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.

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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!

Five Color Collected Conjuring

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	36323	58113–63941–43	47.6	270	2510	1337
Five Color Control	648	769–1307	37.0	2	41	9
Five Color Collected Conjuring	147	141–338	29.4	0	1	1

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	30–89	25.2
Mono Black Aggro	0–3	0.0
Heroic	7–7	50.0
Mono White Heroic	4–3	57.1
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	3–4	42.9
Red Deck Wins	2–12	14.3
Mono Red Devotion	0–1	0.0
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono White Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–2	0.0
White Weenie	3–11	21.4
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–1	0.0
Soldiers	1–2	33.3
Mono White Humans	0–1	0.0
Elves	5–7	41.7
Selesnya Little Kid	0–4	0.0
Rogues	1–1	50.0
Zombies	0–1	0.0
Gruul Aggro	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	2–6	25.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	5–17	22.7
Affinity	4–11	26.7
Tempered Steel	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–4	20.0
Slivers	0–1	0.0
Naya Zoo	1–2	33.3
Knights	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	1–2	33.3
Cats	0–4	0.0
Mono White Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–3	0.0
Humans	0–1	0.0
Legends Aggro	0–2	0.0
Boros Legends Aggro	0–2	0.0
Rats	0–1	0.0
Combo	29–64	31.2
Storm	10–14	41.7
Dimir Tendrils	6–10	37.5
Hazoret Storm	1–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	2–0	100.0
High Tide	0–2	0.0
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Channel Storm	0–2	0.0
Reanimator	2–13	13.3
Recurring Nightmare	0–1	0.0
Dragon Nightmare	0–1	0.0
Worldgorger Dragon	0–6	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	2–6	25.0
Rakdos Reanimator	0–2	0.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–3	25.0
Warp World	0–3	0.0
Boros Glimpse	0–2	0.0
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–4	0.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–3	0.0
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–2	0.0
Upheaval Colossus	0–2	0.0
Taking Turns	0–1	0.0
Izzet Ascension	2–1	66.7
Soulflayer	0–2	0.0
Breakfast	3–4	42.9
Oops All Spells	2–2	50.0
Neoform Hermit	1–2	33.3
Dredge	2–15	11.8
Polymorph	0–1	0.0
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Chain of Acid	1–1	50.0
GreenTwin	0–1	0.0
Calibrated Blast	0–1	0.0
Restore Balance	1–0	100.0
Midnight Mass	1–1	50.0
Control	19–61	23.8
Esper Control	3–3	50.0
Demonic Rising	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	0–5	0.0
Azorius Control	5–8	38.5
Cawblade	1–1	50.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Mardu Control	0–2	0.0
Mill	0–5	0.0
Cloudpost Control	0–3	0.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Blackpost	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	1–4	20.0
Jeskai Control	0–1	0.0
Runeflare	0–1	0.0
Ponza	2–4	33.3
Mono White Control	0–5	0.0
Cycling Control	2–2	50.0
Astral Slide	2–2	50.0
Five Color Control	1–2	33.3
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–1	50.0
Shrines	0–1	0.0
Sultai Control	0–1	0.0
Sultai Ultimatum	0–1	0.0
Bant Control	1–2	33.3
Pox	0–8	0.0
Prison	3–3	50.0
Enchantress	3–3	50.0
Aggro-Combo	9–23	28.1
Aristocrats	2–9	18.2
Golgari Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Food	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	2–4	33.3
Boros Bombardment	0–1	0.0
Burn	1–3	25.0
Infect	4–4	50.0
Simic Infect	2–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Infect	1–0	100.0
Hermit Humans	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–2	0.0
Izzet Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Chancellor of the Forge Combo	0–2	0.0
Hushnought	0–2	0.0
Liquimetal Fishing	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	0–1	0.0
Dirty Kitty	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	16–26	38.1
Simic Flash	0–1	0.0
Izzet Tempo	8–13	38.1
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Temur Madness	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–1	50.0
Wizards	1–4	20.0
Ninjas	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–2	33.3
Izzet Spells	2–2	50.0
Dimir Tempo	1–1	50.0
Dimir Faeries	1–0	100.0
Sultai Tempo	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	9–15	37.5
Curses	2–0	100.0
Burning Vengeance	0–1	0.0
Battle of Wits	1–3	25.0
Shared Fate	1–1	50.0
Mindcrank	0–3	0.0
Zur's Weirding	0–1	0.0
Solar Flare	2–2	50.0
Plasma Swans	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–2	50.0
Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Borderpost Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	2–1	66.7
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Thopter-Sword	1–0	100.0
Azorius Thopter-Sword	1–0	100.0
Midrange	19–41	31.7
The Rock	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	1–3	25.0
Selesnya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	1–6	14.3
Wave Blink	0–3	0.0
Azorius Wave	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Wave	0–1	0.0
Bant Wave	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Blink	1–2	33.3
Fake-Rack	0–1	0.0
Mardu Midrange	1–1	50.0
Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Legends	0–1	0.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–1	50.0
Big Red	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	4–7	36.4
Mono Black Devotion	1–4	20.0
Heart of Darkness	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–2	33.3
Martyr's Grace	0–1	0.0
Mutate	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–4	33.3
Orzhov Capenna	1–0	100.0
Party	1–0	100.0
Clerics	0–2	0.0
Simic Snow	0–3	0.0
Artifact Midrange	2–1	66.7
Ramp	10–19	34.5
Rofellos Ramp	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	7–14	33.3
Greenpost	7–13	35.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	1–1	50.0