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
Control	36323	58113–63941–43	47.6	270	2510	1337
Temur Reclamation	153	264–260	50.4	2	13	8

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	61–55	52.6
Heroic	1–1	50.0
Mono White Heroic	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	15–21	41.7
Goblins	2–1	66.7
Tokens	6–2	75.0
Mono White Tokens	6–2	75.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–9	18.2
White Weenie	5–3	62.5
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–1	50.0
Elves	4–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–1	50.0
Zombies	2–6	25.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	3–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	3–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	3–1	75.0
Affinity	1–1	50.0
Tempered Steel	2–0	100.0
Devoid Aggro	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Madness	0–2	0.0
Voltron	7–4	63.6
Hexproof	3–0	100.0
Boros Auras	0–2	0.0
Hateful Auras	1–0	100.0
Knights	2–1	66.7
AggroSlide	1–0	100.0
Cats	1–1	50.0
Mono White Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Combo	15–31	32.6
Storm	0–12	0.0
Dimir Tendrils	0–2	0.0
Simic Storm	0–2	0.0
Reclamation Storm	0–1	0.0
Citadel Storm	0–2	0.0
High Tide	0–6	0.0
Reanimator	7–7	50.0
Recurring Nightmare	0–1	0.0
Worldgorger Dragon	2–2	50.0
Double Dragon	2–1	66.7
Traditional Reanimator	5–4	55.6
Rakdos Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–2	33.3
Grixis Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Oriss Genesis	2–1	66.7
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–1	0.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Eggs	0–1	0.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	1–2	33.3
Retraction Helix Combo	1–1	50.0
Ominous Good	1–3	25.0
Soulflayer	0–2	0.0
Breakfast	1–1	50.0
Hermit Gond	0–1	0.0
Control	62–68	47.7
Esper Control	1–0	100.0
Demonic Rising	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	9–10	47.4
Azorius Control	4–3	57.1
Turbo Fog	1–1	50.0
Izzet Control	1–1	50.0
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	8–3	72.7
Stax	1–1	50.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Ponza	2–2	50.0
Cycling Control	9–8	52.9
Astral Slide	9–8	52.9
Sultai Control	4–1	80.0
Guildgate Control	9–29	23.7
Bant Control	2–0	100.0
Temur Reclamation	6–6	50.0
Orzhov Control	3–1	75.0
Aggro-Combo	20–11	64.5
Aristocrats	16–6	72.7
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Abzan Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Food	12–4	75.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Burn	3–3	50.0
Infect	1–1	50.0
Simic Infect	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	46–36	56.1
Simic Flash	0–1	0.0
Izzet Tempo	20–16	55.6
Azorius Skies	4–3	57.1
Blue Madness	3–0	100.0
Simic Madness	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	8–1	88.9
Izzet Spells	8–9	47.1
Dimir Tempo	3–3	50.0
Combo-Control	2–7	22.2
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–5	16.7
Wildfire	1–5	16.7
Thryx-Wildfire	0–2	0.0
Borderpost Wildfire	0–3	0.0
Midrange	53–42	55.8
The Rock	1–1	50.0
Golgari Citadel	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Value Town	0–1	0.0
Jund	1–1	50.0
Blink	1–4	20.0
Wave Blink	1–4	20.0
Esper Wave	0–1	0.0
Azorius Wave	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Wave	1–2	33.3
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Midrange	3–2	60.0
Big Red	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	18–21	46.2
Mono Black Devotion	18–20	47.4
Dimir Midrange	6–4	60.0
Toughness Matters	8–4	66.7
Lifegain Midrange	3–0	100.0
Adventures	3–1	75.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Ramp	5–10	33.3
Cloudpost Ramp	2–4	33.3
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	0–3	0.0
Simic Post	0–1	0.0
Eureka!	0–1	0.0
Applejacks	2–4	33.3