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 8 weeks, 3 days.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	50688	94712–84782–65	52.8	748	5832	2389
Artifact Aggro	6327	11762–10424	53.0	99	683	289
Affinity	3165	5783–5284	52.3	50	338	136
Hardened Scales Affinity	282	510–460	52.6	4	32	11

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	139–111	55.6
Mono Black Aggro	2–2	50.0
Heroic	3–4	42.9
Mono White Heroic	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	1–4	20.0
Red Deck Wins	28–21	57.1
Goblins	1–2	33.3
Tokens	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Tokens	1–2	33.3
Mono Green Stompy	4–3	57.1
White Weenie	17–13	56.7
Quest for the Holy Relic	2–1	66.7
Soldiers	7–8	46.7
Mono White Humans	5–4	55.6
Elves	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Counters	1–0	100.0
Rogues	1–1	50.0
Gruul Aggro	5–0	100.0
Gruul Landfall	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	28–23	54.9
Affinity	24–22	52.2
Hardened Scales Affinity	22–22	50.0
Mono Blue Architect	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Illusions	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	3–4	42.9
Hexproof	0–1	0.0
Hateful Auras	3–3	50.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Knights	3–0	100.0
AggroSlide	3–1	75.0
Rakdos Aggro	3–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	0–2	0.0
Humans	16–14	53.3
Selesnya Humans	1–1	50.0
Boros Humans	6–4	60.0
Orzhov Humans	9–9	50.0
Legends Aggro	8–6	57.1
Boros Legends Aggro	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Legends Aggro	0–2	0.0
Bard Class	6–3	66.7
Permanent Vacation	3–3	50.0
Pirates	0–5	0.0
Rats	3–4	42.9
Combo	97–84	53.6
Storm	12–8	60.0
Dimir Tendrils	4–1	80.0
Citadel Storm	6–6	50.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	5–7	41.7
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Warp World	20–28	41.7
Temur Glimpse	6–7	46.2
Boros Glimpse	13–20	39.4
Four Color Glimpse	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	4–4	50.0
Splendid Reclamation Combo	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–1	0.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	4–0	100.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	2–0	100.0
Reanim8 Rack	2–0	100.0
Breakfast	0–6	0.0
Oops All Spells	0–5	0.0
Oops All Lands	6–12	33.3
Dredge	14–4	77.8
Insidious Roots Dredge	12–4	75.0
Dice Factory	0–1	0.0
Storm Herald	4–1	80.0
Enduring Ideal	0–2	0.0
Calibrated Blast	3–1	75.0
Restore Balance	0–2	0.0
Gyruda	2–1	66.7
Belcher	1–0	100.0
Tameshi Bloom	1–0	100.0
Midnight Mass	0–2	0.0
Actual Twin	10–2	83.3
Izzet Twin	9–2	81.8
Control	65–74	46.8
Mono Black Control	0–1	0.0
Esper Control	5–8	38.5
Dimir Control	2–3	40.0
Azorius Control	16–27	37.2
Turbo Fog	2–2	50.0
Izzet Control	4–2	66.7
Mill	4–1	80.0
Boros Control	1–3	25.0
Cloudpost Control	4–8	33.3
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–3	40.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–4	20.0
Grixis Control	6–0	100.0
Cruel Control	2–0	100.0
Stax	3–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	0–1	0.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	2–4	33.3
Life is Ez	0–1	0.0
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	2–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Control	5–11	31.3
Prison	3–1	75.0
Enchantress	3–1	75.0
Aggro-Combo	21–18	53.8
Aristocrats	20–14	58.8
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	17–13	56.7
Burn	1–2	33.3
Hushnought	0–1	0.0
Dwarf Combo	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	27–21	56.3
Simic Flash	2–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	0–1	0.0
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Tempo	8–12	40.0
Mono Blue Librarians	5–10	33.3
Izzet Spells	3–2	60.0
Dimir Tempo	6–5	54.5
Dimir Faeries	4–2	66.7
Dimir Librarians	1–2	33.3
Azorius Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	29–28	50.9
Battle of Wits	5–3	62.5
Sunforger	2–2	50.0
Solar Flare	7–1	87.5
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Archfiend Alteration	1–3	25.0
Greasefang	11–15	42.3
Esper Greasefang	4–4	50.0
Orzhov Greasefang	5–11	31.3
Coveted Falcon Combo	0–4	0.0
Midrange	105–101	51.0
The Rock	10–19	34.5
Abzan Midrange	4–5	44.4
Selesnya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jund	5–1	83.3
Blink	11–21	34.4
Orzhov Blink	8–19	29.6
Graveyard Value	5–1	83.3
Allies	1–0	100.0
Azorius Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	2–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–1	50.0
Vampires	4–2	66.7
Mono Black Vampires	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Legends	1–0	100.0
Elementals	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–0	100.0
Naya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	8–5	61.5
Dimir Midrange	5–3	62.5
Angels	0–4	0.0
Mono White Angels	0–3	0.0
Azorius Angels	0–1	0.0
Toughness Matters	1–1	50.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–2	33.3
Sultai Midrange	2–3	40.0
Fight Rigging	1–3	25.0
Orzhov Midrange	3–0	100.0
Jeskai Midrange	0–2	0.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	15–8	65.2
Fires of Invention	5–1	83.3
Hero of Precinct One	1–0	100.0
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Clerics	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	3–3	50.0
Death Cloud	4–4	50.0
Nissa Company	1–1	50.0
Illness in the Ranks	0–1	0.0
Game Objects	3–2	60.0
Ramp	27–23	54.0
Rofellos Ramp	5–1	83.3
Cloudpost Ramp	1–1	50.0
Golgari Post	0–1	0.0
Carth Superfriends	2–1	66.7
Applejacks	2–0	100.0
Field Ramp	12–16	42.9