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!

Mythic Colossification

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	41628	68323–73351–34	48.2	357	3096	1596
Mythic Colossification	104	187–154	54.8	0	4	7

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	48–39	55.2
Heroic	3–4	42.9
Mono White Heroic	3–1	75.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–3	0.0
Red Deck Wins	13–6	68.4
Tokens	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mardu Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono White Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–0	100.0
White Weenie	7–6	53.8
Soldiers	1–1	50.0
Elves	1–3	25.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Zombies	3–2	60.0
Gruul Aggro	1–2	33.3
Merfolk	1–1	50.0
Mono Red Swarm	2–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	3–1	75.0
Affinity	3–1	75.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	0–1	0.0
Hateful Auras	0–1	0.0
Naya Zoo	0–1	0.0
Knights	2–0	100.0
AggroSlide	2–6	25.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–1	0.0
Boros Aggro	2–0	100.0
Humans	1–1	50.0
Gruul Humans	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	0–1	0.0
Shamans	1–0	100.0
Combo	35–27	56.5
Storm	8–6	57.1
Dimir Tendrils	0–3	0.0
Hazoret Storm	5–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	1–2	33.3
Izzet Storm	0–1	0.0
Channel Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	10–8	55.6
Recurring Nightmare	1–0	100.0
Dragon Nightmare	1–0	100.0
Worldgorger Dragon	3–0	100.0
Double Dragon	3–0	100.0
Grozoth	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	6–7	46.2
Dimir Reanimator	3–1	75.0
Mono Black Reanimator	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–2	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–2	50.0
Myr Incubator	2–0	100.0
Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Naya Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	2–2	50.0
Anvil Colossus	0–1	0.0
Upheaval Colossus	2–1	66.7
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	2–1	66.7
Ominous Good	0–2	0.0
Jokulhaups Combo	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	2–4	33.3
Hermit Dredge	1–1	50.0
Oops All Spells	0–1	0.0
Neoform Hermit	1–2	33.3
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Dice Factory	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	2–1	66.7
Control	28–23	54.9
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Control	2–1	66.7
Dimir Control	0–4	0.0
Azorius Control	4–3	57.1
Cawblade	0–1	0.0
Turbo Fog	1–2	33.3
Mill	0–1	0.0
Stax	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	0–2	0.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Ponza	9–2	81.8
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Dynavolt Tower	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	0–2	0.0
Guildgate Control	2–0	100.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	11–12	47.8
Aristocrats	3–3	50.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Golgari Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	1–1	50.0
Infect	1–2	33.3
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–2	33.3
Turbo Myth	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–3	40.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–3	25.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	2–3	40.0
Goblin Persist	2–3	40.0
Aggro-Control	9–9	50.0
Simic Flash	1–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	3–1	75.0
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Blue Madness	0–1	0.0
Temur Madness	0–1	0.0
Wizards	0–1	0.0
Tetsukotog	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	4–1	80.0
Dimir Tempo	0–1	0.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	12–5	70.6
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	1–0	100.0
Displace Loop	1–0	100.0
Peregrine Drake	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Liliana's Contract	2–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	6–5	54.5
Wildfire	4–4	50.0
Thryx-Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–2	33.3
Jokulhaups Control	2–1	66.7
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Midrange	31–31	50.0
Temur Ascendancy	2–0	100.0
The Rock	0–2	0.0
Golgari Citadel	0–1	0.0
Jund	2–1	66.7
Blink	1–5	16.7
Wave Blink	0–2	0.0
Esper Wave	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Blink	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	4–1	80.0
Séance	2–0	100.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	0–1	0.0
Vampires	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Vampires	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–2	33.3
Naya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	4–6	40.0
Mono Black Devotion	2–0	100.0
Davriel Braids	1–0	100.0
Hellion Whip	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–0	100.0
Martyr's Grace	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Mythic Colossification	1–1	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	2–1	66.7
Mardu Hero	0–1	0.0
Naya Hero	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	0–1	0.0
Ramp	13–8	61.9
Rofellos Ramp	1–1	50.0
Wild Pair	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	7–3	70.0
Eldrazipost	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	4–3	57.1
Gruul Post	1–0	100.0
Reclamation at Wake	1–0	100.0
Sarkhan's Unsealing Ramp	0–1	0.0
Carth Superfriends	0–1	0.0
Applejacks	0–1	0.0