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

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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.

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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 8 weeks, 3 days.

Varolz Dreadnought

Tournaments Only
All Time▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
7. 31
8. 30
9. 29
10. 28
11. 27
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Midrange	6716	13042–13556–34	49.0	359	3128
Graveyard Value	178	268–371–1	41.9	4	48
Varolz Dreadnought	53	103–103	50.0	2	21

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	44–35	55.7
Mono Black Aggro	2–0	100.0
Heroic	4–4	50.0
Mono White Heroic	2–3	40.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	12–7	63.2
Goblins	2–1	66.7
Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono White Tokens	1–1	50.0
White Weenie	4–3	57.1
Elves	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Zombies	3–2	60.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–1	50.0
8 Whack	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	1–3	25.0
Affinity	1–1	50.0
Hush-finity	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	0–2	0.0
Madness	0–1	0.0
Golgari Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	9–8	52.9
Cats	0–1	0.0
Mono White Cats	0–1	0.0
Humans	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Humans	0–1	0.0
Combo	16–16	50.0
Storm	3–6	33.3
Dimir Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Dragonstorm	1–2	33.3
High Tide	1–1	50.0
Stormpost	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Post Desire	1–0	100.0
Channel Storm	0–2	0.0
Reanimator	4–3	57.1
Worldgorger Dragon	1–1	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	3–2	60.0
Rakdos Reanimator	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Maniac Combo	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Metalwork Colossus	3–1	75.0
Anvil Colossus	2–1	66.7
Upheaval Colossus	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	0–1	0.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	2–1	66.7
Oops All Spells	1–1	50.0
Neoform Hermit	1–0	100.0
Dice Factory	0–1	0.0
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Chain of Acid	1–0	100.0
Control	10–13	43.5
Esper Control	1–3	25.0
Dimir Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Control	2–2	50.0
Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Blackpost	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	2–0	100.0
Stax	0–1	0.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Ponza	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	0–3	0.0
Astral Slide	0–3	0.0
Pox	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	10–5	66.7
Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	2–0	100.0
Infect	2–0	100.0
Golgari Infect	2–0	100.0
Hermit Humans	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Hushnought	3–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	2–2	50.0
Goblin Persist	0–1	0.0
Dirty Kitty	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Control	4–6	40.0
Izzet Tempo	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–3	0.0
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	0–3	0.0
Azorius Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	6–3	66.7
Cruel Combo-Control	1–0	100.0
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	1–3	25.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–0	100.0
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Midrange	13–23	36.1
The Rock	0–1	0.0
Golgari Citadel	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	1–1	50.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	1–6	14.3
Wave Blink	0–4	0.0
Azorius Wave	0–4	0.0
Graveyard Value	1–1	50.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Fake-Rack	1–1	50.0
Vampires	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–1	50.0
Big Red	0–2	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	0–3	0.0
Mono Black Devotion	0–2	0.0
Hellion Whip	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	0–1	0.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	1–1	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–2	33.3
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Hero	0–2	0.0
Gruul Obosh	2–0	100.0
Ramp	0–2	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	0–2	0.0
Golgari Post	0–1	0.0
Gruul Post	0–1	0.0