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!

Orzhov Humans

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	50320	94009–84190–65	52.8	736	5770	2366
Humans	717	1338–1170	53.3	12	95	35
Orzhov Humans	122	238–193	55.2	1	13	7

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	52–57	47.7
Heroic	1–3	25.0
Mono White Heroic	0–1	0.0
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	0–2	0.0
Red Deck Wins	4–8	33.3
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–1	66.7
White Weenie	7–10	41.2
Soldiers	2–4	33.3
Mono White Humans	4–6	40.0
Elves	1–0	100.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	10–11	47.6
Affinity	9–9	50.0
Hardened Scales Affinity	9–9	50.0
Tempered Steel	0–2	0.0
Voltron	2–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	1–1	50.0
Humans	10–12	45.5
Boros Humans	2–5	28.6
Orzhov Humans	7–7	50.0
Legends Aggro	4–4	50.0
Boros Legends Aggro	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Legends Aggro	0–2	0.0
Bard Class	3–2	60.0
Permanent Vacation	1–5	16.7
Pirates	3–1	75.0
Rats	1–0	100.0
Combo	39–30	56.5
Storm	3–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	2–0	100.0
Reanimator	0–3	0.0
Living Death	0–3	0.0
Excruciator Combo	0–3	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–0	100.0
Warp World	12–11	52.2
Temur Glimpse	1–2	33.3
Boros Glimpse	10–9	52.6
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Anvil Colossus	1–0	100.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	2–1	66.7
Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Unctus	0–1	0.0
Oops All Lands	6–5	54.5
Dredge	6–3	66.7
Insidious Roots Dredge	6–3	66.7
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	0–1	0.0
Tibalt's Trickery	1–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	0–1	0.0
Restore Balance	0–1	0.0
Gyruda	2–1	66.7
Midnight Mass	0–1	0.0
Control	27–31	46.6
Esper Control	4–3	57.1
Dimir Control	1–1	50.0
Azorius Control	10–8	55.6
Turbo Fog	3–2	60.0
Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	2–1	66.7
Cruel Control	2–0	100.0
Stax	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Control	0–1	0.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	1–10	9.1
Enchantments Control	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	2–1	66.7
Prison	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	15–4	78.9
Aristocrats	11–3	78.6
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	10–2	83.3
Burn	2–0	100.0
Dwarf Combo	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Control	18–9	66.7
Simic Flash	2–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	2–1	66.7
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	4–5	44.4
Mono Blue Librarians	3–5	37.5
Izzet Spells	4–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	2–2	50.0
Dimir Librarians	1–0	100.0
Azorius Tempo	3–1	75.0
Combo-Control	14–10	58.3
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Shared Fate	1–0	100.0
Sunforger	2–2	50.0
Solar Flare	1–1	50.0
Greasefang	7–4	63.6
Esper Greasefang	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Greasefang	5–3	62.5
Coveted Falcon Combo	2–2	50.0
Midrange	58–47	55.2
The Rock	9–8	52.9
Abzan Midrange	5–1	83.3
Selesnya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jund	2–0	100.0
Blink	9–9	50.0
Orzhov Blink	8–9	47.1
Graveyard Value	3–0	100.0
Séance	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	2–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	0–1	0.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Devotion	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	0–2	0.0
Angels	1–1	50.0
Mono White Angels	1–1	50.0
Toughness Matters	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Fight Rigging	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–4	33.3
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	7–6	53.8
Fires of Invention	1–2	33.3
Hero of Precinct One	0–2	0.0
Death Cloud	3–1	75.0
Nissa Company	0–2	0.0
Game Objects	2–0	100.0
Laelia Cascade	1–1	50.0
Wight Midrange	2–2	50.0
Golgari Wight	2–1	66.7
Jund Wight	0–1	0.0
Ramp	15–5	75.0
Villainous Wealth	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	1–0	100.0
Applejacks	0–1	0.0
Field Ramp	8–3	72.7