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 12 weeks, 2 days.

The Season Kick Off is on Nov 30th with free entry and over 100 tix in prizes to 32nd place!

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	37368	62479–63744–18	49.5	431	2796	1688
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	34–22	60.7
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Heroic	5–2	71.4
Mono White Heroic	5–1	83.3
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	3–2	60.0
Tokens	5–0	100.0
Selesnya Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	3–0	100.0
White Weenie	2–1	66.7
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–1	50.0
Elves	3–2	60.0
Rogues	3–1	75.0
Gruul Aggro	3–1	75.0
Gruul Landfall	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	4–6	40.0
Affinity	4–6	40.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	5–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–1	0.0
Shamans	0–2	0.0
Pirates	0–1	0.0
Combo	35–16	68.6
Storm	2–1	66.7
Grixis Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Song Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	2–2	50.0
Recurring Nightmare	0–1	0.0
Dragon Nightmare	0–1	0.0
Worldgorger Dragon	2–1	66.7
Necrotic Ooze Combo	5–2	71.4
Maniac Combo	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	5–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Upheaval Colossus	1–0	100.0
Eggs	6–3	66.7
Izzet Ascension	2–1	66.7
Soulflayer	0–1	0.0
Reanim8 Rack	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	1–1	50.0
Oops All Spells	1–1	50.0
Dredge	0–1	0.0
Storm Herald	2–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	0–1	0.0
Ad Nauseam	2–1	66.7
Ad Swanseam	1–1	50.0
GreenTwin	1–0	100.0
Tibalt's Trickery	2–0	100.0
Restore Balance	0–1	0.0
Control	10–18	35.7
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	0–2	0.0
Dreadful Inspiration	0–1	0.0
Azorius Control	3–2	60.0
Cawblade	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	0–3	0.0
Cruel Control	0–2	0.0
Stax	3–2	60.0
Ponza	0–2	0.0
Bant Control	3–2	60.0
Pox	0–3	0.0
Aggro-Combo	9–7	56.3
Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	2–0	100.0
Infect	0–1	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–4	33.3
Izzet Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–4	20.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Hushnought	0–1	0.0
Combo Goblins	2–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	7–11	38.9
Izzet Tempo	4–3	57.1
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Wizards	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Tempo	0–3	0.0
Dimir Tempo	0–2	0.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	3–8	27.3
Battle of Wits	0–1	0.0
Mindcrank	1–1	50.0
Hedron Alignment	0–1	0.0
Lich's Mastery	0–1	0.0
Plasma Swans	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–3	25.0
Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
Midrange	20–15	57.1
Abzan Midrange	2–0	100.0
Blink	3–1	75.0
Graveyard Value	2–0	100.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Legends	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–2	0.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–3	40.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–2	33.3
Dimir Midrange	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Midrange	0–4	0.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	1–3	25.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–3	25.0
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	2–0	100.0
Game Objects	1–0	100.0
Ramp	6–8	42.9
Rofellos Ramp	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	5–6	45.5
Golgari Post	0–1	0.0
Greenpost	4–5	44.4
Simic Post	1–0	100.0
Defenders	1–0	100.0