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 12 weeks, 2 days.

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

Archfiend Alteration

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo-Control	11118	19332–19095–13	50.3	103	853	522
Archfiend Alteration	55	113–74	60.4	0	1	6

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	27–15	64.3
Heroic	0–2	0.0
Boros Heroic	0–2	0.0
Red Deck Wins	7–5	58.3
Mono Red Devotion	1–0	100.0
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–2	33.3
White Weenie	0–1	0.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–1	0.0
Werewolves	0–1	0.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	6–1	85.7
Gruul Landfall	2–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	3–1	75.0
Affinity	3–1	75.0
Hardened Scales Affinity	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Illusions	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–1	50.0
Golgari Madness	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	2–0	100.0
Combo	27–13	67.5
Storm	3–1	75.0
Citadel Storm	3–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Recurring Nightmare	2–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–1	0.0
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Four Color Glimpse	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	6–1	85.7
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	1–4	20.0
Oops All Spells	1–3	25.0
Unctus	0–1	0.0
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	1–2	33.3
Ad Nauseam	2–1	66.7
Calibrated Blast	1–0	100.0
Belcher	1–0	100.0
Possibility Storm	0–1	0.0
Actual Twin	2–2	50.0
Izzet Twin	1–2	33.3
Boros Twin	1–0	100.0
Primal Prayers Combo	1–0	100.0
Control	18–23	43.9
Mono Black Control	0–2	0.0
Esper Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	1–3	25.0
Azorius Control	5–3	62.5
Cloudpost Control	6–5	54.5
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	3–4	42.9
Stax	0–4	0.0
Jeskai Control	0–1	0.0
Dragon Control	0–1	0.0
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Last Stand Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Control	1–2	33.3
Prison	1–0	100.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	2–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–0	100.0
Izzet Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	7–3	70.0
Izzet Tempo	1–1	50.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Librarians	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	1–1	50.0
Dimir Librarians	1–1	50.0
Combo-Control	1–5	16.7
Battle of Wits	0–2	0.0
Displace Loop	0–1	0.0
Familiars	0–1	0.0
Solar Flare	1–1	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Midrange	22–7	75.9
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Séance	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–1	50.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Devotion	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Angels	3–1	75.0
Mono White Angels	3–1	75.0
Toughness Matters	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Fight Rigging	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	4–1	80.0
Orzhov Capenna	2–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Game Objects	1–0	100.0
Ramp	9–8	52.9
Rofellos Ramp	5–1	83.3
Cloudpost Ramp	1–6	14.3
Greenpost	1–6	14.3
Carth Superfriends	0–1	0.0