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.

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
Aggro-Combo	14047	25888–23637–4	52.3	203	1326	678
Aristocrats	4353	8200–7241–3	53.1	64	395	229
Food	421	718–761	48.5	5	34	14

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	162–166	49.4
Mono Black Aggro	9–2	81.8
Heroic	5–6	45.5
Mono White Heroic	2–3	40.0
Azorius Heroic	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–1	66.7
Boros Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	22–47	31.9
Goblins	6–4	60.0
Tokens	12–1	92.3
Selesnya Tokens	3–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	8–1	88.9
Mono Green Stompy	7–14	33.3
White Weenie	15–8	65.2
Soldiers	7–3	70.0
Kithkin	1–0	100.0
Elves	2–3	40.0
Selesnya Little Kid	5–8	38.5
Selesnya Counters	3–5	37.5
Zombies	2–2	50.0
Gruul Aggro	8–6	57.1
Gruul Landfall	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	3–2	60.0
Mono Red Swarm	21–18	53.8
Artifact Aggro	6–5	54.5
Affinity	2–2	50.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Aggro	2–0	100.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Gruul Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	11–11	50.0
Hexproof	2–2	50.0
Boros Auras	0–1	0.0
Equipment Aggro	2–2	50.0
Hateful Auras	4–0	100.0
Knights	14–13	51.9
AggroSlide	1–3	25.0
Cats	1–3	25.0
Mono White Cats	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Cats	0–2	0.0
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Humans	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Eldrazi	0–1	0.0
Legends Aggro	2–3	40.0
Boros Legends Aggro	2–2	50.0
Combo	66–87	43.1
Storm	10–18	35.7
Dimir Tendrils	1–7	12.5
Simic Storm	9–2	81.8
Reclamation Storm	9–2	81.8
Citadel Storm	0–4	0.0
High Tide	0–3	0.0
Stormpost	0–1	0.0
Izzet Storm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	31–27	53.4
Recurring Nightmare	0–3	0.0
Dragon Nightmare	0–2	0.0
Worldgorger Dragon	2–5	28.6
Traditional Reanimator	29–18	61.7
Rakdos Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Dimir Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	23–15	60.5
Grixis Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Oriss Genesis	1–1	50.0
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Warp World	0–1	0.0
Four Color Glimpse	0–1	0.0
Maniac Combo	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	0–4	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	3–1	75.0
Upheaval Colossus	1–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–1	50.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	1–9	10.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–1	50.0
Retraction Helix Combo	2–0	100.0
Taking Turns	1–4	20.0
Izzet Ascension	1–4	20.0
Ominous Good	1–1	50.0
Jokulhaups Combo	0–2	0.0
Breakfast	2–3	40.0
Oops All Spells	1–3	25.0
Neoform Hermit	1–0	100.0
Oops All Lands	0–1	0.0
Dredge	4–5	44.4
Dice Factory	2–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	0–1	0.0
Midnight Mass	0–1	0.0
Control	165–205	44.6
Esper Control	2–7	22.2
Demonic Rising	1–1	50.0
Dimir Control	18–25	41.9
Azorius Control	14–12	53.8
Turbo Fog	6–1	85.7
Izzet Control	10–13	43.5
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	3–3	50.0
Cloudpost Control	4–4	50.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Blackpost	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Grixis Control	6–9	40.0
Jeskai Control	0–1	0.0
Dragon Control	2–0	100.0
Esper Dragons	1–0	100.0
Dimir Dragons	1–0	100.0
Ponza	6–6	50.0
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	25–12	67.6
Astral Slide	25–12	67.6
Five Color Control	2–0	100.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	2–0	100.0
Sultai Control	2–5	28.6
Guildgate Control	56–81	40.9
Bant Control	0–1	0.0
Temur Reclamation	4–12	25.0
Pox	1–4	20.0
Seasons Past Control	0–4	0.0
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Prison	0–2	0.0
Enchantress	0–2	0.0
Aggro-Combo	61–55	52.6
Aristocrats	49–40	55.1
Mono Black Aristocrats	4–2	66.7
Orzhov Aristocrats	4–1	80.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–3	25.0
Mardu Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Food	29–29	50.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	5–3	62.5
Boros Bombardment	0–1	0.0
Burn	3–7	30.0
Infect	3–4	42.9
Simic Infect	1–1	50.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–1	0.0
Pummeler	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	4–2	66.7
Mono Blue Dreadnought	3–2	60.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Hushnought	0–1	0.0
Combo Goblins	0–1	0.0
Goblin Persist	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	73–90	44.8
Simic Flash	1–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	15–26	36.6
Azorius Skies	6–10	37.5
Blue Madness	3–4	42.9
Simic Madness	3–3	50.0
Temur Madness	0–1	0.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Tempo	21–21	50.0
Izzet Spells	13–16	44.8
Dimir Tempo	5–5	50.0
Sultai Tempo	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	7–12	36.8
Battle of Wits	1–1	50.0
Mindcrank	1–2	33.3
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	1–2	33.3
Solar Flare	0–2	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–4	20.0
Wildfire	1–2	33.3
Thryx-Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
Resurgent Belief	1–0	100.0
Midrange	168–121	58.1
Temur Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
The Rock	2–1	66.7
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Jund	3–3	50.0
Blink	4–15	21.1
Wave Blink	2–1	66.7
Azorius Wave	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Blink	1–6	14.3
Anti-Persecution	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	14–7	66.7
Séance	3–0	100.0
Varolz Dreadnought	0–2	0.0
Enchantments Matter	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	2–3	40.0
Mardu Midrange	1–2	33.3
Vampires	2–3	40.0
Mono Black Vampires	2–3	40.0
Legends Midrange	0–2	0.0
Mardu Legends	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Legends	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	7–3	70.0
Naya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Big Red	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Midrange	56–41	57.7
Mono Black Devotion	50–37	57.5
Heart of Darkness	1–3	25.0
Dimir Midrange	15–9	62.5
Toughness Matters	8–4	66.7
Lifegain Midrange	10–5	66.7
Adventures	5–3	62.5
Sultai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–2	50.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Neoform	3–4	42.9
Temur Neoform	0–1	0.0
Sultai Neoform	0–1	0.0
UBRG Neoform	2–1	66.7
Clerics	2–0	100.0
Simic Snow	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	1–3	25.0
Coinflips	3–1	75.0
Death Cloud	0–1	0.0
Ramp	16–25	39.0
Rofellos Ramp	2–2	50.0
Channel-Rofellos	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	3–11	21.4
Greenpost	3–10	23.1
Simic Post	0–1	0.0
Domain	0–1	0.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	1–0	100.0
Reclamation at Wake	1–1	50.0
Sarkhan's Unsealing Ramp	0–1	0.0
Applejacks	3–2	60.0