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
Aggro	50320	94009–84190–65	52.8	736	5770	2366
Madness	890	1474–1624	47.6	4	32	35
Gruul Madness	131	212–249	46.0	1	6	3

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	62–75	45.3
Mono Black Aggro	5–2	71.4
Heroic	4–12	25.0
Mono White Heroic	3–7	30.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–4	0.0
Boros Heroic	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	13–12	52.0
Goblins	3–2	60.0
Tokens	5–4	55.6
Selesnya Tokens	3–3	50.0
Mono White Tokens	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–3	25.0
White Weenie	5–5	50.0
Odric Keywords	1–1	50.0
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Kithkin	0–1	0.0
Elves	1–6	14.3
Minotaurs	1–0	100.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	2–10	16.7
Gruul Aggro	0–2	0.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–2	33.3
Artifact Aggro	6–4	60.0
Affinity	4–2	66.7
Salvage Titan	0–1	0.0
Tempered Steel	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Devoid Aggro	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Aggro	2–0	100.0
Madness	4–4	50.0
Gruul Madness	2–2	50.0
Rakdos Madness	1–1	50.0
Jund Madness	1–1	50.0
Voltron	1–2	33.3
Hexproof	0–1	0.0
Boros Auras	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	0–1	0.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	0–2	0.0
Cats	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	2–0	100.0
Combo	24–33	42.1
Storm	4–5	44.4
Dimir Tendrils	2–1	66.7
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	0–1	0.0
Simic Storm	0–1	0.0
High Tide	0–2	0.0
Reanimator	6–10	37.5
Recurring Nightmare	1–2	33.3
Dragon Nightmare	1–1	50.0
Four Color Powerful Magic	0–1	0.0
Worldgorger Dragon	2–2	50.0
Starlit Graves	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	2–6	25.0
Dimir Reanimator	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Reanimator	0–3	0.0
Necro Combo	1–2	33.3
Deathmantle Necro	1–2	33.3
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–3	0.0
Mono Green Stormless Storm	0–1	0.0
Maniac Combo	0–1	0.0
Cat Wave	0–1	0.0
Mardu Life	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–1	0.0
Upheaval Colossus	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Ominous Good	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	0–2	0.0
Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Oops All Spells	0–1	0.0
Dredge	0–1	0.0
Dice Factory	0–1	0.0
Ad Nauseam	1–1	50.0
Chain of Acid	2–0	100.0
GreenTwin	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	2–0	100.0
Actual Twin	0–1	0.0
Izzet Twin	0–1	0.0
Control	39–50	43.8
Mono Black Control	2–4	33.3
Esper Control	0–4	0.0
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	5–5	50.0
Watery Oath	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	9–7	56.3
Cawblade	3–2	60.0
Turbo Fog	1–2	33.3
Izzet Control	4–1	80.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	1–4	20.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Grixis Control	2–1	66.7
Stax	3–4	42.9
Pollute the Planet	1–2	33.3
Birthday Stax	0–1	0.0
Chandra Nalaar	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Control	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Approach	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Dragons	0–1	0.0
Galleon Control	2–0	100.0
Ponza	3–2	60.0
Mono White Control	1–2	33.3
Life is Ez	0–1	0.0
Dynavolt Tower	2–2	50.0
Sultai Control	0–1	0.0
Bant Control	0–5	0.0
Pox	1–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–1	0.0
Prison	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	13–15	46.4
Aristocrats	2–7	22.2
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Golgari Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Food	0–1	0.0
Boros Bombardment	0–1	0.0
Burn	2–0	100.0
Infect	4–6	40.0
Simic Infect	1–4	20.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	2–1	66.7
Pummeler	1–0	100.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	2–1	66.7
Hushnought	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	1–1	50.0
Goblin Persist	0–1	0.0
Dirty Kitty	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	12–9	57.1
Simic Flash	1–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	4–1	80.0
Blue Madness	3–2	60.0
Simic Madness	3–0	100.0
Temur Madness	0–1	0.0
Lich Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
Wizards	1–1	50.0
Ninjas	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Faeries	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	0–2	0.0
Dimir Tempo	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	11–11	50.0
Curses	0–1	0.0
Burning Vengeance	0–1	0.0
Swarm Intelligence	0–1	0.0
Sunforger	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	5–0	100.0
Dragoncrank	3–0	100.0
Displace Loop	0–1	0.0
Peregrine Drake	0–1	0.0
Lich's Mastery	0–1	0.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	0–1	0.0
Zur's Weirding	1–1	50.0
Plasma Swans	4–1	80.0
Mass Land Destruction	0–3	0.0
Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
Midrange	42–47	47.2
Temur Ascendancy	2–4	33.3
Grenzo	1–1	50.0
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	2–5	28.6
Blink	1–3	25.0
Wave Blink	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	0–1	0.0
Anti-Persecution	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Séance	1–0	100.0
Allies	1–3	25.0
Orzhov Allies	1–1	50.0
Boros Allies	0–1	0.0
Mono White Allies	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	2–1	66.7
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Yisan-Prophet	1–0	100.0
Vampires	4–3	57.1
Mono Black Vampires	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Vampires	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Vampires	2–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Boros Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–3	25.0
Big Red	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–7	22.2
Necro Midrange	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Devotion	1–2	33.3
Hellion Whip	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	4–2	66.7
Dimir Vat	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–2	50.0
Fires of Invention	0–1	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	2–0	100.0
Coinflips	1–0	100.0
Ramp	9–9	50.0
Villainous Wealth	1–1	50.0
Rofellos Ramp	2–5	28.6
Cloudpost Ramp	2–0	100.0
Greenpost	2–0	100.0
Devoid Cruelty	1–0	100.0
Domain	1–1	50.0
Selvala Tokens	0–1	0.0
Applejacks	1–0	100.0