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 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
Aggro	50320	94009–84190–65	52.8	736	5770	2366
Red Deck Wins	9392	20866–14710–29	58.7	213	1593	643
Mono Red Devotion	295	617–484–5	56.0	4	37	16

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	181–149	54.8
Mono Black Aggro	6–6	50.0
Heroic	17–15	53.1
Mono White Heroic	11–14	44.0
Azorius Heroic	1–1	50.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	3–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	57–67	46.0
Mono Red Devotion	10–10	50.0
Proliferate Red	0–1	0.0
Goblins	6–2	75.0
Tokens	9–6	60.0
Selesnya Tokens	4–5	44.4
Mono White Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	4–3	57.1
White Weenie	21–15	58.3
Odric Keywords	5–3	62.5
Soldiers	2–1	66.7
Kithkin	1–2	33.3
Elves	6–3	66.7
Werewolves	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	3–2	60.0
Selesnya Counters	0–1	0.0
Zombies	5–5	50.0
Gruul Aggro	2–2	50.0
Merfolk	5–3	62.5
Mono Red Swarm	1–2	33.3
8 Whack	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	16–6	72.7
Affinity	5–2	71.4
Boros Vehicles	4–0	100.0
Salvage Titan	2–2	50.0
Tempered Steel	5–2	71.4
Devoid Aggro	1–0	100.0
Devastating Dreams	3–3	50.0
Voltron	6–1	85.7
Hexproof	3–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	2–1	66.7
Knights	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	3–4	42.9
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	77–64–1	54.6
Storm	20–11	64.5
Sultai Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tendrils	11–6	64.7
Dark Tide	0–1	0.0
Dragonstorm	0–1	0.0
Hazoret Storm	1–0	100.0
Simic Storm	2–1	66.7
Citadel Storm	0–1	0.0
High Tide	1–2	33.3
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	14–24–1	36.8
Recurring Nightmare	3–2	60.0
Dragon Nightmare	3–1	75.0
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	0–2	0.0
Living Death	2–1	66.7
Traditional Reanimator	9–19–1	32.1
Rakdos Reanimator	0–3	0.0
Dimir Reanimator	3–1	75.0
Mono Black Reanimator	3–6	33.3
Oriss Genesis	2–0	100.0
Biovisionary	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–1	50.0
Dubious Challenge	0–1	0.0
Maniac Combo	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	1–4	20.0
Hyperwave	0–2	0.0
New Perspectives	2–0	100.0
Cat Wave	3–3	50.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	9–2	81.8
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Umbral Mantle	1–2	33.3
Fake-Twin	2–0	100.0
Naya Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Combo Post	1–1	50.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–1	50.0
Upheaval Colossus	1–1	50.0
Cruel Combo	1–1	50.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	2–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Combo	2–1	66.7
Soulflayer	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	3–4	42.9
Cephalid Breakfast	1–1	50.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	1–1	50.0
Hermit Dredge	1–0	100.0
Oops All Spells	1–2	33.3
Neoform Hermit	0–1	0.0
Dredge	1–2	33.3
Intruder Alarm	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	1–0	100.0
Stuffy Doll	0–1	0.0
Midnight Mass	0–1	0.0
Control	100–75–3	57.1
Mono Black Control	2–1	66.7
Esper Control	12–7	63.2
Demonic Rising	6–15–1	28.6
Mono Blue Control	2–0	100.0
Dimir Control	6–4–1	60.0
Azorius Control	20–4	83.3
Adam's Ale	1–0	100.0
Turbo Fog	0–1	0.0
Izzet Control	3–3	50.0
Mardu Control	1–1–1	50.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	7–4	63.6
Azorius Cloudpost Control	4–2	66.7
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	4–7	36.4
Cruel Control	1–2	33.3
Stax	1–2	33.3
Birthday Stax	0–1	0.0
Stagnant Control	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	3–4	42.9
Jeskai Approach	0–2	0.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Dragons	1–0	100.0
Galleon Control	0–1	0.0
Runeflare	2–0	100.0
Ponza	2–1	66.7
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Dynavolt Tower	3–3	50.0
Cycling Control	4–2	66.7
Astral Slide	4–2	66.7
Five Color Control	3–0	100.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	1–1	50.0
Bant Control	5–3	62.5
Pox	3–5	37.5
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Control	1–3	25.0
