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, 5 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
Control	5875	10782–11929–43	47.5	269	2505
Mono White Control	82	147–175	45.7	3	37
Life is Ez	14	19–32	37.3	1	4

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	58–52	52.7
Heroic	4–3	57.1
Mono White Heroic	3–3	50.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	16–11	59.3
Goblins	2–2	50.0
Tokens	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–2	0.0
White Weenie	6–9	40.0
Soldiers	3–5	37.5
Mono White Humans	1–2	33.3
Elves	0–1	0.0
Zombies	8–4	66.7
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	2–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	5–5	50.0
Affinity	5–3	62.5
Hardened Scales Affinity	2–2	50.0
Salvage Titan	0–1	0.0
Tempered Steel	0–1	0.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	0–1	0.0
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
Knights	1–1	50.0
AggroSlide	3–9	25.0
Humans	7–2	77.8
Selesnya Humans	2–0	100.0
Bant Humans	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Humans	5–1	83.3
Legends Aggro	0–1	0.0
Boros Legends Aggro	0–1	0.0
Combo	30–42	41.7
Storm	3–10	23.1
Dimir Tendrils	2–3	40.0
Citadel Storm	0–1	0.0
Grixis Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Izzet Storm	0–2	0.0
Channel Storm	0–3	0.0
Reanimator	10–6	62.5
Recurring Nightmare	1–3	25.0
Dragon Nightmare	1–3	25.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	8–3	72.7
Rakdos Reanimator	5–1	83.3
Mono Black Reanimator	2–2	50.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–2	0.0
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Warp World	0–5	0.0
Boros Glimpse	0–5	0.0
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
New Perspectives	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–3	40.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	2–1	66.7
Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Eggs	0–2	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–0	100.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Ominous Good	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	1–4	20.0
Oops All Spells	0–4	0.0
Unctus	1–0	100.0
Oops All Lands	1–1	50.0
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	0–1	0.0
Restore Balance	0–2	0.0
Belcher	1–0	100.0
Phoenix Altar	4–3	57.1
Actual Twin	1–2	33.3
Izzet Twin	0–1	0.0
Boros Twin	1–1	50.0
Control	16–18	47.1
Mono Black Control	0–1	0.0
Esper Control	1–0	100.0
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	1–7	12.5
Turbo Fog	1–1	50.0
Izzet Control	1–1	50.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	0–1	0.0
Ponza	2–0	100.0
Mono White Control	1–1	50.0
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Control	1–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	2–0	100.0
Prison	1–2	33.3
Enchantress	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Combo	11–9	55.0
Aristocrats	1–4	20.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–3	25.0
Burn	2–1	66.7
Necro Burn	0–1	0.0
Infect	4–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–0	100.0
Golgari Infect	3–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	4–3	57.1
Izzet Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	3–3	50.0
Combo Goblins	0–1	0.0
Dirty Kitty	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	8–4	66.7
Izzet Tempo	2–1	66.7
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	0–1	0.0
Simic Madness	0–1	0.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	2–2	50.0
Combo-Control	4–12	25.0
Curses	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	1–2	33.3
Yosei Vat	0–1	0.0
Hive Mind	1–1	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–8	11.1
Wildfire	1–4	20.0
Thryx-Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	0–2	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	0–4	0.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	0–3	0.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Midrange	17–28	37.8
The Rock	1–1	50.0
Abzan Midrange	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jund	3–0	100.0
Blink	2–7	22.2
Wave Blink	0–4	0.0
Azorius Wave	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Wave	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Blink	2–1	66.7
Graveyard Value	1–2	33.3
Séance	0–1	0.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
White Jund	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	1–1	50.0
Mardu Legends	0–1	0.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–3	0.0
Naya Midrange	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Midrange	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Devotion	1–0	100.0
Heart of Darkness	0–2	0.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–1	0.0
Martyr's Grace	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	0–3	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	2–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	2–0	100.0
Simic Snow	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	0–1	0.0
Ramp	3–10	23.1
Rofellos Ramp	0–4	0.0
Wild Pair	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	3–1	75.0
Greenpost	2–1	66.7
Reclamation at Wake	0–1	0.0
Applejacks	0–1	0.0
Field Ramp	0–2	0.0