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 2 weeks, 2 days.

Restore Balance

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	5712	12016–11086–18	52.0	427	2764
Restore Balance	77	148–153	49.2	1	47

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	41–38	51.9
Mono Black Aggro	1–2	33.3
Heroic	4–0	100.0
Mono White Heroic	1–0	100.0
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	2–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	8–11	42.1
Goblins	0–1	0.0
Tokens	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–1	50.0
White Weenie	2–5	28.6
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–1	0.0
Soldiers	2–2	50.0
Elves	4–2	66.7
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	4–4	50.0
Affinity	2–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Architect	0–2	0.0
Voltron	2–1	66.7
Hateful Auras	2–1	66.7
Knights	2–0	100.0
AggroSlide	4–2	66.7
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	3–3	50.0
Jeskai Humans	0–2	0.0
Boros Humans	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Humans	1–0	100.0
Shamans	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Eldrazi	1–1	50.0
Legends Aggro	1–3	25.0
Boros Legends Aggro	1–3	25.0
Combo	23–25	47.9
Storm	1–7	12.5
Dimir Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Dragonstorm	0–2	0.0
High Tide	0–1	0.0
Izzet Storm	1–1	50.0
Channel Storm	0–2	0.0
Reanimator	2–2	50.0
Recurring Nightmare	1–0	100.0
Dragon Nightmare	1–0	100.0
Living Death	1–1	50.0
Excruciator Combo	1–1	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–1	50.0
Warp World	3–0	100.0
Temur Glimpse	1–0	100.0
Boros Glimpse	2–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	3–3	50.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Umbral Mantle	0–2	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Anvil Colossus	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–1	50.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	1–1	50.0
Breakfast	1–4	20.0
Oops All Spells	1–4	20.0
Oops All Lands	1–2	33.3
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Insidious Roots Dredge	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	1–1	50.0
Gyruda	1–0	100.0
Possibility Storm	0–1	0.0
Midnight Mass	1–0	100.0
Control	23–19	54.8
Esper Control	1–3	25.0
Mono Blue Control	1–2	33.3
Azorius Control	3–3	50.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–1	50.0
Boros Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Chandra Nalaar	0–1	0.0
Dragon Control	1–1	50.0
Ponza	2–0	100.0
Mono White Control	2–0	100.0
Dynavolt Tower	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	3–3	50.0
Astral Slide	3–3	50.0
Five Color Control	1–1	50.0
Last Stand Control	1–1	50.0
Bant Control	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Control	3–1	75.0
Prison	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	7–13	35.0
Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Burn	1–4	20.0
Necro Burn	1–1	50.0
Infect	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–7	12.5
Izzet Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–6	0.0
Hushnought	2–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	0–1	0.0
Goblin Persist	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	10–19	34.5
Izzet Tempo	3–6	33.3
Wizards	1–1	50.0
Ninjas	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Tempo	3–6	33.3
Mono Blue Librarians	2–3	40.0
Izzet Spells	0–3	0.0
Dimir Tempo	0–1	0.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	2–0	100.0
Combo-Control	7–9	43.8
Plasma Swans	0–3	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	7–5	58.3
Jokulhaups Control	7–5	58.3
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	4–3	57.1
Temur Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Resurgent Belief	0–1	0.0
Midrange	32–26	55.2
The Rock	2–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Value Town	0–1	0.0
Blink	3–7	30.0
Orzhov Blink	3–6	33.3
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Allies	2–0	100.0
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
Azorius Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–4	42.9
Necro Midrange	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Devotion	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	0–1	0.0
Angels	3–0	100.0
Orzhov Angels	3–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–2	33.3
Martyr's Grace	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	6–4	60.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	2–3	40.0
Party	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	1–0	100.0
Simic Snow	2–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	0–1	0.0
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Ramp	5–4	55.6
Rofellos Ramp	2–3	40.0
Cloudpost Ramp	1–1	50.0
Greenpost	1–0	100.0
Gruul Post	0–1	0.0
Applejacks	1–0	100.0