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, 2 days.

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
Combo	37209	62233–63447–18	49.5	428	2776	1684
Ad Nauseam	396	548–685	44.4	2	18	16
Ad Swanseam	71	124–105	54.1	1	7	7

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	121–146	45.3
Mono Black Aggro	0–2	0.0
Heroic	15–13	53.6
Mono White Heroic	10–8	55.6
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–3	25.0
Boros Heroic	3–2	60.0
Red Deck Wins	11–20	35.5
Goblins	3–8	27.3
Tokens	7–2	77.8
Selesnya Tokens	3–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	4–1	80.0
Mono Green Stompy	6–3	66.7
White Weenie	7–11	38.9
Quest for the Holy Relic	2–1	66.7
Soldiers	0–1	0.0
Chroma White	0–1	0.0
Mono White Humans	3–1	75.0
Elves	17–12	58.6
Rogues	3–2	60.0
Zombies	1–1	50.0
Gruul Aggro	6–5	54.5
Gruul Landfall	2–2	50.0
Merfolk	2–2	50.0
Artifact Aggro	21–43	32.8
Affinity	14–25	35.9
Salvage Titan	2–1	66.7
Tempered Steel	5–9	35.7
Mono Blue Architect	0–8	0.0
Mono Blue Aggro	0–2	0.0
Madness	1–1	50.0
Gruul Madness	1–1	50.0
Voltron	2–1	66.7
Hateful Auras	2–1	66.7
Slivers	2–3	40.0
Knights	0–2	0.0
AggroSlide	8–3	72.7
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	3–3	50.0
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Humans	2–2	50.0
Jeskai Humans	1–0	100.0
Boros Humans	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Humans	1–0	100.0
Shamans	0–2	0.0
Brushwaggs	1–0	100.0
Legends Aggro	1–0	100.0
Bard Class	1–0	100.0
Pirates	0–1	0.0
Combo	129–126	50.6
Storm	15–20	42.9
Dimir Tendrils	2–3	40.0
Hazoret Storm	3–2	60.0
Citadel Storm	0–1	0.0
High Tide	0–8	0.0
Grixis Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–1	50.0
Izzet Storm	5–2	71.4
Swath Storm	1–0	100.0
Song Storm	1–0	100.0
Channel Storm	0–2	0.0
Reanimator	9–9	50.0
Recurring Nightmare	2–4	33.3
Dragon Nightmare	0–4	0.0
Worldgorger Dragon	3–3	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	4–2	66.7
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	3–2	60.0
Oriss Genesis	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	8–5	61.5
Warp World	5–1	83.3
Boros Glimpse	2–0	100.0
Four Color Glimpse	2–1	66.7
Maniac Combo	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	15–9	62.5
Jeskai Ascendancy	4–6	40.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	3–4	42.9
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Umbral Mantle	1–0	100.0
Combo Post	0–3	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	2–1	66.7
Upheaval Colossus	1–1	50.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Eggs	10–6	62.5
Blazing Shoal Combo	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	5–3	62.5
Jokulhaups Combo	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	0–3	0.0
Reanim8 Rack	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	11–11	50.0
Oops All Spells	11–10	52.4
Oops All Lands	0–1	0.0
Dredge	2–6	25.0
Polymorph	0–3	0.0
Dice Factory	4–2	66.7
Storm Herald	3–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	2–9	18.2
Ad Nauseam	13–13	50.0
Ad Swanseam	1–2	33.3
Chain of Acid	1–0	100.0
GreenTwin	1–0	100.0
Tibalt's Trickery	2–1	66.7
Calibrated Blast	2–0	100.0
Restore Balance	0–3	0.0
Gyruda	0–1	0.0
Belcher	1–2	33.3
Endless Belch	0–1	0.0
Phoenix Altar	2–2	50.0
Actual Twin	0–3	0.0
Izzet Twin	0–3	0.0
Control	79–108	42.2
Mono Black Control	0–1	0.0
Esper Control	6–6	50.0
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	0–3	0.0
Dimir Control	1–9	10.0
Dreadful Inspiration	0–2	0.0
Azorius Control	15–19	44.1
Cawblade	4–1	80.0
Turbo Fog	2–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–1	50.0
Mill	0–3	0.0
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	4–11	26.7
Azorius Cloudpost Control	2–4	33.3
Blackpost	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–4	20.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Grixis Control	7–4	63.6
Cruel Control	3–2	60.0
Stax	6–6	50.0
Runeflare	2–0	100.0
Ponza	4–10	28.6
Mono White Control	2–2	50.0
Life is Ez	0–1	0.0
Dynavolt Tower	2–0	100.0
Cycling Control	4–4	50.0
Astral Slide	3–4	42.9
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	1–3	25.0
Bant Control	4–2	66.7
Pox	4–9	30.8
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	5–10	33.3
