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 1 week, 1 day.

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	5–0s
Combo	37227	62255–63468–18	49.5	428	2776	1685
Storm	8091	13156–14123–4	48.2	94	477	394
Izzet Storm	982	1615–1782	47.5	11	80	43
Swath Storm	91	136–181	42.9	0	2	4

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	32–43	42.7
Heroic	2–2	50.0
Mono White Heroic	1–1	50.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	6–8	42.9
Goblins	1–1	50.0
Tokens	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–2	33.3
White Weenie	4–9	30.8
Quest for the Holy Relic	3–1	75.0
Kithkin	0–1	0.0
Elves	3–5	37.5
Selesnya Little Kid	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Counters	0–1	0.0
Zombies	1–3	25.0
Gruul Aggro	1–3	25.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
8 Whack	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	3–4	42.9
Affinity	0–1	0.0
Boros Vehicles	0–1	0.0
Tempered Steel	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	1–1	50.0
Cats	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Cats	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Aggro	0–1	0.0
Combo	21–40	34.4
Storm	7–3	70.0
Dragonstorm	3–0	100.0
Simic Storm	1–1	50.0
Izzet Storm	2–2	50.0
Swath Storm	1–1	50.0
Reanimator	3–16	15.8
Recurring Nightmare	1–1	50.0
Jund Nightmare	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	2–15	11.8
Rakdos Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	2–14	12.5
Oriss Genesis	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–4	20.0
Upheaval Colossus	1–3	25.0
Izzet Ascension	1–2	33.3
Jokulhaups Combo	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	1–1	50.0
Breakfast	2–8	20.0
Oops All Spells	1–3	25.0
Neoform Hermit	1–5	16.7
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Polymorph	1–1	50.0
Enduring Ideal	0–1	0.0
Ad Nauseam	0–1	0.0
Tibalt's Trickery	1–0	100.0
Control	27–26	50.9
Esper Control	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	0–2	0.0
Azorius Control	7–9	43.8
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	2–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	2–0	100.0
Runeflare	0–1	0.0
Ponza	2–2	50.0
Mono White Control	1–1	50.0
Life is Ez	0–1	0.0
Sultai Control	3–1	75.0
Sultai Ultimatum	3–1	75.0
Guildgate Control	2–0	100.0
Bant Control	3–1	75.0
Pox	3–2	60.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	5–23	17.9
Aristocrats	0–5	0.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–3	0.0
Infect	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–7	12.5
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–4	20.0
Hushnought	3–8	27.3
Combo Goblins	0–3	0.0
Goblin Persist	0–3	0.0
Aggro-Control	6–16	27.3
Izzet Tempo	1–1	50.0
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Wizards	3–2	60.0
Ninjas	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–6	25.0
Mono Blue Librarians	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	0–2	0.0
Dimir Tempo	0–1	0.0
Sultai Tempo	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	1–3	25.0
Yosei Vat	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	0–3	0.0
Wildfire	0–2	0.0
Thryx-Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Borderpost Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Midrange	37–25	59.7
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	5–1	83.3
Jund	0–1	0.0
Blink	4–2	66.7
Wave Blink	4–0	100.0
Azorius Wave	2–0	100.0
Abzan Wave	2–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	4–0	100.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Mono White Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	4–2	66.7
Big Red	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	0–4	0.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Angels	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–2	0.0
Prophet Glare	0–1	0.0
Ordealbreak	1–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–0	100.0
Neoform	1–0	100.0
Sultai Neoform	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	2–2	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	2–5	28.6
Abzan Hero	0–1	0.0
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Esper Hero	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Hero	0–2	0.0
Naya Hero	1–1	50.0
Gruul Obosh	2–1	66.7
Clerics	2–0	100.0
Death Cloud	0–1	0.0
Ramp	7–5	58.3
Rofellos Ramp	1–1	50.0
Wild Pair	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	5–4	55.6
Golgari Post	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	2–3	40.0
Domain	1–0	100.0