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 week.

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
Aggro	50144	93665–83906–65	52.7	734	5741	2361
Humans	711	1329–1161	53.4	12	93	35
Jeskai Humans	79	169–157	51.8	4	17	3

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	43–42	50.6
Heroic	8–6	57.1
Mono White Heroic	1–2	33.3
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	5–4	55.6
Red Deck Wins	11–8	57.9
Goblins	0–1	0.0
Tokens	2–1	66.7
Mono White Tokens	2–1	66.7
White Weenie	2–4	33.3
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–1	0.0
Soldiers	0–3	0.0
Mono White Humans	1–0	100.0
Elves	4–7	36.4
Warriors	1–0	100.0
Rogues	0–1	0.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	3–4	42.9
Affinity	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	2–4	33.3
Mono Blue Aggro	0–1	0.0
Illusions	0–1	0.0
Knights	3–1	75.0
AggroSlide	0–2	0.0
Boros Aggro	0–2	0.0
Humans	5–3	62.5
Bant Humans	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Humans	3–3	50.0
Legends Aggro	1–0	100.0
Bard Class	1–0	100.0
Combo	40–23	63.5
Storm	22–14	61.1
Dragonstorm	2–0	100.0
High Tide	7–6	53.8
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Channel Storm	10–8	55.6
Reanimator	6–4	60.0
Recurring Nightmare	5–4	55.6
Dragon Nightmare	3–4	42.9
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Warp World	2–1	66.7
Temur Glimpse	1–0	100.0
Four Color Glimpse	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–1	0.0
Anvil Colossus	0–1	0.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	2–0	100.0
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	0–1	0.0
Restore Balance	2–0	100.0
Gyruda	1–0	100.0
Phoenix Altar	1–2	33.3
Control	26–30	46.4
Mono Black Control	0–1	0.0
Esper Control	2–3	40.0
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	1–4	20.0
Dimir Control	1–1	50.0
Azorius Control	6–9	40.0
Cawblade	1–0	100.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–1	50.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Boros Control	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Control	1–4	20.0
Blackpost	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–3	25.0
Grixis Control	1–1	50.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	3–1	75.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Life is Ez	0–1	0.0
Five Color Control	0–1	0.0
Pox	2–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Prison	2–1	66.7
Enchantress	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	5–7	41.7
Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Boros Bombardment	1–0	100.0
Burn	2–2	50.0
Pummeler	1–0	100.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Combo Goblins	0–2	0.0
Goblin Persist	0–1	0.0
Dirty Kitty	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	12–21	36.4
Izzet Tempo	3–4	42.9
Ninjas	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	7–10	41.2
Mono Blue Faeries	1–1	50.0
Izzet Spells	2–3	40.0
Dimir Tempo	0–1	0.0
Azorius Tempo	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	1–6	14.3
Battle of Wits	0–1	0.0
Zur's Weirding	1–3	25.0
Mass Land Destruction	0–2	0.0
Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Borderpost Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Midrange	33–21	61.1
The Rock	2–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jund	0–1	0.0
Anti-Persecution	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	2–1	66.7
Varolz Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Fake-Rack	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–3	25.0
Mono Black Midrange	4–2	66.7
Mono Black Devotion	0–2	0.0
Angels	0–1	0.0
Mono White Angels	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Fight Rigging	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	0–1	0.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	0–1	0.0
Party	1–1	50.0
Fires of Invention	1–1	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–3	25.0
Five Color Hero	1–2	33.3
Naya Hero	0–1	0.0
Simic Snow	9–4	69.2
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Coinflips	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	0–1	0.0
Ramp	9–7	56.3
Rofellos Ramp	6–0	100.0
Wild Pair	3–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	3–6	33.3
Eldrazipost	0–1	0.0
Greenpost	1–4	20.0
Gruul Post	0–1	0.0
Simic Post	2–0	100.0