Prison	4–4	50.0
Enchantress	4–3	57.1
Aggro-Combo	29–67	30.2
Aristocrats	5–8	38.5
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–4	20.0
Golgari Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Boros Bombardment	2–0	100.0
Burn	5–7	41.7
Infect	4–10	28.6
Simic Infect	3–7	30.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–2	33.3
Trickbind Dreadnought	3–16	15.8
Izzet Dreadnought	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Dreadnought	2–14	12.5
Izzet Blitzkrieg	4–6	40.0
Hushnought	2–9	18.2
Liquimetal Fishing	0–2	0.0
Combo Goblins	6–9	40.0
Goblin Persist	6–6	50.0
Dirty Kitty	0–3	0.0
Aggro-Control	40–67	37.4
Izzet Tempo	14–24	36.8
Azorius Skies	1–2	33.3
Blue Madness	1–2	33.3
Simic Madness	0–2	0.0
Wizards	5–2	71.4
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	9–20	31.0
Mono Blue Faeries	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Librarians	0–3	0.0
Izzet Spells	3–2	60.0
Dimir Tempo	1–9	10.0
Dimir Faeries	0–1	0.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	1–3	25.0
Azorius Tempo	2–3	40.0
Combo-Control	39–49	44.3
Curses	1–1	50.0
Battle of Wits	3–4	42.9
Shared Fate	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	4–13	23.5
Dragoncrank	1–0	100.0
Displace Loop	1–0	100.0
Familiars	1–0	100.0
Hedron Alignment	1–1	50.0
Lich's Mastery	1–2	33.3
Hive Mind	3–1	75.0
Zur's Weirding	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Plasma Swans	6–5	54.5
Mass Land Destruction	15–17	46.9
Wildfire	6–6	50.0
Borderpost Wildfire	5–5	50.0
Jokulhaups Control	9–11	45.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	4–4	50.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	0–3	0.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	2–0	100.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–2	33.3
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Thopter-Sword	0–1	0.0
Azorius Thopter-Sword	0–1	0.0
Archfiend Alteration	1–2	33.3
Midrange	74–97	43.3
The Rock	2–4	33.3
Golgari Citadel	1–0	100.0
Grenzo	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	4–6	40.0
Jund	3–2	60.0
Blink	10–11	47.6
Wave Blink	0–3	0.0
Azorius Wave	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Wave	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Blink	1–1	50.0
Graveyard Value	3–4	42.9
Séance	0–1	0.0
Varolz Dreadnought	2–3	40.0
Enchantments Matter	0–2	0.0
Allies	3–1	75.0
Boros Allies	0–1	0.0
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
Azorius Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	0–1	0.0
Vampires	1–3	25.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	3–3	50.0
Boros Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Legends	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Midrange	1–5	16.7
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	3–3	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–8	27.3
Mono Black Devotion	1–3	25.0
Dimir Midrange	3–2	60.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	3–6	33.3
Martyr's Grace	3–4	42.9
Sultai Midrange	2–0	100.0
Fight Rigging	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	3–10	23.1
Jeskai Midrange	2–2	50.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	2–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	3–4	42.9
Enigmatic Incarnation	3–4	42.9
Party	1–1	50.0
Fires of Invention	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	3–6	33.3
Abzan Hero	0–1	0.0
Mardu Hero	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Hero	0–1	0.0
Five Color Hero	1–2	33.3
Boros Hero	1–0	100.0
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Simic Snow	2–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	2–3	40.0
Coinflips	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	2–2	50.0
Illness in the Ranks	1–0	100.0
Game Objects	1–0	100.0
Ramp	37–25	59.7
Villainous Wealth	4–0	100.0
Rofellos Ramp	4–5	44.4
Cloudpost Ramp	20–15	57.1
Eldrazipost	1–0	100.0
Golgari Post	0–1	0.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	14–13	51.9
Simic Post	3–0	100.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	2–0	100.0
Historic Bloom	1–0	100.0
Defenders	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	1–1	50.0
Applejacks	3–1	75.0