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?

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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 2 days, 19 hours.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	49591	92702–83000–65	52.8	724	5666	2337
Cats	396	693–665	51.0	1	23	21
Selesnya Cats	312	567–531	51.6	1	20	17

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	140–116	54.7
Mono Black Aggro	5–2	71.4
Heroic	10–16	38.5
Mono White Heroic	5–10	33.3
Azorius Heroic	1–2	33.3
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–1	66.7
Boros Heroic	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Heroic	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	31–19	62.0
Mono Red Devotion	0–1	0.0
Proliferate Red	1–0	100.0
Goblins	4–0	100.0
Tokens	8–4	66.7
Selesnya Tokens	3–1	75.0
Mono White Tokens	3–3	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	4–2	66.7
White Weenie	8–7	53.3
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–3	25.0
Soldiers	1–1	50.0
Chroma White	1–0	100.0
Elves	6–9	40.0
Minotaurs	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Counters	2–0	100.0
Rogues	2–0	100.0
Zombies	2–2	50.0
Gruul Aggro	3–2	60.0
Gruul Landfall	1–1	50.0
Merfolk	3–6	33.3
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	21–19	52.5
Affinity	12–16	42.9
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	5–2	71.4
Mono Blue Architect	3–1	75.0
Devastating Dreams	1–0	100.0
Madness	3–1	75.0
Golgari Madness	1–1	50.0
Jund Madness	2–0	100.0
Voltron	4–1	80.0
Hexproof	4–0	100.0
Slivers	2–0	100.0
Knights	2–2	50.0
AggroSlide	6–10	37.5
Cats	3–3	50.0
Selesnya Cats	3–3	50.0
Rakdos Aggro	3–2	60.0
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Humans	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Boros Humans	1–0	100.0
Brushwaggs	0–1	0.0
Legends Aggro	3–6	33.3
Boros Legends Aggro	2–6	25.0
Bard Class	1–0	100.0
Combo	91–114	44.4
Storm	15–21	41.7
Sultai Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tendrils	3–11	21.4
Dragonstorm	2–2	50.0
Simic Storm	0–1	0.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	6–5	54.5
Swath Storm	1–2	33.3
Reanimator	8–18	30.8
Recurring Nightmare	1–1	50.0
Dragon Nightmare	1–1	50.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–1	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	6–16	27.3
Rakdos Reanimator	0–2	0.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	5–12	29.4
Oriss Genesis	1–4	20.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–1	0.0
Dubious Challenge	0–1	0.0
Warp World	0–1	0.0
Four Color Glimpse	0–1	0.0
Maniac Combo	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	1–3	25.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	5–5	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	3–3	50.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Myr Incubator	1–1	50.0
Umbral Mantle	1–0	100.0
"Twin"	1–1	50.0
Naya "Twin"	1–1	50.0
Combo Post	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	7–4	63.6
Anvil Colossus	5–3	62.5
Upheaval Colossus	0–1	0.0
Eggs	2–3	40.0
Turntimber Ranger	0–1	0.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	2–1	66.7
Taking Turns	7–2	77.8
Izzet Ascension	7–6	53.8
Ominous Good	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Combo	2–0	100.0
Soulflayer	0–3	0.0
Reanim8 Rack	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	5–19	20.8
Cephalid Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Oops All Spells	5–11	31.3
Neoform Hermit	0–7	0.0
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Dredge	7–6	53.8
Polymorph	0–1	0.0
Protean Hulk Combo	0–1	0.0
Dice Factory	2–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	1–1	50.0
Ad Nauseam	0–1	0.0
Chain of Acid	1–0	100.0
Tibalt's Trickery	0–1	0.0
Calibrated Blast	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	2–2	50.0
Gyruda	1–1	50.0
Possibility Storm	2–0	100.0
Midnight Mass	1–2	33.3
Actual Twin	0–1	0.0
Boros Twin	0–1	0.0
Control	110–75	59.5
Esper Control	11–12	47.8
Demonic Rising	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	8–2	80.0
Azorius Control	10–10	50.0
Cawblade	0–2	0.0
Turbo Fog	4–1	80.0
Izzet Control	2–0	100.0
Mardu Control	1–1	50.0
Mill	10–1	90.9
Boros Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	5–4	55.6
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Blackpost	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	4–6	40.0
Cruel Control	2–4	33.3
Stax	6–3	66.7
Pollute the Planet	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Control	0–1	0.0
Dragon Control	0–1	0.0
Izzet Dragons	0–1	0.0
Runeflare	1–1	50.0
