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

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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 11 weeks, 6 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
Aggro-Combo	2683	5581–5388–4	50.9	204	1330
Aristocrats	764	1648–1505–3	52.3	64	396
Orzhov Aristocrats	133	279–274	50.5	10	58

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	82–90	47.7
Mono Black Aggro	1–1	50.0
Heroic	10–8	55.6
Mono White Heroic	5–5	50.0
Azorius Heroic	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	3–2	60.0
Selesnya Heroic	2–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	35–28	55.6
Prisoner	3–0	100.0
Proliferate Red	1–1	50.0
Goblins	1–2	33.3
Tokens	1–3	25.0
Selesnya Tokens	0–3	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	4–4	50.0
White Weenie	4–4	50.0
Odric Keywords	2–0	100.0
Soldiers	1–2	33.3
Elves	3–6	33.3
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–1	50.0
Zombies	2–9	18.2
Gruul Aggro	1–2	33.3
Merfolk	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	8–6	57.1
Affinity	5–5	50.0
Hardened Scales Affinity	0–1	0.0
Tempered Steel	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	1–3	25.0
Hexproof	0–2	0.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	3–8	27.3
Cats	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Cats	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–1	0.0
Humans	2–0	100.0
Bant Humans	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Humans	1–0	100.0
Combo	31–47	39.7
Storm	7–14	33.3
Dimir Tendrils	1–3	25.0
Dragonstorm	0–1	0.0
Hazoret Storm	1–0	100.0
Simic Storm	0–1	0.0
High Tide	4–4	50.0
Izzet Storm	1–1	50.0
Channel Storm	0–4	0.0
Reanimator	12–10	54.5
Recurring Nightmare	5–4	55.6
Dragon Nightmare	4–3	57.1
Jund Nightmare	0–1	0.0
Worldgorger Dragon	0–1	0.0
8 Goyf	2–0	100.0
Living Death	1–3	25.0
Traditional Reanimator	4–2	66.7
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	2–1	66.7
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Four Color Glimpse	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	1–1	50.0
New Perspectives	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Umbral Mantle	2–6	25.0
Fake-Twin	0–1	0.0
Infinite Infinite Combos	2–2	50.0
Eggs	0–1	0.0
Ominous Good	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	1–7	12.5
Oops All Spells	1–7	12.5
Ad Nauseam	1–0	100.0
Chain of Acid	0–1	0.0
Possibility Storm	0–1	0.0
Control	69–52	57.0
Mono Black Control	6–2	75.0
Esper Control	5–2	71.4
Demonic Rising	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Control	1–3	25.0
Dimir Control	5–3	62.5
Azorius Control	17–11	60.7
Adam's Ale	1–0	100.0
Cawblade	0–1	0.0
Turbo Fog	1–1	50.0
Izzet Control	1–3	25.0
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	6–10	37.5
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Blackpost	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–3	25.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	3–3	50.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	0–1	0.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	2–2	50.0
Cruel Control	1–1	50.0
Stax	4–1	80.0
Pollute the Planet	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Control	2–6	25.0
Jeskai Approach	1–0	100.0
Ponza	3–1	75.0
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Dynavolt Tower	2–0	100.0
Cycling Control	2–4	33.3
Astral Slide	2–4	33.3
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Temur Reclamation	0–1	0.0
Enchantments Control	1–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	24–20	54.5
Aristocrats	14–10	58.3
Mono Black Aristocrats	3–2	60.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	6–6	50.0
Golgari Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Burn	3–3	50.0
Infect	1–1	50.0
Simic Infect	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–1	0.0
Pummeler	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–2	50.0
Izzet Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	2–1	66.7
Izzet Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Hushnought	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	1–2	33.3
Goblin Persist	1–1	50.0
Dirty Kitty	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	12–12	50.0
Simic Flash	3–3	50.0
Simic Vat	3–3	50.0
Izzet Tempo	2–3	40.0
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Wizards	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–2	50.0
Izzet Spells	0–1	0.0
Dimir Tempo	3–0	100.0
Azorius Tempo	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	12–6	66.7
Curses	1–2	33.3
Oketra's Monument	0–1	0.0
Mono White Oketra's Monument	0–1	0.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	1–0	100.0
Displace Loop	2–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	7–2	77.8
Wildfire	3–2	60.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	4–0	100.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	2–0	100.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Greasefang	0–1	0.0
Midrange	39–40	49.4
Temur Ascendancy	4–3	57.1
The Rock	1–2	33.3
Grenzo	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jund	0–1	0.0
Blink	2–8	20.0
Wave Blink	2–8	20.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	0–2	0.0
Azorius Wave	2–6	25.0
Graveyard Value	2–1	66.7
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Constellation	1–0	100.0
Allies	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
Mardu Allies	1–1	50.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	7–3	70.0
Mono Black Vampires	5–2	71.4
Orzhov Vampires	1–1	50.0
Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Legends	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–2	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	4–3	57.1
Mono Black Devotion	1–2	33.3
Heart of Darkness	1–0	100.0
Hellion Whip	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	2–3	40.0
Sultai Emerge	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Midrange	0–2	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Hero	2–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	0–1	0.0
Simic Snow	0–3	0.0
Artifact Midrange	0–2	0.0
Laelia Cascade	0–1	0.0
Ramp	10–7	58.8
Rofellos Ramp	5–1	83.3
Cloudpost Ramp	1–4	20.0
Eldrazipost	0–1	0.0
Golgari Post	1–0	100.0
Gruul Post	0–2	0.0
Simic Post	0–1	0.0
Devoid Cruelty	0–1	0.0
Domain	0–1	0.0
Defenders	1–0	100.0