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

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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!

Aggro-Control

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro-Control	884	1648–1556	51.4	1	45	32
Simic Flash	7	6–7	46.2
Simic Vat	4	4–4	50.0
Izzet Tempo	215	469–360	56.6	0	10	9
Azorius Skies	33	68–54	55.7	0	1	1
Blue Madness	26	34–48	41.5			1
Simic Madness	23	34–41	45.3			1
Lich Aggro-Control	8	12–14	46.2			1
Wizards	40	75–79	48.7	0	1	1
Ninjas	34	39–63	38.2	0	1
Mono Blue Tempo	139	293–253	53.7	0	17	9
Mono Blue Faeries	8	16–14	53.3
Izzet Spells	28	56–58	49.1
Dimir Tempo	198	350–345	50.4	1	8	7
Dimir Faeries	18	23–28	45.1
Sultai Tempo	42	96–78	55.2	0	4	2
Azorius Tempo	1	4–1	80.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	305–404	43.0
Mono Black Aggro	3–9	25.0
Heroic	16–19	45.7
Mono White Heroic	5–7	41.7
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–1	66.7
Boros Heroic	6–11	35.3
Selesnya Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	39–93	29.5
Mono Red Devotion	1–1	50.0
Goblins	6–7	46.2
Tokens	15–17	46.9
Selesnya Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono White Tokens	8–7	53.3
Orzhov Tokens	3–7	30.0
Mono Green Stompy	16–13	55.2
White Weenie	17–27	38.6
Quest for the Holy Relic	9–18	33.3
Soldiers	1–1	50.0
Elves	30–23	56.6
Werewolves	1–2	33.3
Warriors	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Little Kid	17–15	53.1
Selesnya Counters	9–9	50.0
Rogues	2–6	25.0
Zombies	5–10	33.3
Gruul Aggro	2–4	33.3
Merfolk	2–2	50.0
Mono Red Swarm	20–23	46.5
8 Whack	16–23	41.0
Artifact Aggro	31–32	49.2
Affinity	11–7	61.1
Salvage Titan	4–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	11–20	35.5
Devastating Dreams	4–3	57.1
Voltron	4–2	66.7
Hexproof	2–1	66.7
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	0–1	0.0
Slivers	8–4	66.7
Naya Zoo	0–3	0.0
Knights	10–5	66.7
AggroSlide	29–55	34.5
Cats	8–4	66.7
Mono White Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	7–4	63.6
Rakdos Aggro	10–8	55.6
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	0–2	0.0
Shamans	1–3	25.0
Combo	355–266	57.2
Storm	55–30	64.7
Dragonstorm	17–20	45.9
Hazoret Storm	1–0	100.0
Simic Storm	1–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	16–5	76.2
Izzet Storm	8–4	66.7
Swath Storm	8–4	66.7
Song Storm	2–0	100.0
Reanimator	38–40	48.7
Traditional Reanimator	38–40	48.7
Rakdos Reanimator	2–1	66.7
Dimir Reanimator	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Reanimator	33–37	47.1
Oriss Genesis	7–11	38.9
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–2	33.3
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	2–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	9–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	28–14	66.7
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	15–7	68.2
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	12–6	66.7
Fake-Twin	6–0	100.0
Jeskai Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Naya Fake-Twin	4–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	49–55	47.1
Anvil Colossus	30–47	39.0
Upheaval Colossus	15–6	71.4
Seismic Swans	1–1	50.0
Cruel Combo	1–0	100.0
Eggs	20–4	83.3
Heartless Summoning Combo	4–0	100.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	2–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	12–12	50.0
Ominous Good	2–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Combo	8–2	80.0
Soulflayer	11–14	44.0
Reanim8 Rack	2–10	16.7
Breakfast	64–66	49.2
Oops All Spells	19–13	59.4
Neoform Hermit	41–48	46.1
Dredge	4–1	80.0
Polymorph	0–2	0.0
Dice Factory	4–1	80.0
Storm Herald	5–2	71.4
Enduring Ideal	8–5	61.5
Stuffy Doll	3–2	60.0
Possibility Storm	1–0	100.0
Control	278–227	55.0
Mono Black Control	3–1	75.0
Esper Control	32–25	56.1
Demonic Rising	1–3	25.0
Mono Blue Control	5–0	100.0
Dimir Control	11–12	47.8
Azorius Control	33–40	45.2
Turbo Fog	7–6	53.8
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Control	4–3	57.1
Mill	11–1	91.7
Boros Control	3–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	28–34	45.2
Azorius Cloudpost Control	3–5	37.5
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	9–10	47.4
Dimir Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	3–6	33.3
Mono White Cloudpost Control	8–11	42.1
Grixis Control	21–7	75.0
Cruel Control	2–1	66.7
Stax	5–5	50.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	4–2	66.7
