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 1 week.

The Penny Dreadful 500 is on Nov 16th with free entry and $500 in prizes!

Davriel Braids

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	41489	68106–73112–34	48.2	351	3078	1592
Mono Black Midrange	3956	7195–6650–6	52.0	41	397	181
Davriel Braids	66	117–105	52.7	0	1	4

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	21–37	36.2
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Heroic	2–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	3–6	33.3
Mono Red Devotion	0–1	0.0
Goblins	2–7	22.2
Tokens	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	3–2	60.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Kithkin	0–1	0.0
Elves	1–4	20.0
Zombies	2–5	28.6
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	3–2	60.0
Affinity	2–1	66.7
Tempered Steel	1–1	50.0
Voltron	0–1	0.0
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	2–6	25.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–1	0.0
Combo	23–15	60.5
Storm	10–3	76.9
Dimir Tendrils	7–2	77.8
Hazoret Storm	1–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	1–1	50.0
Reanimator	4–5	44.4
Recurring Nightmare	1–1	50.0
Dragon Nightmare	1–1	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	3–4	42.9
Rakdos Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	2–4	33.3
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Eggs	2–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	0–1	0.0
Retraction Helix Combo	0–2	0.0
Taking Turns	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Combo	2–1	66.7
Breakfast	1–1	50.0
Hermit Gond	0–1	0.0
Neoform Hermit	1–0	100.0
Polymorph	0–1	0.0
Control	22–16	57.9
Mono Black Control	0–1	0.0
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Paradox Haze Lock	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	3–2	60.0
Azorius Control	4–4	50.0
Turbo Fog	0–1	0.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	2–2	50.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Blackpost	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	0–1	0.0
Ponza	4–2	66.7
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Life is Ez	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	0–1	0.0
Guildgate Control	0–2	0.0
Seasons Past Control	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	8–2	80.0
Aristocrats	4–1	80.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	0–1	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	1–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	4–1	80.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	8–6	57.1
Cruel Combo-Control	2–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Pickles	1–1	50.0
Mindcrank	2–1	66.7
Yosei Vat	0–1	0.0
Hive Mind	0–2	0.0
Plasma Swans	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–0	100.0
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Thryx-Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Midrange	20–19	51.3
The Rock	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	2–5	28.6
Wave Blink	2–0	100.0
Esper Wave	2–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	0–1	0.0
Varolz Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Mono White Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–2	50.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Card Advantage White	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–1	50.0
Davriel Braids	1–1	50.0
Dimir Midrange	2–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	0–2	0.0
Mutate	2–1	66.7
Heartless Summoning Stompy	2–0	100.0
Zur the Enchanter	1–0	100.0
Mythic Colossification	0–1	0.0
Neoform	0–2	0.0
Temur Neoform	0–2	0.0
Coinflips	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	1–1	50.0
Ramp	11–9	55.0
Rofellos Ramp	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	7–4	63.6
Locus Awakening	1–0	100.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	0–2	0.0
Greenpost	2–2	50.0
Gruul Post	1–0	100.0
Simic Post	1–0	100.0
Domain	0–1	0.0
Reclamation at Wake	3–1	75.0
Applejacks	0–1	0.0