Ponza	12–6	66.7
Mono White Control	3–3	50.0
Life is Ez	3–1	75.0
Cycling Control	4–2	66.7
Astral Slide	3–2	60.0
Five Color Control	10–1	90.9
Five Color Collected Conjuring	3–0	100.0
Shrines	4–0	100.0
Last Stand Control	3–0	100.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Ultimatum	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	2–4	33.3
Temur Reclamation	0–1	0.0
Pox	9–3	75.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–1	0.0
Seasons Past Control	0–4	0.0
Orzhov Control	0–1	0.0
Prison	1–1	50.0
Enchantress	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	48–41	53.9
Aristocrats	14–9	60.9
Mono Black Aristocrats	6–4	60.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	4–2	66.7
Golgari Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Food	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Burn	9–7	56.3
Infect	11–6	64.7
Simic Infect	3–2	60.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	4–2	66.7
Golgari Infect	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Infect	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	4–6	40.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	3–6	33.3
Izzet Blitzkrieg	2–4	33.3
Hushnought	4–6	40.0
Liquimetal Fishing	2–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	2–3	40.0
Goblin Persist	2–3	40.0
Aggro-Control	44–34	56.4
Simic Flash	1–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	10–7	58.8
Azorius Skies	2–1	66.7
Blue Madness	3–3	50.0
Simic Madness	1–2	33.3
Temur Madness	2–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	0–2	0.0
Wizards	1–2	33.3
Ninjas	4–3	57.1
Mono Blue Tempo	8–7	53.3
Izzet Spells	5–2	71.4
Dimir Tempo	4–3	57.1
Dimir Faeries	2–1	66.7
Sultai Tempo	1–1	50.0
Combo-Control	13–24	35.1
Curses	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	2–4	33.3
Shared Fate	0–1	0.0
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	1–3	25.0
Dragoncrank	1–1	50.0
Lich's Mastery	0–1	0.0
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	1–3	25.0
Plasma Swans	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	6–11	35.3
Wildfire	3–7	30.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–4	20.0
Jokulhaups Control	3–4	42.9
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	2–2	50.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Midrange	94–100	48.5
Temur Ascendancy	3–0	100.0
The Rock	1–6	14.3
Grenzo	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	9–2	81.8
Selesnya Midrange	4–0	100.0
Selesnya Value Town	1–0	100.0
Jund	3–3	50.0
Blink	4–13	23.5
Wave Blink	1–4	20.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	0–1	0.0
Azorius Wave	0–3	0.0
Orzhov Blink	2–7	22.2
Graveyard Value	1–4	20.0
Séance	0–1	0.0
Varolz Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Allies	2–4	33.3
Orzhov Allies	0–1	0.0
Esper Allies	0–1	0.0
BRGW Allies	0–2	0.0
Fake-Rack	3–3	50.0
Mardu Midrange	7–6	53.8
Vampires	1–3	25.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–1	50.0
Legends Midrange	2–3	40.0
Orzhov Legends	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Legends	0–3	0.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	5–6	45.5
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	1–3	25.0
Mono Black Midrange	8–13	38.1
Necro Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Devotion	2–6	25.0
Dimir Midrange	5–3	62.5
Angels	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Angels	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	3–1	75.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–3	25.0
Martyr's Grace	1–1	50.0
Mutate	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Midrange	2–3	40.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Prophet Glare	1–2	33.3
Heartless Summoning Stompy	0–1	0.0
Ordealbreak	2–2	50.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	2–2	50.0
Neoform	0–1	0.0
Simic Neoform	0–1	0.0
Party	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	2–2	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	2–3	40.0
Abzan Hero	0–1	0.0
Esper Hero	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Hero	1–0	100.0
Naya Hero	0–1	0.0
Boros Hero	1–0	100.0
Gruul Obosh	0–2	0.0
Artifact Midrange	2–0	100.0
Death Cloud	1–1	50.0
Game Objects	1–0	100.0
Ramp	27–27	50.0
Rofellos Ramp	3–5	37.5
Wild Pair	1–0	100.0
Channel-Rofellos	2–3	40.0
Cloudpost Ramp	17–13	56.7
Golgari Post	0–1	0.0
Greenpost	13–8	61.9
Gruul Post	2–3	40.0
Simic Post	0–1	0.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	4–5	44.4
Historic Bloom	1–3	25.0
Carth Superfriends	0–1	0.0
Jund Carth	0–1	0.0
Applejacks	1–0	100.0