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
Control	5875	10782–11929–43	47.5	269	2505
Pox	108	151–240	38.6	0	38

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	34–72	32.1
Mono Black Aggro	1–2	33.3
Heroic	3–8	27.3
Mono White Heroic	3–6	33.3
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Boros Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	9–26	25.7
Goblins	0–2	0.0
Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono White Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–2	33.3
White Weenie	0–4	0.0
Elves	3–2	60.0
Rogues	0–1	0.0
Zombies	0–1	0.0
Gruul Aggro	1–1	50.0
Gruul Landfall	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	0–3	0.0
Mono Red Swarm	2–0	100.0
8 Whack	2–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	5–8	38.5
Affinity	3–5	37.5
Salvage Titan	0–1	0.0
Tempered Steel	2–2	50.0
Devastating Dreams	0–1	0.0
Madness	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	1–1	50.0
Hexproof	1–1	50.0
AggroSlide	5–7	41.7
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Humans	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Humans	0–1	0.0
Combo	26–46	36.1
Storm	5–10	33.3
Dimir Tendrils	1–2	33.3
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	0–2	0.0
Grixis Tendrils	2–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	1–4	20.0
Channel Storm	0–2	0.0
Reanimator	5–6	45.5
Recurring Nightmare	1–1	50.0
Dragon Nightmare	1–1	50.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–3	25.0
Traditional Reanimator	3–2	60.0
Mono Black Reanimator	3–2	60.0
Oriss Genesis	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–0	100.0
Warp World	0–1	0.0
Boros Glimpse	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
New Perspectives	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–5	16.7
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–4	0.0
Fake-Twin	0–1	0.0
Naya Fake-Twin	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–5	16.7
Anvil Colossus	0–5	0.0
Upheaval Colossus	1–0	100.0
Eggs	1–2	33.3
Taking Turns	0–1	0.0
Ominous Good	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	0–1	0.0
Reanim8 Rack	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	4–11	26.7
Oops All Spells	0–6	0.0
Neoform Hermit	1–5	16.7
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	1–0	100.0
Gyruda	0–1	0.0
Control	22–36	37.9
Mono Black Control	1–2	33.3
Esper Control	0–5	0.0
Demonic Rising	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Control	4–8	33.3
Cawblade	1–2	33.3
Turbo Fog	1–2	33.3
Boros Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	1–4	20.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	0–3	0.0
Grixis Control	1–2	33.3
Stax	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	0–2	0.0
Galleon Control	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	2–0	100.0
Ponza	2–1	66.7
Cycling Control	0–1	0.0
Astral Slide	0–1	0.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	2–2	50.0
Enchantments Control	0–1	0.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Control	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	14–23	37.8
Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Boros Bombardment	1–0	100.0
Burn	2–1	66.7
Infect	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	7–12	36.8
Mono Blue Dreadnought	5–11	31.3
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Hushnought	2–7	22.2
Combo Goblins	0–2	0.0
Goblin Persist	0–1	0.0
Dirty Kitty	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	9–13	40.9
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–8	20.0
Izzet Spells	1–2	33.3
Dimir Tempo	1–2	33.3
Azorius Tempo	3–0	100.0
Combo-Control	5–8	38.5
Mindcrank	0–1	0.0
Zur's Weirding	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	4–5	44.4
Wildfire	2–2	50.0
Thryx-Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	2–3	40.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–2	33.3
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Resurgent Belief	0–1	0.0
Midrange	37–36	50.7
Abzan Midrange	2–0	100.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	7–8	46.7
Wave Blink	6–8	42.9
Cloudpost Wave Blink	1–0	100.0
Azorius Wave	1–3	25.0
Orzhov Wave	4–4	50.0
Graveyard Value	2–0	100.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Allies	2–5	28.6
Mardu Allies	0–1	0.0
Boros Allies	1–0	100.0
Mono White Allies	0–3	0.0
Azorius Allies	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	2–1	66.7
Mardu Midrange	2–1	66.7
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Legends	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	6–1	85.7
Mono Black Midrange	3–3	50.0
Mono Black Devotion	0–2	0.0
Dimir Midrange	0–1	0.0
Angels	2–0	100.0
Azorius Angels	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Angels	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–3	0.0
Martyr's Grace	0–3	0.0
Sultai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Ordealbreak	0–1	0.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	1–1	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	2–2	50.0
Abzan Hero	0–1	0.0
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Hero	1–0	100.0
Naya Hero	0–1	0.0
Clerics	0–2	0.0
Simic Snow	0–2	0.0
Artifact Midrange	0–3	0.0
Coinflips	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Ramp	4–6	40.0
Rofellos Ramp	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	3–5	37.5
Golgari Post	2–1	66.7
Greenpost	1–3	25.0