2–1	66.7
Esper Allies	1–2	33.3
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Selvala Morningstar	1–0	100.0
Yisan-Prophet	0–1	0.0
Vampires	4–4	50.0
Mono Black Vampires	3–4	42.9
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Midrange	7–14	33.3
Necro Midrange	2–7	22.2
Mono Black Devotion	0–4	0.0
Hellion Whip	0–2	0.0
Dimir Midrange	0–2	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–3	40.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Emerge	1–0	100.0
Prophet Glare	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	0–2	0.0
Neoform	0–1	0.0
Temur Neoform	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	0–1	0.0
Ramp	7–8	46.7
Rofellos Ramp	2–5	28.6
Wild Pair	0–1	0.0
Channel-Rofellos	1–2	33.3
Cloudpost Ramp	1–0	100.0
Gruul Post	1–0	100.0
Devoid Cruelty	1–0	100.0
Domain	0–1	0.0