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
Combo	5771	12140–11201–18	52.0	431	2796
Storm	1108	2305–2119–4	52.1	95	479
High Tide	249	585–436	57.3	29	109

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	212–153	58.1
Mono Black Aggro	0–2	0.0
Heroic	20–15	57.1
Mono White Heroic	14–10	58.3
Azorius Heroic	1–1	50.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–4	33.3
Red Deck Wins	48–29	62.3
Mono Red Devotion	0–1	0.0
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	1–2	33.3
Mono White Tokens	1–2	33.3
Mono Green Stompy	2–4	33.3
White Weenie	32–37	46.4
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	4–1	80.0
Mono White Humans	1–0	100.0
Elves	24–13	64.9
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Zombies	9–13	40.9
Gruul Aggro	3–2	60.0
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	14–11	56.0
Affinity	5–5	50.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	8–6	57.1
Voltron	1–1	50.0
Hateful Auras	1–0	100.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	0–1	0.0
Knights	9–6	60.0
AggroSlide	34–10	77.3
Boros Aggro	3–0	100.0
Humans	5–4	55.6
Jeskai Humans	5–4	55.6
Legends Aggro	3–2	60.0
Boros Legends Aggro	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Legends Aggro	1–0	100.0
Pirates	1–0	100.0
Combo	80–63	55.9
Storm	31–31	50.0
Dragonstorm	2–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	1–1	50.0
High Tide	22–22	50.0
Channel Storm	6–8	42.9
Reanimator	7–8	46.7
Recurring Nightmare	2–5	28.6
Dragon Nightmare	1–5	16.7
Worldgorger Dragon	3–1	75.0
Double Dragon	3–1	75.0
Traditional Reanimator	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Reanimator	2–2	50.0
Dubious Challenge	2–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–2	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	2–0	100.0
Fake-Twin	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Fake-Twin	0–1	0.0
Naya Fake-Twin	0–1	0.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	2–1	66.7
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	2–1	66.7
Ominous Good	0–3	0.0
Jokulhaups Combo	1–1	50.0
Soulflayer	2–0	100.0
Breakfast	9–3	75.0
Hermit Gond	1–1	50.0
Hermit Dredge	0–1	0.0
Oops All Spells	2–0	100.0
Neoform Hermit	2–0	100.0
Unctus	4–1	80.0
Dredge	6–2	75.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Protean Hulk Combo	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	1–1	50.0
Belcher	6–2	75.0
Tameshi Bloom	1–4	20.0
Control	91–50	64.5
Esper Control	10–9	52.6
Mono Blue Control	5–2	71.4
Dimir Control	3–2	60.0
Azorius Control	11–1	91.7
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	2–0	100.0
Mardu Control	1–1	50.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	7–7	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–5	28.6
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	4–0	100.0
Grixis Control	8–0	100.0
Stax	3–5	37.5
Jeskai Control	8–0	100.0
Jeskai Approach	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	0–1	0.0
Izzet Dragons	0–1	0.0
Runeflare	1–1	50.0
Ponza	4–6	40.0
Dynavolt Tower	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	2–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	2–1	66.7
Last Stand Control	0–1	0.0
Sultai Control	3–1	75.0
Bant Control	0–1	0.0
Pox	2–0	100.0
Enchantments Control	4–5	44.4
Seasons Past Control	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	4–6	40.0
Prison	6–1	85.7
Enchantress	6–1	85.7
Aggro-Combo	33–31	51.6
Aristocrats	7–6	53.8
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	4–4	50.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Burn	9–8	52.9
Infect	3–5	37.5
Golgari Infect	2–5	28.6
Trickbind Dreadnought	9–8	52.9
Izzet Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	8–7	53.3
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Hushnought	3–2	60.0
Combo Goblins	1–1	50.0
Dirty Kitty	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Control	35–53	39.8
Izzet Tempo	8–12	40.0
Blue Madness	2–1	66.7
Simic Madness	2–1	66.7
Wizards	1–1	50.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	11–19	36.7
Izzet Spells	5–3	62.5
Dimir Tempo	2–7	22.2
Ensoul Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Tempo	0–5	0.0
Combo-Control	19–19	50.0
Cruel Combo-Control	1–0	100.0
Pickles	0–2	0.0
Yosei Vat	0–2	0.0
Zur's Weirding	3–0	100.0
Solar Flare	1–7	12.5
Plasma Swans	0–2	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	11–5	68.8
Wildfire	3–3	50.0
Thryx-Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–2	33.3
Jokulhaups Control	8–2	80.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	2–1	66.7
Jund Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Thopter-Sword	3–1	75.0
Azorius Thopter-Sword	2–0	100.0
Dimir Thopter-Sword	0–1	0.0
Esper Thopter-Sword	1–0	100.0
Midrange	106–63	62.7
The Rock	4–1	80.0
Abzan Midrange	1–1	50.0
Jund	6–2	75.0
Blink	7–3	70.0
Wave Blink	5–2	71.4
Cloudpost Wave Blink	1–0	100.0
Esper Wave	1–0	100.0
Azorius Wave	1–1	50.0
Bant Wave	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Blink	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	4–2	66.7
Séance	1–0	100.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Enchantments Matter	2–0	100.0
Allies	2–0	100.0
Azorius Allies	2–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	2–2	50.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	1–3	25.0
Orzhov Legends	1–3	25.0
Rakdos Midrange	10–2	83.3
Big Red	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Midrange	10–7	58.8
Mono Black Devotion	6–4	60.0
Dimir Midrange	1–4	20.0
Angels	3–0	100.0
Mono White Angels	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Angels	2–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	3–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	3–7	30.0
Martyr's Grace	3–5	37.5
Sultai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	12–18	40.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Zur the Enchanter	1–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	0–1	0.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	0–1	0.0
Neoform	1–0	100.0
Temur Neoform	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	6–1	85.7
Hero of Precinct One	2–1	66.7
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	1–1	50.0
Clerics	3–0	100.0
Simic Snow	8–4	66.7
Artifact Midrange	5–1	83.3
Ramp	9–4	69.2
Rofellos Ramp	0–1	0.0
Wild Pair	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	7–2	77.8
Greenpost	3–2	60.0
Gruul Post	1–0	100.0
Simic Post	3–0	100.0
Eureka!	1–1	50.0