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.

Heart of Darkness

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	41958	68794–73889–34	48.2	359	3128	1606
Mono Black Midrange	3981	7224–6711–6	51.8	41	403	181
Heart of Darkness	133	318–183	63.5	2	12	14

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	78–70	52.7
Mono Black Aggro	1–1	50.0
Heroic	10–12	45.5
Mono White Heroic	8–11	42.1
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–1	66.7
Red Deck Wins	10–10	50.0
Mono Red Devotion	1–0	100.0
Goblins	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	3–1	75.0
White Weenie	7–6	53.8
Soldiers	2–0	100.0
Kithkin	0–1	0.0
Elves	7–8	46.7
Selesnya Little Kid	4–0	100.0
Rogues	1–1	50.0
Zombies	1–2	33.3
Gruul Aggro	0–2	0.0
Merfolk	4–5	44.4
Artifact Aggro	16–12	57.1
Affinity	15–10	60.0
Tempered Steel	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Aggro	0–1	0.0
Madness	1–1	50.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	3–0	100.0
Hexproof	3–0	100.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	5–7	41.7
Humans	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Combo	58–22	72.5
Storm	21–8	72.4
Dimir Tendrils	16–7	69.6
Grixis Tendrils	1–1	50.0
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	10–5	66.7
Worldgorger Dragon	4–4	50.0
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	5–1	83.3
Mono Black Reanimator	5–1	83.3
Maniac Combo	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Myr Incubator	1–0	100.0
Eggs	2–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	2–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	2–1	66.7
Jokulhaups Combo	4–1	80.0
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Dredge	6–7	46.2
Protean Hulk Combo	2–0	100.0
Control	51–13	79.7
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Demonic Rising	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	2–4	33.3
Azorius Control	12–2	85.7
Cawblade	1–1	50.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	3–1	75.0
Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Ponza	7–2	77.8
Mono White Control	2–0	100.0
Cycling Control	7–0	100.0
Astral Slide	7–0	100.0
Five Color Control	2–0	100.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–0	100.0
Shrines	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	3–0	100.0
Pox	6–3	66.7
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	13–8	61.9
Aristocrats	7–6	53.8
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–5	0.0
Food	3–1	75.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	3–0	100.0
Burn	1–0	100.0
Infect	1–1	50.0
Simic Infect	1–1	50.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	4–1	80.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	4–1	80.0
Aggro-Control	27–17	61.4
Izzet Tempo	13–12	52.0
Azorius Skies	2–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	10–4	71.4
Mono Blue Faeries	1–0	100.0
Azorius Tempo	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	6–5	54.5
Curses	1–0	100.0
Burning Vengeance	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	1–2	33.3
Dragoncrank	0–1	0.0
Zur's Weirding	3–3	50.0
Midrange	67–37	64.4
The Rock	2–5	28.6
Anti-Persecution	2–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	5–2	71.4
Séance	3–2	60.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Allies	2–0	100.0
Azorius Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	5–3	62.5
Mardu Midrange	4–2	66.7
Vampires	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–7	30.0
Naya Midrange	3–0	100.0
Big Red	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Midrange	9–7	56.3
Mono Black Devotion	1–1	50.0
Heart of Darkness	5–5	50.0
Dimir Midrange	2–4	33.3
Angels	3–0	100.0
Mono White Angels	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Angels	2–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	3–2	60.0
Sultai Midrange	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	11–0	100.0
Prophet Glare	1–0	100.0
Neoform	1–1	50.0
Temur Neoform	0–1	0.0
Sultai Neoform	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	3–0	100.0
Ramp	18–11	62.1
Cloudpost Ramp	10–11	47.6
Greenpost	7–9	43.8
Gruul Post	1–0	100.0
Simic Post	1–0	100.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	4–0	100.0
Historic Bloom	3–0	100.0