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 1 day, 13 hours.

Congratulations to thewatchwander, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 34)

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Combo	5605	11784–10875–18	52.0	416	2701
Jeskai Ascendancy	264	632–477	57.0	33	139
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	132	306–247	55.3	13	62

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	103–70	59.5
Mono Black Aggro	3–0	100.0
Heroic	7–4	63.6
Mono White Heroic	6–3	66.7
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	29–12	70.7
Mono Red Devotion	0–1	0.0
Proliferate Red	1–0	100.0
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–0	100.0
White Weenie	6–5	54.5
Odric Keywords	1–0	100.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	2–0	100.0
Elves	5–1	83.3
Selesnya Little Kid	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Counters	0–1	0.0
Rogues	0–2	0.0
Zombies	8–2	80.0
Gruul Aggro	2–0	100.0
Gruul Landfall	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	0–3	0.0
Artifact Aggro	21–24	46.7
Affinity	14–21	40.0
Hush-finity	0–1	0.0
Tempered Steel	7–2	77.8
Mono Blue Architect	0–1	0.0
Madness	2–2	50.0
Rakdos Madness	2–2	50.0
Voltron	2–2	50.0
Hexproof	1–1	50.0
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	12–10	54.5
Cats	1–1	50.0
Mono White Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	39–62	38.6
Storm	10–12	45.5
Dimir Tendrils	4–4	50.0
Dragonstorm	2–5	28.6
Hazoret Storm	1–1	50.0
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	2–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	0–2	0.0
Swath Storm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	2–12	14.3
Worldgorger Dragon	0–2	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	2–10	16.7
Rakdos Reanimator	2–3	40.0
Mono Black Reanimator	0–6	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–2	0.0
Hypergenesis	2–1	66.7
New Perspectives	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	10–8	55.6
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	7–7	50.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	2–1	66.7
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Umbral Mantle	0–1	0.0
"Twin"	1–0	100.0
Combo Post	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	2–0	100.0
Anvil Colossus	2–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Eggs	3–9	25.0
Taking Turns	2–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	0–2	0.0
Soulflayer	0–3	0.0
Reanim8 Rack	0–3	0.0
Breakfast	2–8	20.0
Hermit Gond	1–0	100.0
Oops All Spells	1–4	20.0
Neoform Hermit	0–3	0.0
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
GreenTwin	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	0–1	0.0
Control	50–28	64.1
Mono Black Control	3–3	50.0
Esper Control	2–5	28.6
Demonic Rising	2–0	100.0
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	7–7	50.0
Cawblade	2–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Control	2–3	40.0
Cloudpost Control	10–0	100.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	4–0	100.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	3–0	100.0
Grixis Control	4–2	66.7
Cruel Control	2–2	50.0
Stax	1–0	100.0
Chandra Nalaar	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	3–1	75.0
Dragon Control	3–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	2–0	100.0
Mono White Control	2–0	100.0
Life is Ez	2–0	100.0
Cycling Control	2–2	50.0
Astral Slide	2–2	50.0
Five Color Control	0–1	0.0
Last Stand Control	0–1	0.0
Pox	1–1	50.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	3–1	75.0
Prison	1–1	50.0
Enchantress	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	21–26	44.7
Aristocrats	3–4	42.9
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Boros Bombardment	1–1	50.0
Burn	3–6	33.3
Infect	1–5	16.7
Simic Infect	0–5	0.0
Golgari Infect	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	5–5	50.0
Izzet Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	5–4	55.6
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Hushnought	3–1	75.0
Liquimetal Fishing	0–1	0.0
Combo Goblins	5–4	55.6
Goblin Persist	4–4	50.0
Dirty Kitty	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	8–13	38.1
Izzet Tempo	4–2	66.7
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Wizards	0–1	0.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–8	11.1
Mono Blue Librarians	0–2	0.0
Izzet Spells	0–1	0.0
Dimir Tempo	1–1	50.0
Combo-Control	13–14	48.1
Cruel Combo-Control	1–1	50.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	2–1	66.7
Displace Loop	0–1	0.0
Familiars	0–1	0.0
Zur's Weirding	1–2	33.3
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Plasma Swans	0–2	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	8–6	57.1
Wildfire	2–3	40.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–2	33.3
Jokulhaups Control	6–3	66.7
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	1–2	33.3
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	3–1	75.0
Midrange	63–33	65.6
Temur Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	0–2	0.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	15–7	68.2
Wave Blink	11–6	64.7
Cloudpost Wave Blink	1–0	100.0
Azorius Wave	9–5	64.3
Orzhov Wave	1–0	100.0
Abzan Wave	0–1	0.0
Allies	9–3	75.0
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
Mardu Allies	1–0	100.0
Boros Allies	1–0	100.0
Mono White Allies	2–1	66.7
Esper Allies	4–2	66.7
Treefolk	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–1	50.0
Yisan-Prophet	0–1	0.0
Vampires	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Legends	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	8–4	66.7
Big Red	0–2	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	8–4	66.7
Mono Black Devotion	5–3	62.5
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Angels	3–0	100.0
Orzhov Angels	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–1	66.7
Zur the Enchanter	1–0	100.0
Mythic Colossification	1–1	50.0
Fires of Invention	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	0–4	0.0
Abzan Hero	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Hero	0–1	0.0
Five Color Hero	0–2	0.0
Clerics	3–0	100.0
Simic Snow	5–1	83.3
Ramp	9–1	90.0
Cloudpost Ramp	8–1	88.9
Greenpost	7–1	87.5