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 6 days, 15 hours.

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

Orzhov Capenna

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	41490	68109–73112–34	48.2	351	3079	1592
Orzhov Midrange	2097	4001–3410	54.0	28	193	113
Orzhov Capenna	54	116–77	60.1	2	8	8

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	17–10	63.0
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Heroic	1–0	100.0
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	7–4	63.6
Mono Green Stompy	4–0	100.0
Elves	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	2–1	66.7
Affinity	2–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	0–1	0.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–1	0.0
Pirates	1–0	100.0
Rats	1–0	100.0
Combo	22–24	47.8
Storm	8–4	66.7
Dimir Tendrils	4–2	66.7
Dark Tide	1–1	50.0
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	1–0	100.0
Simic Storm	2–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	0–2	0.0
Reanimator	0–2	0.0
Recurring Nightmare	0–2	0.0
Hypergenesis	3–2	60.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
Umbral Mantle	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–1	50.0
Anvil Colossus	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	4–10	28.6
Oops All Spells	4–10	28.6
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	1–1	50.0
Belcher	0–2	0.0
Control	18–12	60.0
Esper Control	1–1	50.0
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	1–3	25.0
Boros Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	4–1	80.0
Blackpost	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Grixis Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	2–1	66.7
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Ponza	2–0	100.0
Cycling Control	4–2	66.7
Astral Slide	4–2	66.7
Five Color Control	0–2	0.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	0–1	0.0
Last Stand Control	0–1	0.0
Seasons Past Control	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	10–4	71.4
Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	2–1	66.7
Infect	2–0	100.0
Simic Infect	2–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	4–3	57.1
Izzet Dreadnought	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Dreadnought	2–2	50.0
Hushnought	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	12–3	80.0
Izzet Tempo	5–2	71.4
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	4–1	80.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	6–10	37.5
Battle of Wits	3–1	75.0
Mass Land Destruction	3–7	30.0
Jokulhaups Control	3–7	30.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	1–2	33.3
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–3	25.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Archfiend Alteration	0–2	0.0
Midrange	26–9	74.3
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Blink	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	2–1	66.7
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Big Red	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	2–1	66.7
Lifegain Midrange	2–0	100.0
Martyr's Grace	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	3–0	100.0
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	2–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	5–3	62.5
Illness in the Ranks	0–1	0.0
Ramp	5–5	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	2–5	28.6
Greenpost	2–5	28.6
Domain	1–0	100.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	1–0	100.0
Defenders	1–0	100.0