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!

Hermit Dredge

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	37235	62270–63485–18	49.5	428	2776	1687
Breakfast	3025	6565–4497–1	59.3	86	457	217
Hermit Dredge	96	176–134	56.8	1	2	8

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	28–36	43.8
Heroic	8–3	72.7
Mono White Heroic	8–3	72.7
Red Deck Wins	3–15	16.7
Mono Red Devotion	0–1	0.0
Goblins	2–0	100.0
Tokens	3–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–1	0.0
White Weenie	0–2	0.0
Soldiers	0–1	0.0
Elves	1–6	14.3
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Zombies	3–1	75.0
Artifact Aggro	2–0	100.0
Salvage Titan	2–0	100.0
Knights	3–4	42.9
AggroSlide	2–2	50.0
Cats	0–1	0.0
Humans	0–1	0.0
Combo	28–29	49.1
Storm	11–3	78.6
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Simic Storm	3–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	5–2	71.4
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Stormpost	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Post Desire	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	1–4	20.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–3	25.0
Double Dragon	0–1	0.0
Oriss Genesis	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–5	0.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–4	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–1	0.0
Seismic Swans	0–1	0.0
Saffi Combo	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	0–2	0.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	2–1	66.7
Ominous Good	4–1	80.0
Jokulhaups Combo	1–1	50.0
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	3–7	30.0
Hermit Dredge	2–2	50.0
Oops All Spells	1–1	50.0
Neoform Hermit	0–2	0.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Stuffy Doll	0–1	0.0
Control	44–18	71.0
Mono Black Control	3–0	100.0
Esper Control	6–1	85.7
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	2–0	100.0
Azorius Control	3–4	42.9
Turbo Fog	6–0	100.0
Mardu Control	1–1	50.0
Mill	3–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	2–2	50.0
Cruel Control	2–0	100.0
Stax	2–2	50.0
Stagnant Control	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–2	33.3
Ponza	1–2	33.3
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	2–1	66.7
Guildgate Control	3–1	75.0
Enchantments Control	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	9–6	60.0
Aristocrats	1–4	20.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–3	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	2–0	100.0
Infect	3–1	75.0
Simic Infect	2–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–1	50.0
Hermit Humans	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	1–1	50.0
Goblin Persist	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Control	13–9	59.1
Izzet Tempo	2–1	66.7
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Wizards	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	5–3	62.5
Izzet Spells	0–2	0.0
Dimir Tempo	2–0	100.0
Combo-Control	11–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	3–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	6–0	100.0
Wildfire	6–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	6–0	100.0
Midrange	28–29	49.1
Temur Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
The Rock	0–2	0.0
Golgari Citadel	0–2	0.0
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	1–2	33.3
Blink	4–5	44.4
Wave Blink	2–4	33.3
Azorius Wave	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Wave	0–2	0.0
Graveyard Value	0–2	0.0
Varolz Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Boros Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	2–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	4–1	80.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	0–3	0.0
Mono Black Devotion	0–1	0.0
Toughness Matters	1–1	50.0
Sultai Midrange	2–1	66.7
Sultai Energy	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Zur the Enchanter	1–1	50.0
Mythic Colossification	1–1	50.0
Neoform	1–1	50.0
Sultai Neoform	1–1	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Hero	0–1	0.0
Ramp	15–7	68.2
Rofellos Ramp	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	9–6	60.0
Eldrazipost	1–0	100.0
Golgari Post	1–0	100.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	1–1	50.0
Greenpost	4–5	44.4
Gruul Post	1–0	100.0
Simic Post	1–0	100.0
Eureka!	4–0	100.0