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 8 weeks, 3 days.

Shrines

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	36615	58634–64396–43	47.7	277	2555	1349
Five Color Control	651	770–1312	37.0	2	41	9
Shrines	120	98–273	26.4	0	1	1

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	21–69	23.3
Mono Black Aggro	1–1	50.0
Heroic	0–7	0.0
Mono White Heroic	0–6	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	1–11	8.3
Tokens	3–3	50.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono White Tokens	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–1	0.0
White Weenie	2–2	50.0
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Elves	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Counters	0–2	0.0
Rogues	0–1	0.0
Zombies	1–4	20.0
Gruul Aggro	1–1	50.0
Merfolk	2–1	66.7
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	2–19	9.5
Affinity	2–11	15.4
Salvage Titan	0–1	0.0
Tempered Steel	0–5	0.0
Mono Blue Architect	0–1	0.0
Madness	1–1	50.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	0–2	0.0
Hexproof	0–2	0.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	0–1	0.0
Knights	0–2	0.0
AggroSlide	0–1	0.0
Cats	0–4	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–4	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–1	0.0
Shamans	0–1	0.0
Brushwaggs	1–0	100.0
Combo	15–44	25.4
Storm	2–14	12.5
Dimir Tendrils	2–10	16.7
Dragonstorm	0–2	0.0
Hazoret Storm	0–1	0.0
High Tide	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	3–5	37.5
Worldgorger Dragon	0–2	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	3–3	50.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Reanimator	2–2	50.0
Oriss Genesis	1–1	50.0
Warp World	0–1	0.0
Four Color Glimpse	0–1	0.0
Maniac Combo	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Myr Incubator	0–2	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–1	0.0
Anvil Colossus	0–1	0.0
Eggs	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–1	50.0
Taking Turns	1–2	33.3
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–1	50.0
Izzet Ascension	0–1	0.0
Ominous Good	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Combo	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Oops All Lands	0–1	0.0
Dredge	1–9	10.0
Protean Hulk Combo	1–0	100.0
Control	23–47	32.9
Mono Black Control	0–1	0.0
Esper Control	1–2	33.3
Dimir Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Control	6–6	50.0
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	0–9	0.0
Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	4–4	50.0
Cruel Control	3–4	42.9
Stax	0–2	0.0
Runeflare	1–1	50.0
Ponza	3–4	42.9
Mono White Control	0–2	0.0
Life is Ez	0–2	0.0
Five Color Control	3–3	50.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–0	100.0
Shrines	2–2	50.0
Sultai Control	1–1	50.0
Guildgate Control	0–2	0.0
Pox	0–3	0.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	0–1	0.0
Prison	2–1	66.7
Enchantress	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	5–25	16.7
Aristocrats	2–7	22.2
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Golgari Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Mardu Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	3–0	100.0
Infect	0–4	0.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–1	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–2	0.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	0–5	0.0
Chancellor of the Forge Combo	0–2	0.0
Combo Goblins	0–4	0.0
Goblin Persist	0–4	0.0
Aggro-Control	4–27	12.9
Simic Flash	0–1	0.0
Izzet Tempo	0–8	0.0
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–9	0.0
Mono Blue Faeries	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	1–2	33.3
Dimir Tempo	1–4	20.0
Combo-Control	9–10	47.4
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	2–4	33.3
Dragoncrank	0–3	0.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	0–1	0.0
Hive Mind	0–1	0.0
Zur's Weirding	3–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–4	20.0
Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Thryx-Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	0–3	0.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
Midrange	18–42	30.0
The Rock	0–2	0.0
Grenzo	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jund	2–0	100.0
Blink	1–1	50.0
Wave Blink	0–1	0.0
Abzan Wave	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	1–3	25.0
Séance	0–1	0.0
Allies	0–1	0.0
Mardu Allies	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	0–3	0.0
Mardu Midrange	2–3	40.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–6	14.3
Big Red	0–2	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–3	25.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–0	100.0
Heart of Darkness	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	0–2	0.0
Toughness Matters	1–3	25.0
Orzhov Midrange	4–4	50.0
Neoform	2–0	100.0
Temur Neoform	1–0	100.0
Simic Neoform	1–0	100.0
Party	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	0–2	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–0	100.0
Esper Hero	1–0	100.0
Gruul Obosh	0–2	0.0
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Simic Snow	0–1	0.0
Ramp	3–9	25.0
Cloudpost Ramp	3–7	30.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	0–1	0.0
Greenpost	2–4	33.3
Gruul Post	1–1	50.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	0–1	0.0