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!

Martyr's Grace

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	41628	68323–73351–34	48.2	357	3096	1596
Lifegain Midrange	928	1570–1655–1	48.7	14	81	31
Martyr's Grace	395	809–609–1	57.1	13	63	22

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	202–112–1	64.3
Mono Black Aggro	9–4	69.2
Heroic	13–5	72.2
Mono White Heroic	6–4	60.0
Azorius Heroic	3–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–1	66.7
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	59–29–1	67.0
Goblins	1–1	50.0
Tokens	1–2	33.3
Mono White Tokens	1–2	33.3
Mono Green Stompy	8–4	66.7
White Weenie	21–9	70.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–2	0.0
Soldiers	1–1	50.0
Elves	15–7	68.2
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–3	25.0
Zombies	7–2	77.8
Gruul Aggro	1–1	50.0
Gruul Landfall	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	4–2	66.7
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	24–24	50.0
Affinity	9–10	47.4
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	14–13	51.9
Mono Blue Architect	0–1	0.0
Madness	4–1	80.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	3–1	75.0
Voltron	4–3	57.1
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–2	33.3
Hateful Auras	2–1	66.7
Slivers	0–1	0.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	14–10	58.3
Cats	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Cats	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aggro	5–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	2–0	100.0
Humans	2–1	66.7
Bant Humans	1–1	50.0
Brushwaggs	2–1	66.7
Combo	138–136	50.4
Storm	46–29	61.3
Sultai Tendrils	2–0	100.0
Dimir Tendrils	9–7	56.3
Dark Tide	1–1	50.0
Dragonstorm	2–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	2–0	100.0
Simic Storm	1–1	50.0
Citadel Storm	0–1	0.0
High Tide	9–7	56.3
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	14–13	51.9
Song Storm	1–0	100.0
Channel Storm	2–0	100.0
Reanimator	10–16	38.5
Recurring Nightmare	4–8	33.3
Dragon Nightmare	2–0	100.0
Worldgorger Dragon	2–2	50.0
Double Dragon	1–1	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	3–6	33.3
Mono Black Reanimator	2–5	28.6
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–9	10.0
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Warp World	4–3	57.1
Temur Glimpse	1–0	100.0
Four Color Glimpse	3–3	50.0
Maniac Combo	2–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	3–4	42.9
Jeskai Ascendancy	4–10	28.6
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	4–10	28.6
Myr Incubator	0–2	0.0
Seismic Swans	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	2–1	66.7
Taking Turns	0–4	0.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	5–1	83.3
Jokulhaups Combo	2–0	100.0
Soulflayer	4–2	66.7
Reanim8 Rack	3–0	100.0
Breakfast	19–36	34.5
Oops All Spells	18–35	34.0
Unctus	1–1	50.0
Dredge	11–5	68.8
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Protean Hulk Combo	0–1	0.0
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	4–3	57.1
GreenTwin	4–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	0–2	0.0
Calibrated Blast	2–0	100.0
Restore Balance	5–2	71.4
Stuffy Doll	1–1	50.0
Belcher	0–4	0.0
Control	111–87	56.1
Mono Black Control	4–0	100.0
Esper Control	4–5	44.4
Demonic Rising	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	3–8	27.3
Dimir Control	8–2	80.0
Azorius Control	19–23	45.2
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	2–2	50.0
Cloudpost Control	5–5	50.0
Blackpost	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	3–1	75.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–3	25.0
Grixis Control	2–1	66.7
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	12–0	100.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	0–2	0.0
Dragon Control	2–1	66.7
Izzet Dragons	1–1	50.0
Esper Dragons	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	3–1	75.0
Ponza	14–8	63.6
Mono White Control	2–2	50.0
Life is Ez	2–1	66.7
Cycling Control	3–6	33.3
Astral Slide	3–6	33.3
