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 1 week, 2 days.

The Penny Dreadful 500 is on Nov 16th with free entry and $500 in prizes!

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Midrange	6632	12872–13386–34	49.0	351	3078
Blink	930	2397–1714	58.3	120	559
Orzhov Blink	303	765–554	58.0	40	196

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	276–154	64.2
Mono Black Aggro	1–2	33.3
Heroic	12–4	75.0
Boros Heroic	8–3	72.7
Selesnya Heroic	4–1	80.0
Red Deck Wins	41–14	74.5
Goblins	3–1	75.0
Tokens	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Tokens	1–2	33.3
Mono Green Stompy	13–6	68.4
White Weenie	38–23	62.3
Soldiers	23–15	60.5
Mono White Humans	7–4	63.6
Elves	0–2	0.0
Rogues	0–1	0.0
Gruul Aggro	3–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	13–7	65.0
Affinity	11–6	64.7
Hardened Scales Affinity	9–5	64.3
Tempered Steel	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Voltron	13–3	81.3
Equipment Aggro	11–2	84.6
Hateful Auras	2–0	100.0
Knights	3–0	100.0
AggroSlide	10–6	62.5
Cats	5–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	5–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	24–14	63.2
Boros Humans	19–11	63.3
Orzhov Humans	3–2	60.0
Mono Red Eldrazi	8–2	80.0
Legends Aggro	72–59	55.0
Boros Legends Aggro	70–58	54.7
Bard Class	1–1	50.0
Permanent Vacation	2–0	100.0
Pirates	9–3	75.0
Rats	3–4	42.9
Combo	84–90	48.3
Storm	1–2	33.3
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	0–1	0.0
High Tide	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	1–10	9.1
Living Death	1–8	11.1
Excruciator Combo	1–8	11.1
Traditional Reanimator	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Reanimator	0–2	0.0
Necro Combo	5–6	45.5
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–5	28.6
Warp World	10–19	34.5
Temur Glimpse	5–4	55.6
Boros Glimpse	5–14	26.3
Four Color Glimpse	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	4–1	80.0
New Perspectives	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	9–3	75.0
Anvil Colossus	8–3	72.7
Seismic Swans	2–2	50.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	9–3	75.0
Taking Turns	0–1	0.0
Izzet Ascension	0–2	0.0
Breakfast	2–1	66.7
Unctus	2–1	66.7
Oops All Lands	8–9	47.1
Dredge	1–2	33.3
Insidious Roots Dredge	1–2	33.3
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
Tibalt's Trickery	2–1	66.7
Calibrated Blast	0–3	0.0
Restore Balance	6–3	66.7
Gyruda	1–3	25.0
Midnight Mass	6–10	37.5
Phoenix Altar	2–1	66.7
Actual Twin	4–0	100.0
Izzet Twin	4–0	100.0
Nadu Combo	6–2	75.0
Control	78–50	60.9
Esper Control	6–4	60.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	5–2	71.4
Azorius Control	19–22	46.3
Cawblade	0–1	0.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	0–5	0.0
Blackpost	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	0–3	0.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	9–3	75.0
Cruel Control	9–3	75.0
Stax	2–0	100.0
Chandra Nalaar	3–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	1–2	33.3
Dragon Control	7–1	87.5
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Ponza	7–2	77.8
Mono White Control	1–2	33.3
Cycling Control	0–2	0.0
Astral Slide	0–2	0.0
Five Color Control	0–1	0.0
Last Stand Control	0–1	0.0
Seasons Past Control	3–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	5–0	100.0
Prison	7–2	77.8
Enchantress	5–2	71.4
Aggro-Combo	26–11	70.3
Aristocrats	20–6	76.9
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Food	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	18–5	78.3
Burn	4–5	44.4
Necro Burn	2–4	33.3
Infect	2–0	100.0
Simic Infect	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	52–41	55.9
Simic Flash	0–1	0.0
Izzet Tempo	5–5	50.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	9–5	64.3
Mono Blue Librarians	4–4	50.0
Izzet Spells	4–5	44.4
Dimir Tempo	10–4	71.4
Dimir Faeries	1–2	33.3
Azorius Tempo	7–6	53.8
Combo-Control	18–21	46.2
Battle of Wits	2–4	33.3
Approach Necro	1–1	50.0
Sunforger	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	1–1	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	4–5	44.4
Wildfire	4–5	44.4
Borderpost Wildfire	3–5	37.5
Resurgent Belief	2–0	100.0
Greasefang	5–7	41.7
Esper Greasefang	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Greasefang	4–5	44.4
Coveted Falcon Combo	1–2	33.3
Midrange	216–178	54.8
The Rock	3–5	37.5
Grenzo	1–1	50.0
Abzan Midrange	21–2	91.3
Selesnya Midrange	5–2	71.4
Selesnya Value Town	2–2	50.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	91–89	50.6
Orzhov Blink	84–84	50.0
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Séance	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Mono White Allies	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Vampires	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	2–0	100.0
Elementals	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	5–5	50.0
Naya Midrange	2–0	100.0
Big Red	5–1	83.3
Mono Black Midrange	17–28	37.8
Necro Midrange	15–27	35.7
Mono Black Devotion	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	1–1	50.0
Angels	2–0	100.0
Mono White Angels	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Angels	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	14–5	73.7
Jeskai Midrange	2–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	8–14	36.4
Ordealbreak	2–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	2–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	3–5	37.5
Clerics	7–8	46.7
Artifact Midrange	9–2	81.8
Death Cloud	0–1	0.0
Illness in the Ranks	1–0	100.0
Game Objects	1–1	50.0
Laelia Cascade	2–0	100.0
Wight Midrange	4–7	36.4
Golgari Wight	0–1	0.0
Jund Wight	3–5	37.5
Ramp	14–9	60.9
Rofellos Ramp	2–3	40.0
Cloudpost Ramp	3–2	60.0
Greenpost	2–1	66.7
Simic Post	1–1	50.0
Carth Superfriends	2–0	100.0
Field Ramp	5–3	62.5
Unclassified	1–0	100.0