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 8 weeks, 3 days.

Bant Humans

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	50688	94712–84782–65	52.8	748	5832	2389
Humans	818	1565–1325	54.2	14	107	46
Bant Humans	53	100–78	56.2	0	3	4

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	11–18	37.9
Mono Black Aggro	2–0	100.0
Heroic	1–1	50.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	2–4	33.3
Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono White Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	2–0	100.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Elves	1–3	25.0
Artifact Aggro	0–2	0.0
Tempered Steel	0–2	0.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	1–1	50.0
Hexproof	1–1	50.0
Naya Zoo	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	0–2	0.0
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Humans	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Humans	0–1	0.0
Azorius Humans	0–1	0.0
Combo	30–16	65.2
Storm	18–10	64.3
Hazoret Storm	0–1	0.0
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	10–4	71.4
Channel Storm	7–5	58.3
Reanimator	5–3	62.5
Recurring Nightmare	2–3	40.0
Dragon Nightmare	2–3	40.0
Worldgorger Dragon	3–0	100.0
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Warp World	1–1	50.0
Four Color Glimpse	1–1	50.0
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	1–2	33.3
Oops All Spells	1–2	33.3
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	1–0	100.0
Control	24–9	72.7
Mono Black Control	0–1	0.0
Esper Control	3–0	100.0
Dimir Control	4–2	66.7
Azorius Control	2–2	50.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Mill	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	3–1	75.0
Blackpost	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	1–0	100.0
Ponza	2–1	66.7
Mono White Control	2–1	66.7
Life is Ez	1–1	50.0
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	3–0	100.0
Pox	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	2–5	28.6
Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	1–0	100.0
Infect	0–1	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Combo Goblins	1–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	12–13	48.0
Izzet Tempo	3–4	42.9
Mono Blue Tempo	2–6	25.0
Izzet Spells	0–2	0.0
Sultai Tempo	1–0	100.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	1–1	50.0
Combo-Control	2–2	50.0
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–1	50.0
Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Midrange	16–14	53.3
The Rock	0–3	0.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	1–1	50.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	3–0	100.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–2	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–2	50.0
Mono Black Devotion	2–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–1	66.7
Martyr's Grace	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–1	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	2–3	40.0
Five Color Hero	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Hero	1–0	100.0
Simic Snow	2–0	100.0
Game Objects	0–1	0.0
Ramp	3–1	75.0
Cloudpost Ramp	2–0	100.0
Greenpost	2–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	1–0	100.0
Applejacks	0–1	0.0