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

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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 1 week.

The Penny Dreadful 500 is on Nov 16th with free entry and $500 in prizes!

Abzan Hero

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	41489	68106–73112–34	48.2	351	3078	1592
Hero of Precinct One	1359	2373–2345–1	50.3	9	93	57
Abzan Hero	77	149–131	53.2	0	5	4

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	35–31	53.0
Mono Black Aggro	1–3	25.0
Heroic	4–4	50.0
Mono White Heroic	1–1	50.0
Boros Heroic	3–3	50.0
Red Deck Wins	6–4	60.0
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Tokens	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	1–2	33.3
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–1	0.0
Elves	2–7	22.2
Rogues	3–0	100.0
Zombies	2–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	4–3	57.1
8 Whack	3–3	50.0
Artifact Aggro	1–2	33.3
Affinity	1–1	50.0
Tempered Steel	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	2–2	50.0
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	2–3	40.0
Combo	29–23	55.8
Storm	3–2	60.0
Dragonstorm	1–1	50.0
High Tide	0–1	0.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Swath Storm	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Metalwork Colossus	3–8	27.3
Anvil Colossus	2–6	25.0
Upheaval Colossus	1–2	33.3
Eggs	3–0	100.0
Soulflayer	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	7–6	53.8
Oops All Spells	3–3	50.0
Neoform Hermit	4–3	57.1
Dredge	3–0	100.0
Dice Factory	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	1–1	50.0
Enduring Ideal	2–1	66.7
Ad Nauseam	1–0	100.0
Stuffy Doll	2–1	66.7
Actual Twin	1–1	50.0
Izzet Twin	1–1	50.0
Control	19–19	50.0
Esper Control	1–2	33.3
Dimir Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Control	4–3	57.1
Cawblade	1–0	100.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	3–2	60.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Grixis Control	0–2	0.0
Cruel Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	0–1	0.0
Dragon Control	1–1	50.0
Izzet Dragons	1–1	50.0
Ponza	2–1	66.7
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Life is Ez	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Ultimatum	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	1–1	50.0
Pox	3–2	60.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–2	0.0
Aggro-Combo	22–10	68.8
Aristocrats	5–3	62.5
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Golgari Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Abzan Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	4–1	80.0
Infect	3–2	60.0
Simic Infect	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	2–2	50.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	4–0	100.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	3–0	100.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	3–1	75.0
Chancellor of the Forge Combo	0–1	0.0
Hushnought	2–1	66.7
Combo Goblins	1–1	50.0
Goblin Persist	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Control	14–7	66.7
Izzet Tempo	8–2	80.0
Blue Madness	1–1	50.0
Simic Madness	1–1	50.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	2–4	33.3
Dimir Faeries	1–2	33.3
Combo-Control	4–3	57.1
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Yosei Vat	0–1	0.0
Solar Flare	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–2	50.0
Wildfire	2–2	50.0
Thryx-Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Midrange	24–35	40.7
The Rock	2–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	2–3	40.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Value Town	1–0	100.0
Jund	1–1	50.0
Blink	2–3	40.0
Wave Blink	2–2	50.0
Azorius Wave	1–0	100.0
Abzan Wave	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	0–3	0.0
Allies	0–1	0.0
Mardu Allies	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	1–1	50.0
Vampires	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–5	28.6
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–1	50.0
Dimir Midrange	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–3	0.0
Neoform	0–2	0.0
Simic Neoform	0–2	0.0
Party	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	2–2	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	4–5	44.4
Abzan Hero	1–1	50.0
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Esper Hero	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Hero	0–1	0.0
Clerics	0–1	0.0
Death Cloud	0–1	0.0
Illness in the Ranks	2–0	100.0
Ramp	2–3	40.0
Cloudpost Ramp	1–3	25.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	0–2	0.0
Greenpost	1–1	50.0