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, 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	5–0s
Combo	37323	62418–63648–18	49.5	430	2790	1688
Reanimator	5505	10449–9122–4	53.4	58	469	275
Living Death	267	606–428	58.6	5	27	16
Excruciator Combo	117	254–173	59.5	2	14	11

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	54–38	58.7
Heroic	2–5	28.6
Boros Heroic	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Heroic	1–3	25.0
Red Deck Wins	3–3	50.0
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	20–16	55.6
White Weenie	5–9	35.7
Soldiers	1–4	20.0
Mono White Humans	4–5	44.4
Elves	6–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	2–0	100.0
Humans	5–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Humans	3–0	100.0
Legends Aggro	6–5	54.5
Boros Legends Aggro	5–5	50.0
Permanent Vacation	1–0	100.0
Rats	3–0	100.0
Combo	70–48	59.3
Storm	8–4	66.7
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	5–4	55.6
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	2–0	100.0
Reanimator	13–15	46.4
Living Death	6–6	50.0
Excruciator Combo	6–6	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	7–9	43.8
Orzhov Reanimator	5–9	35.7
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–5	0.0
Zubera Tribal	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Metalwork Colossus	4–1	80.0
Anvil Colossus	4–1	80.0
Eggs	2–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	0–2	0.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	3–5	37.5
Unctus	3–5	37.5
Oops All Lands	7–1	87.5
Calibrated Blast	0–1	0.0
Restore Balance	3–1	75.0
Actual Twin	0–3	0.0
Izzet Twin	0–3	0.0
Nadu Combo	18–7	72.0
Amalia Combo	2–1	66.7
Primal Prayers Combo	2–0	100.0
Control	40–32	55.6
Esper Control	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	2–2	50.0
Azorius Control	7–9	43.8
Cawblade	1–1	50.0
Izzet Control	2–2	50.0
Mardu Control	1–1	50.0
Mill	0–1	0.0
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	5–4	55.6
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Blackpost	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Grixis Control	2–2	50.0
Cruel Control	0–2	0.0
Stax	4–3	57.1
Ponza	2–1	66.7
Mono White Control	2–1	66.7
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	3–3	50.0
Orzhov Control	5–1	83.3
Aggro-Combo	6–5	54.5
Aristocrats	3–3	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–3	25.0
Burn	1–1	50.0
Liquimetal Fishing	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Control	19–13	59.4
Izzet Tempo	3–3	50.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Librarians	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	9–4	69.2
Azorius Tempo	5–6	45.5
Combo-Control	1–1	50.0
Midrange	60–33	64.5
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Blink	17–7	70.8
Acid Trip	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Blink	16–7	69.6
Graveyard Value	1–2	33.3
Allies	1–0	100.0
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	2–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–4	42.9
Big Red	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–4	20.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–4	20.0
Hellion Whip	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–1	50.0
Mutate	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–2	33.3
Ordealbreak	3–1	75.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	3–1	75.0
Fires of Invention	2–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	5–3	62.5
Five Color Hero	5–3	62.5
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Nissa Company	1–0	100.0
Laelia Cascade	4–3	57.1
Wight Midrange	4–3	57.1
Golgari Wight	3–0	100.0
Jund Wight	1–3	25.0
Ramp	4–3	57.1
Villainous Wealth	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	0–2	0.0
Eldrazipost	0–1	0.0
Simic Post	0–1	0.0
Carth Superfriends	1–0	100.0