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 6 days, 24 hours.

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

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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
Esper Hero	77	112–147	43.2	0	1	1

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	23–36	39.0
Mono Black Aggro	0–2	0.0
Heroic	5–3	62.5
Mono White Heroic	2–2	50.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–1	66.7
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	2–13	13.3
Goblins	3–1	75.0
Tokens	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	1–1	50.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–1	0.0
Elves	1–1	50.0
Rogues	0–1	0.0
Zombies	2–1	66.7
Gruul Aggro	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Swarm	0–3	0.0
8 Whack	0–3	0.0
Artifact Aggro	3–1	75.0
Tempered Steel	3–1	75.0
Naya Zoo	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	0–5	0.0
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	2–0	100.0
Combo	18–19	48.6
Storm	4–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	2–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	2–0	100.0
Swath Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	2–1	66.7
Worldgorger Dragon	0–1	0.0
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–1	0.0
Warp World	0–1	0.0
Four Color Glimpse	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–1	66.7
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	2–3	40.0
Anvil Colossus	2–1	66.7
Upheaval Colossus	0–2	0.0
Eggs	1–2	33.3
Heartless Summoning Combo	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	1–1	50.0
Reanim8 Rack	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	3–4	42.9
Neoform Hermit	3–4	42.9
Storm Herald	0–2	0.0
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Stuffy Doll	1–0	100.0
Control	15–24	38.5
Mono Black Control	0–1	0.0
Esper Control	3–3	50.0
Demonic Rising	0–2	0.0
Dimir Control	2–0	100.0
Azorius Control	0–3	0.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	4–1	80.0
Cruel Control	2–1	66.7
Stax	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	1–1	50.0
Dragon Control	1–3	25.0
Izzet Dragons	1–2	33.3
Grixis Dragons	0–1	0.0
Ponza	1–4	20.0
Five Color Control	0–1	0.0
Shrines	0–1	0.0
Bant Control	0–2	0.0
Pox	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	12–11	52.2
Aristocrats	3–4	42.9
Mono Black Aristocrats	3–3	50.0
Abzan Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	2–0	100.0
Infect	4–2	66.7
Simic Infect	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	4–1	80.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Hushnought	0–1	0.0
Liquimetal Fishing	0–1	0.0
Combo Goblins	1–1	50.0
Goblin Persist	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Control	5–8	38.5
Izzet Tempo	1–2	33.3
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	3–2	60.0
Mono Blue Faeries	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	0–1	0.0
Dimir Tempo	0–2	0.0
Combo-Control	2–4	33.3
Curses	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	0–3	0.0
Wildfire	0–2	0.0
Thryx-Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Borderpost Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Midrange	31–40	43.7
The Rock	3–5	37.5
Golgari Citadel	2–1	66.7
Abzan Midrange	5–3	62.5
Jund	0–1	0.0
Blink	3–3	50.0
Wave Blink	3–2	60.0
Azorius Wave	1–2	33.3
Abzan Wave	1–0	100.0
Bant Wave	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Legends	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–3	0.0
Big Red	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–6	14.3
Mono Black Devotion	1–5	16.7
Dimir Midrange	2–2	50.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–0	100.0
Prophet Glare	0–1	0.0
Neoform	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	1–6	14.3
Hero of Precinct One	6–4	60.0
Abzan Hero	1–2	33.3
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Esper Hero	2–2	50.0
Boros Hero	2–0	100.0
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Game Objects	0–1	0.0
Ramp	6–5	54.5
Villainous Wealth	1–0	100.0
Rofellos Ramp	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	5–3	62.5
Greenpost	5–3	62.5
Defenders	0–1	0.0