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!

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	50320	94009–84190–65	52.8	736	5770	2366
Heroic	3824	7655–6317–25	54.8	74	512	224
Selesnya Heroic	120	195–226	46.3	1	15	7

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	40–51	44.0
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Heroic	4–5	44.4
Mono White Heroic	1–3	25.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Heroic	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	5–18	21.7
Proliferate Red	0–2	0.0
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono White Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	4–0	100.0
White Weenie	5–5	50.0
Odric Keywords	2–1	66.7
Quest for the Holy Relic	2–0	100.0
Kithkin	0–1	0.0
Mono White Humans	1–1	50.0
Elves	2–3	40.0
Werewolves	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	0–2	0.0
Zombies	1–2	33.3
Gruul Aggro	0–3	0.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	2–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	1–5	16.7
Affinity	1–1	50.0
Tempered Steel	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Architect	0–1	0.0
Voltron	0–1	0.0
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	0–1	0.0
Cats	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Cats	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aggro	2–1	66.7
Shamans	1–0	100.0
Legends Aggro	8–1	88.9
Boros Legends Aggro	6–1	85.7
Combo	33–37	47.1
Storm	6–7	46.2
Dimir Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Dragonstorm	2–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	1–6	14.3
Izzet Storm	1–1	50.0
Reanimator	6–6	50.0
Recurring Nightmare	1–0	100.0
Dragon Nightmare	1–0	100.0
Worldgorger Dragon	0–1	0.0
Living Death	4–2	66.7
Excruciator Combo	3–1	75.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–3	25.0
Dimir Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Reanimator	1–2	33.3
Oriss Genesis	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–2	33.3
Hypergenesis	0–3	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	3–2	60.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Umbral Mantle	1–2	33.3
Metalwork Colossus	1–1	50.0
Anvil Colossus	1–1	50.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Turntimber Ranger	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	0–2	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	0–2	0.0
Izzet Ascension	0–1	0.0
Ominous Good	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	0–3	0.0
Cephalid Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Unctus	0–2	0.0
Oops All Lands	0–1	0.0
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
GreenTwin	0–1	0.0
Intruder Alarm	1–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	1–0	100.0
Gyruda	1–1	50.0
Tameshi Bloom	2–1	66.7
Nadu Combo	1–0	100.0
Amalia Combo	1–0	100.0
Control	42–38	52.5
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	3–5	37.5
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	1–4	20.0
Azorius Control	5–4	55.6
Cawblade	0–1	0.0
Turbo Fog	1–1	50.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	9–8	52.9
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Blackpost	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–2	50.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	2–2	50.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Mono White Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	2–1	66.7
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	1–1	50.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Control	3–3	50.0
Ponza	4–2	66.7
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Last Stand Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	0–1	0.0
Bant Control	1–1	50.0
Pox	0–1	0.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–1	0.0
Seasons Past Control	3–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	1–2	33.3
Prison	0–2	0.0
Enchantress	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	11–12	47.8
Aristocrats	6–3	66.7
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–3	50.0
Burn	1–1	50.0
Infect	1–6	14.3
Simic Infect	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–1	0.0
Golgari Infect	1–3	25.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Control	13–15	46.4
Simic Flash	3–2	60.0
Simic Vat	2–1	66.7
Izzet Tempo	3–6	33.3
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
Wizards	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Librarians	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	3–2	60.0
Dimir Faeries	1–1	50.0
Azorius Tempo	1–2	33.3
Combo-Control	3–6	33.3
Curses	1–0	100.0
Burning Vengeance	0–1	0.0
Battle of Wits	0–2	0.0
Displace Loop	0–1	0.0
Familiars	0–1	0.0
Hedron Alignment	1–1	50.0
Zur's Weirding	0–1	0.0
Midrange	38–57	40.0
Temur Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
The Rock	4–1	80.0
Abzan Midrange	2–0	100.0
Jund	0–1	0.0
Blink	5–15	25.0
Wave Blink	3–7	30.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	0–3	0.0
Azorius Wave	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Wave	1–1	50.0
Bant Wave	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Blink	2–7	22.2
Graveyard Value	2–3	40.0
Varolz Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Allies	0–1	0.0
Mardu Allies	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	0–2	0.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	1–4	20.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–3	25.0
Orzhov Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Legends	2–1	66.7
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–1	0.0
Big Red	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Midrange	1–3	25.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–2	33.3
Dimir Midrange	0–1	0.0
Temur Energy	0–1	0.0
Angels	0–1	0.0
Mono White Angels	0–1	0.0
Toughness Matters	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–1	0.0
Martyr's Grace	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	3–2	60.0
Sultai Emerge	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Midrange	2–2	50.0
Fires of Invention	5–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	0–3	0.0
Orzhov Hero	0–1	0.0
Five Color Hero	0–2	0.0
Death Cloud	0–1	0.0
Laelia Cascade	0–1	0.0
Wight Midrange	1–4	20.0
Golgari Wight	0–2	0.0
Jund Wight	1–1	50.0
Ramp	15–10	60.0
Rofellos Ramp	3–3	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	7–5	58.3
Eldrazipost	1–1	50.0
Greenpost	3–1	75.0
Gruul Post	2–0	100.0
Simic Post	1–3	25.0
Domain	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	0–2	0.0