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
Aggro-Combo	14088	25945–23698–4	52.3	204	1330	679
Hermit Humans	67	109–114	48.9	1	8

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	41–32	56.2
Mono Black Aggro	2–1	66.7
Heroic	3–1	75.0
Mono White Heroic	1–1	50.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	1–10	9.1
Goblins	2–0	100.0
Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–2	50.0
White Weenie	4–4	50.0
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Elves	1–2	33.3
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Zombies	4–1	80.0
Artifact Aggro	10–4	71.4
Affinity	2–3	40.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	7–0	100.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Knights	3–3	50.0
AggroSlide	2–3	40.0
Cats	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cats	1–0	100.0
Combo	21–21	50.0
Storm	3–5	37.5
Dimir Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Simic Storm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	2–1	66.7
Stormpost	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Post Desire	0–1	0.0
Channel Storm	0–2	0.0
Reanimator	3–6	33.3
Recurring Nightmare	1–1	50.0
Worldgorger Dragon	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	2–3	40.0
Rakdos Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Grixis Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Dubious Challenge	1–1	50.0
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Four Color Glimpse	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	3–2	60.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Combo Post	1–1	50.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Ominous Good	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	2–4	33.3
Cephalid Breakfast	2–1	66.7
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	1–1	50.0
Hermit Dredge	0–1	0.0
Oops All Spells	0–1	0.0
Neoform Hermit	0–1	0.0
Protean Hulk Combo	1–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	1–0	100.0
Control	15–21	41.7
Esper Control	1–2	33.3
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	0–2	0.0
Azorius Control	1–3	25.0
Turbo Fog	0–2	0.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	3–3	50.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–2	50.0
Grixis Control	1–2	33.3
Cruel Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	0–1	0.0
Pollute the Planet	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Control	1–1	50.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Dragons	1–0	100.0
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	3–1	75.0
Astral Slide	2–1	66.7
Five Color Control	0–2	0.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	0–1	0.0
Sultai Control	0–2	0.0
Enchantments Control	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	3–6	33.3
Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	1–1	50.0
Infect	1–0	100.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–3	25.0
Aggro-Control	8–8	50.0
Izzet Tempo	0–3	0.0
Blue Madness	2–0	100.0
Simic Madness	2–0	100.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Gush	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–2	50.0
Izzet Spells	0–1	0.0
Dimir Tempo	1–1	50.0
Combo-Control	3–4	42.9
Oketra's Monument	0–1	0.0
Azorius Oketra's Monument	0–1	0.0
Battle of Wits	1–1	50.0
Plasma Swans	1–1	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–1	50.0
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Thryx-Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Midrange	15–17	46.9
Temur Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jund	0–2	0.0
Blink	1–1	50.0
Wave Blink	1–1	50.0
Abzan Wave	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	1–2	33.3
Varolz Dreadnought	0–2	0.0
Allies	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
Mono White Allies	1–0	100.0
BRGW Allies	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	0–1	0.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Big Red	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–2	33.3
Temur Energy	1–1	50.0
Toughness Matters	3–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Ordealbreak	0–1	0.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	0–1	0.0
Simic Snow	2–0	100.0
Ramp	3–5	37.5
Rofellos Ramp	1–5	16.7
Channel-Rofellos	1–5	16.7
Cloudpost Ramp	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	1–0	100.0