Dragon Control	11–10	52.4
Izzet Dragons	11–10	52.4
Galleon Control	1–2	33.3
Runeflare	4–2	66.7
Ponza	16–12	57.1
Mono White Control	0–3	0.0
Cycling Control	3–2	60.0
Astral Slide	3–1	75.0
Five Color Control	9–7	56.3
Five Color Collected Conjuring	2–5	28.6
Shrines	3–0	100.0
Last Stand Control	3–2	60.0
Sultai Control	13–5	72.2
Sultai Ultimatum	12–5	70.6
Guildgate Control	5–5	50.0
Bant Control	6–5	54.5
Pox	30–30	50.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	7–2	77.8
Orzhov Control	1–2	33.3
Prison	0–1	0.0
Enchantress	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	109–133	45.0
Aristocrats	25–50	33.3
Mono Black Aristocrats	12–25	32.4
Orzhov Aristocrats	4–11	26.7
Golgari Aristocrats	6–8	42.9
Abzan Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	3–5	37.5
Burn	5–10	33.3
Infect	19–8	70.4
Simic Infect	6–3	66.7
Blazing Shoal Infect	11–3	78.6
Golgari Infect	1–1	50.0
Pummeler	1–0	100.0
Hermit Humans	0–1	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	23–11	67.6
Mono Blue Dreadnought	13–7	65.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–4	20.0
Chancellor of the Forge Combo	3–1	75.0
Hushnought	27–43	38.6
Combo Goblins	4–5	44.4
Goblin Persist	4–5	44.4
Aggro-Control	117–117	50.0
Simic Flash	1–1	50.0
Simic Vat	0–1	0.0
Izzet Tempo	21–37	36.2
Azorius Skies	8–3	72.7
Blue Madness	7–3	70.0
Simic Madness	6–3	66.7
Wizards	7–4	63.6
Ninjas	2–3	40.0
Mono Blue Tempo	13–22	37.1
Mono Blue Faeries	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	7–3	70.0
Dimir Tempo	28–17	62.2
Dimir Faeries	3–0	100.0
Sultai Tempo	9–9	50.0
Combo-Control	36–14	72.0
Curses	4–0	100.0
Burning Vengeance	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	10–2	83.3
Shared Fate	1–0	100.0
Displace Loop	1–0	100.0
Hedron Alignment	2–1	66.7
Yosei Vat	1–2	33.3
Lich's Mastery	0–1	0.0
Hive Mind	2–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	0–2	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	10–5	66.7
Wildfire	10–5	66.7
Thryx-Wildfire	1–2	33.3
Borderpost Wildfire	6–3	66.7
Midrange	383–360	51.5
Temur Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
The Rock	26–11	70.3
Golgari Citadel	5–1	83.3
Grenzo	1–1	50.0
Abzan Midrange	31–32	49.2
Selesnya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Jund	5–6	45.5
Blink	26–28	48.1
Wave Blink	25–27	48.1
Esper Wave	1–1	50.0
Azorius Wave	10–18	35.7
Orzhov Wave	2–0	100.0
Abzan Wave	8–5	61.5
Bant Wave	2–0	100.0
Acid Trip	1–1	50.0
Anti-Persecution	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	19–12	61.3
Séance	4–1	80.0
Varolz Dreadnought	7–6	53.8
Enchantments Matter	1–3	25.0
Constellation	1–0	100.0
Allies	6–7	46.2
Mardu Allies	1–3	25.0
Boros Allies	1–2	33.3
Mono White Allies	1–1	50.0
Treefolk	1–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–1	50.0
Fake-Rack	10–12	45.5
Mardu Midrange	5–7	41.7
Vampires	1–3	25.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–3	0.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	7–8	46.7
Selesnya Legends	6–8	42.9
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	43–60	41.7
Naya Midrange	2–0	100.0
Big Red	6–6	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	16–21	43.2
Mono Black Devotion	7–10	41.2
Hellion Whip	5–4	55.6
Dimir Midrange	15–8	65.2
Toughness Matters	5–4	55.6
Lifegain Midrange	0–1	0.0
Mutate	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	12–12	50.0
Sultai Emerge	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	12–11	52.2
Jeskai Midrange	3–2	60.0
Prophet Glare	2–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	3–2	60.0
Zur the Enchanter	1–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	5–4	55.6
Enigmatic Incarnation	5–4	55.6
Neoform	4–2	66.7
Sultai Neoform	2–1	66.7
Party	2–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	46–22	67.6
Hero of Precinct One	21–40	34.4
Abzan Hero	6–8	42.9
Mardu Hero	2–8	20.0
Esper Hero	4–2	66.7
Orzhov Hero	7–19	26.9
Five Color Hero	0–2	0.0
Gruul Obosh	8–11	42.1
Clerics	6–4	60.0
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	8–2	80.0
Ramp	65–35	65.0
Villainous Wealth	2–0	100.0
Rofellos Ramp	1–0	100.0
Wild Pair	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	42–28	60.0
Golgari Post	2–0	100.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	3–0	100.0
Greenpost	30–24	55.6
Gruul Post	0–2	0.0
Domain	4–4	50.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	1–0	100.0
Historic Bloom	1–0	100.0
Defenders	1–0	100.0