Five Color Control	4–0	100.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–0	100.0
Last Stand Control	2–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	0–2	0.0
Bant Control	0–1	0.0
Pox	8–0	100.0
Enchantments Control	4–3	57.1
Seasons Past Control	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	7–7	50.0
Prison	0–6	0.0
Enchantress	0–2	0.0
Aggro-Combo	93–65	58.9
Aristocrats	14–5	73.7
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–3	25.0
Abzan Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Mardu Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Aristocrats	5–0	100.0
Burn	13–1	92.9
Infect	4–9	30.8
Simic Infect	3–7	30.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–2	0.0
Turbo Myth	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	48–35	57.8
Izzet Dreadnought	8–6	57.1
Mono Blue Dreadnought	39–28	58.2
Izzet Blitzkrieg	3–1	75.0
Hushnought	4–9	30.8
Liquimetal Fishing	2–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	3–4	42.9
Goblin Persist	1–1	50.0
Dirty Kitty	2–3	40.0
Aggro-Control	56–24	70.0
Izzet Tempo	20–10	66.7
Azorius Skies	0–2	0.0
Blue Madness	4–0	100.0
Simic Madness	2–0	100.0
Temur Madness	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Wizards	1–1	50.0
Ninjas	10–1	90.9
Mono Blue Tempo	8–1	88.9
Mono Blue Faeries	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Librarians	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	8–6	57.1
Dimir Tempo	2–1	66.7
Sultai Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	45–58	43.7
Curses	4–3	57.1
Battle of Wits	6–7	46.2
Mindcrank	2–2	50.0
Displace Loop	0–4	0.0
Familiars	0–1	0.0
Hive Mind	1–2	33.3
Plasma Swans	0–2	0.0
Liliana's Contract	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	29–36	44.6
Wildfire	1–2	33.3
Jokulhaups Control	28–34	45.2
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	8–9	47.1
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	3–5	37.5
Temur Jokulhaups Control	8–6	57.1
Jund Jokulhaups Control	6–3	66.7
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	0–4	0.0
Thopter-Sword	1–1	50.0
Azorius Thopter-Sword	0–1	0.0
Dimir Thopter-Sword	1–0	100.0
Resurgent Belief	0–1	0.0
Midrange	137–103	57.1
The Rock	3–1	75.0
Abzan Midrange	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Midrange	4–1	80.0
Selesnya Value Town	1–0	100.0
Jund	4–5	44.4
Blink	17–13	56.7
Wave Blink	11–6	64.7
Azorius Wave	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Wave	9–4	69.2
Orzhov Blink	2–1	66.7
Graveyard Value	2–1	66.7
Séance	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	3–2	60.0
Allies	6–2	75.0
Mardu Allies	1–0	100.0
Mono White Allies	0–1	0.0
Azorius Allies	5–1	83.3
Fake-Rack	1–1	50.0
Mardu Midrange	0–2	0.0
Vampires	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Vampires	2–1	66.7
Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Legends	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–2	60.0
Naya Midrange	2–1	66.7
Big Red	3–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	18–15	54.5
Mono Black Devotion	3–3	50.0
Dimir Midrange	1–2	33.3
Angels	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Angels	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	3–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	17–15	53.1
Martyr's Grace	15–15	50.0
Sultai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	12–10	54.5
Orzhov Capenna	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	2–1	66.7
Ordealbreak	1–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–0	100.0
Mythic Colossification	0–2	0.0
Fires of Invention	1–2	33.3
Hero of Precinct One	4–3	57.1
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	2–1	66.7
Naya Hero	0–2	0.0
Boros Hero	1–0	100.0
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Simic Snow	2–1	66.7
Artifact Midrange	8–4	66.7
Coinflips	2–2	50.0
Illness in the Ranks	1–1	50.0
Ramp	27–24	52.9
Villainous Wealth	1–0	100.0
Rofellos Ramp	6–8	42.9
Cloudpost Ramp	9–12	42.9
Greenpost	4–9	30.8
Simic Post	4–2	66.7
Domain	2–0	100.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	0–1	0.0
Applejacks	1–0	100.0