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 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
Combo-Control	1805	3667–3581–13	50.6	103	853
Mass Land Destruction	651	1295–1285–6	50.2	33	301
Wildfire	232	443–483–6	47.8	6	93
Borderpost Wildfire	91	179–178–5	50.1	2	41

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	56–60–2	48.3
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Heroic	10–12–2	45.5
Mono White Heroic	9–11–2	45.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	6–12	33.3
Tokens	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Tokens	2–2	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	3–3	50.0
White Weenie	0–2	0.0
Mono White Humans	0–1	0.0
Elves	2–5	28.6
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Zombies	4–2	66.7
Merfolk	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	8–8	50.0
Affinity	7–6	53.8
Hush-finity	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Architect	0–1	0.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Slivers	2–2	50.0
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	14–6	70.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	0–2	0.0
Boros Humans	0–1	0.0
Legends Aggro	0–2	0.0
Boros Legends Aggro	0–2	0.0
Combo	15–26	36.6
Storm	3–2	60.0
Sultai Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Dimir Tendrils	1–0	100.0
High Tide	2–1	66.7
Reanimator	1–7	12.5
Recurring Nightmare	0–1	0.0
Dragon Nightmare	0–1	0.0
Worldgorger Dragon	0–5	0.0
Double Dragon	0–4	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–2	0.0
Dubious Challenge	0–2	0.0
Warp World	0–1	0.0
Boros Glimpse	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–3	40.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
Fake-Twin	0–1	0.0
Naya Fake-Twin	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Anvil Colossus	1–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Eggs	2–4	33.3
Ominous Good	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	0–2	0.0
Neoform Hermit	0–2	0.0
Oops All Lands	0–1	0.0
Dice Factory	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
Control	31–14–2	68.9
Mono Black Control	4–1	80.0
Esper Control	6–1	85.7
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	2–3–2	40.0
Dreadful Inspiration	0–1–1	0.0
Azorius Control	3–3	50.0
Cawblade	2–2	50.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	3–0	100.0
Cruel Control	2–0	100.0
Stax	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Control	2–0	100.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Dragons	1–0	100.0
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	2–0	100.0
Cycling Control	1–1	50.0
Astral Slide	1–1	50.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Ultimatum	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–1	0.0
Prison	0–2	0.0
Enchantress	0–2	0.0
Aggro-Combo	14–23	37.8
Aristocrats	2–7	22.2
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–3	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Abzan Aristocrats	2–3	40.0
Burn	3–8	27.3
Infect	1–2	33.3
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–2	33.3
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Hushnought	0–3	0.0
Combo Goblins	4–2	66.7
Goblin Persist	4–2	66.7
Aggro-Control	6–11–1	35.3
Izzet Tempo	1–1	50.0
Blue Madness	0–1	0.0
Simic Madness	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–7	0.0
Mono Blue Faeries	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	4–2	66.7
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	13–10	56.5
Curses	1–0	100.0
Oketra's Monument	1–0	100.0
Mono White Oketra's Monument	1–0	100.0
Burning Vengeance	1–0	100.0
Cruel Combo-Control	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	3–4	42.9
Lich's Mastery	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	0–1	0.0
Plasma Swans	2–1	66.7
Mass Land Destruction	3–3	50.0
Wildfire	3–3	50.0
Borderpost Wildfire	3–3	50.0
Resurgent Belief	0–1	0.0
Midrange	38–27	58.5
Temur Ascendancy	3–2	60.0
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Golgari Citadel	1–0	100.0
Grenzo	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	3–0	100.0
Blink	10–6	62.5
Wave Blink	1–0	100.0
Azorius Wave	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Blink	5–3	62.5
Allies	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Allies	2–0	100.0
Esper Allies	0–1	0.0
Treefolk	1–0	100.0
Vampires	3–1	75.0
Mono Black Vampires	3–1	75.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–1	75.0
Big Red	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–7	22.2
Necro Midrange	0–2	0.0
Mono Black Devotion	0–3	0.0
Dimir Midrange	2–0	100.0
Angels	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Angels	1–2	33.3
Lifegain Midrange	1–1	50.0
Sultai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	1–1	50.0
Ramp	6–7	46.2
Rofellos Ramp	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	6–2	75.0
Golgari Post	1–0	100.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	0–1	0.0
Greenpost	3–1	75.0
Simic Post	1–0	100.0