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 8 weeks, 3 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Combo	5807	12225–11273–18	52.0	433	2821
Metalwork Colossus	154	320–313	50.6	10	69
Anvil Colossus	86	200–163	55.1	9	41

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	50–50	50.0
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Heroic	6–6	50.0
Mono White Heroic	2–2	50.0
Boros Heroic	4–2	66.7
Selesnya Heroic	0–2	0.0
Red Deck Wins	7–7	50.0
Goblins	0–3	0.0
Tokens	2–1	66.7
Mono White Tokens	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	3–3	50.0
White Weenie	4–3	57.1
Soldiers	2–1	66.7
Elves	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	2–0	100.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	2–2	50.0
8 Whack	2–2	50.0
Artifact Aggro	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	10–10	50.0
Cats	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Cats	2–1	66.7
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Humans	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Humans	0–1	0.0
Boros Humans	2–1	66.7
Legends Aggro	4–8	33.3
Boros Legends Aggro	4–8	33.3
Combo	26–40	39.4
Storm	2–0	100.0
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	0–7	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	0–7	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	0–7	0.0
Necro Combo	1–2	33.3
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–2	0.0
Warp World	0–1	0.0
Temur Glimpse	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–4	20.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Metalwork Colossus	3–3	50.0
Anvil Colossus	2–2	50.0
Eggs	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	0–3	0.0
Soulflayer	4–1	80.0
Reanim8 Rack	2–1	66.7
Breakfast	4–11	26.7
Oops All Spells	0–3	0.0
Neoform Hermit	3–5	37.5
Unctus	0–2	0.0
Oops All Lands	2–1	66.7
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Insidious Roots Dredge	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	0–1	0.0
Calibrated Blast	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	0–1	0.0
Gyruda	2–0	100.0
Stuffy Doll	2–0	100.0
Tameshi Bloom	0–1	0.0
Midnight Mass	1–0	100.0
Nadu Combo	1–1	50.0
Control	35–9	79.5
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	4–0	100.0
Dimir Control	2–0	100.0
Azorius Control	8–2	80.0
Izzet Control	2–0	100.0
Mill	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	3–0	100.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	4–1	80.0
Izzet Dragons	3–1	75.0
Runeflare	1–2	33.3
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	2–0	100.0
Pox	5–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–1	0.0
Prison	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	6–6	50.0
Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	1–3	25.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Izzet Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Hushnought	1–1	50.0
Combo Goblins	1–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	26–16	61.9
Izzet Tempo	6–0	100.0
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–5	16.7
Dimir Tempo	9–3	75.0
Sultai Tempo	1–1	50.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Tempo	0–2	0.0
Spirits	1–0	100.0
Azorius Spirits	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	1–1	50.0
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	0–1	0.0
Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Borderpost Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Midrange	55–38	59.1
The Rock	4–1	80.0
Golgari Citadel	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	6–1	85.7
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	9–10	47.4
Wave Blink	5–2	71.4
Azorius Wave	5–2	71.4
Orzhov Blink	3–8	27.3
Graveyard Value	1–2	33.3
Varolz Dreadnought	1–2	33.3
Allies	0–1	0.0
Mono White Allies	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	3–1	75.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	0–4	0.0
Selesnya Legends	0–4	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	9–3	75.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–3	50.0
Necro Midrange	2–2	50.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–1	50.0
Hellion Whip	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–2	33.3
Ordealbreak	0–1	0.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	4–3	57.1
Hero of Precinct One	4–3	57.1
Abzan Hero	1–0	100.0
Esper Hero	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Hero	1–2	33.3
Boros Hero	1–0	100.0
Gruul Obosh	2–1	66.7
Ramp	1–3	25.0
Cloudpost Ramp	1–3	25.0
Golgari Post	0–1	0.0
Greenpost	1–2	33.3