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
Control	5884	10803–11945–43	47.5	270	2510
Turbo Fog	135	208–278–1	42.8	3	44

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	95–88	51.9
Mono Black Aggro	5–1	83.3
Heroic	8–3	72.7
Mono White Heroic	7–3	70.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	23–25	47.9
Goblins	3–3	50.0
Tokens	3–3	50.0
Selesnya Tokens	3–1	75.0
Mono White Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	4–2	66.7
White Weenie	7–7	50.0
Odric Keywords	3–3	50.0
Soldiers	1–1	50.0
Mono White Humans	1–0	100.0
Elves	3–7	30.0
Warriors	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	0–2	0.0
Zombies	18–8	69.2
Mono Red Swarm	0–3	0.0
Artifact Aggro	7–6	53.8
Affinity	2–2	50.0
Tempered Steel	5–4	55.6
Devoid Aggro	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–2	33.3
Illusions	0–1	0.0
Madness	3–0	100.0
Gruul Madness	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	4–0	100.0
Hexproof	2–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	1–0	100.0
Knights	2–0	100.0
AggroSlide	1–10	9.1
Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Humans	2–3	40.0
Selesnya Humans	0–1	0.0
Boros Humans	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Humans	2–1	66.7
Combo	19–38	33.3
Storm	0–3	0.0
Citadel Storm	0–1	0.0
High Tide	0–1	0.0
Channel Storm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	3–13	18.8
Recurring Nightmare	1–4	20.0
Dragon Nightmare	1–4	20.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–1	50.0
Living Death	0–1	0.0
Grozoth	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–6	14.3
Rakdos Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Dimir Reanimator	0–2	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–2	33.3
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–3	25.0
Warp World	0–2	0.0
Temur Glimpse	0–1	0.0
Boros Glimpse	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	0–2	0.0
Hyperwave	0–2	0.0
New Perspectives	0–1	0.0
Cat Wave	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Fake-Twin	2–0	100.0
Naya Fake-Twin	2–0	100.0
Infinite Infinite Combos	1–0	100.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Turntimber Ranger	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–0	100.0
Ominous Good	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Combo	0–2	0.0
Breakfast	5–6	45.5
Cephalid Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Hermit Gond	2–0	100.0
Oops All Spells	2–6	25.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	0–1	0.0
Control	29–45–1	39.2
Mono Black Control	3–1	75.0
Esper Control	0–2	0.0
Demonic Rising	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	1–3	25.0
Azorius Control	8–8	50.0
Adam's Ale	1–1	50.0
Cawblade	0–1	0.0
Turbo Fog	1–1	50.0
Izzet Control	0–1–1	0.0
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	1–1	50.0
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–1	50.0
Cruel Control	1–1	50.0
Stax	3–3	50.0
Pollute the Planet	1–2	33.3
Birthday Stax	2–1	66.7
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	0–5	0.0
Dragon Control	2–3	40.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Esper Dragons	1–0	100.0
Grixis Dragons	0–1	0.0
Galleon Control	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	0–1	0.0
Ponza	0–1	0.0
Mono White Control	1–1	50.0
Cycling Control	0–1	0.0
Astral Slide	0–1	0.0
Sultai Control	1–2	33.3
Temur Reclamation	0–1	0.0
Pox	2–1	66.7
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–2	0.0
Seasons Past Control	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	14–22	38.9
Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Mardu Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	1–8	11.1
Infect	1–7	12.5
Simic Infect	0–7	0.0
Hermit Humans	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	2–2	50.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Hushnought	4–1	80.0
Combo Goblins	2–1	66.7
Goblin Persist	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Control	2–15	11.8
Izzet Tempo	0–4	0.0
Mono Blue Gush	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–3	0.0
Izzet Spells	0–2	0.0
Dimir Tempo	0–5	0.0
Dimir Faeries	0–2	0.0
Combo-Control	6–18	25.0
Cruel Combo-Control	0–2	0.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	1–8	11.1
Displace Loop	1–2	33.3
Peregrine Drake	1–2	33.3
Plasma Swans	0–1	0.0
Liliana's Contract	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–3	40.0
Wildfire	0–2	0.0
Thryx-Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Borderpost Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	2–1	66.7
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	2–0	100.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Midrange	36–42	46.2
Temur Ascendancy	2–6	25.0
The Rock	1–1	50.0
Grenzo	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	1–2	33.3
Blink	4–8	33.3
Wave Blink	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	1–0	100.0
Esper Wave	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Blink	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	0–3	0.0
Allies	1–2	33.3
Mardu Allies	1–2	33.3
Treefolk	2–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	0–3	0.0
Mardu Midrange	0–2	0.0
Vampires	3–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Boros Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–2	50.0
Naya Midrange	2–0	100.0
Big Red	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	4–2	66.7
Mono Black Devotion	0–2	0.0
Dimir Midrange	1–2	33.3
Lifegain Midrange	1–1	50.0
Martyr's Grace	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Energy	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–1	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	3–2	60.0
Orzhov Hero	1–2	33.3
Naya Hero	2–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	0–1	0.0
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Ramp	7–10	41.2
Rofellos Ramp	6–7	46.2
Wild Pair	1–1	50.0
Channel-Rofellos	2–5	28.6
Cloudpost Ramp	0–2	0.0
Greenpost	0–2	0.0
Devoid Cruelty	0–1	0.0