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 5 days, 22 hours.

The Penny Dreadful 500 is on Nov 16th with free entry and $500 in prizes!

Azorius Thopter-Sword

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo-Control	11113	19323–19085–13	50.3	103	853	522
Thopter-Sword	211	370–287	56.3	0	7	24
Azorius Thopter-Sword	90	181–111	62.0	0	4	11

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	35–27	56.5
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Heroic	3–4	42.9
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Boros Heroic	3–3	50.0
Red Deck Wins	3–4	42.9
Goblins	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	3–2	60.0
White Weenie	6–10	37.5
Elves	4–1	80.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Zombies	2–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	2–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	5–2	71.4
Affinity	1–1	50.0
Tempered Steel	4–1	80.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	2–1	66.7
Shamans	1–1	50.0
Rats	1–0	100.0
Combo	34–24	58.6
Storm	11–11	50.0
Dragonstorm	2–0	100.0
High Tide	8–11	42.1
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Oriss Genesis	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	2–1	66.7
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	1–1	50.0
Oops All Spells	0–1	0.0
Unctus	1–0	100.0
Dredge	9–5	64.3
Polymorph	1–1	50.0
Dice Factory	0–1	0.0
Ad Nauseam	1–0	100.0
Gyruda	1–0	100.0
Belcher	2–2	50.0
Control	31–12	72.1
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	2–0	100.0
Azorius Control	2–3	40.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Control	3–1	75.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	2–0	100.0
Runeflare	2–0	100.0
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	1–1	50.0
Life is Ez	1–1	50.0
Cycling Control	1–1	50.0
Astral Slide	1–1	50.0
Five Color Control	0–1	0.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	0–1	0.0
Bant Control	0–1	0.0
Pox	3–1	75.0
Enchantments Control	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	4–0	100.0
Prison	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Combo	14–11	56.0
Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Mardu Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Boros Bombardment	0–1	0.0
Burn	1–0	100.0
Infect	3–4	42.9
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–0	100.0
Golgari Infect	0–1	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	5–6	45.5
Izzet Dreadnought	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Dreadnought	3–3	50.0
Hushnought	2–0	100.0
Liquimetal Fishing	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	15–9	62.5
Izzet Tempo	9–3	75.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Temur Madness	1–0	100.0
Wizards	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–0	100.0
Azorius Tempo	0–3	0.0
Combo-Control	15–7	68.2
Cruel Combo-Control	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	1–1	50.0
Liliana's Contract	3–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	3–2	60.0
Jokulhaups Control	3–2	60.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Thopter-Sword	6–3	66.7
Azorius Thopter-Sword	1–1	50.0
Dimir Thopter-Sword	2–1	66.7
Esper Thopter-Sword	2–0	100.0
Resurgent Belief	0–1	0.0
Midrange	29–19	60.4
Abzan Midrange	2–0	100.0
Jund	0–3	0.0
Blink	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Blink	2–1	66.7
Graveyard Value	2–1	66.7
Séance	1–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–0	100.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–1	75.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–1	50.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–0	100.0
Martyr's Grace	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	2–3	40.0
Fight Rigging	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	7–7	50.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Coinflips	1–1	50.0
Ramp	8–2	80.0
Cloudpost Ramp	4–1	80.0
Eldrazipost	0–1	0.0
Greenpost	1–0	100.0
Gruul Post	2–0	100.0
Simic Post	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	0–1	0.0
Jund Carth	0–1	0.0