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!

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	50320	94009–84190–65	52.8	736	5770	2366
White Weenie	4480	8551–7282–2	54.0	73	553	219
Odric Keywords	204	357–370–1	49.1	7	33	4

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	105–86	55.0
Mono Black Aggro	3–2	60.0
Heroic	14–9	60.9
Mono White Heroic	11–7	61.1
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Heroic	1–2	33.3
Red Deck Wins	12–28	30.0
Mono Red Devotion	3–5	37.5
Prisoner	0–1	0.0
Goblins	7–6	53.8
Tokens	8–3	72.7
Selesnya Tokens	3–3	50.0
Mono White Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–2	0.0
White Weenie	8–10	44.4
Odric Keywords	5–5	50.0
Soldiers	2–0	100.0
Kithkin	1–1	50.0
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Minotaurs	0–1	0.0
Warriors	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	4–2	66.7
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	3–9	25.0
Gruul Aggro	3–0	100.0
Merfolk	3–1	75.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	19–4	82.6
Affinity	4–0	100.0
Boros Vehicles	0–1	0.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	10–3	76.9
Devoid Aggro	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–2	33.3
Madness	3–3	50.0
Gruul Madness	1–1	50.0
Golgari Madness	1–1	50.0
Jund Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	4–1	80.0
Equipment Aggro	4–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	0–1	0.0
Slivers	3–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Permanent Vacation	1–0	100.0
Combo	45–67	40.2
Storm	6–5	54.5
Dimir Tendrils	2–4	33.3
Hazoret Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	9–19	32.1
Recurring Nightmare	4–3	57.1
Dragon Nightmare	0–2	0.0
Four Color Powerful Magic	1–0	100.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–5	16.7
8 Goyf	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	3–11	21.4
Dimir Reanimator	1–3	25.0
Mono Black Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Grixis Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Oriss Genesis	0–1	0.0
Necro Combo	0–1	0.0
Deathmantle Necro	0–1	0.0
Biovisionary	1–1	50.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–3	40.0
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Actual Warp World	1–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	3–9	25.0
Hyperwave	2–4	33.3
New Perspectives	3–3	50.0
Cat Wave	3–1	75.0
Acid Wave	2–0	100.0
Splendid Reclamation Combo	1–0	100.0
Mardu Life	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–7	22.2
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Umbral Mantle	1–1	50.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–2	0.0
Cruel Combo	1–1	50.0
Eggs	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	1–5	16.7
Cephalid Breakfast	1–5	16.7
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	1–5	16.7
Storm Herald	0–1	0.0
Restore Balance	0–1	0.0
Control	79–96	45.1
Mono Black Control	4–3	57.1
Esper Control	8–8	50.0
Demonic Rising	8–13	38.1
Paradox Haze Lock	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	5–5	50.0
Azorius Control	6–8	42.9
Adam's Ale	0–1	0.0
Turbo Fog	4–5	44.4
Izzet Control	3–0	100.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Control	6–3	66.7
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–3	0.0
Blackpost	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	2–11	15.4
Cruel Control	2–8	20.0
Stax	3–4	42.9
Pollute the Planet	2–2	50.0
Birthday Stax	1–1	50.0
Chandra Nalaar	0–1	0.0
Stagnant Control	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	2–10	16.7
Jeskai Approach	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	4–4	50.0
Grixis Dragons	2–1	66.7
Dimir Dragons	1–0	100.0
Galleon Control	0–2	0.0
Ponza	1–1	50.0
Dynavolt Tower	1–3	25.0
Cycling Control	7–2	77.8
Astral Slide	7–2	77.8
Five Color Control	1–3	25.0
Sultai Control	2–4	33.3
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	0–1	0.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	12–19	38.7
Aristocrats	4–13	23.5
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–7	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–5	0.0
Golgari Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Mardu Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	3–4	42.9
Infect	1–0	100.0
Pummeler	2–2	50.0
Aggro-Control	22–13	62.9
Simic Flash	2–0	100.0
Simic Vat	2–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	9–5	64.3
Azorius Skies	0–2	0.0
Blue Madness	3–1	75.0
Simic Madness	2–1	66.7
Lich Aggro-Control	3–1	75.0
Temur Clues	1–1	50.0
Tetsukotog	1–0	100.0
12 Pest	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Gush	0–1	0.0
Azorius Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	11–19	36.7
Curses	0–1	0.0
Burning Vengeance	0–1	0.0
Cruel Combo-Control	0–4	0.0
Battle of Wits	2–1	66.7
Shared Fate	1–1	50.0
Pickles	1–3	25.0
Mindcrank	1–0	100.0
Displace Loop	0–1	0.0
Peregrine Drake	0–1	0.0
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Lich's Mastery	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	4–7	36.4
Wildfire	4–7	36.4
Borderpost Wildfire	0–2	0.0
Midrange	65–53–1	55.1
Temur Ascendancy	6–5	54.5
The Rock	6–0	100.0
Grenzo	3–1	75.0
Abzan Midrange	4–7	36.4
Knights of Windgrace	1–2	33.3
Jund	4–8	33.3
Blink	4–4	50.0
Wave Blink	2–2	50.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	2–0	100.0
Azorius Wave	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Wave	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	2–1	66.7
Enchantments Matter	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Enchantress	0–1	0.0
Constellation	0–1	0.0
Allies	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
Boros Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	2–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–2	33.3
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Selvala Morningstar	0–1	0.0
White Jund	2–1	66.7
Vampires	4–2	66.7
Mono Black Vampires	3–2	60.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	1–3	25.0
Boros Legends Midrange	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Legends	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–0	100.0
Big Red	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	4–0–1	100.0
Hellion Whip	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	0–2	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	5–0	100.0
Sultai Emerge	5–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–3	0.0
Ramp	18–17	51.4
Rofellos Ramp	4–4	50.0
Wild Pair	1–0	100.0
Channel-Rofellos	1–3	25.0
Cloudpost Ramp	1–4	20.0
Greenpost	0–1	0.0
Gruul Post	1–2	33.3
Devoid Cruelty	4–5	44.4
Domain	0–1	0.0