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 12 weeks, 2 days.

The Season Kick Off is on Nov 30th with free entry and over 100 tix in prizes to 32nd place!

Blazing Shoal Infect

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Aggro-Combo	2682	5580–5386–4	50.9	204	1330
Infect	357	631–750	45.7	16	141
Blazing Shoal Infect	76	142–155	47.8	2	29

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	44–33	57.1
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Heroic	2–4	33.3
Mono White Heroic	2–3	40.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	1–9	10.0
Goblins	0–1	0.0
Tokens	3–1	75.0
Mono White Tokens	2–1	66.7
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	3–0	100.0
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Elves	9–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Zombies	5–5	50.0
Mono Red Swarm	2–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	12–7	63.2
Affinity	7–4	63.6
Hush-finity	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	5–3	62.5
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	2–4	33.3
Cats	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–1	0.0
Combo	24–21	53.3
Storm	6–3	66.7
Dimir Tendrils	3–0	100.0
Dragonstorm	2–1	66.7
Hazoret Storm	0–1	0.0
Channel Storm	1–1	50.0
Reanimator	2–4	33.3
Worldgorger Dragon	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	2–3	40.0
Rakdos Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	2–2	50.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–1	66.7
Maniac Combo	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	0–2	0.0
Umbral Mantle	1–0	100.0
Eggs	3–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	5–5	50.0
Oops All Spells	4–5	44.4
Neoform Hermit	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	0–1	0.0
Enduring Ideal	0–2	0.0
Phoenix Altar	0–1	0.0
Control	22–27	44.9
Esper Control	2–5	28.6
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	1–3	25.0
Azorius Control	3–10	23.1
Cawblade	0–1	0.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Boros Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	4–0	100.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Life is Ez	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	1–2	33.3
Astral Slide	1–2	33.3
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Last Stand Control	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	0–1	0.0
Pox	0–1	0.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	2–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	13–24	35.1
Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	0–6	0.0
Infect	4–6	40.0
Simic Infect	1–3	25.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	3–3	50.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	3–2	60.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	3–2	60.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	0–2	0.0
Hushnought	2–1	66.7
Combo Goblins	3–5	37.5
Goblin Persist	3–5	37.5
Aggro-Control	4–7	36.4
Simic Flash	1–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	1–1	50.0
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Wizards	0–1	0.0
Ninjas	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–1	50.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	10–11	47.6
Cruel Combo-Control	1–1	50.0
Battle of Wits	1–2	33.3
Mindcrank	1–1	50.0
Dragoncrank	1–0	100.0
Hedron Alignment	0–1	0.0
Solar Flare	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	5–6	45.5
Wildfire	2–1	66.7
Borderpost Wildfire	2–1	66.7
Jokulhaups Control	3–5	37.5
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	2–2	50.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	1–2	33.3
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Midrange	18–28	39.1
The Rock	0–1	0.0
Jund	0–2	0.0
Blink	8–5	61.5
Wave Blink	2–1	66.7
Azorius Wave	1–1	50.0
Bant Wave	1–0	100.0
Allies	3–1	75.0
Mardu Allies	2–0	100.0
Esper Allies	1–1	50.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–5	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	0–3	0.0
Mono Black Devotion	0–1	0.0
Angels	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Angels	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	0–1	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	3–4	42.9
Esper Hero	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Hero	3–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	0–1	0.0
Naya Hero	0–1	0.0
Gruul Obosh	1–0	100.0
Simic Snow	0–1	0.0
Coinflips	1–0	100.0
Ramp	7–4	63.6
Villainous Wealth	0–1	0.0
Rofellos Ramp	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	5–2	71.4
Greenpost	5–1	83.3
Gruul Post	0–1	0.0