Aggro-Combo	41–25	62.1
Aristocrats	18–13	58.1
Mono Black Aristocrats	5–5	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–4	33.3
Golgari Aristocrats	6–1	85.7
Abzan Aristocrats	3–0	100.0
Mardu Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Burn	3–4	42.9
Infect	9–2	81.8
Simic Infect	3–1	75.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–1	50.0
Golgari Infect	1–0	100.0
Pummeler	6–2	75.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	2–2	50.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	1–1	50.0
Goblin Persist	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Control	37–20	64.9
Simic Flash	3–1	75.0
Simic Vat	0–1	0.0
Izzet Tempo	14–5	73.7
Azorius Skies	2–1	66.7
Blue Madness	3–5	37.5
Simic Madness	0–2	0.0
Temur Madness	2–1	66.7
Grixis Madness	1–2	33.3
Lich Aggro-Control	1–1	50.0
12 Pest	1–1	50.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	4–2	66.7
Mono Blue Faeries	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Librarians	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	0–1	0.0
Dimir Tempo	4–2	66.7
Azorius Tempo	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	28–27	50.9
Curses	2–0	100.0
Oketra's Monument	1–0	100.0
Azorius Oketra's Monument	1–0	100.0
Cruel Combo-Control	5–11	31.3
Battle of Wits	5–2	71.4
Shared Fate	0–2	0.0
Sunforger	1–0	100.0
Pickles	2–1	66.7
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	0–1	0.0
Zur's Weirding	0–1	0.0
Solar Flare	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	6–4	60.0
Wildfire	4–3	57.1
Thryx-Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Jokulhaups Control	2–1	66.7
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Archfiend Alteration	0–1	0.0
Resurgent Belief	0–1	0.0
Midrange	120–100–1	54.5
Temur Ascendancy	14–11	56.0
Prophet Ascendancy	4–0	100.0
The Rock	4–0	100.0
Angels and Taxes	0–1	0.0
Grenzo	2–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	8–9	47.1
Knights of Windgrace	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Midrange	0–1–1	0.0
Jund	12–10	54.5
Blink	5–5	50.0
Wave Blink	3–5	37.5
Cloudpost Wave Blink	0–3	0.0
Esper Wave	0–1	0.0
Azorius Wave	2–1	66.7
Anti-Persecution	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	5–5	50.0
Séance	1–1	50.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Indestructible	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	4–1	80.0
Orzhov Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Constellation	1–1	50.0
Allies	7–2	77.8
Orzhov Allies	3–0	100.0
Mardu Allies	0–1	0.0
Boros Allies	0–1	0.0
Esper Allies	2–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	4–3	57.1
Selvala Morningstar	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	3–2	60.0
Yisan-Prophet	2–4	33.3
White Jund	1–4	20.0
Vampires	3–5	37.5
Mono Black Vampires	1–3	25.0
Rakdos Vampires	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	2–4	33.3
Boros Legends Midrange	1–3	25.0
Mardu Legends	0–1	0.0
Elementals	4–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–5	28.6
Big Red	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	5–5	50.0
Mono Black Devotion	2–1	66.7
Davriel Braids	1–0	100.0
Heart of Darkness	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	2–1	66.7
Dimir Vat	0–1	0.0
Temur Energy	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–1	0.0
Mutate	2–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	4–3	57.1
Sultai Emerge	4–3	57.1
Orzhov Midrange	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Prophet Glare	1–3	25.0
Fires of Invention	1–1	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	1–0	100.0
Gruul Obosh	0–1	0.0
Clerics	2–0	100.0
Coinflips	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	1–3	25.0
Ramp	33–24	57.9
Villainous Wealth	0–1	0.0
Rofellos Ramp	8–1	88.9
Wild Pair	1–0	100.0
Channel-Rofellos	4–1	80.0
Cloudpost Ramp	11–12	47.8
Eldrazipost	2–0	100.0
Golgari Post	1–1	50.0
Greenpost	5–8	38.5
Gruul Post	2–1	66.7
Devoid Cruelty	1–2	33.3
Domain	0–1	0.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	1–1	50.0
Historic Bloom	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	1–0	100.0
Applejacks	1–0	100.0
Orcish Aids	1–0	100.0